Christmas Eve the kids dressed up and acted out the Nativity while Mr. Ferrero Rocher read from Luke 2. We watched a movie and then sent them all to bed. Christmas morning everyone came out at 7am (per tradition) and looked at the goods in their stockings. Then we recited The Living Christ before opening […]
Archives for December 2014
Making Gingerbread Houses
We had a wonderful Christmas! The two oldest are back for a couple of weeks break between semesters. If you haven’t noticed I’ve stayed away from the blog to enjoy more time with the family. Today I’m documenting our annual gingerbread house making party. We look forward to it every year! If you click on […]
To infinity and beyond!
Twenty years has gone by way too fast with this wonderful man! Mr. Ferrero Rocher is kind, caring, funny, sweet, self-disciplined, and believe it or not, shy. I am so grateful to be married to such a faithful family man and one devoted to the Lord. He is definitely the love of my life! Here’s […]
Mary, Did You Know {A Study on Mary}
My third child was born one week before Christmas. It was definitely a special time in my life as I reflected on another mother so long ago. It made Christmas extra special that year having a newborn baby in the house. I prepared this study to look further into the life of Mary, the mother […]
2014 Homeschool Blog Awards
Okay, fess up! The Homeschool Blog Awards are currently underway and someone nominated this blog for the Best Blog Design category. Whoever you are I am truly flattered! Making the switch from blogger to wordpress in the summertime has been a big learning curve. There are still a few tweaks I want to make here […]
Angels, From the Realms of Glory
A couple of weeks ago a world record breaking attempt was made and achieved to create the world’s largest live Nativity scene. It was made into a music video featuring David Archuleta, Peter Hollens, and The Piano Guys. I must say I was a bit skeptical at first because of all the hype surrounding the […]
Christmas School 2014
December always seems to be busy. I usually try to plan and prepare before it begins but you know how it goes. Even the best laid plans can get derailed! We’ve enjoyed spending our mornings doing Christmas school. Of course we are doing the scripture advent countdown and I’m also reading a bit each day […]
Snapshots of Life
My daughter is driving us home from Reno right now trying to get some night hours on her driving log before getting her license at the end of the month. To occupy myself while she drives I decided to look at photos on my phone. Here are a few of my favorites from this past […]