Merry Christmas Everyone!

May we all enjoy the gifts our Lord has given us and may our lives be a gift unto the Lord

Happy Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving we were able to stop by both sets of Grandparents houses this year. Its always so fun to visit with aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents.
Our little Mary was especially happy to see her Great Grandma Mary:

Fall Blessings

Baby Mary


Zeke



Owen


Gus



Mikayla



All 5 blessings in the leaves:





And because we love to take pictures of her, here are a few more of little Miss Mary:




We've been keeping a blog of Mary's days at www.myfirstdaysoflife.blogspot.com
Its the closest thing she will get to a baby book ;-)

Mikayla has tried her hand at keeping a blog at:
www.horselovinggirl.blogspot.com

And so has Gus:
www.mydaringlife.blogspot.com

This has been a good journaling/writing homeschool project for Mikayla and Gus. If you get a chance to visit thier blogs leave a comment and let them know what you like.

Mary is 100!!!

... days old that is







Be sure to visit her blog at www.myfirstdaysoflife.blogspot.com

Now she is 11 lbs 2 oz - 11 weeks

Happy 4th of July!

Wow She is 4 weeks already!!!

24 hours old!

Yep! 24 hours old ... taken at 10:15am
on Friday May 30th

Thankful Thursday!

Thankful Thursdays is hosted by Iris please join us every Thursday!


Today Iris posted this verse at her site:

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.” ~ Psalm 28:7 (ESV)

How appropriate for my day ... I'm packing up to leave for the hospital to have our baby girl! She is almost here ...we can't wait to hold and snuggle her!!!

Give thanks with us on her Birth Day! Here is a verse the Lord gave me for her when I was 26 weeks along:

David's Psalm of Thanks

7 That day David first committed to
Asaph and his associates this psalm
of thanks to the LORD:

8 Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.

9 Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.

10 Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

11 Look to the LORD and his strength;
seek his face always.

12 Remember the wonders he has done,
his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

1 Chronicles 16:7-12

Word Filled Wednesday

To read more Word Filled Wednesdays please click HERE




Proverbs 17:17 (Amplified Bible)
A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity.

Proverbs 17:17 (New Living Translation)
A friend is always loyal,
and a brother is born to help in time of need.

Proverbs 17:17 (New International Version)
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.


This was one of my favorite pictures of my niece and nephew (preemies - about a week old). I gave it soft edges and added the text box :-) They are almost one now! Amazing!

Our Crazy Z-Man

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Growing In Grace

Mikayla and I have found a great new place for girls to visit on line:








They are also sponsoring a great give away for May!

Zeke's new caringbridge site

Just thought I'd put a quick note up about the new caringbridge site we started to keep friends and family up todate on our little Zeke!
Visit us here:

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/zeke

Hawaii Lapbook

Mikayla started a Hawaii Lapbook before our vacation and she finished it after we got home. Here is how it turned out:

Aloooooha!

To view more photos and our travel blog please visit:

www.ourtravelswithkids.blogspot.com/

A list of educational and fun web sites.

Just thought I'd share this HUGE list of sites that my online friend Conny originally posted over at The Homeschool Lounge.

Pleae be sure to visit her page at The Homeschool Lounge sometime

http://www.thehomeschoollounge.com/profile/CM


It has been a while since I checked them all, so there may be some where the link could be invalid, I apologize if that is he case.

These sites do require a $20.00 yearly fee to have full use of all their printable materials. You can check them out for free, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
http://www.abcteach.com/

Free, or low cost computer software; pay a nominal fee for shipping.
http://www.planetcdrom.com/free-homeschool/

Educational games.
http://www.educationallearninggames.com/educational-board-games.asp

Bible.
http://www.bibletopics.com/index.htm
http://www.nestlearning.com/Coloring-Pages-W40C0.aspx
http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm

Book lists.
http://nancykeane.com/rl/
http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html

Poetry.
http://www.poetry4kids.com/modules.php?name=Games&op=display_ga...
http://www.poetry4kids.com/index.php

Weather/Meteorology (the weather dude).
http://www.wxdude.com
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/matrix.htm?

Astronomy
http://www.kidsastronomy.com/

Free Audio Books.
http://www.free-books.org/

Natural Living, and Environment.
http://www.eartheasy.com/article_enviro_sites_kids.htm
http://www.nrdc.org/reference/kids.asp
http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/9489.asp

Health and Science.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/
http://www.exploratorium.edu/imaging_station/index.php
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
http://www.homeschoolingonashoestring.com/science.html#animals
http://www.extremescience.com/
http://junkscience.com/

Dewey Decimal System.
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/dewey.html

Free weekly tips, worksheets,lesson plans, resources , and curriculum.
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/FreeEdMain01.asp
http://about.com/education/
http://www.freeworksheets.com/
http://teacher.scholastic.com/
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/ets/Wwwsites.htm
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/games/top100.htm
http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&templa...
http://www.starfall.com/
http://www.homeschoolblessings.com/
http://www.oldfashionededucation.com/
http://homeschoolinformation.com/Resources/free_software.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/
http://www.notebookingpages.com/index.php?page=free-lined-paper-pages
http://www.softschools.com/

Math:
http://www.tlsbooks.com/mathworksheets.h...
http://www.mathsisfun.com/worksheets/ind...
http://www.algebra.com
http://www.coolmath.com/
http://www.coolmathalgebra.com/......
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/creekvalley/staffdev/Internet%20Sites/st...
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
http://www.clc.mnscu.edu/kschulte/mathworksheets.html
http://www.totallyfreemath.com/toc.html
http://www.aaamath.com/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.purplemath.com/
http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
http://www.learningplanet.com/sam/ff/index.asp
http://www.clc.mnscu.edu/kschulte/mathworksheets.html
http://www.mathgoodies.com/homeschool/

Economics.
http://www.frbsf.org/education/curriculum/index.html

Geography
http://www.dltk-kids.com/world
http://www.dltk-kids.com
http://www.dltk-kids.com/color.........
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/games.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/#geogames
http://www.weeklyreader.com/kids/games/geography.asp
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

History.
http://www.touregypt.net/KIDS/monuments.htm
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/resources/
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decades.html
http://www.foundationsmag.com/civility.html
http://www.brainyhistory.com/
http://history-world.org/
http://www.classicaleducation4me.com/history_info.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/
http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/WebLinks/weblinks-historyancien...

Typing-keyboarding
http://www.auntlee.com/easytyp.........
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
http://www.typing-lessons.org/

Grammar-writing- English.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm
http://www.zozanga.com/
http://www.world-english.org/
http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/courseoutline.htm

Free plagiarism scanner software.
http://www.scanmyessay.com/

Other:
http://www.funbrain.com/
http://www.brainpopjr.com/
http://www.iknowthat.com/
http://www.kidzone.ws/
http://kidsites.com/
http://www.spellingtime.com/
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/coolchild.html
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/month2month.htm
http://www.extremescience.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/games/games_main.html
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_jeux.html
http://parenting.leehansen.com/kids/kidstuff.htm
http://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/index.html
http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html
http://www.lethsd.ab.ca/mmh/games/top100.htm
http://www.nsa.gov/kids/
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
http://4kids.org/games/
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/ets/Wwwsites.htm

Home/unschooling -- home/unschooling highshool and college.
http://www.nheri.org/
http://www.hslda.org/
http://ulfaq.home.comcast.net/~ulfaq/ULfaq.html
http://info.nbtsc.org/schoolfree/
http://www.homeschool.com/advisors/McKee/default.asp
http://homeschool.lifetips.com/
http://sandradodd.com/tv
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
http://www.youcanhomeschool.org/starthere/default.asp?bhcp=1

FREE HOME SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
http://www.booksamaritan.com/

Lapbook Learning!!!

If you want to know more about learning with lapbooks check out these sites:

lynnslapbooklessons.com

homeschoolshare.com

handsofachild.com


We've had so much fun creating these book, and learned tons, too!


Here is Rosebud's book on horses:










Here is Gus-Gus's book on eagles:










Here is O's book on beavers: