Have you heard about Kyle David Miller?  He was killed at the age of three while riding in a booster seat.  His family has started a foundation to help kids get the car seats they need.  If you use the link to do your searches they get money.  It does not cost you a cent just two extra seconds to switch search engines. Please consider helping them out by clicking through the link and searching for what you need.

It would help us immensely if you would please spread the word about the foundation and encourage your friends and family to donate to the foundation - every little bit helps and helps us to be able to assist our applicants in a quicker time frame.

We have registered with the search engine Goodsearch. Goodsearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo! so you get great results. Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter Kyle David Miller Foundation as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!

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!

We're lagging in our Spanish studies because we don't have adequate curriculum. I could really use this, and I'm sure some of you ladies could too! Good luck to everyone.

 My husband is the greatest father I could have ever have hoped for. He woke up this morning played with the little ones and then made breakfast for everyone.  He is nurturing, compassionate, patient and playful. The things he teaches the kids are amazing . The children love to spend time with him.  He makes my kids know how great their heavenly Father is.  To remember the sacrifice God made by sending His son down to suffer humbles me. 

To be made the evening before Easter
You will need to buy the following

1 cup whole pecans
1 tsp. Vinegar
3 egg whites
Pinch salt
1 cup sugar
Ziplock baggie

Preheat oven to 300

Put pecans in  baggie and let children beat them to break into small pieces.
Explain that after Jesus was arrested.He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.
Read John 19:1-3.

Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. vinegar into mixing
bowl.
Explain that when Jesus was thirsty on the cross, He was given
vinegar to drink.
Read John 19:28-30.

Add egg whites to vinegar.
Eggs represent life. Explain that Jesus gave His life to give us life.
Read John 10:10-11.

Sprinkle a little salt into each child's hand. Let them taste it and
brush the rest into the bowl.
Explain that this represents the salty tearsshed by Jesus' followers, and the bitterness of our own sin.
Read Luke 23:27.

So far, the ingredients are not very appetizing. Add 1 cup sugar.
Explain that the sweetest part of the story is that Jesus died because He
loves us. He wants us to know and belong to Him.
Read Ps. 34:8 and John 3:16.

Beat with a mixer on high speed for 12 to 15 minutes until stiff
peaks are formed.
Explain that the color white represents --in God's eyes -- the purity of those whose sins have been cleansed by Jesus.
Read Isa. 1:18 and John 3:1-3.

Fold in broken nuts. Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper-covered cookie sheet.
Explain that each mound represents the rocky tomb where Jesus' body was laid.
Read Matt. 27:57-60.

Put the cookie sheet in the oven, close the door and turn the oven OFF.                                                        Give each child a piece of tape and seal the oven door.
Explain that Jesus' tomb was sealed.
Read Matt. 27:65-66. 

Explain that they may feel sad to leave the cookies in the oven overnight. Jesus' followers were in despair when the tomb was sealed.
Read John 16:20 and 22.

On Easter morning, open the oven and give everyone a cookie. Notice the cracked surface and take a bite. The cookies are hollow!
On the first Easter, Jesus' followers were amazed to find the tomb open and
empty.
Read Matt. 28:1-9

Try it and let me know how your's turned out and what your children thought

Our foster daughter is well on her way to being trained. YEAH!!!!  She is staying dry all day but still pooping in her panties. We will have to work on that.  Our son has decides he had enough of that and gone back to diapers. Oh well two in diapers is better than three.  I will try again with him in the spring.

I have been headcovering for almost 10 years.  I do not think about it like I use to. It still reminds me to be submissive and know God is watching me. I use to know people who head-cover but no longer do. It was interesting the other day to run into a young couple in a restaurant who headcovers.  They came over on their way out and chatted for a few minutes. It was fun and encouraging to meet people who share our beliefs.