Randy Alcorn is one of my all-time favorite authors. I was actually introduced to Randy's writing over ten years ago when I happened upon a booklet he wrote entitled Does the Birth Control Pill Cause Abortions? (The full version of the booklet can be found here.) From there I discovered he was also a Christian [...]
Ready three days early!
Well, the display boards are finished—and three whole days ahead of time, too! Yesterday I expressed concern over the "Swiss Cheesiness" I expected to find in Jerah's report, but when Jerah and I went over her report this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find more thoroughness than anticipated. It's not perfect, or course (this [...]
Our first History Fair
Jaden and Jerah are preparing for their first ever (and my first ever) history fair scheduled for this coming week. In all my years of schooling I never had to prepare display board, so this is a learning experience for all of us. Jaden has chosen George Stephenson for his subject. I've been having to [...]
Our Reality: There Is No Such Thing as a Perfect Homeschool
Our 2007-2008 Homeschool Curriculum (Beginning of Year)
Since one of the first questions I’m asked when someone finds out we homeschool is, “What curriculum do you use?” I thought I’d post what we are currently using in our homeschool. LANGUAGE ARTS: Latina Christian I: We use this for Latin, which I’m using in place of an overall English grammar curriculum. Each lesson [...]
A short introduction
I've read many blogs, but never did I think that one day I'd be writing my own. Never say never. For several years I emailed "family updates" to family and friends around the U.S., detailing the mundane and not-so-mundane happenings around the house. But for the last several months I seem to have misplaced my [...]

















Joy is the wife of 