Memory Verse - Now mine eyes shall be opened, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. II Chronicles 7:15
Introduction - I thought that I would hit the “easy button” this week and not only make the assignment light, but also give us a chance to get to know each other better through prayer.
Assignment - This week I would like you to post any prayer requests you have. What is going on in your life that you need prayer warriors for? Feel free to post an unspoken request if you feel it is too personal. Then if you would just take the time to visit as many other BFS buddies as possible, pray for them and then leave them a little note letting them know that you have prayed or will be praying.
My prayer requests
~ My hubby job. He works in construction as a painter/drywaller/builder. That his job will be able to continue to support us and provide for our needs.
~ That we will be content with our needs and not be upset if all our wants are not filled.
~ That we grow as a family and a couple, closer to God and closer to each other.
~ To be able to train my girls to have a heart for God and desire to serve him.
~ for opportunities for my husband to preach, as is his hearts desire.
Assignment: Try to think of one thing you can say to the glory of God- one thing to thank Him for, a positive thing you can say about Him, or one of His Names-using each letter of the alphabet. You are allowed to make up words- if you can justify them by making it clear what you mean- and you may also use any foreign language (but please explain what it means) - and you can also use a thesaurus or dictionary if you get stumped. I’m putting my list below so you’ll have to copy and paste this then remove my answers. It’s a bit of a challenge but I think you’ll enjoy it. Have fun with it! You can also reach the page by the link in my sidebar.
Here is mine:
A— Awesome!
B–Beautiful.
C–Creator.
D– Devotion.
E– Eternal.
F–forgiving.
G– The one and only God.
H— Holy.
I– Incredible.
J— Joyful.
K– King.
L– Loving.
M— Messiah.
N– Never ending.
O– obedient to his heavenly Father.
P– Patient.
Q– Quiet .
R— Raised from the grave.
S– Safety.
T– Trinity.
U– Understanding.
V— Victorious.
W— Wise, full of wisdom.
X— ex (X) cellent.
Y— Yaweh .
Z— Zealous .
Memory Verse - II Corinthians 4:18 - While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Introduction - Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; isn’t that what we’ve always been told. I find beauty in many things and in most people. There’s beauty in a flower, according to FTD as well, there’s beauty in trees, animals, people, and I’d have to say, as I’m sure that most people agree that there’s beauty in watching a child grow.
Assignment - Look around your space, look into your heart and share the beauty you see or feel with the rest of us.
Please show us some pictures of the beautiful things in your life, not just your children, maybe a flower, a book, a special place you sit to find peace or it could just be a beautiful letter or note you’ve received
It feels so good to participate in this. I had a very real bad day. It is nice to sit in the stillness of the late evening and contemplate the good after a rough day.
There is beauty in the images of a bygone era. To just sit and think of the simplicity of yester years.
There is also beauty in my childrens creations, knowing they took pleasure in doing something fun.
I find beauty in music. I love the pleasure of learning a new hymn. It lifts my spirit as nothing else can.
There is beauty in just being different. Having fun, just being me.
There is beauty in nature, seeing God's hand all around this world He created.
There is beauty in His sacrifice. I would not be who I am if it were not for His love for me.
I had to include this one. The joy and beauty my family gives me.
Memory Verse:Ecclesiastes 3:1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Introduction: You Deserve a Break Today (McDonalds) –After all this crazy weather, the economy ups and downs and now a new President for the United States you all do deserve a break today. I want to give everyone a ‘break today’ and have the ANNUAL SHOPPING SPREE!!!
Assignment: I’d like to stick with a theme for the spree though. The marriage bedroom! I’m also being a little selfish on this one because my husband and I are getting ready to demolish our room, my office, and our ‘guest’ room and make ourselves a master suite. I need some great ideas on linen, wall colors, curtains, pictures…anything that would help me to decorate our new room. I do want a soft and sanctuary type theme. Are you willing to help me? Your budget is $1500! I gave you a raise from last year…since the economy is so bad right now…LOL. Make sure you use the banner and code on the right side of this page to show us your assignments!
Wow, This was fun! It gave me some time to get away from my usual chores for some fun! I don't really shop on line but I do browse. It was fun to make a list of things that I would like to have. I must admit that some of the things are the same as last year, some of the we have been able to purchase, like the curtains and bed set. It is fun to pretend to do the rest of the room that is our little piece of the house :) I look forward to reading others.
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Intro: This week we continue with shaking things up a bit. Children are often so pure in what they say. There is no sugar coating it, they just say it as they see it. There thoughts can make us laugh, touch our hearts and open our eyes.
Assignment: This week are going to do an “Interview With Mom” and post it to your blog. There are a list of questions below to interview your children with. Feel free to add your own questions or remove any question you don’t want to use. You will then ask your children the questions and post the answers that they give you.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.
Intro: This week the other Teachers and I want to shake things up a bit! We wanted for everyone to have some fun and have an assignment that would be easy and enjoyable too. This is a creative blogging assignment but hopefully it will offer help to some newer bloggers still trying to learn “how” to add pictures to their blogs and also help learn your classmates names to easily identify them…and it’s just FUN!
Assignment: This week you are to use your Blog Name (or your own pen/real name) and create signs. There are two ways to do this and you can do one or both ways.
Here are my banners and signs that I’ve made to share with everyone. I have my two of my favorite verses within the signs! They should be easy to spot! Go to this location and use the Create tab at the top of the page to select All Templates or go to the bottom of the page and on the left choose Banners to make your project. Then follow the directions to copy the code and post it on your blog. Have Fun!!! Warning: This is NOT a christian site!
Alright, I had way to much fun doing this. I feel bad, life has been so busy the last couple of months I haven't been able to participate as much as I would have liked to. hopefully things will settle into a pattern and I can do more.
Memory Verse: Matthew 14:19…Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.
Intro: Finger Lickin’ Good - You can read about Christ feeding the 5,000 in many places in the Bible (Matthew14:19;15:36; Luke 5:6;9:3-17). I am a fairly new Christian and one of the many things I love about reading the accounts of Jesus’ miracles, is that there was not a big drum roll, fireworks, a thousand dollar suit or an agent building up some big preview of what was about to happen. Jesus would calmly say things such as “have faith”, “believe”, “have them sit and pass out these loaves of bread”, and then the miracles began.
Assignment: Although I am not able to produce miracles, it sometimes feels like I need to when it comes to meal time. There are times when money is tight, groceries are few and I have to feed my family. During the holiday season, you might have so much going on that you need to make a meal quickly with as few ingredients as possible. This week post your favorite recipes that require six (6) ingredients or less. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
I love to cook I may just keep posting as I come up with more.
Hamburger casserole
2 lbs ground beef fried seasoned with salt and pepper to taste
Boil pasta ( I use rotini) about 3 or 4 cups uncooked
1 can 10 oz tomaoto soup
1 can 28 oz diced tomatoes
toss together and place in a greased 9x13 inch pan, cook for about 30 min.
very simple, very good
Meatloaf
2 lbs ground beef
1 box chicken stove top
2 eggs
1 cup water
about 1/2 a cup of your favorite BBQ sauce, put another 1/2 cup on top
combine and place in a 9x13 inch casserole shape into a log like shape streaching the length of the pan. Bake at 375 for at least an hour. This came from Kraft Canada
Cherry Dream Cake ~from Taste of Home
1 pkg. white cake mix
1 pkg. 3 oz cherry jello
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 pkg, 8 oz. cream cheese
2 cups whipped topping
1 can 21 oz. cherry pie filling
make cake according to package. Once cake is cooked,disolve jello in boiling water, poke holes in cake and pour jello into holes. Cool for 15 min thenplace in fridge for 30 min. cream cheese and fold in whipped toppingspread over cake. top with pie filling and place in fridge for 2 hours before serving.
Memory Verse: Romans 10:17 - So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.
Intro: America’s Favorite Dessert J-E-L-L-O - What we read affects what we believe. When we feed the Scriptures in our spirit, faith comes alive and becomes a living force within you.
Assignment: Write about your favorite ‘faith food’. Tell about the books of the Bible that you read that help to build your faith. Nurture the seeds of faith inside you. ex: Acorns become Oak trees.
This is something that I have been struggling with, it just seems that feeding my spirit has taken a back seat and I feel myself shriveling up inside. I admonish all of you out there if you are starting to slip in your bible reading catch yourself before it is too late or too hard. I am trying to put this first place again but am finding it hard to "go back to my first love".
Before I would take solace in the church age epistles written by Paul, how encouraging to read how the spirit guided these men and women. As I am struggling to right myself, I am finding psalm 51: 10-12 a balm for my soul ~
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
I am also leaning on Romans 8 and the book of Philipians. I may not be where I should be or want to be, but I am trying to get my eyes back to where they need to be.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven; this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Assignment: We only have today. Should God take you today, have you accomplished everything that you wanted to, needed to. Have you said all the things that needed to be said? Let’s have no regrets, let’s make sure we get to those things, so that when we’re standing before the Lord, the only thing we need to do is to worship him.. and not regret not getting to that thing on our to do list. Stop - go take care of that thing…. then, come tell us what you choose to share. Don’t embarrass yourself or any of your loved ones
The only regret I will have is to stand before my King and have to explain why my children were not brought up to love and follow Him! My most imortant goal in life is to guide my children and be a witness to them in my daily life that I might be able to stand before the throne and say "Lord I have done my best".
It is God who enables and guides. But to do my best I must be close to Him. If I am not striving to be close to Him and to know him, why would my children.
Train up a child in the he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Memory Verse: Isaiah 40: 1- Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Intro:“Have It Your Way” (Burger King) - As cooler weather approaches and the winter eases into our doors I like to lounge by the fire after a hot shower. I love to make soups that are brimming with a rich and full flavor. In our home there’s nothing better than a hot bowl of soup or and a hot cup of coffee or cocoa on a cold winter night.
Assignment: Tell us all about how your have “your” relaxing time, more especially how during the cooler months you take time to curl up with your favorite movie, book, Bible study, and what your favorite warm drink would be.
My relaxing time....I have relaxing time? Just kidding. Most of my relaxing time comes in the evening. The last of the girls are in their rooms by 9 p.m. , they are sometimes allowed to read a bit longer but are in their rooms for the most part.
I used to soak in a nice hot bathtub with a christian romance book, but I used to have a large claw foot tub. Now I don't , so I sit on the couch and read with a warm blanket around me or do handwork (like crochet, knit or cross-stitch). At 10:00p.m. the news comes on and my hubby and I sit together and watch it or a sometimes we put on a dvd show like "The Waltons" or " The Andy Griffeth Show" and relax together. We usually will have a warm cup of Apple cider or A hot cup of regular tea or coffe for my hubby. Sometimes If my hubby is out he will bring me a cup of tea or hot chocolate back from our local Tim Hortons coffe shop. Yummy. But that is a treat.
But that really sums it up. The relaxing is done in our living room for the most part either together or at least in the same room, and just persuing interests that we don't always find time for in the general run of the day. But the fun part is doing them together.
Ecclesiastes 4:11 ......But how can one be warm alone?
I had to share this picture. We recently went to Ross Farm museum with the girls. It is set up as it was in the 1800's I believe. this is the fire that is in the kitchen. They really cook over it with large cast iron pots and bake things also. It was so inviting and warming on the cold drizzely day that we were there.
Assignment: Post your favorite fall recipe/recipes to share. I love trying new recipes, do you? It can be baking, main dishes, veggies, dessert or anything else you can think of. There are no limits. Mmmmmm..I can’t wait to take a look at some of those recipes.
OOOHHHHH!!!!! I love this! I love to cook and bake! And I love Fall! I love the changes that come with fall and the how we switch to from bbq (even if it is good) to the more traditional things like soup and casseroles, roasted meats and baked potatoes! Oh the smells that come from the kitchen!!!
There are so many things that I love to cook and bake! And I love to try new recipes. I can't wait to see all of your recipes to get some new ones to try.
One of my absolute favorites to make on a cool day is chilli and cornbread.
brown 3 lbs. of ground beef in 1/2 cup of vinegar and a 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Add 1 cup of chopped onions and cook through. Place in your slow cooker and add 2 28 oz. cans of diced tomatoes and two cans of kidney beans . Also two cans of sliced mushrooms. Salt and pepper to taste and chilli powder. to taste I usually use about 4 to 5 tsp. Do not drain the cans add everything. and serve with cornbread or garlic rolls. Yummy!
I love to make soups, but I never use a recipe. My favorite to make is chicken and vegetable soup, but I make it from my head. I boil chicken legs, usually 3 or 4, and save the broth. I then add turnip, carrots, onion, potatoes, sometimes celery. I add salt and pepper and tear up the chicken to add. I do use my secret ingredient, knorr chicken concentrate. This too I serve with warm rolls.
Another soup I like that is a bit spicey is Mulligatawney soup. It is a Indian curry soup. Use your broth from two chicken breasts, cooked with no salt and no skin. Cut up chicken. Saute 1 apple cubed with no skin in 4 tbsp. of butter. Add one cup chopped onion and 1 cup chopped celery. Add one cup chopped carrots, 1 tsp. sugar, 1/2 tsp. pepper, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp curry powder, 1/2 tsp. ginger. Add enough water to cook veggies, but not mushy. Add chicken stalk to mixture. add one can (14 oz) crushed tomatoes and 1 can tomato sauce. Add cut up chicken and 1-2 tsp. lemon juice. Let simmer 40 min before serving.
Rubarb Cake
2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt, 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 1/2 rubarb cut into 1 inch pieces. 1/2 cup butter, 1 egg, 1 cup of milk and 1 tsp. vanilla. Combine as you would a cake and put into a greased pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup ugar combined with 1 tsp. cinnamon. and bake at 350 for 40 min.
Chocolate pudding cake.
Combine 1 cup of flour with 1/4 tsp. salt, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tsp. baking powder, 2 Tbsp. cocoa and 1/2 cup of milk heated with 2 tbsp of melted margarine in it. ans 1 tsp of vanilla.
Spread this into a non-greased 9 x 13 inch pan
Place 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 3 tbsp.cocoa, 1 cup hot water. Combine well and bring to a boil. Pour gently over cake and bake for 25 min at 350 degrees. Serve with whipped cream.
And last but not least a favorite cookie recipe
Pumpkin chocolate chip
1/2 cup shortening, 1 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup canned pumpkin, 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. vanilla, bag of mini chocolate chips.
Cream shortening and sugars, add pumpkin and egg and vanilla. Stir unil well mixed. Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda, salt, cinnamon. Add to pumpkin mix a little at a time. Mix well add chocolate chips and drop by spoonfuls onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for about 10 - 12 min.
Ephesians 5:20
Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
Memory Verse: Matthew 28: 20 - Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you alway, even to the end of the world. Amen.
Assignment: In the memory verse Jesus tells us that He will never leave us, not even at the end of the world. He assures us in this verse that He will be with us and that means through everything we go through in life. I thought it would be interesting to write about the things we would never leave home without. For some it might be baby needs, others it might be a gym bag and bottle of water, and for some it might be your Bible and a notepad or small journal, maybe even your son or daughters favorite blankie! I’d like for you to write about something that you would never leave home without.
Yes! One that is easy for me! There are some out there who know me well and can vouch for this. I never leave home without a bag that contains some for of handwork. I have my knitting bag that is used for either crochet or knitting, and my cross-stitch bag that contains, well my cross-stitch. I always try to have something on the go. Thought last night I was unable to use it because tha lady I am making a baby blanket for showed up at the homeschool meeting. But I always like to have something to do if some downtime occurs or just to keep my hands occupied.
I used to bring a book too, but I haven't bought one for awhile.
I have wracked my brain and questioned my children. I kind of feel like I am failing here. I was unable to do last weeks assignment, and we really don't do anything wacky. Maybe I should find some things to do. I'll enjoy reading others posts.
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. (KJV)
Assignment: This week I want you to do something for someone else. Do you have a neighbor that needs you? Do you know an elderly person or single mom that could use you? What about the homeless? Pack even one single sack lunch and give it to someone in need. Do you know someone in blogland that is struggling right now and could use a note from you about how much you care? Pray about this. Let God put on your heart the perfect thing for you to do for another. Now, here is the kicker…I DO NOT want you to post about what you do. Whatever you choose to do is between you and God. Our rewards are in heaven, not here on earth, Mathew 6:1. I want you to post about how doing this “act” made you feel. Was stepping out of your comfort zone in this area as hard as you thought it might be? Could you see the gratefulness in their eyes? Hear it in their voice? Tell it from their typing? Do you think you might make doing things like this a more regular part of your time? If this is an area that you are already active in, tell us how you feel this has impacted your life.
I am going to stray a bit here, I hope that is alright. This is something that is near and dear to my heart. I try to be open to doing things the Lord lays on my heart.There is nothing like the feeling of holding a friend who is discouraged as she cries because you brought supper for her family and she was to overwhelmed that day to do it herself. Just taking the step to be a minister to others is so rewarding. I won't tell you all that I have done, because my reward is in heaven and not for anyone else to know. I will tell you this though, lately I have felt discouraged myself and have wondered why I bother. I have felt that it isn't working no one is thankful and no one cares so why keep doing things for people who are not greatful!
This assignment has remined me of why I do this. I think sometimes the Lord will lay someone on my heart, not to be a blessing to them, but because I need it.
I will give you a few ideas ~ bake some bread and give a loaf to someone, nothing like freash bread to show someone you care. Anykind of home baked goodies will perk up someone and show then you will put time into them. Send an e-card with a sweet mesage. A grocery gift certificate for a unemployed friend/family. Stop by with a basket of tea and cookies and just sit and listen to someone who is discouraged. You will find it is a great blessing to your own soul. I will worn you though it is addicting to see the smile on someones face when they know someone does think about them and cares. Remember you show people God's love through your life, I pray we will all be willing to be his ambassadors.
Psalm 86: 1 ~ 5
Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms 55:22 - Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee; He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
I talked alot about why we homeschool and how it came about in the last assignment. I think for this assignment I will explain why we started to take the kids out sooner tha we had expected to.
When we first put our children into public school it was with a great sigh of relief and a feeling that I could get my family back under control. I volunteered in the school and gpt to know the vice-principal and some of the teachers very well. At the time our middle daughter was having problems with reading, She couldn't remember anything and was very frustrated! She was given some help and it seemed to go great for awhile.
As grade two approached things got worse and worse, they wanted to test her for learning problems (which do run in our family) and get he help. That's great we thought. Except the "list" she was on kept getting changed and no-one could tell me where on the list she was. As it turns out she kept falling behind because she couldn't keep up. They refused my request to keep her behind and let her redo the grade three times, it might hurt her and the social structure she was developing. Who cares about social structure when your child comes home everyday crying. What social structure is that?
We ended up getting her tested on our own, to find out she has mental problems with memory. We could work on that but the school needd their own testing. We think the memory problems stem from her development as an infant and nursing. So with nothing being done we talked and pulled her out of school and took her home to mend her spirit and her mind.
Last year, her first full year at home she was a completly changed little girl. She smiled and looked forward to school. She asked me one day why it was all easier when I taught her. I told her it was because I loved her more than any school teacher.
Now don't get me wrong it is not all a bed of roses, we have lots of ups and downs. But the improvment in her spirit and her outlook has made it all worth it! While dealing with this we also decided to bring the rest home as soon as possible. This will be the first year we have everyone home. We are loving it so far, I don't expect it to be perfect, but I do expect it to be a learning experience for the whole family!
This is our homeschool shelves. Everything is kept here. We use the A.C.E. program and love it for our family. It offers just what we need for our family. We do find that is misses some things that we want for our girls, so we add book reports, projects and field trips with our local homeschool group. We are looking forward to this year very much.
I had to include this, Hannah sending an e-mail to the Prime Minister of Canada.
Psalm 16:11~
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy;at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Wow! Can you believe it, another year is here and we are very excited in this house! I must admit that it hasn't always been that way. We started out homeschooling journey in 1999 with our oldest daughter. I had such big plans and dreams. We had heard about homeschooling through our pastor who was teaching their children. We were actually taught that if we didn't homeschool we were feeding our children to the wolves so to speack and they would become horrible little children and we would regreat it. I did want to homeschool, but you might say we started out of fear.
The first couple of years were good, but by the time my oldest was in third grade, I had one in one and one in primary (who we later learned had learning problems). It went downhill fast and stayed there all year. At the time I was schooling three from morning to night and still not reaching goals. I had two babies, supper was never on time and my house was a constant mess. I felt out of control all of the time. We really didn'y understand. My hubby told me that enough was enough and we had to do someting. after much prayer we put our three oldest girls in public school. We did have a good experince for the most part. I volunteered in the classrooma and learned alot and we got some help for our middle daughter. We later got more help on our own for her. With our home back in control and knowing that we didn't want them to stay in public school we started to bring them home agan.
The first to come home was our oldest at the end of grade six. After bring her home we discovered that she was lacking in some areas and took a year to bring up to where we wanted her. We had a great year with just her and me and our relationship blossomed. The next year we had brought home two more, our middle daughter (he school experince was turning bad) and the fourth (because we already had work for her grade level. It was another good year. this year we now have everyone back home and it is working great. I have learned to be more disciplined and keep things running smooth. I know a year will never be perfect, we are always learning ourseleves. But our family has found what works for us and we are all content.
Our goals are very simple. We want to train our girls to godly young woman and place a desire in their heart to love the Lord and want to do His will for their lives. Homeschooling helps with this, but this is a whole life thing. Our lives must provide the example for them and show them the joy in serving the Lord. I will not push my children onto further education, nor will I hold them back from it. Some of my girls want nothing more then to run a house and be a good wife and mother, what a blessing to my heart. I do question them though, not that I don't want that for them but what if you don't marry until you are thirty? What if God has planned for you to remain single? What will you then do with your life? My desire is for them to use their minds and reach conclusions for themselves. they could become a nurse and help a missionary husband, hey could do nothing but get a basic education and become a wonderful house wife at 22. All I deisire for them is God's will and direction. My job as a mother is to make their hear ttender toward God so that they might hear His still small voice and want to obey, what ever that is.
I have now babbled on way to much and if you are still reading I am sure you are getting tired! I'll post a few picks of our first day and pray that God will bless you in your lives as you serve Him!
I am so excited to let everyone know that Blogger Friend School is back! I am very much looking forward to this year and enter with a heart full of anticipation. I had so much fun participating last year, and made many friends. I am looking forward to rekindling these friendships after a very hard summer and, making new friends. After all what else is school for? ;) I pray this will be as much of an encouragment for you as it has been for me in the past.
"This week we're going to reminisce on our Favorite Travels! I had three requests to do something about favorite field trips, favorite vacations, or just favorite places to go as a family or with other homeschool families. I combined those three requests and came up with Favorite Travels! Do you have a favorite travel prayer that the children recite or a favorite verse you can add? That would be fun too. Don't you just LOVE the graphic for this assignment...it's thanks to someone on Fliker (not sure that's spelled right), there was no name to give thanks to. Please share pictures or a direct link to them if you have any!
I love sunshine faces!" ~Nancy's Nook
Really other than camp-meeting at our old church we have never had a family vacation. We would love to, it has just not come to pass. WE are going to try this year to go to family camp together and take a couple long weekends and travel to close places amd spend time together. our dream family vacation would be to go to Prince Edward Island and visit "Anne of Green Gables" Everything!
My hubby and I did go on a vacation within the first year of marriage. We traved from our home Province to Conneticut for a campmeeting. I was about 7 months pregnant in the July heat. e traved with members of our church in a small bus. With little pitstops! The meeting was great and I can still remember the bugs! Oh well, someday we will vacation somewhere!
For this weeks assignment I decided to take an idea from a fellow BFS'r. I'd like a Yea or Nay in a comment if you'd be interested in passing along an idea or you can just email me. This week I'm using an idea from Sombra at More Little Wilsons. I do have plenty of ideas that I've written myself, but thought it would be fun if we did a round of BFS on the blogs that participate.
Sombra wrote, "I think it would be interesting to find out if some
of the other ladies have sunk their teeth into something new in the last
year or so, what are they enthralled with, what has claimed the fires of
their passion." You can post pictures or as many things as you'd love to start doing for YOURself. I stand corrected but I took it from Sombra's email that she meant OUR OWN passion and not something your children or husband would like you to learn. Make sure you include a favorite scripture.
Here's mine:
Wow, I really had to think Passions? What have I done that I have been passionate about? Well I hate to beat a dead rug, but I have stated piano lessons. This is something I have always wanted to do and the Lord blessed us by giving us a piano in December.
I have found a great teacher and she has encouraged me to teach my older ones at home what I am learning as I go. So I am thrilled that they get to learn also.
The one other thing that I have taken to this last year is my blog. My friend Kim got me started and another friend at Hskubes helps me with the template and any questions I have. I have really had fun and met some good friends while doing this. And I look forward to meeting more.
Find out how to join in our blooger school fun! See Nancy here.
As spring is among us and summer is approaching my family and I slowly steer away from the big hot dinners and more to the salads, sandwiches and fresh fruit. We'll be doing lots of canning and preserving foods this summer, so I won't feel like cooking big meals every night like I do now.
For this week's assignment I thought it would be fun to share our dinner plans for the night or if you're organized enough for the week. You can include pictures if you desire. Also tell what your family likes to drink, if you have desserts or not. If you want to then take this assignment and let all the children in your life make dinner for the night. Please add your favorite verse for this assignment as it might be an encouragement for someone else. This week's assignment is short and sweet so have fun with it.
I have been posting my menu , or trying to every Monday. At this time of year we really start to BBQ and salads will start to make more appearances. Some of our favorits are grilled Greek porkchops, marinated steaks. I am always looking for more BBQ recipes. Let me know if you have any. :) I am looking for more desserts for those hot summer days. We of course have the regulars hamburgers, hotdogs, tacos, puddings, jello. I always have lots of fun planning my menus. Let me know if you want any of the recipes from my menu. I would love to share them.
