First day

I am not planning on posting every day.  I will just do this as I get time.  My thoughts are usually scattered and random :)
I guess I will start with my testimony.  I grew up in a Christian home in Texas.  My parents raised us in a good Christian home and taught us right and wrong from a very early age.  I have one brother and one sister.  I am in the middle.  In my eyes my parents are the perfect parents and I hope and pray that we will be able to raise our children just like they did!!!!
I thought I was saved when I was five, but when I was fourteen our house burned down and I got to thinking about that if I was in that house and had died that day that I wasn't sure where I would have gone.... Heaven or Hell???  What a scary time that was.  I talked with my parents one evening about that and was able to get that settled that evening.  What a peace came over me to know that when I die I will be in Heaven.
I graduated from HighSchool in 1997 and went on to Bible College at OBC in Oklahoma City.  I majored in Missions and met my wonderful husband there.  We were married in 2001 and moved to Kelowna, B.C. to help in a church there.  We worked in Kelowna for 10 years and have recently moved up to Northern Alberta.  My husband is a Heavy Duty Mechanic and is now working in the Oil Sands on the big Tonka toys.  We actively work and serve in our church here.  We love it here!  It is such a peaceful feeling to be right in the middle of God's Will for our lives!
We have three daughters, who were all born in Kelowna.  Sammy and Rachel are just finishing up 2nd grade and Margaret will be starting in K-4 next school year.  I can't say that homeschooling is "easy", but I know this is what we should be doing.  I use the Abeka DVD program.  The kids love all the singing and reviews involved in that.  It sure makes schooling much smoother for our family.  We choose to homeschool to protect our children from lots of the bad influences that they would encounter in a public education.  Not that we think that we can shelter them from everything, but that we should do the best we can!
Well, there is my first post.  I  will be using this to write down my thoughts and things that happen so that I won't forget the funny, silly, loving, sad, and happy things that happen during our childrens' growing up years!!!