A Move to Lincoln and Homeschool

So we finally found a house in Lincoln, Nebraska and are all moved in.  It was quite an ordeal to find a place to live in this college town.  First of all, the rentals are expensive and rundown.  The landlords have no incentive to fix up houses that will be destroyed by college students.  Mario found a subdivision in the far south side of Lincoln that he loved and persuaded a landlord to drop the rent $400 a month so that we could afford his house.  The landlord has been wonderful and even agreed to put up a fence for Summer.   It is a beautiful home that is still more than I want to pay but we love it and are getting accustomed to it, the ward, and neighborhood.  The one downside is that there are some great fishing ponds in the neighborhood so I rarely see Zach and when I do, all he talks about is fishing.  HA!

The biggest news of all is that we are trying homeschool (online) for 8th grade.  We originally found a home on the east side of Lincoln that we loved but the school was awful so that's when I looked into online options.  We decided against that home and our new home is in a good school but the boys were all excited about trying online school so I figured we'd give it a shot. Not much to lose since it's only middle school and not high school where grades really matter.

We are using the k12 curriculum through a public school in Omaha.  It requires us to go up to Omaha for classes once a week but I figured that would work perfectly for us to see Eric, friends, and going to the temple.  Everyday I second guess my decision to do this.  It is quite a sacrifice for me because I am accustomed to having A LOT of time to myself and I won't lie, I love that alone time.  But I only have my boys home for 5 more years so as my blog says, I am going to try to enjoy the journey and try to love every minute I have with these two rambunctious 13 year olds that I love so much.

It will be an adjustment for all of us and I'm sure that I will threaten more than once a day to put them back in traditional school.  Haha.  But really, I'm hoping that it will be a great opportunity for our family and it is something that works so well that we will want to do it for high school too.  That may be wishful thinking.