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  • My Three Year Old

    Eli attended the Mother-Daughter Banquet with us this year.  He wanted to look special, so he added a very handsome tie to his outfit.  With a strawberry spongecake smile he posed for this most precious of pictures.

  • Our New Additions

    Goats!  The kiddos are going to try their hand at showing goats at the fair this summer.  They’re just as cute as can be, but I hear horror stories about goats carrying lice.  (Gasp!)  I’m amazed at how much fun my children and husband have “playing” with animals and hanging out at the barn.  Me,…

  • Lessons at Blackberry Inn

    Ah, it’s summer break and I’ve finally found some time to nourish “mother culture”.  Charlotte Mason encouraged momma’s to dive into living books, too!  If we’re truly encouraging the idea of a lifelong love of learning in our homes, then we must also love learning.  (I must admit that my “selfish” moments of “learning” are…

  • Flood!

    Below are some pictures of our farm during the recent flooding of Central KY (and other places.)  I know it’s hard to tell that the land is flooded if you aren’t familiar with what it looks like typically.  Rest assured – this was a FLOOD!  We estimate about 45 acres (three bottom land fields) were…

  • The Tractor and the Giant

    You may remember me telling you about our bottle fed calf that was truly a giant baby when he was born.  Well, not only is he still a literal big baby, he’s a figurative big baby as well!  I’ve never seen a calf take to my children like this one.  He follows them around the…

  • The Soup Kitchen

    This is Tony, my music minister from the church where I grew up.  Tony has always been very active in serving others in the name of Christ.  For the past 25 years, he’s worked monthly to organize food and helpers to serve the needy at the local soup kitchen.  We were blessed to help serve…

  • Spring Preschool

    I’m planning to get my act together with preschool during summer break.  I’ve found it really hard to add Eli into the schedule and his time has suffered more than I had hoped.  We still manage to do fun things, just not quite as often as I’d like.  Here are a few things we’ve done…

  • Goodbye 20th Century!

    ALL planned unit studies for the 2009-10 school year are finished!  To wrap up the school year by the end of April, we’ll be completing plans and texts for all of our other subjects and adding in a few fun writing, science and art lessons.  While the kids work, I’ll begin the process of putting…

  • The Money Box

    For well over a year, Caleb scrimped and saved every bit of money he could in his little money box.  He made calling cards for family members telling them he was available for any kind of work to earn cash.  He shredded papers for one grandma, washed cars and fish tanks for the other grandma,…