Intro to Us

This is my first blog post, so first, introducing myself. My name is Kim and I am a stay at home mom of 3, we have two sons, Randy-21 & Casey-15, and a daughter, Makayla-12. We live in Southern West Virginia. My husband is Rick, and we own our own business, an auto repair garage, and we are in our 15th year in business.



I homeschool our youngest two children, and that is the basis for this blog. I wanted to create a way to share homeschool links with others, as well as exchange advice and ancedotes with other homeschoolers, and post our work progress for possible assessment reviewers. However, my blog will not only be about homeschooling, it will be about just about anything I can think of for the day, whatever interests me that I want to share, my endevors, and will be just about wherever life takes us! Everyone I e-mail with says I need to write a book, so I guess this is it. LOL So, hello...and welcome to my blog!



Here is my newest motto(I have many):

I Homeschool Because I've Seen the Village and I Don't Want
It Raising My Children

The formal name for our homeschool is:

Smith Academy of Excellence

Although we haven't attended church regularly like we should, we are a Christian family. Keep in mind, I didn't say "Perfect family". Christian and perfect should never be used in the same sentence. We strive to use Godly morals and values, believe in God's word and try to live by His laws, we give Him all the glory for everything good in our lives, we seek His guidance and help daily, and if we could just remember to always put EVERYTHING in His hands and stop trying to solve problems ourselves, we'd be doing ourselves a huge favor, instead of getting in the middle of a problem, hitting the brick wall and THEN seeking God. So, my message to anyone reading this is.....spot the brick wall, then just pray! How can something so simple be so hard to remember? Include God in ALL things.

Ok, that's the intro and formalities. Here's the dish for today.....tomorrow is Makayla's 12th birthday. My beautiful girl is growing up on me faster than I want her too, that's for sure. That is Makayla's pic at right. She took it herself...she aspires to be a photographer and takes lots of these pictures. To you all that have young children, take my advice.....like the song says...."Let Them Be Little".....cause little don't last near long enough! So, for Makayla's birthday, we (she and I) will be going to the Hannah Montana Premier something or other at the Cinema this evening.....tickets were compliments of her big brother, Randy, and his fiance', Courtney. Makayla says it lasts ONLY for about 3 hours......(please God, say it isn't soooo LOL). 3 hours.....of Hannah Montana (aka Miley Cyrus...hmmm, that's a thought, will DAD Billy Ray be in this thing? I can live with that ;o), and 3D glasses? But, it's for a good cause, my daughter's happiness, so I'll muddle through it. :o)

Tomorrow (her actual birthday...she's a groundhog baby) we will be taking her bowling in the afternoon. She says the entire family has to go. The entire family, for her, is Mom and Dad, Casey, Randy & Courtney, and her Nan Nan and Aunt Kathy. After bowling we'll have dinner (not sure where or what yet) and then we'll have her cake, which is in a horse theme and is chocolate cake with white buttercream icing, and ice cream, of course! THEN a friend is sleeping over for a birthday pajama party. I feel sorry for the boys, and I'm so glad OUR room is in the other end of the house. ;o) So, Happy 12th Birthday to Makayla! Wish her a happy birthday, and wish us luck!

I'm not sure if I'll be able to post daily, but check back as often as you'd like, and post comments! I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments. But please, if you are someone just wandering around the Internet and you just want to cause trouble, go somewhere else and be rude, please don't leave rude or terrible comments on my blog, they will be removed anyway. Have a great day!