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ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs

We had the privilege of previewing Sonbeam’s new collection of songs for Bible memory, and I have to tell you the little ones in our house enjoyed them quite a bit.  Her ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs includes one Bible verse set to music for each letter of the alphabet.  The tunes are cute and [...]

Thought provoking

From the Youtube page “***BREAKING NEWS**** NBC Sacks Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Network Nixes Commercial Celebrating Potential of Life CHICAGO, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NBC has rejected an uplifting and positive pro-life ad submitted for its Super Bowl broadcast this Sunday. After several days of negotiations, an NBC representative in Chicago told CatholicVote.org today that [...]

Frugal Friday: homemade laundry soap

Mother Hen just reminded me that today is Frugal Friday.  What new and frugal thing did we do this week? Aaah…we finally made our own laundry soap! What were we waiting for?!  It was fun & easy, and looks and smells just as nice as the liquids that I never buy because they cost too [...]

Fireproof DVD: free!

I don’t push every sale that comes along, but this one is worth sharing.  Fireproof has just been released on DVD and you can get it free! Vision Forum’s January Clearance Sale ends on the 31st, and they just made it better.  If 25-50% off everything in the store wasn’t good enough, now you can [...]

Writing assignment : 50 words

Posted By: Deanna The first time I did a flip on our trampoline I nerved myself and launched forward. The earth spun, inverted, and righted itself. Hair whipping at my face, I landed flat on my rear but I stood and smiled to myself. Breathing deep I tasted victory, and felt no fear. This post [...]

Things I like in fifty words

Reading. Reading is wonderful.  It’s a gift God has given us so that we can remember our forefathers, and God’s law.  We can enter into another world.  We know what happened to Noah because of God’s word that we read. God’s grace is recorded so that we can read it. – Megan This post is [...]

What I like in 50 Words

I love to sew! I’ve made dresses, skirts and purses.  Sewing is one of the ways that I can bless my family.  I love to sew because when I make something I can make exactly what I want.  I can be creative with the cute rickrack and other fun embellishments. – Kaitlyn This post is [...]

‘One Thing I Love’ in 50 words

I love to draw animals, mostly horses. I like drawing because I can study God’s creation better. Drawing is something that you can never stop learning. Anyone can learn to draw of they want to. Horses are  fun to draw. I usually draw just the top half of their body. – Lydia This post is [...]

From the mailbag: Bedtime for kids sharing a room

From Shannon Hey Kim.  We enjoy your blog a lot.  A few months back, you mentioned your bedroom arrangements.  I was wondering since you have big and littles in the same room, how you handle bed times. Like does everyone go to bed at the same time? Or do the littles got to bed earlier [...]

Your repair kit @ Frugal Hacks

I’m blogging over here today about DIY repairs. Come join me! Don’t forget to enter the drawing for the new Frugal Forum: be among the first 50 members to post 25 times or more, and you’ll be entered in a drawing for $100 cash!  Post about the drawing on your blog to be entered in [...]

Bikini pics

We don’t usually post bikini pics, but I just can’t get this one out of my head.  I don’t know the source, but it’s everywhere on the web.  Well, it’s everywhere if you happen to search “cat bikini,” that is.  What, you’ve never tried?

Now he’s a real cowboy

I locked my keys in the van on Friday. I was in town with Kaitlyn, Lydia and Bethany, running evening errands.  We were waiting for hubby to finish working some late hours on a report, and we decided to stop in at Cavender’s Boot City.  Our Christmas gift to Natalie was a new pair of [...]

Mom mends

So I finally did it. I quit procrastinating and tackled the pile of laundry in my mending basket.  We counted and found 23 articles of clothing in there. Now there is far less.  Here’s a brief account: About 5 items were actually pieces of fabric that rightly belonged in the fabric container rather than the [...]

Sunrise

posted by Meg Wow. These pictures are breathtakingly beautiful, but the a camera can’t quite ever do justice to the awesome beauty of Gods creation! “Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? Exo 15:11 Which picture is your favorite?

Homemade Thursday: draft dodger

Mother Hen wants to know what you made this week, and every Thursday from now on. Last week I tried my hand at improvising a neat little gizmo I saw on TV: the Twin Draft Dodger.  The advantage to this draft dodger is that it fits snugly against both sides of the door and slides [...]