We've been in Texarkana for two weeks. And we'll be here 2 more days. It's been fun. I'm always one that likes to plan a trip and travel and do something different than what we've been doing. But I will say that I can tell a difference in the children, especially




Faith. She's been crying a LOT and talking back. But she has been going to the potty and growing up in so many ways. Today she swam the length of the big pool with her little







floaties on her arms. She'll say things like "Guys! Guys!" when Landis and Hope are arguing. Or she'll say, "Mom, let's go potty!" and she'll run as fast as she can to the bathroom and look back to see if I'm following. In a sing-song way she'll say, "GOOD night, Mommy!" She's a very good singer too. She'll often sing when I'm in a store like Wal Mart and she's not quiet about it. She sings loudly until it draws attention. I'll simply say to the observers that I don't know about them but I always have music when I shop. :) Last week she was singing "Jesus, Jesus how I trust Him..." so I decided to sing with her. Well...I didn't sing quite as loudly as she did.




I think the biggest problem with the children is our diets. I'm not cooking as much but we've only eaten fast food 3 times since left the house on the 27th of May. We've eaten "camp food". I call it camp food because it's things like hot dogs, hamburgers (from home) and sandwiches. Our friend Sheila actually brought us an entree one night. Delicious! The problem comes in when churches have finger foods after a church service the kids load up on cookies and cake and cupcakes.

The first 4 days we were here Bobby attended a festival in Jefferson, Texas while the children and I played in the pool and visited the library, Wal Mart and Papaw & Mamaw's house. On Sunday the 1st of June we sang at Sylverino Baptist Church in the evening service. The following 3 nights we were at New Hope Baptist Church for a revival and Friday night we sant at Centre West Baptist Church across town on the Texas side. Then we moved over to the Pentecostals and sang at an outdoor event put on by a couple of Church of God churches in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. The following morning we were at New Faith Tabernacle in Ashdown, Arkansas and finally Hope Family Fellowship Church, a Church of God of Prophecy in Hope, Arkansas. Today....we rested.

Tomorrow Landis and Bobby will go to Weatherford, Texas and sing at a Church of God minister's conference (CONTACTS!!!) and will spend the night at Bobby's sister, Sissy's home in Trophy Club (Dallas). The girls and I (and maybe Dad) will drive to Bonham, Texas the next day and meet Bobby and Landis for a final Wednesday night singing. Thursday morning we'll head home. Dad has been visiting his sister, Sue in Ketchum, Oklahoma since Memorial Day weekend and will be joining us here in Texarkana tomorrow (Tuesday). He'll travel back to Tennessee with us on Thursday.

We will be homeschooling this coming school year. There's really no way to travel like we've been with the children and keep them in the public school. It's not something I ever wanted to do. I've tried to think of a way around it but unfortunately there's none. I realize it will be challenging, to say the least, but I will try to stay relaxed about it and remind myself that it may take the entire school year to figure out what works best for us and how we will make it work. I've asked for a lot of advice and I've received a lot of advice - all very helpful.

I've got so many things to do when I get home like get some paperwork completed for United Cerebral Palsy to get a ramp built and concrete poured in the driveway. And I have to select an umbrella school and sign up for homeschool by the end of this month.

I don't like to ignore my blog for so long but I honestly don't have time to blog like I'd like. And no, I don't have much opportunity to blog when I'm lounging by the pool in Texarkana because my husband is on the computer all day. It's what he does for a living now.

I'll be leaving here soon. I'm a little sad but mostly glad to headed home.