Homeschool Art Program – Artistic Pursuits

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I have never had an official homeschool art program until now. We have always just did art as it happened. We would paint for a birthday gift, model clay for a Christmas ornament, and draw a picture for our nature study. But this year I decided it was time to get serious about giving the […]

Calming Chaos

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As the new year is upon us we will all, most likely, be looking to improve our lives in different ways. But one of the biggest areas focused on at the beginning of each new year is “organization”. If you are one of the many people that has this on your list of goals for […]

Seeing Christ in Christmas- Part 2

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Here is the next lesson in the Family Christmas Bible unit study. Christmas Lights – These little twinkling lights can often be overlooked as “just another Christmas decoration” but after this lesson your family will be reminded to “shine for Jesus” when they see them. Ways they can remind of Jesus – 1. They twinkle […]

Giving.

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Thanksgiving.   As we enter into a time for reflecting on thankfulness I felt led to share these pictures. While they are a few months old, they tell a story much deeper than first seen.     See, this is the evening of Daddy’s birthday. And he is opening his presents after eating the dinner […]

Fall

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I love this time of year.     And I love these children.   I love my calling as a wife and mother.   I love my photography hobby.     And I love my life and feel totally blessed. 

A Volcano Lesson

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We are doing much more hands on learning now in our homeschool and part of that is making learning a fun experience that is just a part of our life and who we are. So yes, even on vacation this fall, we had our times of learning. But the kids never even knew that they […]

A Stay-cation-Part 1

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At the begining of September my husband was on vacation for a whole week. And while we did stay several nights at my parent’s farm we didn’t “get away” for vacation this year. Instead, we had a stay-cation. Making slaw for our Labor Day festivities Peeling Carrots We had a day of flying adventures!! We […]

Disney On Ice – Treasure Trove – A Review

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So, last night was the big night for our family. We got to go see Disney on Ice “Treasure Trove” . This was the first time that we had been to anything like this and my children were so excited. We began the night with a Meet and Greet of the stars. Well, Mickey and […]