A Day Late on Loving my Husband Friday!!

I keep thinking, and thinking, and thinking for what to say this week about my hubby. And all I can come up with is

WOW

Happy Birthday to Kelly

Yesterday, October 27th. was son in law Kelly's 28th birthday.  Here 

he is dressed in his favorite outfit and very much enjoying it I might say.  Oh 

wait, this isn't Kelly.  It's his handsome son Beckham, posing as Kelly

when he 

dresses up for a night out on the town!

Sometimes though he doesn't even "dress" to hit the town at all!!   Kelly had

 to take off his shirt to bring some white light to the dark night after losing

 to a game of basketball to my 2 boys. Hey, a deal's a deal.  That'll teach him!!

Apparently, he didn't learn the first time.  Here he is losing again!!  

In all seriousness though.  Kelly is one AWESOME guy.  If you're going to

 have an 'in law' then you would want him.  We love him lots and he sure makes

 our Juli happy!! Not to mention a great dad to Aubryn and Beckham.

Happy Birthday Kelly!!  We love you lots!!

A Lifestyle Education through Discipleship

Would you agree that you want your children to have knowledge, to know

 things--including things like how to read, write, and compute?  Would you

 agree that you want your children to be wise, to make proper decisions 

and act on them appropriately in life?

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of

 the holy is understanding."  And the fear of the Lord is the beginning of

 knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.  Proverbs 9:10 and

 1:7  Wisdom is the most important thing we are to seek.  Wisdom is the

 principle thing.  Therefore get wisdom and with all your getting get 

understanding.

If you agree to the words above so eloquently written by my friend Lisa

 over at Me And My House then you will love her newest resource

 creatively called Freedom and Simplicity on R Road to Biblical Wisdom. 

 You can read more about it HERE on her website.  She goes on to say 

"true learning is a process of gaining wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

  This process of learning is really several processes, both internal and

 external, that work together as we receive new ideas and information, reflect 

upon them, reason through them Biblically, integrate them into our lives 

and thought processes, and then produce our own individual output based

 upon them.  Here is a glimpse of the table of contents and some of the 

wonderful and creative methods she uses in her homeschool as she teaches

her family of ten children.  As you will see, she has covered many topics and

 given great ideas on how to implement them.

Chapter 3 ~

Recitation

Copywork

Narration

Learning Maps

Note-taking

Timelines

And the wealth of knowledge doesn't end there.  In chapter 5 she

 covers the following--

Book of Remembrance Journals and other Formats

Essays and Other Compositions

Learning Maps and Other Graphics

Journaling Pages

Book of Remembrance Journal Organization

Journals-Worthy, But Not the Key Goal

I have been homeschooling now for 23 years and Lisa's work was an eye

 opener for me.  I can imagine what great help it would be for someone

 just beginning the journey of educating their families at home.  Thanks Lisa.  

Lisa has written many such guides leaning on her many years of raising,

 feeding, and homeschooling her large family.  To view her resources that

 she offers visit her website by clicking HERE.

I am so NOT fooled

My silly girls do this ALL the time!!  Mostly at night when they are snuggling together 

watching a movie I will open their door to give a quick good night kiss and as soon as 

that door opens they shut their eyes and pretend to be asleep!!  I mean, come on now,

 do they really think they have me fooled?!!  So I stand there quietly trying not to

 laugh just to see how long they can last.  Usually no more than 15 seconds.  But, 

with much practice over the years they are getting better. I think they're up to 

maybe 20 seconds or so!!

Cool, I'm off to buy some Cracker Jacks

Did you get yours?

Now anyone can get it!!!!!!

6 Unknown Facts About Me/Georgous Blogger Award

In order to put this georgous blogger award on my blog I must come up with 6 things relatively unknown about me. I consider myself quite ordinary but maybe I can come up with something once I put my thinking cap on!! Jump on over to Mumma's Place where this came from and check out her blog.

1. I am the 5th child of 6 children born in Cincinnati, Ohio

2. I was a competitive ice skater for 6 years. Then I coached for a few years. Back in the day!!

3. When I was 18 I joined the Army National Guard in Colorado specializing in small arms repair and as a result of my experience with small arms I earned the Expert Marksman medal.

4. After we moved from CO to WI with 5 children we moved to an island off the Wolf River. For almost 3 years and 6 children we had to cross the river to get to our home by boat. During the winter we crossed a railroad trestle between freezing times of the river. Sometimes in life it is a reality to put your ear to the track to check for oncoming trains!! Tis better to know firsthand if one is approaching rather than jumping into the river with 6 children in tow.

5. Witnessing the birth of my first grandson is another relatively unknown fact about me. An extremely awesome experience.

6. A dream I've dreamed my whole life is to one day homestead, go off the grid, and live totally off the land.

Now go ahead. Take the award and reward yourself while you bless your readers with 6 things unknown about yourself!!

Sisters Sisters, There were never such devoted sisters

I grew up in a home of 6 children. 5 girls and 1 boy. And I have yet to figure out

the bond that holds so many sisters together. Here I have captured some

of my favorite photos of my daughters sharing wonderful moments with each other.

It is awesome to me to see the love they share with one another. I'm sure we are

all

familiar with the song lyrics to Sisters Sisters. Here is a portion of the lyrics to that

song that I must say describes my "little" and "big" girls.

"Those who've seen us know that not a thing could come

between us."

Oops!! We are missing one of our girls in this photo!!

Our little granddaughter fits right in with the "sisters" being tucked in between

all her aunts. She is the smily one wearing black and white. Our 3rd daughter wasn't

around when we took this photo.

Juli may be a mama now but she still has time to snuggle with

little sister!!

While catching her breath to love her little daughter who doesn't appear to be

too happy at the moment.

This was a special time for our married daughter Juli. These photos show the

very first time Juli laid eyes on her newest sister. At the time of this photo Juli had

a little daughter just over a year old. She told me not long ago, "I feel like I've been

taking care of kids my whole life!" Well, being the eldest of 12 and sister in law to

15 kids, I suppose she has been!!

A Bored 20 Year Old, 5 Little Girls & a Pair of Scissors

This is what you get when you combine those 3 things together.

Who needs a beauty salon around here anyway??