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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Sweet!


Don't you just love a little something sweet? 
We sure to around here.
Here's a brand new (in)spired deal for you.

As my husband said when he saw Dayspring's Sweet Gifts Set 
"cupcakes and God...how can you go wrong?"
This set is super cute
and would be the perfect gift for anyone you want to tell is special. 

Ours is going to Lily's wonderful teacher
who has helped her bloom so much this year.

Here's the best part...
you can win a Dayspring gift certificate of your very own
that you could use toward the Sweet Gifts set
or any of the other wonderful things Dayspring has to offer.

Just leave a comment at the end of this post.
Drawing will be held at the end of the month.
Good luck!

**Dayspring gave me this product for no cost in exchange for this review. 
I have not been compensated in any way to review this product.**

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Clicking




Fun link's worth clicking--

Go visit Lisa at Bushel and a Peck and her post on "No Longer Just Surviving."  It is a message so many adoptive families need to hear.

Go visit Ree Pioneer Woman for a look at "The Last 30 Minutes" and a good laugh as always.

Go visit Stephanie Ni Hao Y'all as she shares about Tallula Mae...be still my heart she is cute!

Go visit Linny and DW over at A Place Called Simplicity where they have stepped way out in faith and God is doing some amazing things.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  Hope it is full of sticky hugs and chocolate covered fingers.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Homeschool to Harvard


A beautifully written article of encouragment for all those who choose to make
the daily sacrifice of homeschooling.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Homeschool Room Ideas


 One of the things I am most grateful for
in our new house is our homeschool room. 

It has given us a place to do our work that
is set up purely for that purpose. 

It's also great to be able to close the door
and not have to clean everything up for lunch. 

It has been a great place for crafts,
reading,
and doing school work. 

The kids love that they can lay on the couch, on the floor or sit at the table to do their work. 

Much of the room set up using items from IKEA. 

We love, love, love, having an IKEA nearby.
It has made organizing a house so much easier!

We had the fun experience of being an IKEA test family.
They came to see how we use their products in our home. 
Even they thought the set up of our homeschool room was cool.

Some of my favorite things are the BYGEL Containers and rail 
which are perfect for storing pencils, markers,
colored pencils, scissors, erasers and
all the other things we use every day.

We store our work books in the shoe cabinet above.
It works out great because the cabinet is so narrow it doesn't take up much room. 
Even the IKEA folks loved this idea and
said it was one their designers hadn't thought of!

I also love wall magazine rack where I store books on
whatever unit we are working on and
also books at each child's reading level. 

We all love cloud lamps which are such fun!
 Matt hung an extra clothing rod in the closet so the kid's
dress up clothing can be hung up so they can find it.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Roots

While there were many, many, hard parts of moving across the country, one of the very hardest was leaving our home and all the trees and plants we had planted.
We love to work outdoors, plant and tend to our new plantings.
Last weekend we started the process of making our yard our own. 
We planted 5 citrus trees.
3 Manderin Oranges and 2 Red Grapefruit trees.
We've always dreamed of having citrus trees and now we do.
We also planted new rose bushes.


It seemed fitting to put down roots on the six month anniversary of our move.
It hasn't been without struggle or sleepless nights.

God provided for us in extravagent ways.
We have been richly blessed.
Our faith has grown.
We've met many new friends.
We're getting settled.
Missing family and friends
but also grateful for all God's provided for us.


Our Eyes Have Been Opened

"...once our eyes are opened, we can't pretend we don't know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our souls, knows that we know, and holds us responsible to act." Proverbs 24:12