Hello to everyone!  Lately, I've been so busy that I haven't had much of a chance to blog about homeschooling.  We're trying to finish up Tyson's kindergarten year so that he can begin first grade the 1st of September.  He's doing so well and I'm very, very proud of him. 

Aniston will also be starting Preschool the 1st of September.  Mommy's been having a hard time with that one.  I can't believe how much she's grown up.  Keith and I were talking yesterday about how she was 4 months old when he had to deploy the first time and now that he's getting back from his second deployment, she's 3 1/2. 

Keith is doing well.  He's ready to come home AND as of today, he will be here in 31 days.  There's a possiblity that he will be arriving 5 days earlier than that, but we'll have to wait on the final word when he gets his plane tickets in hand.  I was planning a welcome home party for him, but it looks like we won't.  We'll just have a quiet evening as a family and then my family will have a nice get together for him when we travel through to Omaha for our infertility treatments.  I was really looking forward to a welcome home party and so was he, but things just worked themselves out for a party being thrown for him in Ogallala, which is fine with both of us.  I can't believe that we're at the end of our second year long deployment.  I have missed Keith so much that it's been unbearable at times.  I have worried more about him on certain days more than I have ever worried in my lifetime.  I am so grateful that he's coming home.  God has worked on me every single day that he's been away, shaping and molding me and giving me the strength to be a better wife and mother.  I am so grateful for the blessings that have been bestowed upon us this year.  I have such a good support system in my family and friends.  I also appreciate all of you who have prayed for my husband during his year away.  God definitely planted hedges of angels for protection around him.

We have applied for a one month extension to stay here.  For those of you who are military, you understand that Keith has to in-process, get his orders for Germany and then turn around and out-process.  It's a very long process that takes a lot of time and scheduling.  It especially is hard because Keith works about 20 miles from our home at another base, so he has to drive back and forth.  We have been under a great amount of stress lately and are more than ready to leave for our next base, but we have a lot to do in a very short amount of time.  On one hand, I hope we get it so that we can spend one more Christmas with family, but on the other hand, we are ready to leave due to the stresses that have been surrounding us.  All I want is for my husband to come home safely and it seems like we have had to deal with everyone else's issues and I'm tired.  I am very, very tired. 

I am suppose to start fertility treatments next month and all my doctor told me was, "Keep your stress levels low.  They can affect your chances of conceiving.", and it seems like things have been coming out of the woodwork that have added a great deal of stress on me and on my husband. 

I have also been watching two other children for a good friend of mine who has had to leave to Washington due to a family emergency.  They have been with me for almost two weeks now and it looks like they will be here at least one more week.  The kids have enjoyed them so much!  I've also been glad because it's helped the time go by a little faster.  They are very good girls and I'm so glad they are with me.  I will surely miss them when their mother comes home.  I'm used to having four children around me now and I have to tell you, I actually love the chaos!

Also, my grandmother has been in and out of the hospital the past two weeks, so if you could remember her in your prayers, I would appreciate it.  She has been having medication/cold/flu/stomach issues and is having a very hard time getting well.  She has had a hard with everything dealing with daily functions and she just can't get her "pep back in her step".    Along with all that craziness, my father was bitten by a brown recluse spider and was in the hospital for what seemed like forever.  His blood sugars were elevated to the 600's due to the infection.  He's out of the hospital and doing better and healing, but he sure gave us quite a scare.

So, as you can see, things have been pretty stressful and hectic.  We're just waiting on Keith to come home safely and start our infertility treatments.  Those are the top two things on our minds right now.  I will go and pick up our fertility meds in five days!  I'm so excited because it feels like the ball is rolling in motion.  My fertility drugs are going to run us a cool $1600.00 for ten days (tha'ts WITH our insurance covering about $500), but it will all be worth it when we are holding our next child in our arms.  I am so worried about our chances to conceive and pray that we will be blessed with another child.  Keith and I have always wanted a large family and I pray that it comes true for us.  Please pray for us to conceive and also for a healthy pregnancy and birth.  I'll post updates.  I promise to be better about it!

As for schooling, we've done so much, but I haven't taken photos of anything!  Things have been crazy and it's been the last thing on my mind.  We have so much planned for September and I am bursting at the seams to start schooling both of my children!  I am so grateful that we have chosen for me to be their teacher.

In closing, I wanted to share a photograph that I took yesterday.  It was raining and yucky out and over the mountains the sun shined through the clouds and it was absolutely breathtaking.  It was then that I took a big deep breath in and slowly blew it out and realized that everything is going to be okay and that God is watching over our lives and asking us to trust in Him.

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