I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion,
speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights
called Family. You will have pot holes called Jobs. But, if you have a
spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called
Faith, a driver called JESUS, you will make it to place called SUCCESS!
Here are some pics of us in Florida for Spring Break. Most are of us at the Holy Land Experience.
Pic of us outside the replica of a Jerusalem Gate
Kids at the Holy Land Experience
Kids with Priest before going into the Tabernacle
Boys outside the Tabernacle
Kids outside a replica of Cave the Quaram, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Son pretending to be Pharaoh for the day
Pesky Roman Soldiers!
I am reposting this in honor of Black History Month- actually I love this story so much I just thought it should be on my blog twice. 
Grandma's Quilt
This is my first entry and I would like to dedicate it to my ~Grandmother~ I have been homeschooling my children for three years now and I enjoy every minute of it. God told me to do it and He has supplied every need with each step we take in this journey. I would like to share this story with you: For the month of February I decided we should cover Black History. I went to the library and borrowed some books as usual. I was looking for a particular book called "Sweet Sarah and the Freedom Quilt". In this story Clara has a quilt that is really a map of the Underground Railroad. Each patch represents a part of the escape route. I thought that would be pretty neat to cover since we have two quilts in the house that my 85 year old great aunt had made. I noticed next to that book was another one and I basically grabbed it because it looked like it would go along with the lesson. It stayed on my shelf for about two weeks until I took it down to read it to the children. The name of this book was "The Patchwork Quilt" as I read the book it became very interesting. I found out later it was the children's version of the book "Hidden In Plain View". The adult version talked of the secret slave codes that were hidden in quilts during slavery. The quilts were to look as if they were airing out, but it was a message to the other slaves. As I looked at the patterns, one looked strangely familiar. As I began to look further into the two books, I was very surprised to discover that pattern in the book was the pattern on one of the quilts my great aunt had made! It is called the Dresden Wheel- it was used to alert other slaves that the one who hung it out to "air" were about to make a journey on the Underground Railroad and their help would be needed to gather extra food and supplies and a cover for them to make this journey. The Dresden Wheel was from a pattern for china made in Germany. And it also represented Dresden, Ohio- a stop on the Underground Railroad. The beautiful part of my story is that my Grandmother passed away 3 years ago on a hot day on June 15th. She had her front door and back door opened as if she were hot, but she had that Dresden Quilt over her. We believe she was letting us know that she was about to take her journey from earth to glory and she was ready to go.
Here is a website I used for info and it has many different links: http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/tubman/tubman.html |
Wow, I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted!
We are starting a new Volume with our Weaver Curriculum. I love Weaver! It is all 100% Bible based and my children seem to enjoy it. In Volumes 1 & 2, we covered the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. With this new Volume we will cover Joshua, Judges and Ruth.
Pray for us!
The 14 days of Homeschooling (sung to The 12 Days of Christmas)
On the first day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Can you homeschool legally?”
On the second day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the third day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the fourth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the fifth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “YOU ARE SO STRANGE! What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the sixth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “How long will you homeschool, YOU ARE S0 STRANGE, what about P.E. , do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the seventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”
On the eighth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”
On the ninth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “They’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E. do you give them tests, are they socialized, do you homeschool legally?”
On the tenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “What about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE!, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the eleventh day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “I could never do that, what about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, what about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the twelfth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “Can they go to college, I could never do that, what about graduation, they’ll miss the prom, why do you do this, look at what they’re missing, how long will you homeschool, YOU ARE SO STRANGE, What about P.E., do you give them tests, are they socialized, can you homeschool legally?”
On the thirteenth day of homeschool I thoughtfully replied: “They Can go to college, yes you can do this, they can have graduation, we don’t like the prom, we do it cuz we like it, they are missing nothing, we’ll homeschool forever, WE ARE NOT STRANGE!, We give them P.E., and we give them tests, they are socialized, AND WE HOMESCHOOL LEGALLY!
On the fourteenth day of homeschool my neighbor said to me, “How can I get started, why didn’t you tell me, where do I buy curriculum, when is the next conference, WILL PEOPLE THINK WE’RE STRANGE? I think we can do this, if you will help us, we’ll join a sports team, and we’ll homeschool legally.
Today we watched, "Liberty's Kids" and is helping us to conclude this last chapter of Volume 2, so we can move on to Volume 3 of Weaver in January. One more week and we'll be finished. Here's some pics of the kids looking at our Declaration of Independence from Williamsburg. The kids later attempted to write with quill pens. They did pretty good.
If you plan to teach about the Revolutionary War, I would highly suggest "Liberty's Kids" videos. I was able to purchase them from Amazon for a total of $11-that's including shipping. One was only $1.99! The kids love them and my three year old asked to watch it again!
Today, our Bible Lesson wasabout the sounding of the shofar: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. (Numbers 10:3) (Numbers 10:4) (Numbers 10:5) (Numbers 10:6) (Numbers 10:7) (Numbers 10:8) (Numbers 10:9) (Numbers 10:10) To hear the sounding of a shofar: http://www.holidays.net/highholydays/shofar.htm
And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.
When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
(Numbers 10:1)
(Numbers 10:2)
