My husband took this past week off of work so that we could accomplish a couple ambitious back yard projects. We planned to lay 400 square feet of stone pathway and spread gravel beneath the deck to stop muddy runoff. Tuesday we marked out the path area and began digging and laying the edging. On […]
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The Left Behind series
I started reading the first book in this series five days ago. I finished it night before last. It was AMAZING!! It is a fiction book about the non-believers that are “left behind” while the Christians go to Heaven. The main characters are Rayford, Chloe, Buck and Bruce. It is a little scary, so I […]
Having Fun with Art
Anytime is a great time to have an ART Lesson and if you don’t want to call them lessons, just call it A time to be Creative! “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”—Pablo Picasso Art is something that stimulates an individual’s thoughts, emotions, beliefs, […]
The privilege of computer time
In the past weeks we’ve gotten lax on our computer habits. We’ve been out of school. Been through a round of summer time sickness. We’ve let the boundaries slide. I noticed as we got away from our habit that the grumpiness moved in to stay. All our habits mesh with and compliment one another – […]
American Civics and Idols
On a recent Saturday, I took the two oldest and the youngest children on a shopping trip. The eldest girl needed some new Sunday clothes. The eldest boy had a birthday gift card to spend at Barnes & Noble bookstore. After they had finished their shopping, we would stop at Walmart to grocery shop.
VBS
VBS has been really fun so far! I am teaching one-year-olds. Since I am a teacher this year, I get some of the teacher food, which is really good stuff like nachos and sugar cookies. I also like taking them on the playground, which we do two times. The second time we go when the […]
Pay it Forward
When we were first married my sister gave us some of the most useful advice that we’ve ever received. Way back before I had ever heard of Dave Ramsey, she told us all about how they never put Christmas presents on credit cards. She said they determined how much they needed to spend and then […]
Chore system
At least eight years ago I came across the P.E.G.S. chore system. It is simple to use and very visual. When you have a family as large as mine it can be difficult to remember who does what or who needs to do what. I put the chart away a few months ago just for a […]
Life Never Stops therefore Habit Training Shouldn’t Either
If we have been successful in establishing a habit there will always be another one we have to establish, one that we need to work harder on or worse one we have to reestablish. This is true in training ourselves or in training our children. Just when you think you might have a habit established […]
Summer Camp at home
Maybe, like Kendra, you’d like the scoop on summer entertainment. “What on earth are we going to do while the kids are out of school?” Or, maybe, like us, you’re putting the bucks it would cost for camp towards Dave’s debt reduction plan. It could be you are simply searching for a fresh idea. Whatever […]
Birthdays the easy way
It took a few trial runs but now we’ve secured our birthday party schedule. Just a couple years to figure out we didn’t have to spend a whole lot of money to have a successful birthday party. That it is more important to build memories together. Simple. Easy. For us, it’s the way to go. […]
The Scoop on Summer Entertainment
As June approaches and the days grow steamier by the minute, I start thinking, “what on earth are we going to do while the kids are out of school?” One of our favorite summer activities is to head to one of the local theaters to take advantage of the free family films that are offered […]
Little Women
Little Women is in anime! I’m so happy! Anyways, we watch it almost every day. I love this show, it shows the whole story of little women over a bunch of episodes. It’s awesome because it’s in anime! We also watch another show on TV in anime called “Going Wild”. It is so cute! It […]