The “New” Prairie Family Van

The Prairie Family has driven the same 1998 Plymouth Grand Voyager Mini-Van since Brock was a baby.  It has been a great, reliable vehicle, but recently Dan has been considering getting a different vehicle because of its age and mileage.  John is our internet researcher, so Dan got him busy looking up vehicles that might [...]

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Conversations in the Other Room

Our house is far from quiet.  As you can imagine, there is always a lot of “background noise.” Sometimes it’s fun to just sit back and listen to what is actually going on–I can gain good information that way!  :) Here are a couple of recent examples: One day this past week, Luke and Kara [...]

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The Prairie Family–Plus One

Our lives have been anything but dull lately!  Between school, selling scout popcorn, cleaning the church, and, oh yes, having an extra girl in the house, we have not lacked for things to do! This week we have had the privilege of taking care of this precious two-year-old who is one of my Sunday School [...]

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Thanksgiving 2008

We will be leaving tomorrow for our annual Thanksgiving get-together with Dan’s family.  Before we leave, I want to be sure to express my thanksgiving to my Beloved Savior, Jesus Christ.  He has truly been so good to me.  He provides all I need every day, and I rest in His loving care. I am [...]

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Friends+S’Mores=A Great Fall Evening

A couple of years ago, we had a new Schwan’s man.  As he came week-by-week, I found out that we had several things in common including large families and homeschooling.  We had nice visits when he came, and my kids enjoyed him as our Schwan man.  After a few months, though, he told us that [...]

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Homeschool Memoirs Theme #6: Summer Photo Essay

This week’s Homeschool Memoirs Meme Theme is Summer Photo Essay.  We are to post pictures from our summer activities and give a brief description of them. Our summer was very busy–it was hard to summarize it in a few pictures!    I put together a Smilebox Slideshow for this assignment.  I hope you all enjoy [...]

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One Year Anniversary of The Prairie Family Chronicles

One year ago today, The Prairie Family Chronicles made its official debut.  There are entries dated earlier than that, but those were transferred from an earlier blog that I had started to record our adoption journey.  So, the first “live” entries began September 12, 2007. This has been a fun hobby and outlet for me.  [...]

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Scripture Memory Grading Time!

All 5 of the Prairie Family kids had Scripture memory verses due this week. Continuing the tradition of last school year, I am going to post videos of the kids saying their verses. This has been quite a motivator for them to learn their verses well! This time, I will post them from youngest to [...]

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Homeschool Memoirs Assignment #3: Homeschool Routines

This week’s Homeschool Memoirs assignment is entitled Homeschool Routines.  For it, I am going to write about how we actually get through our day. This is going to be kind of a repeat post for those of you who are my regular readers, but putting this post in this format will help me to share [...]

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Homeschool Memoirs Assignment #2: Homeschool Agendas

This week’s Homeschool Memoirs Assignment is entitled “Homeschool Agendas.”  We are to share what our plans our for this school year including what curriculum we are going to use and why. This year is our 7th year of using Abeka Academy DVD program #1.  our kids are in grades 6,4,2,1, and K4.  We have loved [...]

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