Aug 28
It was the saddest day yet on our farm. As parents we had talked about how difficult that day would be, but imagined it would be a long ways off. Brooke’s horse, Chief–her strong gelding horse who was the love of this 12 year old’s heart–had injured his leg. We thought it was a simple …
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Oct 30
Many families focus on having a well-manicured yard. Some dads spend hours fertilizing and mowing the lawn. Many mothers love to work in the flower beds. A well-manicured yard is the expectation for many nice sub-divisions. Last year, I was at an elite country club surrounded by a private housing community. The yards looked incredible. …
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Sep 14
Brooke, our 11 year old, loves riding and working with our horses. Her and Landon, our 9 year old, ride them every chance they get. They like to ride them fast, which can sometimes make us nervous and the horses tired! We have two horses and a pony. Chief is our gelding horse who has …
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Aug 06
School is has started all across our region. We pray God’s blessings and safety upon our teachers and students. There is so much that goes on in-and-around school these days, that we can forget the true purpose of school. The purpose of school is to learn! Children go to school to grow in their knowledge …
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Jul 24
My five year old, Caleb, got a very bad strawberry-sized sore on his knee. He fell on the concrete and took the top layer of skin off. It hurt, but mom with her incredible medicinal powers was able to soon take care of it with a Star Wars band-aid! It seemed to instantly impart healing! …
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Aug 03
It is back-to-school time in our area. The many activities and loose schedules of summer are replaced with the rhythm and schedule of school. Many parents have been purchasing school supplies for their kids. The kids are excited about new items. As kids return to school, I would like to give them some reminders of …
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Jul 09
We are having fun playing golf this summer. Our two oldest children, Austin and Brooke are playing in a league. They play in matches or games that involve our team playing another team. They pair up into two man scramble teams and take on two players from the other team. They have done well. I …
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Apr 18
Amanda is teaching the kids about the Civil Rights movement and segregation in the South. They are reading a historical fiction children’s book about Birmingham in 1963. To accompany this study we watched a documentary yesterday made in 1997 called “4 Little Girls” about the 16th Street Baptist church of Birmingham bombing that killed four …
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Nov 30
I have wanted to write about VidAngel for several months. VidAngel is a great online streaming movie service that allows you to filter the content of the movies. That’s right, you can take out foul language, sex scenes, violence, and other inappropriate content. You get to choose what content you want to take out before …
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