Sunday prayer request
A special and urgent prayer request from my dear friend Joan: Dear Friends, For some of you this is an update, for some of you this is new news. I am compelled to get the word out to as many friends as possible, and to ask you to spread the word as we storm heaven for a miracle for our Andrew Jon. Thank you so much for your love and prayers. We feel completely surrounded by God’s love at this time and know He will sustain us through everything. So after meeting with the doctor yesterday after the ultrasound he confirmed that my placenta is shutting down, and has been slowly for some time. Andrew is critically small at 12oz. He will not s

Sewing update: Clara costume
Here is Isabel in her almost finished Clara costume for the 2009 St. Charles Christmas Traditions Festival. Although it looked finished for the photo shoot, I still need to add a front zipper closure and hem the bottom of the dress. This is the shot that will be used on the collector character cards that are handed out at the festival. New this year is holiday ice skating in Frontier Park. This is the second year Isabel was cast as Clara. Ria has

Congrats to my Conservation Trackers!
I am leading a Missouri Conservation Frontiers group at our homeschool co-op and we have reached our first achievement level. Because each of my 10 kids has earned 1000 points, they are now called Conservation Trackers and each received a cool Frontiers water bottle! This program is offered by the Missouri Department of Conservation. I participated in this program when my older kids were small and we really enjoye

Mass etiquette
I spotted this in the Credo of the Catholic Laity newsletter that arrived yesterday: Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a sure sign that the essence of the liturgy has totally disappeared and has been replaced by a kind of religious entertainment. Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI

Featured on Catholic News Live
I am very excited that the Homeschool Goodies feed has been picked up by Catholic News Live. Catholic News Live is a crowd-sourced news gathering website for Catholics. Every bit of organization is done by the users, and feeds are added frequently. The front page updates with the latest Catholic stories from around the web every five minutes. Any search you perform can be fed into an RSS feed, so you can customize the way you browse the latest stories, blo