Summertime!!

Yesterday was the official last day of school, since I had to go back to make sure my classroom was cleaned up and all things had to be put away. This past school year was a tough one considering that I had a room with a very high percent of ESOL students so my observations went rather interesting and not with the results that I always wanted. I definitely have been ready to end the school year since the first day of school. I also must say that being very much pregnant at the end of the school year was exhausting! Busy days are ahead for the Deffenbaugh's... In just a few weeks we will be welcoming our third little boy to the family and just like that we will become a family of 5. It is very exciting and no I will not be trying for the little girl... we believe adoption is a wonderful thing and if God chooses to bless us that way, we will gladly accept but for now we are content in being the parents of boys! In the midst of new baby we will be begin our new journey of homeschooling! I am SUPER excited about this. Although I have second guessed myself a few times on the curriculum for Matthew I know everything will turn out great! We will begin his first year (Kindergarten) officially at the end of July even though we have already begun the studies... We even joined a homeschool group that does field trips and a lot of social things together. They even have co-op classes so I am really excited that he will meet other homeschool kids and we will get to meet and befriend other homeschool families! Although I am counting the days until I can stay home permanently that will not be happening next year, instead I will be working half days. I am excited though for this new adventure, I truly believe that God has opened this door for us. The teacher I'll be working with is very much similar to me so I know we will work great together and have a successful classroom. Starting the school year I am sure it will be crazy!! I mean new baby, homeschooling and working aghh!! But I know this is the path that God is taking us in. It will be a hard year but I know God will not only provide but give us the strength to get us through it! I am hoping to have the energy to at least blog more... Id like to have these memories of our new adventure in homeschooling and life down in words rather than just memories in my mind. So this blog might turn more into our weekly events instead of just family updates which there will be some of that too but I would also like to blog not only about homeschooling but also my photography and crafty adventures as well... So hopefully you won't get too bored with the blog and keep reading and if you do decide to stop reading that is fine as well :) As for now I hope you enjoy your summer as much as we will, but hopefully yours will be more relaxing than ours!!