Homeschool Fair and Curriculum Choices

On Tuesday evening, my husband and I set up our used homeschool and christian books at a local ministry site. It is a wonderful service to us homeschoolers who gather and might have a more difficult time having an outlet to sell our used material. I am sure if Jon had more time, we would [...]

Little Hands and Feet

We got to see our newest family member on the ultrasound machine yesterday. It was amazing!  The baby is measuring 11 weeks. You could see little hands and feet really moving, waving, and being alive!  The heart was beating 171 beats per minute! Our almost 3 year old was so precious and he waved to [...]

First Book!

Well, today Mariposa and I walked her first “manuscript” to the post office. She has been busy writing and illustrating her first book for the Reading Rainbow competition. During her journal writings each week, her journaling book gave prompts on what to write and some pictures and words that she could choose to [...]

Huckabee on Homeschooling

We have been following the candidate’s races for the Presidency and have been encouraged in finding this video about how Mike Huckabee has affected Arkansas homeschooling.

Feeling Overwhelmed?

My husband forwarded me this blog posting from Mark Altrogge called, “Hard Thoughts of God.” It was very sobering, convicting, and encouraging. I thought I would share the link with you.Come back and ask yourself these questions after you read his entry.What are you believing about God right now? Do you have hard thoughts of God? Or do you [...]

A Thankful Heart

This week has been fun at home preparing for our Thanksgiving Feast tomorrow. Both sets of grandparents are able to come to our house this year. The kids have had fun making name place tags. We have been studying the colonial times and fits in really well with this season. Our 4 year old [...]

The Error of Ingratitude

I subscribe to Teri Maxwell’s email called Mom’s Corners. I could very much relate with her in today’s email. I am daily evaluating my heart as well as helping my children to “do all things without complaining.” I hope this post will encourage your heart to press on with a thankful heart as it did [...]