Faith, Home, & Family
Last week, with the help of my kids, we canned 13 quarts of applesauce from our own apples. Now we have a couple more batches of applesauce, then apple butter, apple jelly, dehydrated apples! I didn't do a In the Kitchen with Linda post last week, so I missed sharing a picture of my sons wedding cake. I was still recovering from the wedding that … [Continue]
We started harvesting the apples this week. My husband and son filled up the white bucket in the picture to overflowing. It barely made a dent in the tree, and we have a few more apple trees, too. The kids helped me make 13 quarts of applesauce. I plan on using two more bucket fulls for two more batches of applesauce. Then we'll start on apple … [Continue]
We took a couple of days off last week, as we had a wedding here! Our oldest son got married here at the house. And I made the cake. So it took extra time to make sure the house and grounds were ready for a wedding. Abby and Zach have been doing great job on their schoolwork, so taking a couple of days off won't effect them that much. I had … [Continue]
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received a copy of the book Seed Sowers Gospel Planting Adventures by Gwen Toliver from Seed Sowers to review. The book lists for $13.95 for the paperback. The author, who is also a homeschooler and fellow member of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, spent two years working on this book, including many … [Continue]
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received a Student Strengths Report online assessment from PeopleKeys to review. The Student Strengths Report uses three unique assessments (DISC Personality Style, Perceptual Learning Style, Cognitive Thinking Style) to provide a simple, yet profound, tool to help students uncover their personal … [Continue]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book … [Continue]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book … [Continue]
