May. 1, 2008 Has it been that long? Apr. 3, 2008 Look at this!
I suppose it's not a big deal anymore.
Look Mom, No Hands!
I am expecting to lose a few pounds in the next few weeks chasing this baby.
All. is. well.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.
Psalm 32:8.
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Mar. 30, 2008 How do you like it?
How do you like my new template?
I love it. Thanks goes to my very lovely and creative daughter who didn't wait for me to ask. She just made it and put it up so I could be surprised and say WOW!
I haven't been here in a while. It's still a busy place at our house. My oldest son has started playing flag football. Our family is participating in a production of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe with a local homeschool support group. Our baby is still not walking but he is thinking about it. I can tell.
Caleb will be preparing for his Grad K graduation soon. Sami is going to start learning to drive a manual transmission car. I remember when I first learned.. my that is one scary memory. I'm pleased to add that when we bought this "new" little car it all came back to me. So maybe I am really not that old after all.
The girls are getting ready for their dance recital.
Many new things going on and many things coming to an end for us.
So I thought I'd post to let you all know that we are all alive and well.. in case anyone was wondering.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Proverbs 13:4 |
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Mar. 20, 2008 Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone has been the #1 foreign language curriculum among homeschoolers for a while -- next week they are unleashing a brand new curriculum, and you can WIN the *all new* Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3… FOR FREE!
This is a $219 program (and believe me it's worth every penny!) and the winner gets to pick from any of these 14 languages: Spanish (Spain or Latin America), English (American or British), Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Irish, Hebrew, or Russian.
This will also include a headset with microphone, and students will participate in lifelike conversations and actually produce language to advance through the program. Rosetta Stone still incorporates listening, reading and writing as well, in addition to speaking. Many homeschoolers requested grammar and vocabulary exercises, and with Rosetta Stone Homeschool Version 3, they're included! For parents, the new Parent Administrative Tools are integrated into the program and allow parents to easily enroll students in any of 12 predetermined lesson plans, monitor student progress, and view and print reports.
To win this most excellent program -- in the language of your choice -- copy these (blue) paragraphs and post it in (or as) your next blog post -- then to enter the contest, go to the original contest page HERE: http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/JenIG/501132/ and leave a comment with the link showing where you blogged about it. And please make sure the link works to get back to the original contest page when you post it. And good luck! The winner will be picked randomly on March 26, and will be notified thru the link they left to their blog pg. And if you have more than one blog, you can post them and enter those separately for more chances to win. Yay for free stuff! |
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I am one very blessed mom.
My oldest son is constantly bringing me flowers.
I hope he never stops.
He just brings one in and says
"here mom"
Like it's no big deal.
But it is to me. I think it is one of the sweetest things he can do for me. It just shows that he thinks about me. Especially when he is outside.
Tonight he gave his 5 year old brother a bath (at little brothers request), brushed his teeth, read him a book, said a prayer with him and tucked him in. He than brought him the cup of water we set beside his bed each night. Isn't that the nicest thing a big brother could do?
He's not all flowers and sweetness though. He is an active boy that sometimes can scare this momma! He set up a blog and it shows another side of this boy.
One I just can't watch at times
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Feb. 27, 2008 Happy Birthday to Me!
Tomorrow I turn the sweet age of 40.
Yep, I'm catching up with my wiser friends.
Today I received the most wonderful early birthday gift straight from the hand of God.
SNOW!
Right outside my very own window.
He knows how much I like to just look at it. Growing up on the East Coast, I've shoveled plenty of snow. I don't miss it. But every once in a while I like to just admire the way it covers the trees and makes the grass disappear. This morning was perfect, we got just enough to admire for me and just enough for the children to run out and play in, even if it was only for a little while.
By noon it was pretty much a memory.
What started off the morning looking like this...........
Ended up looking like this an hour later. JOY!
Thank you Lord, for the little things that bring me joy.
The time with my family and friends.
The time you've given me on the earth to live this life you've blessed me with.
The time you've given me to enjoy all that you have made.
Thank you Father,for blessing me with so many good things.
And especially the snow today. Amen.
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Feb. 17, 2008 Who would have thought?
Yesterday I was blessed to attend a most amazing event. At first I thought this was just another birthday party for another 13 year old. How fun! There will surely be food and cake. There was, and much of it. But that wasn't the best part . The best part was finding out that this wasn't an ordinary party. This was a party, but more of a dedication. The father of this 13 year old presented her with a ring. It symbolized several things, one being the love that God and he had for his daughter. He made her a promise to protect her and help her to remain pure and accountable not only to God but to him. It was a very touching moment watching him get down on one knee to present her with this incredible gift that will be a constant reminder to her.
I was sharing with a friend the other day how surprising my life is.
Here I am on the verge of 40 teaching my 16 year old to drive and my 16 month old to walk. I would never have thought 20 or so years ago that this would be the place I would have in life. A place of so many wonderful things happening at once.
We're wrapping up the house and hopeful to have everything ready by early March. I need to go out and find some plants to liven up the outdoor landscape.
Here are some before and after pictures.
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After
The fence still needs a little work and we have someone lined up to work on it. This house is very deceiving from the outside. It is actually 1,696 square feet on the top level with the same in the basement/garage area.
Any suggestions for landscaping?
Here are a few pictures of my favorite baby.
He's got a mouth full of teeth now!
Isn't he cute!?
And yes, he knows it!
Since this is a homeschool blog or atleast claims to be, I want to add that we are having a great school year. Along with the usual school work we are are keeping busy with many extra activities. Last week we took our monthly field trip to the aquarium to learn about amphibians. The girls are taking dance classes. We've just started with a new group and will be taking part in a drama production of the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. This group has broken into "small groups" and have several parents organize activities for each age group. Jacob has played basketball. Samiam was part of a Valentine's day baby shower to lavish love on the woman who have decided to keep their babies at our local Woman's Care Center. There have been other activities but having several aged children we couldn't possibly participate in everything and get anything at home done so we pick and choose the activities that work best for us. It's been good.
Our trip has been postponed for until after the first of March. Some guessed correctly, we're planning to go to the New Creation Museum in Kentucky. We'll be staying a couple of nights. Can you suggest other places we can visit while we are in the area?
From the blog of jenig
"You can only follow God and obey His word, and trust that He has a plan, which is working together for good for those of us who love Him. And He will never forsake us or disappoint us. He is patient and trustworthy, long suffering and forgiving. " |
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Feb. 7, 2008 No, Not Florida
We are not going to Florida. Someone mentioned Florida in a comment from my previous post and now I received another comment. Someone is jealous because we are going to Florida? No sorry, our trip is NOT to Florida. Although that would be nice.
Hint: We are going to Kentucky.
Anyone care to guess as to what we will be going THERE for?
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Feb. 4, 2008 I am still alive!
I am still alive.
I am still busy.
I am still thankful.
January was a busy month. I had tax paperwork to gather and with a houseful of duties and people this was done in several days rather than one or two. I also got our school progress report accomplished. Normally this isn't a big deal but with SAMIAM is in high school I needed to do a few extra things to add to her transcript.
We're planning a trip for my 40th birthday. We are excited. It's someplace we've been wanting to go for sometime. I will provide pictures once we are back. We don't have a planned date of departure yet but it will be towards the end of this month. With all the working we've all been doing we are ready for some fun.
It hasn't been all work around here. We have taken a few days to have some fun. Last week I convinced my dh to take the afternoon off and we headed to the aquarium. With season passes we try to get there as often as we can. It's the same with our Dollywood Passes.
Our fixer upper house should be done soon. It will be put up for sale in March. If you think of us can you say a prayer the it sells quickly. The Lord has provided so well for us but selling this house would be a goal accomplished and than we can move on to the next house.
Have a wonderful week!
The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Numbers 6:24-26
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Jan. 10, 2008 Making up for lost posts
"Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
For those of you who have been wondering, I’m still around. I’ve just found that I don't have much time for blogging these days. I still think in terms of blogging sometimes. If I’d had the time over the past few weeks to actually put my thoughts on HSB, these are a few of the things I would have written about.
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I love Christmas! The sights the sounds the birth of Jesus. I love it all. Contrary to the materialistic spin that is put on the whole holiday we try not to focus on all that. It's the birth of Jesus and that's all good!
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My oldest daughter and her husband finally closed on their first home. I am thankful that they have been blessed so early in life. It was touch and go for a while but it all worked out. The house is a 1920's farm house. Think old and needing lots of work, but with lots of potential!
It's out in the country but not to far from a main road. It's just them and a neighbor. Very quaint, very quiet and very peaceful. I would have loved to have had a cute little house like that when we started out. We are all very excited for them. God is good!
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We had twin goats born recently. It was a severely cold day and one didn't make it. The one that survived is a boy. Figures!
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Our Family Project.
We bought a fixer upper house last October that we intend to sell once the work is completed. We're getting close! This has been an ongoing family project. Our children are learning the ins and outs of rehabbing and remodeling a house. It's been a lot of work. I mostly take pictures and tell everyone what a great job they are doing. I have way to much to to do in my own house and it's stuff that only I can do. The house is looking great and everyone has been working so hard, especially my husband who always does his best. His work slowed down last fall and I am not sure what he would be doing right now. The Lord has provided just enough work to provide for our needs. Other than that we are living on faith.
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BIG NEWS! ----- BIG NEWS! --------- BIG NEWS!
Our baby is starting to take his first steps. Yes, some may think he should already be walking since he is now 15 months but we just take our time around here. It looks like he'll break the slowest walker record of 18 months. Go baby goooooooooo!
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"I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it."
John 14:12-14
We'll we are off to a faith filled year at our house. I've had to put my total trust in the Lord in so many areas of my life. This is not always easy but is always good. I have also had so many people ask me to keep their lives and situations that look hopeless, in prayer. If you also have a situation that seems hopeless remember that we serve the God of Hope. Nothing happens by chance but by His will. Amen.
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Our iris's are blooming all over the yard! I love this part of spring!!!
Jake took a fun soap carving class.
Samiam and the Worship Team! Days of Elijah - Dance
