A New Lease on Life
There’s nothing like getting really sick to give you a whole new lease on life. What a week it’s been so far! Monday began with plans of beginning a normal week of schooling, but a terrible stomach virus struck and … Continued
Enjoy December!
After this week, our family will be taking a few weeks off of our normal schooling routine to just enjoy. Enjoy food. Enjoy games. Enjoy Christmas crafts. Enjoy serving others. Just enjoy. Our weeks somehow worked out where we will still be … Continued
Co-op Christmas Celebration
We’ve had a great semester in homeschool co-op! My favorite so far. I taught a drama class and came home laughing every Friday evening! We had a ball. So this last Friday we invited our fellow co-opers out to our … Continued
Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free, Southern Chocolate Gravy
I’m dairy-free and gluten free so I had to come up with a version of this family favorite that I could enjoy! It came out good, y’all. Like, really good! So good that my normal go-to gluten-free, peanut butter cookies … Continued
Southern Chocolate Gravy
Nothing got me more more excited as a child than for my mom to say, “We’re having chocolate gravy tonight!” My brother and I would do a happy dance. It’s that good. Now if you’ve never heard of chocolate gravy, … Continued
Build a Bangin’ Tree on a Budget
It’s that time of the year again! Time to deck the halls for the Christmas season! I must admit, there’s nothing I love more than the fun of filling the house with lights and festive music as we celebrate the … Continued
Hands-on Fun!
It seems that all of my kids have been very hands-on learners. That’s one of the reasons why My Father’s Word (www.mfwbooks.com) curriculum has worked so well for our family. All of our kids of reading age have learned to … Continued
Back to the Basics
I was sixteen. Passionate about life and newly passionate about my walk with Jesus. I’d never been so full or so satisfied. I had always said that God was alive. I’d said the whole “Jesus thing” was real. I had … Continued
The Beauty of Being Naive (And a few Pitfalls)
Many a day, I’ve been called naive. It’s true, I’m not hard to convince. I wake up most mornings really believing I’m going to complete about 3,000 things and am no less puzzled at bedtime when most of those … Continued
Adoption! Again!
Almost as as soon as we had returned from Peru completing our first adoption process of our daughter Camila, we believed we’d be adopting again. It’s just something God placed in us. I’m not sure how else to put … Continued