Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Christmas Card Exchange
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Video tour of our new home
I recorded a short video tour of our new home.
Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Pizza Massage 🍕 - Fun Activity with the Kids!
This is a super fast, super fun activity that the kids love. I would say it's best suited for ages 2 and up.
Video walkthrough tour of our old home
We moved into our home in Tempe in December of 2005, when we had just three kids: Solomon (4), Isaac (2), and John (12 months).
As our family grew, we kept finding ways to make our home work for us, including enclosing the patio to make a school/dining room, and enclosing the carport to make our tiny second bathroom into a large master bath. You can see a video of how we made it work with 13 people in 1,650 sq ft here.
We had been weighing the pros and cons of moving for years, but always decided to stay. This summer, with 11 kids ages 19 down to 1, the scale tipped in favor of moving. I will do a longer video on our reasons for moving, and what finally pushed us over the edge.
Today, for the sake of nostalgia, I am sharing a walkthrough video of our home of so many years. Enjoy!
Thursday, September 3, 2020
What are you teaching your kids?
Thursday, June 11, 2020
Einkorn Made Easy Course Introduction
I hope to release one new video each week, for a total of 10 videos.
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
How to Master Baking With Einkorn - Are You Interested?
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Silence is not always agreement
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Cruise the Zoo
We left first thing in the morning and got there before the gates opened at 8 a.m. to avoid waiting in line for hours. The drive took about 45 minutes total and we saw SO MANY animals. We even heard lions roaring several times, which was a first for me. The zookeepers said the animals had missed seeing visitors every day, and were getting lonely.
We got home shortly after 9 a.m., at which time it was still beautiful and cool in our front yard, so the kids kept playing out there. It was a wonderful day to remember!
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
How to not wear face masks at Costco or elsewhere
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Baby blessings
Like everyone else, my life has its ups and downs. Life in any size family is not without challenges. My mother used to say, "Little children, little woes, big children, big woes" and that has held true. Not because the older kids are more trouble, but because as they turn into adults, their problems are adult problems, making them so much more relatable, while at the same time less fixable, and thus more painful to a parent's heart.
But oh, the joy that a baby in the house brings every single day without fail! I have been incredibly blessed to have had a baby in the house every day for over 18 years now. Incredible! God has been so good to us. We call the babies "joy bringers" because that's the best way to describe them. They are pure, innocent, perfect beings that daily spread joy just by their existence. And that's to say nothing of the fact that they are squishy cuddlebugs that smell like heaven.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. - James 1:17
Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
- Hebrews 6:14
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
This is NOT homeschooling
We are not locked up at home all day
We socialize with others on a grand scale
It is well-planned
Thursday, March 12, 2020
New homeschool curriculum now available for purchase!
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Thoughts on Grief
"O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." - I Corinthians 15:55-57
"But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him." - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14