Valentine’s Day Is On Its Way!

Not much longer! Here’s what my kids did for the big Valentine’s party this year.  (They’ll go to a huge party with about a billion other homeschool kids.  They will play games and eat snacks and pass out Valentines to the other kids their age and they will come home talking in really loud voices [...]

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The Big Project

The kids finished their big project on Christmas Eve and revealed it to the family on Christmas day, and so I present to you: the angel the shepherd and his sheep, Mary, Baby Jesus, Joseph and the donkey, three wise men and their camels and gifts I’m sure you can’t tell, but each of the [...]

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Scenes From Our House

The gifts are all wrapped and under the tree. We’ve been talking about and celebrating the best gift; we are so, so thankful for Jesus. The cookies are all baked!  (And boy did we bake and bake and bake . . . . These are my new favorite – dark chocolate peppermint, though we’re going [...]

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What We Did On Christmas Break (by jen)

the holy family It was about noon on Monday, and one of the kids looked at me and said, “So are we going to do school today?”  I just laughed as I realized that I’m not sure that I ever told them that we weren’t doing school, and I thought momentarily about saying something like, [...]

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On Birthdays

Last week, I had the worst birthday ever known to mankind, maybe.  It involved getting bad news, a vomiting child, a major disappointment, cleaning up after the child, learning to take apart the drain stopper in the bathtub and sink, having to re-arrange my day, and several other minor mishaps.  The day was anything but [...]

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Today: Cinnamon Rolls for Neighbors & a Quick Question

It was 20 degrees outside when we walked around to our neighbors homes to share the fruit of our day’s labors. But the pans were still warm, so it didn’t seem too bad! We delivered five pans of cinnamon rolls to our neighbors.  We have two pans left on the counter – one neighbor wasn’t [...]

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Advent

advent – (noun) a coming into place, view, being One of the things that I love about Christmas is that while December 25th is the day, the whole month just seems to be a joy.  I enjoy preparing the gifts, baking like a madwoman, preparing for family to celebrate around our big table, and all [...]

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A Few Gift Ideas

Here are a few fun ideas for this gift giving season; each of these organizations uses their money to better the lives of others. Light Gives Heat – I have their classic necklace, and it is one of my favorite pieces!  I can wear it with tons of stuff – as a necklace or bracelet, [...]

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Don’t Hate Me, But I Have My Christmas Shopping Done

TeeHee!  I actually do have a few more things to buy, but the rest is all done.  I even have a few presents wrapped! Why am I telling you this?  Is it because I am just plain mean and like to gloat?  . . . Well maybe, but no! Really!  I shared that, because I [...]

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O, October!

October has long been my favorite month, made even sweeter by our wedding anniversary! I finished my day’s duties wishing that I had something really fun to look forward to this weekend.  The calendar is full of soccer games and a birthday party and more than a little cleaning that needs to be done around [...]

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