Jordan, my oldest who is currently 13, took the Explore test offered by ACT. We previosly reviewed the Discover program and worked on making a plan for Jordan's future. The Explore test was another step in working towards that goal. Explore is the firs…

Me to the kids: "What did we do this week?" Jordan shrugs shoulders. "Oh, we did the instant challenge." (I will post the solution to this weeks challenge tonight). Nathan: "We did our independent work. And science." We did a…

This is just a little collection of things that I have heard out of the mouth of my youngest two over the last 6 months. I add to it whenever I remember, so this is a very random collection that I am posting just so I will remember them! ********** Mali:When …

"Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it." Psalm 127:1 Building the house has been a slow process since we quit working on it full time. With the help of Luke's aunt and uncle and mom and dad, we built the house in 4 week…

Here is what we have been up to for Biblical History: Readings: Chronological Bible : Genesis 4 (Cain murders Abel), 5 (The Family of Adam) & 6:1-8 (The wickedness of men, Noah pleases God, the ark prepared) Adam to Messiah: Cain and Abel, Seth to Noah, …

Exploramania just sounds like a cool name for a company that produces the Exploracise® Gymathics® DVD . The colorful cover and the "gym" and "math" caught my interest because my kids love being active, but they don't love math as…

It is a good thing my kids love apples so much. I never did get around to making dehydrated apple pie slices with the apples we harvested this year (thanks to generous friends and neighbors). It was Nathan's turn to cook dinner tonight and since it was …

That is what Mali calls it anyways. But, we call it lasagna and we have not had it in a long time! In fact, we used no-cook lasagna noodles for the first time. I was a little skeptical, but they were so good! Just your typical lasagna recipe, but made with lo…