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Home can be a heav'n on earth when we are filled with love

Bringing happiness and joy, rich blessings from above-

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Making home a part of heaven, where we want to be.


Drawing fam'ly near each week, we'll keep love burning bright.

Serving Him with cheerful hearts, we'll grow in truth and light.

Parents teach and lead the way, children honor and obey,

Reaching for our home in heaven, where we want to stay.


Praying daily in our home, we'll feel His love divine;

Searching scriptures faithfully, we'll nourish heart and mind.

Singing hymns of thanks, we'll say, "Father, help us find the way

Leading to our home in heaven, where we long to stay."


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Mom Schools, Commonwealth, and Seminary

My thoughts at 01:20 PM, August 26, 2008

Homeschooling Daze

First, let me just say I am SO EXCITED about this year I could just burst.  I am going to be one very busy mom, but we have such wonderful things going on!!!  Let me go by age....

My boys are learning already.  I don't understand the purpose of kindergarten - I really don't.  My boys are already grasping shapes, colors, numbers...  not the alphabet so much, but my goodness, they are only four (even though Orion turns five in a week!  Egads!)  !!!  I have activities planned for them throught the year to do "school" with us - for an experiment we made a lapbook of Primary songs to help them learn their songs for the Primary Presentation... they LOVE it.  So I figure if I do some lapbooks with some history in it in stuff, they'll feel like they're a part of things and have fun - maybe learn a little, but I'm not real worried about it.

Iris - I just called a little while ago and got her into a Mom school.  Color that girl EXCITED.  She has been bugging me for friends, so I emailed a friend of mine who I knew would know if there was a mom school around for that age group.  Sure eenough - and when I called, the mom tells me she just had a cancellation yesterday, so she had ONE opening.  Miracles do happen.  :)  Iris turns 8 this January - she'll be in Activity Days!

Venus - Can you believe this girl becomes a Young Woman in January?  I just about fainted when I realized it!  My little quiet artist isn't so little anymore!  I've got to post some of her art - she's getting more and more amazing!  She's also attending a Mom School for older girls, AND is planning on going to Commonwealth this year with her sister and her dad.  More on that in a sec...

Athena - Seminary started yesterday.  We've worked it out that until it gets really cold (and snow and ice on the ground) she's going to be riding a bike to and from seminary.  I had to walk the 2 miles (one way) with her yesterday because I lost my van key - by the time I got back I was wiped.  This morning my hips, shins, calves, and thighs were SO SORE... this Mama really needs to work out!  lol!  Anyway, she said it was okay, she knows a few of the kids from YW.  We'll see how it goes.  She's real excited about Commonwealth this year.  I can't figure out why there are no dances for the youth here.  Do they still have dances elsewhere?  Commonwealth may be offering Ballroom dance, so I hope she chooses to take it.

Redbeard - Yeah, he gets his own slot because every Friday this year he is TEACHING ITALIAN at the Commonwealth School!  Is that just not the coolest?  According to Athena, her friends are "stoked".  I have no idea what this means for me, but I'm sure, somehow, it effects me other than not having YW in my house on Fridays. 

ME - Well, I have one client for my Personality Coaching that I do right now.  My Basic Training Class is ending here in another month.  I need to decide if I'm going to do it again or not.  I'm not sure there's enough interest.  We'll see.  I'm trying to get all my thoughts on paper for the year - I want to start our EPIC Adventure the day after Labor Day.  I have gotten my timelines up on our walls.. I compromised with Redbeard.  I stuck them in the stairway going down to the basement.  He appreciated my sacrifice.  lol!
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Just read your information about school, etc. It sounds like you are going to be really busy. It is great about Russ teaching the Italian. I think it will be wonderful for him and everyone else. Crystal, in seminary already, can't believe it. Congrats. Love ya. All the other kids are so big now and doing so well, I know that they have grown so much. I can't believe how big they are getting. I am happy for them all and pray for their success this year in all they do. I also pray for you also, you probably need it more than they do...lol. Love to you all. Mom S.

Inspired by Mom S. at 11:43 AM, August 27, 2008

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