Review of Joyce Herzog’s Bible Quotes
As a Christian Homeschooling mom I strive to integrate Bible study, scripture memorization and Biblical discussion into as much of our day as is reasonable. I do want my children to be exposed to God’s word as much as is possible. It is my hope that as they grow they’ll learn to understand it, analyze it, [...]
Schoolhouse Library! A Great Collection of Resources
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine has just put out a brand new resource for homeschoolers and I don’t want you to miss out! The Schoolhouse Library! This has over 175+ resources for just $25 you to enjoy in your homeschool. You’ll find great stuff for every age homeschooler in your home! With over 25 topics, you’re sure [...]
Papa’s Pearls Book Review
Do you have a character in the family? I think we all do! Someone whose wisdom and idioms just stick with you forever? I think my family has had a couple! My Great-Grandmother, I do believe had her own bucket full of sayings that she passed along to my Grandmother who of course shared them [...]
Marriage is hard work…the husband’s perspective.
Hi again everyone, its Todd (Crystal’s less attractive other half). A few weeks ago my wife wrote an amazing post on our marriage. Usually I know what she’s writing and when she’s posting it. This one, however, took me by surprise. In my opinion, she pretty much nailed it. Marriage can be hard. Marriage can [...]
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It’s only taken 34 years! Or, would you like a Starbucks Gift Card?
Who doesn’t love their coffee? I’m not kidding! How often have you heard someone say that they can’t start their day without their cup of Joe? How many times have you said it? What would you do if your coffee maker went kaput one morning? Or are you the type that makes a detour, a [...]
A Review of A Journey Through Learning Earth and Other Lapbooks
We received for review The Earth (grades 1-4), and Knights and Castles (grades 2-7) Lapbooks from A Journey Through Learning. I was sent the color PDFs that I downloaded and printed out on my own computer at home. Ezra, age 5 reviewed The Earth Lapbook and Noah, age 7 Reviewed Knights and Castles. Lapbooking has sort of taken [...]
I COOKED! Yeah, Go Ahead & Laugh! My Mother Did!
I’m NOT a cook. Never have been! Every guy I ever dated enjoyed cooking. My husband once considered a career in culinary arts. It was a prerequisite for any man that I married that he would be willing to tackle most if not all cooking chores… including grocery shopping. I’ll be out and about with [...]
Adventures in Photographing Your Own Children! CT Children’s Photographer
There are few things on earth that are harder to photograph than your own children! There, I said it! I’m not the first to admit it though. I’ve heard many great children’s photographers confess that they just stink at capturing their own children’s portraits. First, they are photographed endlessly so they get mighty tired of [...]
Photography
Kristen and Ryan! A Wedding at the Society Room in Hartford CT
I recently had the great pleasure of being on hand to photograph one of the most gorgeous weddings I’ve ever witnessed. The beauty of course came from the beautiful setting and the sparkling bride. It also came from the love and adoration that Kristen and Ryan share. In my profession I have the honor of [...]
Fix It Friday April 12!
I think it’s been a few weeks since I did one of these. I was itching for a bit of creative editing so I figured it was time. This week’s photo comes from Angie Arthur Photography. She shared it for editing at Iheartfaces.com. It is totally adorable and pretty good image to work with. I had [...]
Another Fun Fix-It Friday!
I am just loving these Fix-It Friday’s! I so crave getting a little funky with my editing but I’m always so nervous to do so for clients. They hire me for my style and I fear that if I stray too far away they won’t like the end result. So these Fix-It’s give me a [...]
A Is For Aperture!
I’ve joined a little bloggy challenge and link up! I’ll be joining other bloggers of the internet as we create blog posts related to letters of the alphabet. It’ll challenge me to bring you even better and more creative content. For the letter A I thought I’d give a bit of photography tutorial… A is [...]
