Monthly Archives: July 2011

NFP is The Road Less Taken; I Hardly Blog About It But I Believe in It

  Today was a busy day doing Saturday work and then attending my daughter’s TJYC (Thomas Jefferson Youth Certification) Graduation. She did a great job on her speech. Ever since she went to the Youth for Freedom camp, she has … Continue reading

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What I Learned at LEMI Training

This a bust of George Wythe, the man who has inspired a movement of great education. You can find this bust at the college that bears his name in Cedar City, Utah.   Two nights ago my daughter’s Thomas Jefferson … Continue reading

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Home School Rocks!

Back to school time is coming. Sometimes that means dread because you don’t want to face another year of what you had before. Tears, fights, stress, homework, rush to get out the door. UGH!  If you want something different, consider … Continue reading

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A Fortuitious Pioneer Day at Cove Fort

  It just so happened that we got to be at Cove Fort on Pioneer Day. We were driving home from our vacation from CA.  What fun! I love Cove Fort! I want to stop every time we make the … Continue reading

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What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

  Things I thought about, was reminded of, or learned on my summer vacation: -my son is great at shuttle diplomacy between me and my husband.   -I am so grateful to have my camera back! -a mom can’t have … Continue reading

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We Are the Pioneers

I love Pioneer Day.  I love studying about these amazing people who walked away from the normal way of living for their time and faced tremendous hardship and fatigue, all because of what they knew to be right and true.   … Continue reading

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A Cool Blog I Just Heard About For You Big Families

While on vacation here in CA I got to meet my sister’s sis in law. We were at Newport Beach and I found out that my sister’s husband discovered that his brother John was also vacationing in CA. So my … Continue reading

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I Recently Experienced Another Miracle

  So my son winning the Andau was a miracle in my life, and I also experienced another one. This is going to sound hard to believe, I know, but, I think I was recently the beneficiary of angels working … Continue reading

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Dreams Really Do Come True, or Whose Education is It Anyway?

I am on vacation in California and having a blast. We went whale watching Tuesday, getting up at the unearthly hour of 4:30 so we (all nine of us and then most of my siblings and their families) could be … Continue reading

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Who Would Have Thought? The Real Feminism and It Came From a Man

When I am on vacation next week  I am hoping to have huge chunks of time to blog about NFP and then the LEMI Training, and then my hair (yes, I love my naturally curly hair. My sis in law … Continue reading

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