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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!)
COS & Learning Websites for our 2009-10 School Year
Our Favorite Books of the Quarter
HELPFUL HOMESCHOOL LINKS: GEOGRAPHY
Little Man on the Race for President
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
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
Mar. 4, 2009
Our Favorite Books of the Quarter
We have been busy enjoying life the past few months, just soaking up family time and enjoying one another as we focus on schooling,life-and-character training, etc. I also tutor for Classical Conversations, which along with homeschooling, cleaning, cooking, mothering, etc, limits my free time. (Hence why not so much posting on the blog. I may go back and back-date some entries from our Homeschool Tracker Journal and post some pictures. Spring & summer lends us a little more free time, as Classical Conversations classes end in 5 weeks.)
This quarter, we are enjoying two wonderful books. First, our family read-aloud is the classic "The Secret Garden." Darling Daughter has the Focus on the Family Theater radio drama, and in the past we've borrowed the audiobook from the library. This time around, I'm reading a chapter a day, either in the morning after devotions or at bedtime. We are noticing the difference between the radio drama and the book and are learning about gardening. DD has even confiscated a spot in the front yard for her own "secret" garden. The book also reminds us of our dear friends who live in India and we know from them just how hot it can get in India, so we understand why Mary was sickly, sallow, and had languished from its heat.
Our historical living history is "Rifles for Waite." We are learning about American History this year, and looking through the library audiobooks, I stumbled across this Newberry Medal winner. We have loved it! It contains what happened in the middle of the US during the Civil War and follows a young Kansan, Jefferson Davis Bussy, through his time with the Union Army. You get to view the war from both sides, learn about life as a soldier, and grasp some of the history of the Cherokee Indian Nation. We have 2 more CD's to go and can't wait to see how this ends. What a rich, full book!
(Update: March 5, 2009
Received an email about Homeschool in the Woods free sample of their Civil War package. I will browse through it today to see if there is anything of interest for us.
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Mar. 9, 2009 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by Juldos |
I enjoyed reading about what you all have been learning in your homeschool. We have a Classical Conversations group in our area. I wish it would have been around when our children were younger.
Enjoy the warmer days!
Julie D. |
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Mar. 25, 2009 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by moreofhim |
Sounds like you're having wonderful family time. There's nothing better than reading together!
God bless you - Julie |
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May. 22, 2009 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by solidrock |
| Wow you are back blogging! Just when I sorta take a blog break. This is our busy season. Love the two books you are currently reading with the kids. They are favorites in our house. |
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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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