In the beginning....

There was this mom who was just trying to do it all...love her husband, homeschool her kids, encourage her daughter's equestrian goals and support her son's love of motocross.  And since she is pretty horrid at remembering to put photos in albums, she's hoping she can blog them into immortality.

Okay - that's me obviously with a slant to the dramatic.  Way too much going on so I'm starting with TODAY.

Homeschooling:  I read an interesting slant to the question, "why do you homeschool?"  The answer leaned more towards creating good people able to form good relationships than anything to do with education as we traditionally think of it.  That got Scott and I to thinking (Scott being the husband I love as mentioned above).  Dangerous thing when we think too much.  Why do we homeschool?  In a nutshell we decided it was to create happy, healthy (mentally speaking), productive citizens able to make good choices.  This might not seem like it has much of the traditional education to it either but we see the "productive citizen" part as encompassing that.  To be a productive citizen you must be able to hold a job and that most often requires some sort of education.  We don't necessarily see our son as the traditional education type but certainly able to be productive.  The healthy part is important too.  We can all control our health to a certain degree (eating right, not smoking, exercise, etc.) but our mental health is also important.  Being able to form health relationships is paramount to our health as adults - what better way to develop that in our children than by every day demonstration?  

Horses:  Stanley is our 12 year old Paint.  He saw the farrier this morning for a serious trim job on the tootsies.  His pedicure costs WAY more than any I have every had.  On the other hand, I've never had one that requires cast iron tools and stainless steel nails!  This afternoon, his favorite little girl practiced patterns on him for her Junior Equestrian Team meet this Saturday.  They looked awesome together.

Motocross:  Not much happening in this arena.  The moto-boy hasn't been getting his school work done or showing much motivation lately.  Not too sure where this will lead him but racing isn't cheap so he might get a practice this week if he's lucky.  Dear ol' Dad is in charge of this sport so he usually makes the call.  Late last night he committed to getting his work done so we shall soon see....