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 […]
Every Girl’s Dream Come True…
December 8, 2010 by 3 Comments
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 […]
Unplanned Homeschool Break~Happy Birthday Isaiah
November 16, 2010 by 1 Comment
Once again, I come to tell you that, we are not the perfect homeschool. Why? Because, life happens, children get sick, computers crash, and there are six children in my house, and when they need me as a mom rather then a teacher, I become a mom 100%. See, God made me a mom before […]
A Sad Day…Put All the Baby Things Away.
November 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
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 […]
Dealing with Disappointment
November 3, 2010 by 4 Comments
Disappointment is something we must face numerous times in our lives. As we get older, we find that many of the disappointments from our youth were nothing compared to the things that disappoint us now. We have disappointments of early deaths, not being able to reach goals we had set for ourselves, disappointments in […]
Honored at the State Fair
September 19, 2010 by 1 Comment
Like every year, our family went to the Kansas State Fair the second Monday of September. This year it just happened to be our oldest daughter Lora’s 8th Birthday. Yes, she was born on Friday the Thirteenth, and yes she does have red hair, and yes we are proud of her. ;) One of our […]
Twelve New Things—Things I want to do over the next year
August 15, 2010 by 1 Comment
I am participating in Sarah Mae’s Twelve New Things over at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee. August—Start the 2010-2011 homeschool year and keep going. Make Extra room for lots of quality Bible time, and fun time. Allow Natural learning to not be in the way of what I want, natural learning is from God. […]
Being Content in Your Home and Season.
August 5, 2010 by 1 Comment
Not Back to School Blog Hop~Curriculum Week
August 2, 2010 by 2 Comments
As many of you know, I have a bit of an addiction to homeschool curriculum. Don’t all homeschool moms? I mean, there are so many choices for us to look over. My goal is to hand pick curriculum that will meet my childrens’ learning needs, styles, and desires, without breaking our budget or causing my […]
Holy Housewives—Passionate Housewives Desperate for God Chapter 5—Freedom from the bondage of Perfectionism…
July 26, 2010 by 4 Comments
Welcome back to Holy Housewives. Join Multitasking Mom and I as we discuss our lives being at home. I don’t know one stay at home mom, who has not struggled with this. I am so guilty of this it isn’t even funny. Honestly, I still struggle with it. I have struggled to the point that […]
Weekly Wrap-Up Regaining Health, Preserving Veggies, and Preparing for Camp
July 23, 2010 by 2 Comments
Well, there hasn’t been hardly any school going on here. A lot of “unschooling”, but books haven’t been touched or should I say the ones we write in. ;) Our oldest since July 5th has read over 1161 pages from fifth grade through adult fiction and non-fiction books. When he isn’t doing chores, outside […]
Holy Housewives—Passionate Housewives Desperate for God Chapter 3 and 4.
July 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Hi all, First off, I am sorry about missing my post last week. However, I was a sick cookie. First I hurt my back the week before, and over the weekend, it got worse. Finally I went and sat in a hot tub for a bit on Tuesday, huge improvement. However, Tuesday evening, I broke […]
Holy Housewives-Week Three-My thoughts on Chapter 2, Get ready for Chapter 3.
July 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Welcome back to Holy Housewives. We are glad you are here. Join Multitasking Mama and I as we work together to improve ourselves as women at home, striving to be the Proverbs 31 and Titus 2 women that God and are family’s deserves. If there is any encouragement in Christ, any solace in love, any […]
Weekly Wrap-Up—Swimming, Baby Rashes, and a Need to SLOW Down
July 2, 2010 by 10 Comments
This week has been very busy. It wasn’t really planned that way, but we had two opportunities to go swimming—something we do not do all that often. Then we had a doctor appointment, garden needed attention, my husband’s aunt passed away and daily life doing chores and homeschool. Sunday, we went to church and came […]
Holy Housewives Week Two—Passionate Housewives Desperate for God—Chapter 2
June 28, 2010 by 4 Comments
First off I apologize that it seems that I have put this on the back burner. However, as Satan does on a regular basis, he tried to thwart my plans for this. First my internet went down for two days, my son injured his leg and our baby had some big issues with her SID. […]
Passionate Housewives Desperate for God Giveaway!!
June 18, 2010 by
Yep, in conjunction with the kick off of the Holy Housewives group, Vision Forum has agreed to offer two books to my readers. So, two of my readers will get a copy of Passionate Housewives Desperate for God!! How exciting is that? Filled with encouragement and words of wisdom, Passionate Housewives is written for women […]
Supermom? I am NOT! Organized? Nope, Not Me.
June 9, 2010 by 11 Comments
I posted on Facebook about how I was getting our homeschool in order. I posted about having printed a few planning forms, and that now I needed to fill them out. Well, someone though that meant I was organized. HA! My work area looks like a bomb hit it. Seriously, it does, though I do […]
Weekly Wrap Up—Testing Curriculum Samples, End of Year Evaluations, Extreme Nature Walk
May 28, 2010 by 6 Comments
We had a big week, considering I didn’t ever get to lesson plans over this past weekend. I landed in the garden and only stopped long enough to eat and sleep. 😉 So, Sunday around 8 pm, I decided it would be a week of curriculum samples to try it, complete our year end evaluations […]
TOS Review Crew—I am joining the 2010-2011 TOS Homeschool Review Crew
May 27, 2010 by 1 Comment
I am so excited to share with you that I have been selected to join the TOS Homeschool Review Crew. I am honored to have been chosen. When I review curriculum, my goals are first to help other parents make informed curriculum choices, by offering honest reviews; and two to help curriculum companies make better […]
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Digging out of the Homemaking Slump—Homemaking Giveaway
PLEASE NOTE: though the product is still well liked here. I have found that the honesty and moral values of this company have since changed, or become very obvious to me. At this time, I would be very cautious ordering anything from here. I am sorry to have to add this to this post, but […]