Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Pieces of August

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Happy 85th Birthday Great-Great Auntie Lolly

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Ready for Church Pictures? Sure am!

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Snowballs in the Summer - oh yes. Wish we had found these on those 90-100 degree days a few weeks before.

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Playhouse is coming along nicely! Now that construction is ending, we can work on the other projects.

Giant Mushroom dissection, ew! Time for the birthday girl to get some girly time with mommy. Her first massage and a hair cut to start the school year.

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Carpet is in, so it's time to reassemble beds, move in (again) and dance on the plushest carpet ever!

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Cleanest our room has ever been. Hope to keep it that way!

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I now have a ceiling, a chandelier and the best new patio door! It glides. Already had my first dinner party… lasagna of course.

 

Celebrating (Mikayla &) Sabrina's bday a little early, we helped Arial the chewed up and broken little mermaid, turn into Arial the human princess with legs. She promises to take good care of her.

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Papa showed us his newest toy… 100_5161

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and certainly more snuggle time on the new carpet.

It's been a great August, thanks to some great workers and supporters. Love ya all! I got more zucchini bread if you come to visit again!

 

June-July's events will have to be posted later. We are still gathering pictures of the wedding and all the fun in Branson MO.

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Homegrown Catholics - Our homeschooling experience

Raising our children at home 24/7 is quite the vocation. It requires inner strength, or as we call it "God's Grace." Each child is taken as a seedling, planted and nurtured right here in our home garden, watered with God's graces. One day God can harvest the fruit and let it sweeten the lives of others.

As a child, I wore a mustard seed with a bible verse [Mark 30-32]around my neck. I pondered the fragility and potential of that little seed. What amazing potential did I have, and now what of the potential of our children!? In high school, my favorite quote was: "When you take the time to do the things you have to do when you have to do them; the time will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them!" - Zig Zigler

So we're taking the time to enrich our childrens' lives, so that they can someday be sent into the world not just as educated citizens - but more so messengers of God. It often takes all my energy and will power to get out of bed each day and have everyone at home depending upon me to entertain with lessons and activities. But I know the end result will be our confidence in knowing we did everything we could to give our children the best Catholic Education WE could provide.

I don't know that I'll ever retire from being a teacher to my family, and I don't want to wait until my husband retires and our children are all grown before we really live our life. Homeschooling allows us to live now, love better now, and give praise and thanks to God now for all that we currently enjoy.

Homegrown Catholics blog is a place for us to share this journey with you. Let it be a resource of renewal and inspiration!

God Bless,
Melissa & Tom
and our growing family


*Visit my other blog for more straight forward journaling about my life Growing in Grace, my Catholic Journey, and my take on world issues. My personal journey to evangelize despite opposition.
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