I used to love change when I was younger but as I have gotten older change is NOT something I embrace.  It is just too hard to change, sometimes we just want everything to stay where we are comfortable but in life we are meant to sometimes change.  We are expected to grow in Christ, switch jobs and homes at times, sometimes even towns and states!  I know many of you have moved many times and that can be really HARD.  We have to adapt to the loss of a loved one and the addition of a new one!  Change usually grows us, it moves our lives in a foward direction so we can see all that God has in store for us, but of course it can feel scary at times so we pray for courage before going on.

My life has changed so much since I starting blogging three years ago, wow!  I now have three children that are going to be officially SCHOOL Age, I can't believe it-no more toddlers, babies or preschoolers.  I have truly experienced loss with someone I loved dearly.  She is waiting for me in heaven but it has been quite the adjustment.   I have starting working from home part time for my brother (attorney) and started to review products which I love.  Life is full and busy! 

I felt in order to keep blogging, which I love, I would have to make it easier for me.  Again I hate change but have decided to move my blog, I love homeschoolblogger and love that I have been sharing my life here for three years but felt I needed something that was quicker and easier for myself.  I know homeschoolblogger is about to make many changes and I think it will be great, however I have decided to move on.    So PLEASE come over and see me at   

http://www.homeschoolingandlovingit-angela.blogspot.com

 and subscribe or follow me, I don't want to lose any of you that read my blog!  I am just trying to simplify my life!  I will be able to have my feeder right on my blog to check out my favorite blogs everday and post very quickly!

Many times change in our lives can be a good thing, there is so much in store for us that we can't possibly know about !

I'm so excited about this conference this year.   I can't wait to hear Sue talk about the workboxes, Tiany-about being a work at home homeschooling mom (I could sure use ideas how to balance it all) and many more.  All the speakers look great!   You get a goodie bag full of freebies, a download to all the seminars to listen to whenever you want  and much more.  You have to check it out!

Well, for the ones who have read my blog for awhile you are probably wondering what happened to my blog?  I have truly let it go, huh?  Well, not exactly!  I am taking this summer to really organize my life.  I want my new school year in the fall to be ready to go and I'm so excited to be doing Creations to the Greeks with My Fathers World.  I love the Bible and LOVE the Old Testament so this will be just a great year for us.  We will be doing biblical feasts, building a tabernacle and much more.  Can't wait. 

I'm also starting timeline books from Homeschool In The Woods and I'm really excited about this.  My children will have personal timeline books to take with them when they graduate that  have all the wonderful things they learn about.  The Bible characters and stories, History Figures and even things in our family, birthdays, things that have happened to us and even our favorite authors, along with much more.  This will be so much fun!

The biggest change in our homeschool will be the workboxes.  I'm diving in and we are going to implement theworkbox system.  My children are already excited about this and I think it will change so many things.  They will be able to visually see what they have done and how much they have left and I will be able to include so many of the wonderful things that are fun I have always wanted to include but never feel like I have had the time.  I will be taking lots of pictures of setting it up and how we do things.  I'm even changing my schoolroom around this year to be more workable for my family... 

I am organizing a lot!  I want my home life to be better and less chaotic this year so I'm using this summer to make that happen!  So I will not be blogging as much until the fall BUT............

I have some changes coming to my blog as well.  I need to be able to simplfy my blogging so that I can share more with you and you will see the change soon.  I hope you like it and I'm excited about that as well but it is taking me time!  Can't wait to unveil it! 

I will be posting some giveaways on my other blog and will write in to let you know about them and when to check them out and I will be putting up my parenting seminar notes from my parenting bible study I have been doing this summer, I can't believe only 2 weeks left!  So don't forget me, check in once in a while and it won't be long and I will be blogging again on a more regualar basis sharing what I love the most.  My family and my homeschooling!

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I don't have too many teachers that made an impact on my life while growing up in public schools.  There were some nice one, lousy ones and ones that were ok but I can only count on one hand the ones that really made an impact on my education.  However I did have one that I LOVED, she was my fifth grade teacher and we always had a blast in that class.  She had fun contest to motivate us in behavior and academics and we won every contest the school had!  But the thing that made the biggest impact on me was her reading aloud to us every DAY!  She read all kinds of classic books to us-everything from Charlottes Webb to Bridge to Terabithia.  She had the attention of everyone in the room, including students that were typically a challenge.  I could not wait until reading time where she would get these stories out and introduce us to all the wonderful characters of the stories!  I LOVED it!

I think one of the greatest things we can do to bond with our children is to have read aloud time.  Many times as parents we read aloud to our little ones.  We have them on our lap or have them cuddle with us or read during their special bedtime routine but once our children start reading for themselves we let them go read but dont always think about reading books together anymore.  Some of our greatest times as a family have been reading great books together.  The kids get so excited talking about the characters, begging for another chapter to be read and excited about the anticipation of the next day wondering what the story is going to bring.  Sometimes mom gets so choked up during a chapter I have to let dad finish it.  Those sad ones are hard! 

I also find that they naturally become good spellers, good readers, and have high reading comprehension-all because they were read to.  All it takes is one chapter a day and they will love it!  Audio books are great too, you will have your kids begging not to stop the car.  My oldest all time favorite so far is Ginger Pye!  Wow, did he ever love listening to that one!  If you are looking for ways to connect with your children, you have to check out some great read alouds.

I think everyone (homeschoolers or not) should have two catalogs every year.  You can go to the websites and ask for a catalog and they will send them to you free of charge.  One is from sonlight where they give you a great list of books you dont want to miss!  They are seperated by grade level and there are readers for your kids to read as well depending on their reading level.  My son's favorite used to be Frog and Toad books, now it is anything Beverly Cleary has written.

The other is from Lamplighter where they have taken classic books from the 1800s and reprinted them.  Stories about  deep character that really gets to the heart!  We are now reading The White Gypsy and it is very hard to put it down.  They even put the books in covers that look authentic to the time period-they are beautiful books and we are hoping to read lots of them together in the years to come!

www.sonlight.com

www.lamplighterpublishing.com

Prayer is THE most important thing we can do for our children.  We can learn all kinds of parenting techniqes, styles and discipline but without prayer we have nothing.  Prayer is our life line with our LORD and we need to use it for our children.   We live in a day and age where everyone wants our children.  The culture, peers, and most of all Satan.  Eighty five percent of children who grow up in Christian homes do not stay in church once they are grown.  We (God's people) are losing our children to the world and we are losing them by masses.  This can not be acceptable, we don't have to give up to the enemy-our children belong to the Lord and we need to give them to him completely.  Prayer is the best way to do this. 

 Pray for your children- make times specifically to pray for them, maybe your shower time, your drive to work, before you go to bed, anytime you do the same thing everyday and that way you will remember.

Pray over them at night, go lay your hands on them while they sleep and pray God's will be done in their lives, pray that he protects them, guides them and brings them closer to him!

Keep a prayer journal and make days that are just for your children or grandchildren.  Even if you have adult children that do not have a personal walk with him.  Maybe you were not saved when they were little or didn't have the walk you have not with Christ and you have regrets.  It is NEVER too late to pray for them-Pray God brings them back, that he makes up for the time lost and don't give up.  You never know when God will use you or bring someone in their lives at the right time to lead them to HIM!

Here are some resources I talked about for your prayer life

You can get this on Amazon.com

Amazon.com

Praying Down the Path of Your Child's Life
Tom Bishop

You can find this Here. 

This meme looked like a lot of fun to do.   This is whatKasey wrote:

What kind of friends would we be if we didn't confide our deepest darkest secrets with each other? My sister made the comment the other day that from my blog I sound like I have it all together. Well, do I have news for you!: I am so not!

So we are suppose to spill our guts!  I can relate to what Kasey says, some of my friends think I have it all together, totally NOT!  I can be downright a mess and most of the time are!

1.  My house is usually a mess.  I hate this but I'm being honest.  I have not mastered being a homemaker at all despite my desire to do so!  I have read and  tried EVERY plan and method I can get my hands on but you actually have to implement them to have them work.  Imagine that!

2.  I'm not organized at all, although I'm always striving.

3.  My kids are not perfect by any stretch!  I'm blessed because they are good kids and I do work very hard on character and training, sometimes though I get the impression that other moms think they are perfect and like all,  we are sinners saved by ONLY HIS grace!  We mess up a lot! 

4.  I have a terrible temper.  It is something God has really convicted me in and I'm working hard on it.  People do not believe me when I mention my temper and in some ways that makes me sad.  I want my family to see what outsiders see, it's not fair to them that they get one thing and others get something else.  So this is the year I am committed to changing that.  I'm doing a pretty good job, but I will say it is not easy to change our shortcomings.

5.  I do things at last minute!

6.  I'm embarrased by how messy my minivan is!

Well I guess that is enough of being brutually honest today!  Join Kasey for Friend Making Monday!

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For eight weeks I will be leading a parenting seminar called Parenting is Heart Work at my church.  This is where I will put my links and notes so that the ones who come can refer back to.  I wanted them to have a place to come if six months down the road they were trying to think of a resource that I shared with them and could not remember it they could come here but I also thought I could share a little bit of the seminar with my notes here to my blogger friends.  Each week I will share the resources I talk about.  The first week I wanted to share the effectiveparenting.org resources because that is the study we are doing and dvds we are watching! 

I have a Category bar on the right side, just click on Parenting Seminar and the notes will be there, that way you won't have to look through all my entries to get there.  Of course unless you want to-I would love for you to read my whole blog! 

I have found so many resources in my parenting journey I would love to share some each week from many other sources as well.  Each week I will talk a little bit about a particular theme and then share the resources from that.   Teaching Children Character and Biblical teaching has been a passion of mine and hope and pray that you will learn something from my struggles and successes to take into your homes and family!

I started with my testimony of the struggles I had with an angry child.  I blogged about this a few years back, here is the link

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/byourlove1/181589/

I was new to blogging then and wrote it all in one paragraph, sorry about that, I wanted to edit it but because it is so old it wouldn't allow me to!

Effectiveparenting.org is the website of the ministry that we are watching the video on. 

The books I talked about are

Great book for children and parents who struggle with an anger issue!  You can get this from amazon or on the effective parenting website! 

This book is the one I am giving away at the end of the session to one lucky winner!  This book is based on the dvds we are watching!  Amazon or their website!

My all time favorite!  I LOVE this book.  Gives you practical tips on keeping the whining and complaining out of family life!  Specific things you can do with your children and a study at the end you can do together!  Amazon or their website!

This is a wonderful book to do with a group of kids or your own at home!  Really helps you get to the heart of your children's behavior!  Some of these kinds of books I feel are corny, just like I said in the study, we don't have to be corny just because we are Christians, I feel this one is not!  They have a series of these, this is the one I own!  Get this at effectiveparenting.org

CD's

These are the ones that helped us so much with Zach!  After listeing to these and applying them to our lives we saw instant changes.  It took a while to get where we needed to get but like anything.  You have to work on training not only your child but yourself in how you deal with them, especially the strong willed. 

First CD's I listened to, if you have a child that is strong willed, suffers from ADD or ADHD, you have to listen to them.  Found at effectiveparenting.org.

These Cds are just like the dvds we are watching but have a little more information.  Found at effectiveparenting.org

Fun activity books for Family Nights.  They have them for all ages!  Effectiveparenting.org 

It's amazing how Satan works, this is the first week of praying for our husbands for the 30 day challange and let me tell you, I have been knocked down this week.  My husband has been more cranky and down then EVER and I know it is because of these prayers but the enemy will NOT win.  I serve the One Almighty God and I will continue to pray for my husband. Amy warned us this would happen but I just couldn't imagine until seeing it with my own eyes!

Day 6 is one my dh is really struggling with right now.  The battle of the mind.  This is what Stormie wrote in her book

When he would get down, the words in his mind told him he was going to fail, be worth nothing, that he was incapable of doing what he needed to do.  -Stormie OMartian (p.81)

He doesn't feel he can lose weight, he won't pass his test for work, won't be able to fix our pool, doesn't feel like a good provider because money is tight and our cars need so much work and on and on.....I am going into deep prayer for this subject.  I know my husband serves the same mighty God I do and he can conquer these things so I will keep praying-

I have had many challanges too this week-I started a parenting seminar at my church for the next 8 weeks and devoted myself to praying for Eric and I have heard the enemy tell me I'm not worthy, I have twisted my ankle (the one I broke last spring), I have grieved missing my MIL  who went home to be with Jesus over a year ago, my kids have been more difficult to parent this week, one thing after another this week.  But I will carry on, because I know serving God is not always easy, but I LOVE him and will continue to do his work and have his will in my life even amidst struggle. 

I love what Stormie writes here because I know how true it is! 

My new blog is finally up!  Yeah!  My hope is that all reviews I do will be there and this blog will continue to be my homeschooling/family blog!  I will be posting entries here letting you know about giveaways over there and some of the homeschool things that I review will be on both.  Please come over and check it out and grab a button.  Let me know what you think!

I am joining Amy's SHMILY group to pray for our husbands for the month of June.  We are using Stormie Omartians book called "The Power of a Praying Wife"  I am enjoying it so much!  I feel so convicted in this area of my life.  I often wonder if I had been praying for my husband for specific things and in a deep committed way since the beginning of our marriage 15 yrs ago this coming August where would he be now?  Don't get me wrong, my husband is a wonderful man who LOVES the Lord but if I could go back I would do some many things different as a wife and prayer for him regularly would be my main priority.  There are so many things I would do different, I have NOT always been the best wife, actually many times I have been down right rotten. 

Everyday we are to pray about something different for our husbands.  His job, his finances, his faith and much more.  I will blog about some of the challenges as I go.  Amy has also put on her blog activities we can do and the 1st one is a list of all the things we love about our husbands so I thought I would share mine here!

He is so patient!

He is very kind hearted!

He is the greatest dad I have ever known!

He works hard so we can be a homeschooling family!

He loves to video all of our family memories, he gets so touched when he watches his family memories!

He LOVED his mom so much!  She died last year and it has been very difficult for both of us!

He LOVES Jesus!

He always makes me feel beautiful, even though I have gained too much weight he has never made me feel ugly or not sexy!  He stills loves me the way I am

I find him very handsome!  He hates that he has put on weight, I still find him very handsome!

He loves animals!

He is a great COOK and does most of the cooking (I know I'm so spoiled)

He pumps my gas (I know, I know-how very spoiled I am)

He always lets me know how much he misses me when I'm gone and always says I love you on the phone.

He prays for me!

He is ALWAYS supportive of my endeavors no matter what they are!

He takes care of me when I'm sick!

Wow, I could truly go on and on.  Actually when I read about others who have struggled with loving difficult husbands, I often feel guilty because it has truly been ME that has been the difficult one over the years but God is really working on my heart and I am really working hard to change that.  I want my husband to know how very much I love him and I don't ever want to take him for granted.  Thank you Jesus for bringing this man in my life!

I recently received a book called 'Made Here Baby" .  This book is packed full of great information on companies that sell American products for children.  The topics include everything from infant items to toys, furniture and much more.  This book includes almost everything you would buy for a child.   We have come to a point in this country where we can't trust everything that is sold out there for our kids.  We have had so many recalls and dangerous things out there being sold, it truly can be scary!  This book wants to tell you about companies that are known to be safe and well-made.  The book also contains companies that are family run, companies that are owned by women and moms and companies that care about the enviroment!   

I loved looking through this book.  There were so many companies out there that I didn't know about.  They include websites, addresses, and phone numbers.  Everything is in categories so it is easy to find who sells clothes, toys, and all the other topics it covers.  I enjoyed the beginning of each chapter that included personal stories and factual information on safety and more.  This is one of those books that every parent should have on their bookshelf so they can always have the best stores available to them to buy for their kids. 

After all the recalls of Chinese-imported toys containing dangerous chemicals, parents want to know where to get products they know will be safe because they have American manufacturing standards. Plus, in the current recession more and more people are looking to support their local businesses.

Author, product developer, and proud uncle and godfather Bruce Wolk tracked down over 400 U.S. companies that produce amazing children’s products from infant moccasins from Minnesota to cribs handmade in Memphis, sustainably-built wooden sleds from Colorado to Cotton Monster’s unique plush animals in Seattle. In addition to basic company information and interesting facts, he includes notes on eco-friendly companies, family businesses, and ones that make products for children with special needs, so every parent is sure to find a product that meets their home’s needs.

Thanks to the FRN and Made Here Baby for this opportunity!

I have two blog tours to share with you!  I'm getting them up late but I did want to share about the books because they are really great ones to let me readers know about.  The first one is Learning to Live Financially Free by Marybeth and Curt Whalen and the second one I will share in my next entry.  Most of us homeschoolers have heard of Marybeth.  She is well known as a speaker and writer and is a member of the Proverbs 31 ministries.    

 I have read almost the whole book and am really enjoying it.   This is a book written by two people that have really been there in the trenches with their money issues and their marriage.  They both share what worked for them and how they changed their lives one day at a time and most of all started to give GOD their finances for the first time in their lives.  There is a lot of practical things in this book as well, they walk through specific things they did to turn their situation around.  At the end of this post you will see tips on money saving in tough times and be able to take a quiz to see if you and your husband are financially focused. 

About the Book:    (North Carolina) - The fear and reality of tough economic times, foreclosures, bailouts, bankruptcies and falling stocks strike fear in the hearts of many Americans today. With investors, newscasters and bankers giving advice, who can you trust? Marybeth and Curt Whalen share their financial successes and failures in their new book, Learning to Live Financially Free: Hard-Earned Wisdom for Saving Your Marriage & Your Money. If a family parenting six children can get out of debt and live financially free, anyone can. The Whalens readily admit they made their share of mistakes the first ten years of marriage. Becoming more disciplined and intentional in spending and saving helped them learn valuable lessons for better financial stewardship--lessons you'll want to learn too.   Learning to Live Financially Free not only focuses on building a stronger financial understanding in the home, but also encourages couples to communicate, thus building better, stronger marriages. The Whalens clearly comprehend the need for careful money management and commitment in marriage. Money-strapped families will find peace of mind as they begin the process of becoming financially responsible and debt-free.

Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Kregel Publications Release Date: March 2009 ISBN-10: 0825441889 ISBN-13: 978-0825441882 Retail: $12.99

Marybeth and Curt Whalen know what it's like to juggle marriage, kids and money. Their new book will encourage readers to manage their money and marriage more effectively.

About the Authors   Marybeth Whalen is a speaker and contributing writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries. The author of For the Write Reason, Marybeth has also written for Parent Life, Money Matters newsletter, The Old Schoolhouse, Hearts at Home magazine, and Homeschooling Today. She contributes regularly to the daily online devotions of Proverbs 31 Ministries.   Curt Whalen is a trained financial counselor through Crown Financial Concepts. He has years of experience helping couples establish budgets, solve financial problems, and learn to communicate more effectively. He has written articles for TEACH Magazine and Money Matters Newsletter and has contributed to books by authors Lysa TerKeurst and Melanie Chitwood.

I received some bottles of sunscreen from Kinesys. 

This is information from the website:

• Photo-stable Broad spectrum UVA/UVB protection with Parsol® 1789 • Topical antioxidant Tocopheryl Acetate(Vitamin E) to scavenge free radicals • Oil-free / Alcohol-free / PABA-free / Preservative-free • Very Water-resistant / Sweat-resistant • Hypoallergenic / Non-comedogenic • Fragrance-free

This KINeSYS product has a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) rating of 30, meaning that it extends the body's natural UV resistance by 30 times. If applied as directed, this product will effectively absorb both UVA and UVB rays. This gentle non-irritating formula is ideal for children, sprays on easily and dries fast for little athletes on the go and comes in a bright fun package kids enjoy.

I really like this sunscreen, I loved the fact that when you spray it, it comes out so easy and goes on great.  It dries so quickly.   I hate sunburn, really hate it.  I was never one of those girls who had to have a tan bad enough to fry myself, NEVER worth it.  I burn very easy and I love a good sunsreen with spf of 30.  I don't use anything with less.  More important I want protection for my kids, not only because burns hurt so much but because I know the risk of cancer is just too great.  This sunscreen did great, I sprayed it on, it dried quick and it lasted the whole time we were out! This sunscreen is so easy to spray, you don't have to rub it on and it comes in cool fun bottles for kids  We haven't had the chance to use it too much yet because our weather has been cool and wet for the most part but I'm really looking forward to using it a lot this summer. 

As well as being a kid's favorite KINeSYS sunscreens have won awards from parenting groups such as Mom's Best, iParenting and the PTPA, "because parents know best".   This sunscreen is so easy to spray, you don't have to rub it on and it comes in cool fun bottles for kids. 

The fun part is I get to give some away!  Yeah!  This will be for 4oz Kids Sunscreen & 4oz Kids Moisturizer.   Leave me a comment telling me what activity you use sunscreen for the most!

Open to US Residents!  Contest ends Saturday May 23rd at midnight!

 If you post an entry on your blog or tweet about it I will give you another entry.

Or if you follow me on twitter here.

Thanks to FRN and Kinesys for this opportunity!

Our coop did a 20th century unit study. Every class did a different decade. They studied the history of the decade, the President, things that became well known in those years, etc. My oldest studied 1900-1910 and my youngest had the 1990s. Here they are dressed up, the did a play last night where each class did skits for their decade. It was so good and then we had tables set up for each decade.

Here is my son's skit for 1900-1910.  He is sitting down, he is the immigrant worker.  The one who has to check in the immigrants coming in from Ellis Island.  This is the 3rd-4th graders. 

This was my other son's class.  They represented 1990-1999, So one of my children started the decade and the other finished it.  They are singing the Veggie Tales Song.  The writer of the play was our speaker who read all the intros and things that were happening in that particular decade (we even had video footage)  I love this line.  One small company had a BIG Idea and of course that was Veggies. And this happened in the 90's.  This was the 1st -2nd graders.  I dressed him like one of the kids from saved by the bell, I think he looks 90's, don't you?

The high schoolers danced in the 50's to dance around the clock. Poodle skirts and all, it was GREAT

 Here are some of the table displays.  This is 1900-10, we studied all the wonderful inventions and headlines of the decade.

 One of the assignments for the students was to do a newspaper headline of a major event.  My son's was Mckinley Shot, Teddy Roosevelt takes office.

 This is the 90's table, remember Furby?  They also did a web page in the back talking about the World Wide Web!

Some other classes of our coop this past year.  The Lego/Knex class.  My kids loved this class so much.  They had to build certain things and learn all about the mechanics of it all.

We did a unit study on weather and our younger children did weather lapbooks  One of these is my girls.  I taught this class and we had a lot of fun learning about weather together.

I was so proud to teach this class.  Goverment-it is a passion for me and I think I did a good job making it fun!  Not always easy for goverment.  We did this class first semester so we displayed them at open house too.  Every student was assigned an American symbol do a tri-fold board on and they could make the project too if they liked.  This one is my son's paper mache eagle.  I'm going to post pics soon of everyones.  They were so good, we had a clay liberty bell, a foam captial building, and much more.  The kids were so CREATIVE!

 We had a great time in coop this school year, looking forward to things to come in September.

If your looking for a great spelling curriculum All About Spelling is one to look into for sure.  I received a whole program for All About Spelling.  I think the most unique thing about it is there is so much more to it then spelling!  SO much more....    There is phonics, spelling, literature and grammar rules-it truly covers so many areas of language arts.  It does take some time to set up but well worth it if the spelling program you currently use has not worked for you!  Many of the crew members have raved about it, you can check their reviews out here. 

All about spelling consists of letter tiles,  flash cards, and an optional CD-ROM as well. The teachers manual is put together very well.  It helps you in great detail to teach the concepts they give you and is laid out wonderfully.   The tiles are very important with this program and a must have.  The program does take time and effort on you and your children but if you have a child that is struggling with reading, spelling,  or needs a program that really helps based on their learning style, this could very well be your answer.  it touches on all the learning styles, so if one aspect doesn't work you can bet another would.

 All About Spelling is available for purchase with level 5 being published in 2009. Included in each level is one teacher's manual and one student materials packet for $29.95. The letter tiles are important to this curriculum, and are 9.95 and are used for all levels.

Thanks to ALL ABOUT SPELLING,  and  THE HOMESCHOOL CREW for this opportunity!