I have met a couple of very dear friends through the internet, mostly through my original blog {fresh floral art}. While I realize that the internet is not a place to seek and invest great amounts of time on friendships I do believe that God brings people together, even online. My friend Sarah is one of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Homeschool’
28 Aug
Circle of Life
Our church is doing an amazing study on how your life would change if you only had 30 days to live. I believe that we all have moments when we feel more connected to the reality of our death, but most of the time we are just living life (eating, pooping, sleeping, driving, working, [...]
15 Aug
The Boys Shoes
As we are raising our children to be good stewards of God’s money and stuff, I am reminded of the impact my mothers prayer and Gods answers shaped my mind and heart.
It is just something that changes you forever, for the better.
Nathan and I have made a conscious choice to live a slower, simpler [...]
1 Aug
Wearing Babies
When Carter was a baby I thought baby carriers were the car seats that came with our stroller travel system. In fact, he spent a lot of time in his car seat. Too much time in there. With Elizabeth I did use hotslings and carried her a lot more often. Praise God that I have [...]
30 Jul
The Saying is True…
Kids really are just as happy with a
cardboard box.
So we were at Sam’s and Carter had
already mentioned how excited he was
to scope out the cardboard bin for
boxes to store our recycles in.
Our plan is to use the boxes to make the
roof, but for now they are storing our
cleaned items very nicely out in the
garage.
So we approach the checkout line [...]
16 Jul
Our First Trade
Here is our first trade, a ton of books from our good, gracious friend Beth. Carter was so excited as he stacked the books up one by one (where does he get that from??) and yelled SCORE when he saw this one. We looked through the books, played with them, smelled them and some of [...]
7 May
Why We Homeschool
1. God told us to. Not once, but many, many times until we finally said yes.
2. I like my kids. And I love being with them.
3. Not to shelter them from the world.
To show them the world.
4. Not to protect them from those in need, those who sin or the unsaved.
To [...]
