Carlyn

Since, I was pregnant with Luther over 7 years ago, I have always kept up this blog.  I can't believe it's been so long since I posted an update.  Well, to make a really really long story short.  We are still in Arkansas. James finished up his fellowship in July and accepted a position here as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist. We moved in December to a nice rental house after having some major issues with neighboring smokers at the 2 bedroom apartment we were living in.  The kids and I did a ton of traveling to see family over Christmas and in the Spring.  We were actually at my parents house on Easter morning, when we found out we were expecting baby #4!  It has been a difficult pregnancy but we are finally starting to get close to meeting our newest little man.  Yes, we are having our 3rd boy! His name is Knox Edward, after John Knox of course.  And, Edward is after my dad(also my grandaddy and brother).  I have been on modified bedrest for alm...

9/25/13 Here is a blog post I was working on months ago that I never got around to posting.  These pictures are mostly from Dec 2012/Jan 2013. We made our first trip to Jackson in over a 5 years! Got to visit our old church, old friends and Union, dearest Union!!  Calvin enjoying a Christmas present  Christmas craft boy's bath time Listing to the Gingerbread Man.  I treasure the little moments when they all find something to enjoy together. School time, at our new rental house.  We have our very first school room!! Biking riding in our new neighborhood  Pearl has become quite the little artist.  She is begging to take art classes.  Pearl reading to daddy  Calvin built his first little LEGO tower.  He was pretty excited!  I’m a bit behind on updating my blog, so I am just going do a brief summary of the month of Decemb...

Oct was a month of traveling for us.  The kids and I took a 2 week long trip from Arkansas, to Memphis, to Birmingham, to Brewton, to Ono Island and then back again! We got to visit with so many of our friends and family.  And, we got to celebrate Meemaw’s 75 th Birthday and Luther’s 6 th birthday at the beach! After we returned home, we only had a few days and then it was time for our family vacation to Big Cedar, a Wilderness Resort close to Branson, MO.  We took the scenic route and drove over the Ozark Mountains.  There was one spectacular view after another! We had a fun week fishing, paddle boating, riding horses, canoeing, swimming, putt putt golfing, hiking, eating and sight seeing.  It was all of our first times to the Branson area and we loved it! We went to see the Joseph play at the Sights and Sound Theater.  It was very long, but the kids did fairly good and really enjoyed it.  Pearl and Calvin both fell asleep towar...

We are in our 10 th  week of school for this year and about to take a fall break.  So, I thought it was a good time to kind of summarize what we have been doing as far as school is concerned.  Luther- 5 years old(almost 6!!)   Math : Singapore Math Level 1- He has been learning all about number bonds, adding & subtracting. He can now do addition and subtraction problems mixed together without any manipulatables.  He doesn't have the facts memorized, he just counts forward and backwards in his head(or sometime out loud on his fingers when the house it too loud to think :0)    Phonics/Reading : All About Reading –He finished Level 1 a few weeks ago. Currently he is re-reading all of his readers from Level 1 and practicing reading more smoothly.   He will move on to Level 2, after our break. He has finished all of the consonant blends and will be moving into vowel teams.  Spelling : All About S...