An Introduction to our Tree

Blog post number one under my new blog!  Thanks for joining me.

For those of you who followed our family blog and are returning to continue following us, I want to say thank you but also inform you that this blog will be quite a bit different.  Most of these posts will be from a mother's perspective.  A place for encouragement, devotion, shared knowledge and motherhood/wifely secrets and confessions.  I will occasionally post about the happenings of our ever busy and oh so nutty household; but unlike our last blog this will not be a documentation of our lives. 

That being said, for all my new followers, I think it is important to do a brief introduction of myself and my family.  As you can clearly tell from my blog title, I am a mother and Christian.  I was raised in a Christian home and am now instilling many of the same beliefs in my own children.
I have been married for 8 years to an amazing man and member of the United States Air Force.  We have been in the military life together from day one. From "signing his life away" to basic training, deployments and TDY's, multiple moves and everything else in between.  It's been a wild ride, but a true blessing!  Just a portion of the nuttiness we live regularly! 

We are the proud parents to our 3 little acorns.  Our oldest, and "Volunteer" son; born in Tennessee almost 8 years ago, is full of life and energy.  He is our media baby.  We have to limit his time in front of the TV and video games and encourage him strongly to use his body and brain to play.  He is also our brainiac!  Reading on a 5th grade level (only a second grader) and tests on a 4th grade math level!  He amazes me daily with his level of comprehension! 
Our middle child, another son- this one a Tar heel.  Born in North Carolina 16 months after his big brother.  He too is full of energy and spunk.  Constantly moving and chatting.  My Husband regularly jokes that "little tar heel" thinks he will explode if he's not talking.  I am convinced that this is simply his learning style.  Verbally learning everything.  Walking through the steps not only in his head, but vocally as well.  He is also our most sensitive.  With such a tender heart himself, he remains very in tune to others feelings around him. His sensitivity blesses me every day, in multiple ways. 
Lastly, but certainly not least, is our Princepessa!  Our answered prayer and rose among the thorns.  4 years and 2 weeks younger than her Tar heel bro, our little girl was born in Italy during our tour there!  While she probably will not remember much of her time overseas, it is amazing to look back on her short time there and realize in the first couple years of her life she was able to experience more than most do in a full lifetime.  Like her brothers, she is a wild one.  Running and jumping and yelling, almost seemingly in competition with her elders.  She is silly and caring and so smart, as she is learning everything her brothers are teaching her.  She truly is the little girl I always dreamed of mothering, but in the same way, the little girl I would have never imagined.  A perfect mix of sassy, all girl, frills and feathers and rough and tumbly, loud and crazy, tom boy all the way!  She completes our family perfectly.
We are now at our third duty station, in the "Land of Enchantment"; otherwise known as New Mexico.  We've been here for just over a year and while I know in every situation there is a blessing, this blessing is also quite the trial.  We've been in a whirlwind of transition since moving here but finally after 14 months of change, I am beginning to see things start to calm down and begin to become permanent.

One of the greatest changes the year has brought, and a very important part of who I am and what this blog will be about, is the path we've taken to homeschool!  At a later time, I will go into specifics and details concerning how we made it to the homeschooling journey, but for now I just wanted to open up about that aspect of motherhood.  My motherhood. 

Summing it all up, I am an Air Force wife, homeschooling mother of three, God fearing and serving woman who is walking through this life much the same as every other woman out there.  With struggles, trials, temptations and falls.  Skinned knees and boo boos, temper tantrums and cry fests- not to mention the kids.  Snickers sneaking pig out sessions after the kids are fast asleep and trying desperately to remain devoted to all the many aspects of my nutty life. 

I am hoping this blog will encourage someone, possibly you.  Maybe not in every post, but hopefully at least one.  I am praying that my vulnerability will allow you to be vulnerable in your own life as well.  While I understand that not all believe the same, and that you may or may not share in all the beliefs of my family; I will not tolerate comments that are anything less than encouraging or insightful.  This will be my private thoughts made public, and I ask that you respect them the same way you would want your deepest thoughts respected as well. 

Until my next post- Adios from New Mexico's Most Nutty (the verdict is still out on that)
Meg