Sorry.

Yes, I'm still alive. Sorry I went missing there for a bit...got busy trying to get our homeschool year off to a good start and sorting out a balance between that and my scrapbooking. :) On the homeschooling front, things are going really well and I'm happy. Continually finding new resources (and wishing for more money for books, lol) and overall things are grand, though still totally a work in progress. On the scrapbooking front, sorting out details with Creating Keepsakes for various stuff and have a number of assignments in the works. Sigh...what I wouldn't give for more hours in the day (and more office space while I'm at it!)...

Added to that mix are our many out of the house activities...

- soccer is still going well (I'm working on scheduling the team photos (that I take) and ordering trophies...in charge of those things for both boys' teams)...
- music class continues to be a happy part of our week (realized yesterday that we've been attending Philomusica for five years now...wow)...
- religious ed classes should start for Noah and Asher in a couple weeks (called today to check again on scheduling...hoping the boys get the time slot I asked for, or else our schedule simply won't work)...
- I've managed to continue going to the gym three times a week (yay, me!!)...
- we've got a couple more field trips planned with our homeschool group this month...
- and our Options program continues to be a huge hit.

In other miscellany, we're starting to think about Halloween costumes (totally no consensus here yet), whether we want to try to give out something creative (we did glow necklaces a couple years ago that were a huge hit) or just settle for candy, if we should have Noah's birthday party at the house or find a different location (I'm leaning toward finding a different location), and plenty of other stuff. :) Please share if you have any opinions on any of those things.

So. Busy here. Will try to do better about posting, though. Working on getting into a scrapping groove enough that I have extra things to post here beyond assignments that I don't get to share right away. ;)

Oh. And last weekend the boys were having such a fabulous time with the neighborhood kids (can I just mention here again how much I love our neighborhood?!)...they were all out in our culdesaq making a "Chalk World" that covers, literally, the entire culdesaq. Impressive. Noah contributed ideas and drawings (like amusement parks and miniature golf courses), Asher got personalized tours, and Micah was the "color holder" (he had a little bucket of sidewalk chalk hanging from his trike handlebar and would deliver the appropriate color when asked). The girls even named a place after Micah...Cafe Del Micah. They also had places like Sports Authority, the ocean, and Bear Lake. Such a beautiful street we have...

Ah. Life is good. :)