Autumn School Days

Our house has been busy with little people schooling away to their hearts content. O.K. That is a lie. Most of them are not at all content about it. However, as this is a novel year, in that I have been feeling quite sane, we have been accomplishing alot!
Emilie can read several words and is excited to read her first short story today! Sarah is progressing amazingly in her reading and is suprising herself daily with the realization that she can decipher more words than she thought. Joseph is as always curious about the natural world and not so much about grammar, but he perserveres.
Aliyah is best at sneeking away to build some sort of sculpture instead of doing anything that involves writing. Unless she gets to write her tales of horses and cowboys which are nearing epic length. Jolie is fast approaching the designation of scholar. She is the one I can count on to finish all her work cheerfully even if I have to leave the house on errands. She especially loves the fascinating world of the human body this year, and has proven that she can draw by turning in several diagrams of the brain and skeletal system so far.

Jacob most enjoys hard, sweaty boy work. He has been learning to roof houses and build motorcycles. He would rather chop wood than do any school work but as he is in the 9th grade he must make room for a variety of learning. Right now he is focusing on math, ancient history, and logic. Focusing might be too strong a word.

I have made myself busy with the organization of a homeschool cooperative. That means I have, with the help of my awesome friend Dee, created an association of 16 families who meet monthly to provide academic and enrichment classes to a combined 60 children. This semester we offer three classes plus choir to each of 5 age groups.
I am teaching American Heritage to the middle/high schoolers. I love it! We expect to continue to grow in size over the next year. I feel blessed to be able to help provide this resource to all the families involved. I know Heavenly Father has really blessed us in this project.

I am sure you are wondering about Bryan and his career! So far no job has panned out. He feels that he is being drawn back into the self employment world. I am all for it! Some of our happiest family years were when he worked for himself. We get to see him more often! For now he has had continual work in construction. It is hard work and he comes home exhausted, but it pays the bills! The plan is to work on his ideas for businesses throught the winter and have some grand and wonderful something going in the Spring. Pray for him to be led to the right business for him.