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This is the little copy shop I use each week to make copies for the veggie market I help manage on Fridays. I used to have another place,...

Our view changed yesterday. Three of the largest trees on our property were cut down due to danger of them falling on one of our rental ...

Today's co-op class at our house was a lot of fun. We did a lesson about music, as well as a lesson about prayer. There were 15 kids, so...

Yesterday it was super rainy - 7 inches! This morning, however, it was really sunny! Check out these photos of our place in the Highlands...

As a former Spanish teacher and mama homeschooling her kids living in Panama, learning Spanish is something that is important to our fami...

As part of our schooling, our kids all do some copy work from the Bible. This helps them learn how words are spelled, practice their curs...

A little over a year ago, I took over running the local veggie market on Friday mornings. The market is held at the Catholic church from ...

The other day, a few of the kids and I went to a local restaurant and store. They have a nice little collection of animals right across ...

The little school down the road from us celebrated their 78th anniversary this last week. We have a friend who teaches English classes at...

Today after church, we celebrated the pastor's birthday. After the service, the kids sang a song and each gave him a little birthday card...

Yesterday I wrote a post about planning for a manners coop lesson that I would be teaching with some other mamas today. I'm glad to say t...

Tomorrow, the moms in our coop are teaching our children about manners. The topics we will go over include: Greetings Public behavior Ta...

Volcan Baru is a sleeping volcano that last erupted about 500 years ago. I love the view we get of this guy from where we live. Honestly,...

These two do not get along, even though Skippyjon really wants to be friends with Tirzah. The other night, she snuggled down on the chair...

One of the mamas in our homeschool coop has been doing art classes for the group. Today we did a class about da Vinci and Michelangelo. T...

Recently I viewed a webinar put on by Generations entitled "Harry Potter vs Huck Finn vs Pilgrims Progress." It was a webinar d...

My kids love our kitty, Skippyjon. He is about 5 months old and is very playful. Everyone treats him like a toy - carrying him around, bu...

We got our house back after having it rented for the last 5 years! Most of our friends here haven't ever even seen the inside of it, so t...

This is Tirzah. I adopted her about a year ago from a family who had her around a yippy dog. To say she was anxious was an understatement...

Last night I made a fruit salad for some friends that came over for dinner. We had some starfruit sitting around, so I decided to add it....

Within the last year, our church has brought in a few mission groups - probably one a month or so. When the groups come, they may attend ...

Our little Spanish speaking church meets at the pavilion right next to our house each week. We have been attending this church for about ...

Pretty much every Saturday, some friends put together a kickball practice and game for the kids. It's a lot of fun and everyone enjoys it...

Today we had another homeschool coop class. This is our second artist study for coop. Last time we learned about Picasso, but today the k...

The other week I saw this post on fb and asked my husband where I could make something similar. He suggested a few locations, and I chose...

Yesterday a few of my kids and I went to a neighbor's house to get some cuttings from him. While we were there, my oldest daughter took a...

I found my cat rolling around in the celery that was on the counter the other day! We used to have another cat who did that a few years a...

Yesterday our coop met to learn more about music. I love this idea because I was in the band for a few years and played the flute. I know...

I was driving home this afternoon after a big rainstorm and noticed these vultures. I've seen them drying out before, but never this many...

We just got our car back yesterday from the mechanic and I followed the new "wait 15 seconds to fully turn the car on" rule. Bu...