Multitude on Monday 42-50

Ahhh...sweet summertime...

This time of year brings me so much to be thankful for.  After spending nine months taking care of other people's children (which I do love doing...otherwise God wouldn't have called me to be a teacher), I get six(ish) weeks to spend with mine...just Momma and Elijah and Sawyer.  We've got a busy summer ahead of us.  Fun things...a week at the beach and days at the park.  Not so fun things...Sawyer's going to have surgery this summer (tubes, adenoids, and tonsils).  But in the midst of it all, God is giving me precious time with these precious boys. 

Ready for T-Ball!!

42.  My Keurig coffee maker...I seriously LOVE being able to have a cup of coffee in less that a minute!  There have even been a couple of mornings that have been cool enough to drink it on the back porch, listening to the birds, feeling the breeze, enjoying the sweet time.

43.  Exciting opportunities...Friday I have the privilege of interviewing with the Georgia Cyber Academy.  This job would allow me to still be a part of the profession that I have a deep love for, but at the same time it would allow me to be more present in my family's life.  I long for time to volunteer at my children's school.  To be able to attend plays and parties without having to beg someone to cover my class.  This job would most certainly give me those opportunities.  I'll also have the choice of schooling for my children.  Jason and I are praying about bringing Elijah home to home school him if this job pans out.  We have done some research on the Veritas Classical School and we are very impressed with what we have seen there.  Sawyer would go to school at least next year for Pre-K and then we might do the same for him.  But the key is...this job.  Y'all join me in praying that God's will be done in all of this and that Jason and I follow His leading in this area.

44.  15 pounds down!!!  YAY :)  Many more to go, but I'll take this for a start!

45.  Time to do my working out during the day...instead of late at night after the boys have gone to bed.

46.  God is still working on me in the idea of "remembrance."  I can't tell you how many times in the past two weeks God has brought this into my life.

47.  Fresh peaches, watermelon, and all foods "summer."  My sweet friend Jan Morton and I are going to do some canning and freezing in the next couple of weeks.  I'm so very excited about it!

48.  Being able to make corn dogs for the boys' lunches today!  They LOVED them, and it's something that I don't get to do all the time.

49.  HYDRANGEAS!!  God perfected flowers when he created these.  My all time favorites :)

50.  A stack of books waiting for me to crack them open...I would post a picture, but it's on my phone and not easily gotten to here.  But reading is something I don't have time to do much of during the school year (at least not books that are on my personal reading list), so I'm so very excited to get the chance to pour over a stack of books during the summer.  My reading...not something I have to read for school!