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: Stay at home mom
Homeschooling and Working From Home
The Hows. The Whys. The Good. The Bad. The Ugly. I think as a farmer’s wife, I have really worked from home all through the years, but he is pretty flexible, and well, he has to be nice…Ya know? Because, as wife, I have a little pull too… However, I have always been the one…
Personal Goal Planning for Christian Moms~Moms need personal goals too
As a mom who wears many hats, many of my personal goals seem to get swept under the rug, lost in the mush, or just neglected. However, as a mom who is also a human, created in God’s image, I have a desire to complete tasks that may not be so motherhood oriented. I press…
Large Family Mealtime~Creating a meal together.
In the large family, mealtime can quickly turn into complete chaos. Below could be a scene in our home, if I didn’t get creative with who can do what, and adjust my expectations. The toddler gets ahold of the toilet paper, unwinding a whole roll, handing it to the baby who quickly shreds the entire…
The Homeschool Mother’s Journal~February 20
In my life this week… This week, I have tried to keep up with my Life Application Bible Study better. I did a little better. I would like to really get into this study, but it seems I get so focused on doing our family Bible time, and run out of time for mine. I…
Weekly Wrap-Up~The one where the weather has been nice again
This week we have covered lots of school, not because we didn’t enjoy the weather, but because we had the weather as motivation. Get your work done and we can go outside. This week my husband has been working for another area farmer, so we have had to adjust our un-normal schedule a bit…
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…
Happy Birthday Sweet Hannah!!
Hannah had a rough entrance into this world. First a c-section due to her transverse presentation and after birth having neonatal pneumonia. Through it all she has been a blessing in our lives. We have gained more faith in Jesus our Savior along the way. As Hannah has grown, we have enjoyed seeing her personality…
A Sad Day…Put All the Baby Things Away.
Today, I put away nearly everything that would show others there was a baby living in our home. It was time, that I came to terms with the fact that for now, we no longer really have a baby living here. Hannah is a toddler. In many ways I am okay, but in some I…
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