New Blog

Kris and I were so blessed by reading your sweet comments as you learned of the loss of our twin boys. My desire is to share them with you. They have changed my life. I feel like God wants to use their story to encourage others who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage. Miscarriage is such a painful experience to walk through. It is so easy to go in for a D&C and come home and pretend life goes on as normal. Life is never "normal again". You are missing apart of you. Apart of your family. I have created a blog just to journel and share my experience and my sweet babies who have gone on to be the the Lord....all three of them. I hope their sweet lives spur you on and encourage you has they have me. http://www.healingaftermiscarriage.blogspot.com/

Sad Hearts

It is with a very sad, aching, and greiving heart that I let you know during a routine ultrasound last Wednesday both my precious twins where found without a heartbeat. They both measured perfectly to date (almost 13 weeks) leading my doctor to think their passing was very recent. They were still so sweetly laying side by side. Together they came into this world and together they left. And though they may have never seen the face of their mother, they have now seen the face of Jesus and have been made completely whole. I was induced this past Thurday and gave birth to two perfect baby boys....Henry Ogburn and George Munn. I cannot with my earthly mind begin to understand how or why this could happen. But I do feel the Lord saying, "Many are watching you, point them to me". So today I'm fixing my eyes on Jesus and begging Him for emotional strength and physicaly strength to get through the days, weeks, and months ahead. Kris and I are planning a graveside service this friday for family to honor the lives of our miracle babies that brought much JOY!

Newest Additions

Meet the twins. After a battle with infertility and a heartbreaking miscarriage last Spring, we found out on my birthday we were expecting again. Praise the Lord. He heard the cry of a mothers heart. Feb 13th after blood work came back, dr said my hcg levels were rock bottom and we would most likely miscarry. I was just numb. How could I finally be pregnant again to quickly be told a miscarriage is inevitable. I was heartbroken. Valentines day the phone rang around 7am. It was my dr. He informed me my blood work had been switched with another patient. I had received her levels and she had received mine. My levels were perfect. Our baby was fine. I went in for an ultrasound that day and we saw ONE yolk sac and everything looked great. On Feb 23rd, two days before Kris's birthday, went in for 2nd ultrasound to check for heartbeat and chart growth. Ultrasound tech quickly found a heartbeat and as she was trying to measure beats per min she spots baby #2. Of coarse Kris was out of town and I was by myself. I was shocked but insanely thrilled to see the two strong heartbeats of my miracle babies. I could not stop the tears from flowing. I literally felt like God was saying "I'm giving you more than you asked for or imagined". I am just in awe of these babies and even more in awe of God's faithfulness and perfect timing. I am so blessed. The boys are thrilled and have taken such good care of me through these sick and exhausting days. I cannot wait to share this amazing journey with friends and family. And I absolutely cannot wait to hold these gifts in my arms. Thank you Lord!

We did find out at our last ultrasound the twins are identical. So we will either have two boys or two girls!



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Another Cat. Zeus Gone

Zeus should have been named Satan. Vet warned use he was bad. I was thinking frisky. No, he meant bad hissing cat. So we now have Boo. Boo looks quite evil but is actually a very nice little kitten.


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We caved

Hamilton loves animals. He wants to be a vet so much so that when he misses one problem on a math sheet, he cries and says "I'll never make it into vet school now". He has been wanting a cat for about a year now. Kris is allergic and not being sure if any of the boys are, we have been reluctant to give into his wishes. But after looking into it for a few months, we caved at got this cute 7 week old kitten that Hamilton named Zeus. Hamiltons birthday is next week so it is kinda an early present. I want to expose him to everything that he loves. And he LOVES animals. Some of my greatest childhood memories are of my pets. No doubt Hamiltons will be to. Thank you Daddy.







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This is what I saw when I walked into his room the night we got back from the beach. Molly was so happy to see him. So sweet. I just love my responsible Hamilton.

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Fall Beach Trip

We love Fall at the beach. So thankful for a husband that recognizes when I need a break. So after dealing with a bad back, sick kids, and the due date of the baby we lost, Mama was on overload. Kris decided getting away would be a good idea and it was. We had an amazing time and the weather was perfect. I love spending time with my boys.


























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Schools days

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To Go WIth Above Pics

Everyone is asking me about homeschooling these days. What cirriculum, what is your schedule, how do you school all three at different levels? I must say, this year is off to the best start. We are apart of a co op on Fridays that the boys just love. We also joined Classical Conversation. We meet with them on Tuesday for instruction for our weekly memory work. Let me just say, CC is amazing . Just in one week of school I am amazed at what all 3 boys learned. Not just learned but memorized. I love that your week is planned for you. You know exactly what to teach and what kids should know at the end of the week. All of the memory work is put to music on CD. We listen in the car and at home. We are honestly learning all the time. The kids just don't know it. Even if you dont' join the group, I would strongly suggest looking into CC. I am just so impressed so far.

My schedule. This may change but for now it is working flawlessly. YEAH.

9:00 We go over our calendar, look at our week, mark days off, etc. We pray to get our morning started. Such a sweet time. After prayer, I set our timer for 30 min. We all start Math. Before any instruction, they begin to work. If they need help, they are allowed to say "need help" once. But they must go to the next problem they can work to avoid wasting time. I float, helping each one as they need help. Jack still needs help with directions being read, so I am finding I stay close to him. But I am available to them all. What they don't finish in 30 min becomes afternoon work or homework. This has really helped #1 motivate them to work quickly #2 allivated much frustration with Hamilton working on Math for an hour #3 ended the waisting time waiting on mommy to help. When they finsih they move to their copy work below.

9:30 - 9:45 When the boys finish their Math they immediately get their copy work spiral notebook and begin writing their copy work for the week. It is written on a lamiated large poster that has notebook lines on it. Hamilton has more copy work for the week than the younger two. This has been excellent to teach spacing, punctuation, etc to the little ones. It also helps that they are writing what they are memorizing.

9:45 - 10:00 They are ready to get up and move at this point. So we go to our states and capitals. I laminated us maps and they have a large one also . They color with wipe markers their states we are leaning for the week. They also write states name and capitals. They also have a matching game I made they play at this time to help them learn this. They get 5 states and capitals a week to learn. When we are through learning states and capital they go to presidents.

10:00 - 10:30 Break for Mommy Boy are working they just don't know it. They have 30 to finish matching game or to play anything in the school room that is not an eletronic. While they play they listen to their memory work cd. I love this time because I do laundry, start lunch, etc. They usually play well because they are ready for a break and some down time. They play with train tracks, models, work puzzles, etc. Something quiet so they can listen to their memory work.

10:30 - 11:00 English/Reading Back to the table with the timer set for 30 min. Hamilton usually needs some basic instruction on his work so this younger ones state their work as best they can. Sam is reading and has been a big help helping Jack with his instruction during this time. Once I get hamilton started, I help the little ones. As they finish this work, they read. Hamilton goes to his room for silient reading. The little ones take turns reading bob books to me out loud.

11:00 - 11:30 Boy go to computer to watch and listen to their memeory work that has been put on youtube. Awesome. It adds that visual to the mix. They don't necessarily love this but they know it is better than sitting at the table working. While they work I do lunch.

At 11:30 We are pretty much done with our core. In the afternoons we read science and history books that go along with our memory work. Today they watch a movie from library on the northwest which is all the states we have learned. They loved it. Again learning and not realizing it. So fun.

Kris reads their bible/history cards in evening.

So far so good. I love it and the boys love it.

First Day of School

The boys and I started our new school year today. God really confirmed and reminded me throughout the day that my job for this season is 100% my children. We have a different schedule and material than last year. As I was putting Hamilton to bed tonight, he told me he really had a great day. He said he liked our new schedule and he thought it was going to be a great year. After I left the room, I could hear him singing his classical conversations memory work over and over. It made me really proud and makes all of my hard work so so worth it. I love my boys!





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