On Safari with Landmark Events

This weekend we have been in invited to travel with Landmark Events to St. Augustine. We are very excited. They are a Christian Historical Travel company. There have numerous trips all over the world. I will be sure to post extensively about our trip. Here is a link to their webpage. If you choose to take a trip with them I am thrilled to offer you a discount code. Us the word SAFARI when checking out and they will give you 10% off of your trip. I urge you to look them up!

Here is the link.

http://www.landmarkevents.org/pages/pirates-presidents-conquistadors-more-2017

On Safari to Indiana

Howdie from Indiana. 

It snowed yesterday and last night. It's very pretty outside. It's quiet. The birds and squirrels and running all over the cold ground. They are happy and super healthy. The cardinals are just beautiful. There are two pair sitting in the tree together. The possum that my parents leave food out for has waddled up and taken his treat. It's peaceful and they live in unity. There are no qualms about who is where. 

This is how I wish we would live. Knowing that we all have the same blood running through our veins. Knowing that we love our spouses, our children, our pets all the same. 

However, it doesn't seem to be that way. Friends are separating, families aren't talking. It hardly seems worth it. I know that there is nothing that would separate me from those I love minus death. 

What if you couldn't talk to those you were fighting with ever again? What if they were gone? Would you remember the fight or the hugs, would you remember the anger or the love. 

I am going to choose love. 

We are a home school family and I have had a hard time believing the anger even in the young children. They only repeat what they hear. What happened to protecting them? 

This year has already been quite something. Moving to a secluded beach house is certainly appealing. That is not reality. We have to learn to live together, we have to love each other no matter what. I know I am not always the best example of this but, this is the only way. 

I pray your family is peaceful. I pray you are not angry or hurting others due to the current political theme. I pray that you'll go play in the snow, run to the beach or just have a good meal and laugh with those you love!

Merry Christmas from the Safari

It's Christmas week. I really hope that you all have a beautiful Christmas and New Year's. It's been a good year overall. It's been full of travel, eating good food, and more. We went to 7 + states, saw friends new and old, we moved, and spent time by the pool. We made it though 2016. 

We will have a new president, a new journey through the future. We are hopeful I hope you are too. 

There's birthday's ahead and memories to be made. I really hope that this will find you full of thankfulness and blessings. 

Happy new year. 2017 here we come!

Fighting for Our Son

My disclaimer is that this will come as a shock to some who may read this. However  we all have things that no one knows we are going through. 

 Today has been a very hard day. We spent the morning in court yet again with our oldest son. You may want to know what he did however, it is not my place to share. We are fighting for his life against a corrupt and unfair system. You are guilty until proven innocent. There is nothing you can do but hire a great lawyer and pray. Don't believe me? Look at the conditions the world. 

Our son won the battle for today. His lawyer is great! We are blessed to be able to afford him. However, there are so many in that room that cannot afford council. They pray for a decent judge and that the prosecution will be merciful. It is a roll of the dice. They leave crying and broken and if I'm lucky I can hug them and tell them that we will pray for them. I also try to tell them they can make it through. 

Our faith in the Lord is what gets us through. We believe that what has happened to our son is unfair, unjust, entrapment, Let's just say it ISN'T OK! They have you between a rock and a hard place. If you are charged with a crime you are GUILTY unless you can prove otherwise. It rarely happens. The best you can hope for is a plea deal. If you go to court and hope for a fair trial that rarely happens also. Social media and the media in general have made sure of that. I for one have turned off the news.

Most crimes carry a mandatory sentence so if you are convicted then you serve the max without parole. So you plea, you settle for the less of the evils. You pay for counseling, probation officers, courts costs, lie detector tests and anything else they see fit to charge you with. Then, you serve your time and hope that when you are done you are really done. That can change also. If they deem it necessary to keep you.

The court rooms are so sad and they are full of bailiffs that can't wait to jump on you for most anything. Even you are just there to support your family member or friend. It's unfair and I think they have too much power. Power that over time we have given them.

So I am a mom of a young man walking through hell trying to behave enough to get him through the other side and into freedom. The day that happens will be the best day of his and our life. Until then we will bow down, lay low and pray that each and every day he is ok. Some days I wonder how any of us are ok. 

God is our only hope and inspiration. I have no faith in this world or the system. Only God.

On Safari In October

October has been a very busy month. Now that we are into November I thought I'd take a minute to catch up. We had a lot of events. Including our 25th wedding anniversary. We celebrated on a fantastic cruise. SO here are some pictures. 

Memories forever!

 80's Party

 Life  is fun.....

 Our fantastic Tablemates.

Sushi with Alice

 Seaworld

Life is good!!!

Now we are onto a fairly quiet November. 
Special Lerners Homeschool convention 
and November birthdays.......