Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. – James 4:8 My cousin used to have a poster in her room with a kitten hanging from a limb of a tree. The caption read, “If you feel far away from God, guess who moved?” I think that…
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Works For Me Wednesday: Laundry Tips
I picked up this laundry tip from somewhere on the web a couple of years ago. I don’t remember where, but I wanted to be upfront that it’s not an original idea. 😉 It is my dream to one day have an actual laundry room. For now, though, I’m stuck…
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What About a Schoolroom?
I haven’t done one of my “questions people always ask homeschoolers” posts in awhile, so I thought it was time for a new one. Actually, the idea just came to me as we were doing school today and I thought it would make a great post with pictures. 😉 People…
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Baseball and Life Lessons
We had a great night of baseball last night. Josh’s team won second (or third…Brian wasn’t sure and it didn’t say on the trophy) in the tournament that they finished up. (Hey, maybe Karen knows…if you’re reading, leave a comment if you know where they placed.) Megan’s team started a…
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Chore Charts
We’ve been using this particular chore system for several years and it works great for us. I love that it easily grows with our family and the kids’ increasing responsibility and ability levels. Our system consists of a chore chart and chore cards. The chore chart is simply a poster…
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