A few weeks ago I wrote about keeping your marriage first. I have seen so many marriages fall apart over the last few years, and my heart breaks. Satan WANTS your marriage. Why, because the marriage is a “Holy Institution”. He hates God. Hebrews 13:4-7 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage…
Category Archives: Farmwife
Signs of Autumn for Homeschool Families~Includes a free Autumn Scavenger Hunt
We have entered October, and for many that means we are surrounded by signs of Autumn. If you haven’t been surrounded yet, you probably will be shortly. In our area, Kansas, we don’t have as many of the coloring leaves and such, but we do see lots of changes in the rural farm areas. We…
A Day in the Life of a Peace Creek on the Prairie Homeschool Day
Our days are full. We live on a small farm in rural Kansas, where you can here tractors groaning, birds chirping and coyotes howling at night. My husband farms alfalfa hay and some wheat. He also does some mechanicing on various items at any point in time. He enjoys taking our children with him on…
Jumping Ship from the Institutionalized Educational Mindset in the Homeschool~Part 1 Grade levels and Start Dates
Over the years of homeschooling, I have become braver in getting away from the school at home mindset. However, I have also known, I needed to get farther away from that mindset in order to be able to attain our goals with our children. Grade levels is one way I am doing that this year. …
Andi’s Pony Trouble~Circle C Beginnings
Do you have a horse crazy girl? How about a girl that is trying to grow up to fast? Is she full of ideas, that don’t always turn out so well? Then Andi’s Pony Trouble by Susan K. Marlow and illustrated by Leslie Gammelgaard, will be a GREAT book for your little girl. This story…
Nature Study Tuesday~March 1
Welcome back to Nature Study Tuesday. We took a break over the coldest months of the winter, but now it is warming up and time to get back outside and enjoy God’s creation. Over the winter our oldest Philip, AKA Nature Boy, fed an opossum in our garage. This opossum has been lose and able…
Helping your Children Pursue their Career Goals.
Homeschooling is one excellent way to be able to help your child learn about a career they are interested in. From a very young age, our oldest has wanted to work at a wildlife refuge or be a missionary in an animal filled area…Think Amazon here. Though we are not able to take him…
Juggling Homeschool with Work—Working from home while homeschooling
As a homeschool family, we have had to learn to juggle the many things in our lives to make room for it all. Not only am I a homeschool mom, but I am a farmer’s wife, blogger, blog designer, and book seller. Our farm stuff has become part of our school stuff, or is it…
Every Girl’s Dream Come True…
For Christmas this year, my girls’ are getting what they have wanted since they could talk. They actually already received it, and boy-oh-boy are they excited. I know Christmas is not about gifts, but we enjoy picking out special items for each other. For our family giving is the best part. There are some things…
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