One of the advantages of home schooling is being able to take lots of field trips.  Getting to see history or science in person is much bet...

You know how those little fairy gardens are all the rage these days?  They have the sweetest little fences and bridges and paths all in min...

~our gifts~   "I want to see little children adorning every home as flowers adorn every meadow and every wayside.  I want to see...

A while back I was thinking about how I might pass our family recipes on to our children, and I decided to make a scrapbook style recipe bo...

  Yesterday my mom came over and did some fun fall crafts with our youngest 3 kids, and since they were simple and fun to do I thought ...

Remember back when you were in school and grades were so important?  Well, maybe they weren't important to you, but they definitely...

--Our oldest son unloading hay-- Wow, summer is not long enough!  Just one more week and then our three oldest will be back in school...

  May is wonderful. I am really enjoying each new week of flowers, right now it's the week of irises, can you smell them? At ...

Do you need something fun to do with the kids today? How about making some play dough? This is a recipe from our old church cookbook...

  I am in a stretching season of life right now. I know, I know, life with six kids, homeschooling 3 of them, 2 of them teenagers (...

Our day... 4:00am- alarm clock goes off, reminding me that today is Miss E's surgery day. She is having her tonsils and adenoid...

Little Miss E's health has not been the greatest since she was born.  She has chronic nasal congestion and has trouble breathing,...

There are several things I like about home school- one of which is the relaxed atmosphere. Mr. AJ here, loves his morning coffee- (do...

The following verses have encouraged me in parenting lately, so I thought I'd share them with you in case you need to hear them too...

Many people ask me about how I do Miss E's hair and if it's hard, etc.  So I thought I'd do a post about it to fill you al...

This morning I am home from church with a sick little girl, so I have a few minutes to write while she plays with her kitchen and w...

Although we have had our share of cold winter days and frosty pink mornings, like the one above, we are enjoying some very warm w...

~Here are some pics of four of our six children~ For some reason, going from five to six children has been a harder switch than goi...