My friend Cheryl has written a great new crockpot cookbook. It’s different because it uses two crockpots at a time. (If you only have one, you can pick up another pretty cheaply). I love this because as moms we often have so little time (and energy) to cook at the end of the day. Also,…
This past summer my homeschooling mom’s group met once a week to discuss Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp. What a great book! I’ve heard it recommended for years but had sadly never read it. I am being much more focused on my children’s hearts now. Here is some of what I learned: (Many…
Our main focus of our trip was to visit Lancaster County, PA, which is one of the largest settlements Amish and Mennonites in the world. After some research I found a working dairy farm that takes in guests (Eby Farms), and we stayed there for 3 nights. They were a wonderful Mennonite family, and it…
Finally, for the long-awaited pictures: We began our vacation this summer with a long drive from the Chicago area all the way to Pittsburgh. The kids had some fun playing with Wikki Stix in the car. That evening after a nice Italian dinner next to the hotel, we drove around the city. I had heard…
I’m finally going to focus on getting pictures posted from our summer! The fun started at the end of May when my mom, sister, niece, and nephew visited from California. We had a lot of fun hanging around the house, but also going on a few adventures such as to Old World Wisconsin, Brookfield Zoo,…
Homeschooling Plans: 2009-2010 Bible: Leading Little Ones to God (Schoolland) with accompanying Scripture readings, memory work and copywork of verses and questions from Category 1 of Bible Bee (and 2 older boys do the Bee on Sept. 12), sing hymns and praise songs and learn some choral music in parts, personal devotional time each morning…