Carlyn

James, Knox and I are going to Ethiopia for spring break! We leave a week from today! James will be working at the CURE hospital in Addis Ababa ! This is a bit more than a mission trip.  It is actually the last step in the interview process with CURE International.  If things go well on our trip we will actually be moving to Ethiopia in the fall! James was actually applying for jobs in Asia and CURE got his application and asked if he would consider this job in Ethiopia. They have a critical need for a pediatric anesthesiologist at CURE Ethiopia.  Even though the thought of moving to Africa had never really crossed either one of our minds, we prayed about it and talked about it and really felt like James should look into the job.  Well, one phone interview in mid February turned into four phone interviews and suddenly we were in Pennsylvania at the CURE headquarters two weeks ago for a whole day of interviews! We have continued to pray that God would open the do...

Calvin had his 4th birthday during our month long summer trip.  But, I never did a birthday post for our other 3 kids.  So, here we go!   Pearl's Birthday   Pearl turned 6 in August!  The Bowlings came to visit during her birthday weekend.  They have been about to come for her party all 3 years we have been in AR :) The day before her birthday, we all went to the trampoline park.  The morning of her birthday, I painted Pearl, Laila & Evie's finger and toenails while we played this "Birthday Girl" game that Pearl had been wanting to do.  It is a box of fun questions for the girls to answer about themselves and what they like.  It was a special time with the girls, like our own like spa. Lidia and I got the girls matching dresses for the party.  It was so funny because I picked pink for Pearl and Lidia picked aqua for Laila.  When the girls opened the dresses they both were eyeing each others dress. We asked them...

I wrote most of this back in November, but am just now getting around to posting it.   This is my 4 th year of homeschool and I now have three students and a sweet little mascot.   Luther is 8, Pearl is 6 and Calvin is 4 and Knox just turned 1!   We don’t know what grades to say they are in.   It can be a bit confusing when you homeschool and let the kids go at there own pace.   After a few years we have found curriculum and outside classes and activities that we love. I know this is going to be my favorite year yet! So here is a run down of what the kids are doing for school and extra curricular activities this year.   Luther would be in 2 nd grade if he were in “real” school (due to his fall birthday), but at church and in his weekly co-op he is in the 3 rd grade class. He tends to do better with older kids because he is pretty big for his age and fairly mature.   He was 4’ 4’’ tall and 73 lbs at his 8 year check up. ...