This will probably surprise most of you.

It sure surprised me, at least.

Well, I have sort of a big announcement to make.  We are putting Josh into public school this year.  There, I said it!!

So here's the story.  Every year that we have homeschooled (three now, going on four), I have prayed about it and felt that is what God wanted for our kids.  This year, it is obvious that God wants Josh to go to public school.  Looking back over the last few months, I can see that many things have come together to reach this point, and it is obvious to me that this is the right decision.  Which is not to say that I'm not nervous about it, because I am a little.  However,  I have a calm feeling that it will all be fine.  Opportunities are opening up for me to be involved at the school and I feel like I will be able to monitor the situation adequately.  In fact, the school is a new elementary that is opening right in our neighborhood, and we feel that as far as public schools go, this is about as good of a situation as we could ask for.  I also feel like God is pushing me to be involved in the public school arena in our area, and especially to try to see what I can do to change some of the things that I think are not ideal about the public schools.  I don't really know how this will all pan out, I just know that's what I'm supposed to be doing right now.  This isn't the first time I've had this feeling of walking blindly forward, but it always works out way better than I could imagine, so I have faith that it will happen that way again this time.

Delaney, on the other hand, will still be doing school at home.  I am looking forward to the chance to do more one-on-one with her and I think it will be great.  Some of you already know, and without going into too many specifics, she is having some struggles with anxiety (as in the clinical variety) and I also feel that God is telling me that this will be an important year for me to be able to work with her and for her to make progress in that area of her life.

Whew!  It may sound a little bit crazy, but I am looking forward to the adventure.  Stick around, I'm sure the ride will be as fun as ever!