Resurrection Rolls for Easter

April 3, 2012

Finding ways to celebrate Easter is always fun.  This activity is one thing that the kids really like doing, and for younger kids it can really make it real that Jesus is not in a tomb anymore. All you need is marshmallows, melted butter, a cinnamon sugar mix and a tube of crescent rolls. The [...]

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From 5 to 14 Children ~ Podcast with Becky

March 20, 2012

Aren’t people’s stories fascinating?  I have always been intrigued by others’ lives.  I find that I learn so much through others. Last week I was able to sit down (via Skype) with Becky who is someone that I have learned SO much from.  She shared her story of how her and her husband, Mark, came [...]

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March Forth…or is that Fourth?

March 5, 2012

I know, it’s really March fifth, but I told the kids that we were going to pretend that today was March 4th because yesterday was Sunday, and we don’t have school on Sundays:). A long while back I read an article in a Family Fun magazine.  This article was from a mom who set March [...]

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What’s Working For Us Right Now – Curriculum

February 23, 2012

Wow!  There is SO much home-school curriculum out there that it is overwhelming!  I was recently talking with a friend and she said that it is best just to pick something you like and go with it.  You can always be second guessing yourself and thinking you are missing something or that something else would [...]

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Drawing Curriculum

February 11, 2012

I would be the first to tell you that I am not an “artsy” person.  I don’t draw, and I’m certainly not a drawing teacher!  If the kids want help drawing something they go to Kirk, who is quite talented at drawing. We are using My Father’s World as our base curriculum for this year.  [...]

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Feed My Starving Children

January 24, 2012

We had the opportunity to serve at Feed My Starving Children a little while ago.  It is a great organization that uses adult and child volunteers to package nutritious meals for starving children all over the world.  We were fortunate to have the organization come to our area and “set up shop” close to home. [...]

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What’s Working for Us Right Now ~ Chore Charts

January 22, 2012

Things seem to be ever-changing around here.  We find something that works for a time and then shift to something else as the need (or want) arises. So, here’s what is working for us right now with our chores.  I wrote about how “Day Chores” were working well for us here.  Those have continued to [...]

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How Does Your Blog Look?

January 18, 2012

I have consistently struggled to remain consistent in blogging ~ at least I’m consistent at something:). I have a hard time justifying my time blogging unless most everything else is already done.  Kirk and I joke about the mom who sits blogging while her kids are running around her screaming, the dishes are stacked in [...]

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Whisper Prayers

January 9, 2012

You know when you hear someone speak and you decide you’re going to implement every last thing that they suggested…and then you get home and you really can’t remember much of anything that was said, and you seem to have gone back to just the way things were before? There was a speaker that I [...]

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What’s Working For Us Right Now

October 29, 2011

With the addition of Sawyer to the family and our home-school year starting many people have asked, “How do you do it all?”  Well, the truth is, I don’t do it “all” and many days we don’t even get to “most”.  So, with that disclaimer aside, there are somethings that are working for us right [...]

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