Wishing Her Time Away
I have fond childhood memories of thumbing through the Sears Wish Book with my sister before Christmas. We would leaf through the pages looking at all there was to wish for….and there was a lot! My favorite part was getting a pen from my mom to circle our favorites. MC has apparently inherited my love of wishing. Last week Keith brought home a Christian Book Distributers catalog from the post office and he had the best time looking through its pages. She immediately picked out her favorite item, a Learning ATM

Menu Plan Monday – Week of Nov. 8
Monday - Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole (left over from last week) Tuesday - leftovers Wednesday - Burgers & Fries Thursday - Oven BBQ Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Veggie Friday - Shake & Bake Pork Chops; Butter Noodles; Veggie Saturday - Leftovers

Digital Scrapbooking Day
In honor of Digital Scrapbooking Day, I spent yesterday working on a new layout. My favorite digital scrapbooking store, Scrap Matters, was having a huge sale and I used a free mega kit from my purchases in this layout. The page is about Will’s first birthday, so it’s a blast from our past. We spent the day opening presents, visiting with friends, watching a video message from my husband who was deployed at the time, and having cake with our FRG at the PX food court. Will was such a cute baby! I already blogged about his

Friday Favorites November 6, 2009
Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites! Friday Favorites is a weekly blog carnival that I host along with Hoosier Homemade where we share links to our favorite posts, articles, recipes, crafts, etc. of the week. It is fun to see what everone has linked as a favorite. I always find soemthing new and interest

Homeschool Prayer
Saying prayers with the kids before bedtime has always been a special time. Just as adults often do, they seem to sometimes get into a routine of saying the same things in their prayers and I have had to learn to be okay with that and accepting them where they are. My husband and I have had discussions about how we need to teach them to pray through our own prayers and even through the teaching of some memorized prayers such as The Lord’s Prayer. He also made a good point that they are just trying to express themselves and their feelings in the only way they know how. I am thankful to have