His Mercy is New — Page 295

Made to Crave – Chapters 17, 18, 19

Books I'm Reading· Healthy Living· Made to Crave

As I mentioned in my review of this book, I LOVE IT. This book has been such an encouragement to me and has given me the motivation and support I have needed time and time again. Honestly, I think I just need to keep reading and re-reading this book as I continue on this journey towards healthy living. This book…
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Who Goes to the New World? {history activity}

American History· Field Trips

Last week my friend Jennifer had a fabulous history field trip and lesson planned for the kids! Her family has a large amount of land and on the back of their property is an old slave cabin from the 1800’s. We took a lovely nature walk/hike out to the cabin and had our history lesson there! For our lesson…
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Made to Crave ~ Chapters 15 & 16

Healthy Living· Made to Crave

“This isn’t just a battle in the physical and mental realm. This battle is spiritual as well…” Made to Crave, p. 147 I keep reminding myself of this. Sometimes I feel silly that something so “physical” can be so hard for me. Shouldn’t it be easier to just not eat certain foods? But, I am reminded, through this book, that…
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so many gifts. so much to be thankful for.

Gift List

This week, as I am planning for an out of town trip to my brother’s wedding, I sat down to make my list of things that need to be done before leaving in a few days. Immediately I was overwhelmed. So, in the midst of the hurry of life – as I know you are feeling too – I…
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September 11th Mini-Unit and Lapbook

Lapbooks· Unit Studies

{re-post from September 2009} I wanted to spend Friday teaching my children about September 11th, 2001. Here are a few resources that I found. ~ I have a lot of red and blue file folders, we will probably work on a 1-day lapbook with the resources listed below. I think I also have flag stickers that the kids can use…
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