“You Homeschool too?” “Youmust be SuperMom!” “You have more patience than I do!” “I could neverhomeschool my kids.” These and more are all typical responses I hear whenpeople find out we homeschool our children (ages 21m, 35m and 6yr). Am I aSuperMom? Do I really have morepatience than others? I sure don’t think so. When [...]
So, this week brought yet another set of challenges. See thispost for more on my week. But, I was able to get last week’s challengecompleted. Now, I didn’t create the zones she talks about because we eat at home most of the time, the Hubster doesn’t take meals to work and we already schedule a [...]
Here is this week’s meal plan! We’ve got a few “special” meals this week as we’re celebrating some birthdays!! YAY!!! My baby boy is turning 3 on Friday and we’re celebrating our niece & nephews birthdays on Monday night. Can’t wait to celebrate!!! I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!!!! (mine excluded! Haha) If you don’t understand what I’ve [...]
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.” John 14:27 You ever have one of those weeks where you just know the evil one is trying his best to get to you? Yep…that was this past [...]
What do you get a 9 yr old for her birthday? The other day my niece turned 9 and I had no idea what to get her. I started looking a couple weeks ago for ideas…yes, on Pinterest, of course!! I came across thisSUPER CUTE idea and thought…Wouldn’t Z love this?? So, before I embarked [...]

It is true that if you’re pursuing a godly life and a right relationship with Him, the evil one will come in and do anything and everything in his power to distract you; to turn your focus away from Him. Well, this week was one of those weeks. My children are finally over the RSV [...]
People may be covered with “dirt” on the outside, but that may not reflect who they are on the inside. Last night as I was sitting in my Wednesday night class (we’re going through this book); we talked about how the image of “beautiful” has changed so dramatically over the years. Did you know Marilyn [...]
This is one of our family’s favorite recipes!! We’ve probably had it a half-dozen times and it’s still just as yummy as it was the first time we tried it. I originally saw a posting about it on the Crockin’ girls facebook page. But, you can find it here on their website (along with a TON of other great [...]
Mister mouse showing me his “pirate” hat I can remember when I had our second child and I thought I would neverbe able to handle two children at the same time by myself (and now we have three under age 3!). At this point in our life, we had not yet settled on homeschooling our [...]
Doesn’t this look absolutely DELICIOUS?! Okay, I know…THREE posts in one day! It’s crazy!! But, I just had to share this recipe with you! I was looking through some old recipe files I had stored away on my computer and came across this delight. And what a delight it was tonight! YUM-O!!!! I must confess, however, that [...]