Saturated

At the homeschool conference last week I found a company that was filled with delightful resources. I went back to this table many times. The company name is Doorposts. It is run by a homeschooling family. I purchased two things from them. One is the If-Then chart. It has a behavior, then a verse on why that behavior is wrong, then a space to write in the consequences for that behavior. We also purchased the book For Instruction in Righteousness this amazing tool has a ton of different behaviors, Bible verses on why the behavior is wrong, consequences from the Bible for said behavior, Bible stories of people who had problems with this behavior, and what we can receive when we overcome this behavior. Hubby and I are still reading through it, but its an awesome book.
We are trying to center our lives around the Bible a lot more right now. We want our home saturated with God's word. I am going to order the Bible curriculum from Veritas Press Genesis through Joshua. I have not had a Bible curriculum in the past for Karly and Kelsie, but one of our goals of homeschooling, which we are really hammering out right now, is for our children to know the Bible inside and out, through and through. Yes, Bible will be a part of our everyday life, but this curriculum will get down into the Word and take them deeper. After researching a TON of Bible curriculums this is what I came to. They all had pros and cons. I picked this one because it can relate back to history. I want the children to understand that Biblical happenings and historical happenings were going on at the same time. I want them to be able to grasp the significance of history and the Bible. Not revisionist history that talks of all our forefathers being atheists and what not but real true tangible history. Especially right now as we study the ancient history which paralleled so much of the Bible.
I will be going through Leading Little Ones To God with Adrian and Tamara.
We are starting a Bible memory incentive in our home. The older children will work to memorize and discuss the meaning of 3-5 Bible verses a week, the youngers will hide in their hearts 1-2 Bible verses a week. I will try to give more details of this as we iron it out.
During preschool time I will read at least one Bible story book.
Copywork for Kelsie and Karly is going to include scripture passages which they will also work to memorize.
I want my home saturated with Gods word. God's promises. God's love.
There are so many other changes we are in the process of making. One day at a time. We slip and fall back into old luke warm habits every now and then, but God knows we are striving. Our kids know we are striving for a more God-like home. Kids can be very forgiving when they know you are doing your best and trying to live out God's word. I'm amazed at the amount of grace my kids give me every day.

Be Blessed

Tomorrow

I have some vacation pics downloaded, but Im too tired to do anything with them. I will work on getting them posted tomorrow.

Night - Night

Be Blessed!

Vacation Pics

Here are some of our vacation pictures from Orlando. We went and stayed at a time-share condo my mom has. We spent most of the week in the pool. On Friday we played putt-putt and went to Wonderworks. On Saturday we spent the day at Downtown Disney. We visited the lego store and a huge toy store. Here is Jonathan looking through the brouchures to see what he wants to do first.

The kids playing with my brother. He was attacking them with the fun noodle.
Pool fun. My mom bought these bathing suits for Kelsie, Tamara, Adrian, and Jonathan. They have the floats inside. Walmart had them on sale for $9.99. I really liked the fact they were flourescent.

These are all our putt-putt pictures. The resort offered free putt-putt for the owners. The kids had a lot of fun. Of course Tamara and Adrian were more enthusiastic about the dinsaurs then the actual putt-putt. Also Adrian thought we were playing hockey as he shuffled his ball down the green with his putter.

These were some of the pictures from Wonderworks. They had some cool bubble machines they kids played with for a long time. The air hockey table above is used with some kind of shadow puck. You use your hand to move it around. It was neat. I did not get alot of pictures here because my camara died. :(
The last supper. We were getting ready to leave so they had chips and sandwhiches.

Bye-Bye

See you in a week........

Bye-Bye

Inspiring Blogs 2

I forgot to do my next inspiring blog post. Here it is:

The Cottage on the Hill: Mrs. Kate shares about her everyday challenges and triumphs. Her blog is charming. She has a little boy around the same age as my little guy so its fun to see what he is accomplishing. She makes beautiful creations and has lots of great ideas. I have "known" her for a long time through our Beautiful Womanhood message board and she is a true gem.

Pleasant View Schoolhouse: Mrs. Anna was probably one of the first blogs I ever latched onto. She is an adoptive mother herself. She was a wonderful help through some of my adoption and fostercare woes and I am ever so greatful. She has a nice, homey blog. Always inspiring me with new ideas. Her tone is gentle and fun.

Bethgem: Mrs. Beth has two beautiful children. She is a great inspiration as a mother. I love to read about her day to day parenting. She is also very creative and has some great ideas to share.

Michigan Momma: My kindred spirit. When Mrs. Lori posts I always find myself nodding along. We have children around the same ages. We have a lot of the same struggles and difficulties. Shes a great example (in my book) of a wife and mother growing in the Lord. I love learning from her.

Pearls: There are not enough adjectives to describe how much I adore Mrs. Janel and her blog. When I wrote my last entry on "my little prince" I was hoping that she would reply with her wisdom. She did in a personal email to me, full of wisdom. I found her blog through our Beautiful Womanhood message board. I started commenting on her blog because of a contest. She has visited mine a few times. Her words of wisdom are sustaining. I think she is someone I want to be like when I "grow" up. :) She caught my attention further as she has a passion for women's ministry. I emailed her asking for pointers in starting my women's ministry and she immediatly emailed back with some great ideas and advice. If you view nothing else at her blog check out her "Five Fat Files" post. So encouraging.

Well ladies there you have it. Five more gems. They are priceless in my collection. I learn something from each of them all the time.

Be Blessed!

Calling Veteran Moms!

Ok I need some veteran mom advice here. What do I do with a four year old boy who thinks the world revolves around him and him alone. Im really loosing my cool over this one. Im sure its perfectly natural and all, but there are 6 other people in this house. So natural as it may be it needs to be taken care of. Any suggestions?