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Come on in & make yourself at home as you catch up with the happenings of our little family. I'm Karla, the "scribe" for our family, and am better known as "Momma" to our two blessings, "Honey" to my hubby, and "the maid who provides for our every need" to our 2 kittens. I hope you will call me "friend."
We are a homeschooling family that has our mix of funnies and failures, along with triumphs & successes. I am a recovering perfectionist, who is ever so grateful that I serve a perfect Savior. He teaches me that I have a lot to learn, but also that He has brought me a long way.
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
I am also the blessed mama to
OUR TWO GIFTS:
a creative 9-yo Darling Daughter who loves pink, being a little lady, having tea, reading, being creative, and riding horses
and a 5-yo tremendously adventurous Little Man-in-training who loves helicopters, bugs, dirt, running, and the sport of eating.
(If you are wondering about the curlers, go down to the Sweet Monday section of the sidebar. It's a women's ministry that was started in Richmond, Va, and when we moved from there, I decided to start one down here. While Im not doing it this year, please feel free to glean away from my entries of all the past programs & devotions.
Please let me know any of them have blessed you, and if you would like permission to use anything I've written. Thank you!)
S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza
Week in Review -- August 10-16
We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)
"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"
S&T Fri -- First Week of School
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
Padems Visit, Part 2
Padems Visit-- One of Our Favorite Moments of the Summer
S&T Fri -- "Farm Families Have Always Gone Green"
2008-2009 School Plans
Creation Camp
School Year Preparations
S&T Fri -- Darling Daughter's Riding Lessons
Home-Schoolers Threaten Our Cultural Comfort
New Twist Chocolate Chip Cookies
Show&Tell Fridays
Family Funnies
From My Recipe Box
Homeschooling Helps & Ideas
Homeschooling
Wondering about the curlers?
CLICK HERE to get the scoop!
It's just one of the silly things I did at my monthly "Sweet Monday" meetings!
Past Meetings & Devotionals
Information On Sweet Monday
Sweet Monday's Main Website
"The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties." ~Noah Webster~
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"Gradually we have become aware that family life is God's classroom for shaping us into the kind of people He wants us to be."
Catherine Marshall, A Closer Walk
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2008 Habits:
1. Gentle voice, gentle heart
2. "Peruse&Purge" magazines
3. Have hot tea every day
4. Wake up between 5-6 am
2008 Goals/To Do's:
1. Complete top of DS's quilt.
2. Tackle reading list.
3. Organize fabric.
4. Make blocks for charity quilts
Apr. 3, 2006
"Can I Enroll My Kid In Your School?"
A couple of weeks ago, I was hostess for our church's "Sunday School" class. (which is what we call at our church, "The Treehouse." The babies through K are called "The Nest.") I greeted the kids as they came into, and then went around seeing how the groups were doing. (We do the 252 Basics curriculum at our church and they meet 15-20 in a small groups, before we bring them into the main /worshipteaching area. If you think my avatar looks silly  , you should see the fun things we do in the "Treehouse" on Sunday mornings!)
As I checked on my daughter's group, her small group leader commented, "Can I enroll my kid in your school?" I must of looked a little confused (thinking, "But she doesn't go to a 'school' "), because she went on.
"You homeschool, right? Your daughter is as smart as a whip! My daughter is a first grader too, and she no where close to reading as well as your daughter is, nor can she spell like your DD can. Your daughter can spell words that amaze me and she has such neat handwriting. Last week she was showing me places on the globe that I had no idea were even there! She is the sweetest kid and I could just eat her up!"
That just warmed this mama's heart, and I was so glad she said it in front of my DD so she could get kudos and encouragement from someone besides Mommy & Daddy. Looks like people are seeing the results of homeschooling and are impressed and are getting curious. Perhaps if she mentions it again, I'll encourage her to think about opening up her own "school." 
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Apr. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Honeybee |
How encouraging! I had a neighbor ask me where my six year old learned to speak so well with adults--and he doesn't even look at the ground when he speaks! I thought that was priceless!
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Apr. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Honeybee |
How encouraging! I had a neighbor ask me where my six year old learned to speak so well with adults--and he doesn't even look at the ground when he speaks! I thought that was priceless!
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Apr. 3, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Juldos |
I know this encouraged your heart, as well as your daughter's heart.
Have a wonderful week!
Julie D. |
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Apr. 4, 2006 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by daddysgirls |
| Don't you love it when that happens :) What gets me is when I talk with some of the moms about hs they say - No that's not for me or it will be talking them from their friends. Do you use the Keepers of Home program with your little girl? We have a club that meets around here, but for right now it falls on soccer night. I am thinking about doing it with the girls this upcoming school year, looks like it is a neat program. |
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Apr. 4, 2006 - Very Encouraging! |
| Posted by lynan |
| Once a lady said a similar thing about how smart my kiddos were and then she said--you must TALK to them a LOT! I never even thought about that! But its true the better we are at communicating with them, the better they do all around. |
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| Posted by Leigh2 |
| How neat! I just love it when people notice the benefits of homeschooling! |
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"Watch for the storms of God.
The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.
Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside?
That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
Let God send you out through His storm, and dont go until He does.
If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod.
However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8)." ------------ My Utmost for His Highest, March 11th
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