Live a Meaningful Life

I am absolutely fascinated with my boys' preoccupation with the growth of their body hair. When John Gannon had his cast taken off the leg hair on that leg was very prominent due to the lack of sun exposure. After close inspection, he noted that he has patches of long black hairs on his toes. Jackson and I were the only ones home at the time of this grand discovery. He asked me if this was normal. Laughing, I said "Yes, were you concerned?" "Yes, I was worried I might be morphing into a Sasquatch." That was the end of that...or so I thought. Fast forward several hours and Johnny comes in from work. As Johnny is prepping the Keurig Jackson asks, "Daddy, do you have hair on your big toes?" Johnny laughs and assures them he does. Jackson says, "Ok," and seems to finally be satisfied with the answer from the male. Obviously I may not have really known. This morning, Jackson and I were playing/wresting around and he kept trying to take my hand...

This is our 6th year homeschooling! John is in 7th grade and Jackson is in 3rd. It doesn't seem real. Finding a group to connect with around here has definitely been a challenge. Have I ever mentioned that where we live, Polk County TN, is the poorest county in the state of TN? It definitely has a culture of its own. However, no worries about the social skills of our kids (insert eye roll and face palm here). They are still meeting new people of all ages every week. And guess what--they actually know how to interact with them. Imagine that. Back to my point, we have joined a coop here that had a field trip only option. This kept us from having to commit to classes. We have attended one event with them so far. Hopefully, we will get a few more in before November and will continue in March. However, there is so much to do in the area, we have been able to have some learning adventures on our own. As always, my boys are aware of what their expectations are for the week. They ha...

Heart be still...I am so blessed with such a great husband! I LOVE this picture. I say it frequently, but to see my boys and their daddy together makes my heart full. John Gannon and Jackson are blessed to have such a great dad. Thank goodness for a camera that date stamps pictures when you put them on your computer! Otherwise, I am not sure I would even remember what to write about! In this post I plan on just sharing some pictures and memories this past month so that our friends and families can see what all we have been up to the past month. As for John's broken bones, he is healing well! We have some of the coolest friends. When we got back from MS, our friends Ted and A.M. from Knoxville came to visit and guess what they brought John? A scooter and a folding chair with a leg prop! He quickly mastered the scooter and was proud that he could get around in stores (and back out to the vehicle) quicker than any of us. As always with John's personality, we had to...