Keeping up With Your Money

Every year when I make New Years Resolutions, I vow to keep a better record of our money. Every year I do a little better than the last but honestly I am no accountant. I know what I need to do but was just not sure how to do it. My husband took over taking care of the budget and bills last year when...

December 30th, 2009 | of your finances, Organization | Read More

The Perfect Picture

11 Days before Christmas and I still didn’t have our Christmas cards out. Heck, I didn’t even have a picture for the card. The kids happened to have a music recital to dress up for so I took the opportunity to try to get a picture the perfect picture for our last-minute cards. Of course we...

December 26th, 2009 | Adventures, Christmas, Holidays, With Kids | Read More

A Cheesy Christmas

I hope that you all had a great Christmas filled with family, food and fun. We spent Christmas Eve visiting my in-laws and eating and then all heading over to visit my parents and eating again so that we could enjoy Christmas day at home, relaxed. I really enjoyed eating and not having to be the one...

December 26th, 2009 | Christmas, Holidays | Read More

Time Management in a Large Homeschooling Family

Chances are that if you are raising a large family you might be feeling like there is no way you can “get it all done”, especially if your children are still very young. In the days when we had four kids five and under the age of five we had not yet learned the importance of time management....

December 20th, 2009 | Homeschooling, of Your Time, Organization, Tips | Read More

Yes! I am!

I may have left some of you wondering and I am sorry about that. Yes! I am pregnant with our 6th child! I was a little nervous about actually posting it on my blog because I was a little worried about the chance that I would have to come back and say, oh wait..no…. I am sure that those of you who...

December 19th, 2009 | Motherhood | Read More

Little Sis, Big Sis

This is my baby. She is 2. She is the littlest sister. Amelia really, really wants to learn to play the “biolin”. This is Briana, she is the biggest of the sisters. It’s a really, really good time to have a big sister. A big sister who just happens to know how to play the “biolin”. A...

December 19th, 2009 | Adventures, With Kids | Read More

Frugal Vacation Tips

We are finally on a much needed family vacation. We are in the gorgeous Smokey Mountains in Gatlinburg Tennessee. We usually come here every year for the annual lighted Christmas parade that they host. There are a couple of times every year when we want to just quit homeschooling, toss the books out...

December 5th, 2009 | Adventures, With Kids | Read More