Gearing Up For A Strong Finish!

Finishing STRONG!

I cannot believe how quickly this school year has flown by.  It seems like just yesterday we were gearing up for our first support group meeting, our first day of school, our first….., everything.

My children have gone from 8, 10, 14 & 18 To 9, 11, 15 & 19?!  Oh My!  Where has the time gone?

The Lord has given me such a drive to finish our school year STRONG!

I just ordered my last paces for this school year and signed up Seth and Colton for Time4Writing!  Oh how I LOVE this program!  I make no money if you sign up so know that this is just purely excitement and adoration pouring out, LOL!

For just $12 dollars a week I have a certified teacher who teaches, grades, suggests and works with my child one on one to learn and master concepts. If I hired a private tutor it would be a lot more than that. I love that they can login, do their assignment, check their folder and receive the feedback.

So it is with deep delight that I get to begin Time4Writing with two of my younger boys this week. I am using Elementary School Grammar for my 10 year old, and Middle School basic mechanics with my 15 year old son who learns differently due to CAPD.

Do you have a desire to have a child who writes effortlessly? Try one 8-Week program and you won’t be disappointed.

Blog Carnival!

Blog Carnival

Thank you to all the amazing homeschoolers who participated in our Blog Carnvial!  It was such an wonderful experience reading from so many different families and perspectives.

If you missed it, here you go:  The Carnival Of Homeschool

Arnold Family Photo’s

Arnold’s 2011

We are so blessed to have a precious forever friend who also happens to be a beautiful photographer.  She has a passion and a heart to see relationships and bring them to life on paper!  Thank you Stacia Nemeth for blessing our family with your incredible gift!  We LOVE and ADORE You!

Stacia

Behind The Scene Shots

Stacia and her beautiful assistant, Lisa getting a great shot!

Thinking…, thinking…., thinking

Calling All Bloggers!

Calling All Bloggers!

Do you have a homeschool blog?

Do you love to share your homeschooling experiences?

I would LOVE to feature one of your favorite blog posts on this next weeks blog carnivals!

What is a blog carnival?

A Blog Carnival is a particular kind of blog community. It is like a magazine. It has a title, a topic, editors, contributors, and an audience. Each edition is a special blog article that consists of links to all the contributions that have been submitted, often with the editors opinions or remarks.

There is so much stuff in the blog-o-sphere, just finding interesting stuff is hard. If you are blogging on that topic, the carnival is the place to share your work with like-minded bloggers.

Blog Carnival is the place to come to find carnivals you are interested in, to submit your blog articles to carnivals where they belong!

In a nutshell, homeschool blog carnival pulls as many interesting homeschool blog posts together into one big post, filled to overflowing with encouragement, inspiration and interesting topics.

Would you like to see an example:

Blog Carnival

How do you submit your article?

It’s very simple. Simply go through your blog and find the one post that is near and dear to your heart. It can be about homeschooling or the homeschooling lifestyle. Then send it to me (Mary) at heyarnolds6@verizon.net

What’s Next?

You’ll get to see the finished Carnival when we complete it on Tuesday and then you post that on your blog or facebook or BOTH!

We’re Better Together!

Conference Time!

Tampa Bay Homeschool Conference

This conference was put together by Paul and Alice Paquette!   It was INCREDIBLE!  So many incredible families came out and it was such an honor and privilege to meet them, pray with them and encourage them in the Lord as they homeschool their children! I cannot wait for FPEA!

Strong Women Surrendered Hearts

This was SWSH’s first conference! It was one of the highlights of my life.  We prayed with moms who told us they were weary, worn out, dry and empty.   One of our new “friends” suggested that we have a box of tissue’s next time.  Let me just say that goes for both of us.  Aimee, Mary Bass, Melinda and I were so moved by their stories of struggle and yet their heart of passion to do what God has called them to do!

Becoming Our Children’s Biggest Cheerleader!

One of my favorite workshops ever!  It’s so easy as parents to get caught up in trying to equip our child’s weaknesses.  We love them.  We want the very best for them.  The only problem is that our children won’t remember what we taught them but they will remember how we made them FEEL.  This workshop was designed to encourage parents to fall in love with their homeschools, find joy in their journey as they cheer their children on in discovery and learning!

I love to teach because it helps me to do the very same thing!

Melinda and Christa welcoming our attendees

Melinda and I make a great team!  She brings her wealth of experience to encourage others!

Team Leader Mary Bass w/ Diana D our WINNER for a one year SWSH membership!

Love my Aimee!  She is one of my right hand gals.  Couldn’t do this without her!

Melinda with one of our precious friends and members

Niki and Vivian with her calendar like lesson planner!  It was awesome!  I bought one;-)

Hanging out with my friends from Time4Learning.  Love that MOUSE!

Busy, busy, busy

Niki and I before our 1pm workshops

Okay, maybe we had a little TOO MUCH fun?

Working with children who learn differently Workshop

Kim Coley & Connie Albers

Cutie!