Homeschool Resources

Yesterday I had a reader of this blog ask me a very good question.  She is looking for free homeschooling resources as she is just starting out on the homeschooling journey.  Unfortunately, I am not an expert in this area, but I want to do what I can to help her.  I am going to [...]

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I Love Your Blog Award

My Sister-in-Law, Amber, nominated my blog for an “I Love Your Blog Award.”  Thanks, Amber!  That is really nice! Now, as a recipient of this great award, I am supposed to nominate 7 of my favorite blogs to also receive it.  Wow–I read a lot of blogs, so narrowing it down to 7 is kind [...]

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Lotsofkids.com

  I just found a great internet site for families with lots of kids!  It’s at http://www.lotsofkids.com/ , and I have added it to the Favorite Sites section of the sidebar. There’s a lot of neat information on it including household maintenance tips, recipes, crafts, etc.  I’ve already printed off some recipes to try!  I’m going [...]

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October 31, 2007: Day of Darkness or of Light? (Part 2)

 Below is a post that was copied with permission from its author’s blog.   Halloween, or Reformation Day? October 23, 2007 I personally don’t celebrate Halloween. Since Jesus came to give us life and light (guidance) in this world, I can no longer in good conscience participate in a holiday that celebrates death and darkness (and every evil thing [...]

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Pumpkin Cookie Recipe and Links for our Fall Party

I said in my post about our Camp Fire USA party that I would post the recipe for the yummy pumpkin cookies that we made.  I made a Smilebox of the recipe, and if you play it, it can be printed on your computer!  (Cool, huh?!) I also have added the links for some of [...]

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The Prairie Family Presents, “Jonathan Park!”

 My kids absolutely LOVE the Jonathan Park radio drama series.  It is a Christian adventure series that incorporates a lot of neat science information.  The website is http://www.jonathanpark.com .We own the whole series, and can’t wait for the next installment to be released.  The kids listen to it every night before bed, and have almost memorized [...]

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Blogger Friend School: Assignment #5

 This is the last assignment for The Blogger Friend School that I need to catch up on before the new assignment is posted on Wednesday! I must say that this one has been the one that I have enjoyed the most so far! This assignment is to use my Blog’s name to create signs. The [...]

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Blogger Friend School: Assignment #4

 Assignment #4 for Training Hearts Blogger Friend School is called “Panning for Gold.” It is a place to list links in various categories that I enjoy. In the ABC assignment, I listed myself as Quirky. I am finding out every day just how true that is! As I was looking at this assignment, I discovered [...]

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Adoption: The Heart of the Gospel

This is a follow-up to my last post. In my last post, I tried to describe how adopting Kara has helped me to understand my own salvation better. I found another sermon given by John Piper on February 10, 2007, that expounds on my thoughts in a much more eloquent way than I can. It [...]

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The Prairie Family Chronicles Portaportal

I recently came across a neat way to put some of my bookmarks on the internet.  I thought this would be a neat way to share some of our favorite sites, and it will help solve a problem:  my kids are interested in beginning to use the internet, but I don’t want them just surfing [...]

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