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With summer quickly approaching, there are many more options for outdoor activities that many of us do not have year round. With more options comes the temptation to ditch the books and hit the beach, walk around the zoo, go to a theme park, all day barbeques, family reunions, pool parties, and a plethora of…
I’ve had occasion to find myself both in the iPhone camp and the Android one. Both have their strong points, and each have their weaknesses. Always an appreciative user and {mostly} proficient smartphone proponent, I decided to share with you my favorite free Android and iPhone apps. Hopefully someone will find a new tool they…
Have you ever heard of Grapevine Studies? Grapevine offers a truly impressive array of both New and Old Testament Bible studies for age groups all across the spectrum, from Pre-K to adult. Their wonderfully fun and simple approach, ‘Stick Figuring Through The Bible,’ offers a creative and multi-sensory learning experience that gives kids and people…
This year my family has fallen in love with Apologia as we are just finishing up our first year of their science curriculum. When I was presented with an opportunity to review one of their Bible courses, I jumped at the chance. I was hoping that it would be incredible, and it did not disappoint. It…
Do you ever have days (or whole weeks, even years) when you wonder if your children will ever truly be friends? With each other? Will the bickering, arguing, fairness issues, offensive nature and general annoyances toward one another ever end? I wonder. All. The. Time. Truth be told, I worry about it more than I’d…
Lately I have been feeling a familiar “syndrome” trying to resurface in my life. I like to refer to it as the “Martha Syndrome.” It is something that I see in my life when I allow my time to be consumed by things other than the one thing that is needful. Syndrome, as defined by…
Do you have a homeschool planner? I’ve never had one. I’ve seen them advertised everywhere in the homeschooling world. This was our first official year homeschooling and the curriculum I used was well organized, so I didn’t think I needed to invest in one. However, call it God, or inevitable, but just a few days…
I’ve got a bad habit of comparing myself. Do you? It started when I became a mother…. He’s already potty trained? You’re still breastfeeding? You’re having ANOTHER baby? Then, as the years went on and I had more children, I became more confident. The comparisons dwindled. My child will wean or take formula when necessary….
Google “Skilled Labor Shortage” and you will read article after article about how difficult it is for employers in the mining, manufacturing, farming, construction, oil, gas & utility sectors to fill their skilled positions. My husband works in an industry where this is a stark reality. Most of these positions are high paying, support-your-family-on-one-income jobs…
Great Homeschool Conventions offers Outstanding Parenting Workshops Today, we’re excited to share more with you about this year’s OUTSTANDING PARENTING WORKSHOPS with Dr. Tedd Tripp (Shepherding a Child’s Heart & Instructing a Child’s Heart) Kirk & Casey Martin (Calm Christian Parenting) John Rosemond (John Rosemond – America’s Most Widely-Read Parenting Expert) Dr. TEDD TRIPP (Instructing…
This giveaway is now closed. And the winners are… Stephanie – comment #57 – Chasing Mona Lisa Kala – comment #42 – Mornings With Jesus Monica – comment #43 – Remembering You Congratulations! We will contact you via the email addresses used to leave your comments. We are so excited to be giving away three…
A New Year … and it’s a whole long year ahead. A year is made up of single days. We receive them as a gift, just one of them at a time. Delightfully packaged in this world created just for us. The Bible tells us in Matthew, . “Take therefore no thought for the morrow,…
