Gatherings

Okay, so technically I am late and it is Thankful Friday. But don’t you think “Thankful Thursday” sounds better? Anywho I am so thankful for:
My Savior Jesus Christ!
My dear husband, Robin. I prayed a long time for God to give me a wonderful godly husband!!
Great children…I prayed [...]

It’s the home stretch of our 2006/2007 school year! I feel confident that everyone is ready to enter the next grade level! YAY! We finish our school year officially on May 25th, Lord willing!
I keep reminding the children that their diligence now guarantees a May finish and a long summer. [...]

Here is our menu for this week. I am trying hard to be organized in my planning. We are coming on a busy time of year and if I don’t plan well we eat out waaay too much!
Suppers:
Monday: Baked Ham, Home Fries, Spinach, Corn
Tuesday: Boneless Breast of Chicken sauteed in Italian Dressing, Face Down [...]

I hope everyone reading here today is having a wonderful day! You know what is great about Mondays? Mondays represent hope to me. Hope that I can do better, better than I did last week!

My hope is from Jesus Christ. Jesus gives me a sure hope of eternal life and a sure hope that [...]

We had a wonderful day yesterday on Thursday. First of all, it was 62 degrees F.! Oh, it felt so good. The snow is melting and though I can’t see my lawn yet but I know I will soon.
In the afternoon we headed out to buy Robin clothes for work. He never buys clothes for [...]

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This week I decided to poll the troops to see what they would like for meals. We are at that point in the year where it is not time to pull out the gas grill but we are all ready for summer cooking!! So, this week I decided to have every [...]

FIELD TRIP!!! Robin is on a *one week* vacation this week so we moved our school spring break up from April to March. We had thought about a historical trip to Boston. But, Rachel was sick with a cold and I have been battling a mild flu so I just wasn’t sure. I hadn’t really [...]

I am on a shopping spree!! Well, really it’s just school books… Oh it is scary thing for me to “lay the money down!” Actually the two purchases that scare me the most are History and Literature. I have always used curriculum that is heavy on the history and literature. I worry if we will [...]

Happy Terrific Tuesday!! It is in the afternoon in Maine as I write and the temperatures outside are a whopping 10 degrees F.! The children have no idea how fortunate they are not to have to wait outside for a bus to take them to school. We are all cozy warm inside!I [...]

The kids are working hard these days. I have started take more pictures so that we will have plenty to choose from for their portfolios. In these, they are working on Science projects. Tyler is doing “Apologia Physical Science.” Christian and Rachel are doing “Apologia Astronomy” for Elementary Students. Tyler was studying friction while the [...]