Sunday was our 12 year anniversary.  We bought our 12 passenger van (the weekend before), the math works!  We also hit our favorite restaurant Olive Garden.  These goofies followed us to OG, wink. ***************************************************************** My husband is a “car guy,” and believes our boys must start on their right of passage into the “car guy […]

I was greatly inspired by homeschool veteran Vicki Bentley and her website Everyday Homemaking. Under her “A Mother’s Sentimental Journey,” she listed a schedule that worked for her family and I gladly tried it out! I’ve made it fit for our family, here’s a look at our 2010-2011 school year.  An important fact to remember […]

A few years ago we realized that all the kids birthdays are approx 6 weeks apart (G-May, Z-June, J-Aug and N-Sept) from one or the other (yes, we’re a little slow, lol).   I have a hard time doing anything “small.” Instead of having parties all Summer, we now have ONE HUGE BIRTHDAY BASH!  We still […]

  Living with Confidence in a Chaotic World. What on earth should we do now?   The title of this book, by Dr. David Jeremiah, captured my attention.  Because really, this is where we live.  We live in a broken world full of compromise and counterfeits. Dr. Jeremiah’s book however laid out a plan of action […]

Saturday we went to “Family Day on Court Square” hosted by several wonderful ministries in the area.  It was powerful to enjoy worship music in the middle of the city. They also had puppets, face painting, free food (SUCH a blessing-the kids had 5 snow cones each 😉 and lots of other goodies for the […]