Another Happy Custumer!
I love love love my cake video!! Thank yooou, that was FAST! Tami Tyler
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Roll Up Your Sleeves and…
...let's get down to the nitty-gritty of parenting. Having your child work along side you is such a great time to know your child in a way you normally wouldn't. When you have to tackle a task together (outside the normal make you bed kind of stuff), where you depend on each other to do
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A Good Work Ethic- A Two Edged Sword…
Here is a guest post from Olivia. Why is it so important that Christians have a good education; that they are aware of what is going on in the world around them and that they know how to be practical? Our culture would like to divide these two groups: Work
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Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs- A Family Affair
In our family we always have some kind of money making endeavor going on, and rarely is it a one person show. We all help each other get our projects off the ground. Now that fall is arriving the harvest and Christmas festivals will begin. We usually set up at a few each year to sell
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Review of the Nine Week Entrepreneur Course
Teaching your child to be a thinker and a leader will consist of thinking out of the box. Equip them with knowledge and skills to make things happen, not wait for someone else to make things happen. Although the Nine Week Home School Entrepreneur Course is being marketed towards home
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The County Fair and Politics
We started attending our county fair when Joshua was just 17 months old, he is now 21. We have not missed one year in 20 years. The last several years we have volunteered in one way or another and entered items. One of Olivia's passions is politics. This year she decided to play
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Ever Thought about Making Money from Home?
I get e-mail quite often asking for advice on how to make money from home. First, let me tell you that no matter which route you take it will consist of A LOT OF WORK! So if you are not afraid of learning, making mistakes and working hard, then working from home may be just the thing for you.
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Chocolate and Strawberry Cake
Sometimes it is the easiest cakes that are the most yummy! This was three layers of chocolate cake. Layering thinly sliced strawberries and a light weight icing between layers. Placed a few straws to keep the layers secure. You should always do this with more than 2 layers. Garn
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A Black and Red Wedding
Here are a few pictures from the wedding we did over the weekend. Wedding Cake Grooms Cake Spice cake with cream cheese icing. Cupcake Tower 75 Red Velvet Cupcakes See a few other catering jobs we've done.
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Gross!!! How to Skin a Fish
Warning! If you are a woman and you are reading this in the morning...you may want to skip this tutorial. A couple weeks ago someone gave us an 8 lb fish, of course Jeff knows how to 'take care of it', but I thought I'd post this video in case any of you don't have a clue (like me).
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A Lesson from Our Dog
We (Emma) has a golden retriever who is almost a year old, which means he is VERY MUCH still a PUPPY! He adores Emma. Yesterday, Jeff and Emma went two blocks down to mow the neighbor's yard. After they were there for about 30 minutes Levi showed up. He heard the mowers down there and
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The Freedom to Teach the Way We Choose!
If you choose to use the Government's system for education that is your choice. I know many wonderful teachers who have a heart for teaching, but it is still the government's system. This post is *not* about who is a better parent, but it is about education. One very important lesso
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A Simple Rag Rug
I love rag rugs. There are a few different ways to make them and you can make them from almost anything. I don't know about your house, but we go through throw rugs like crazy! No one here takes off their shoes when they come in and because our family works and schools from home it is cons
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Piano Cake
I used the High Ratio Icing which has quite a shine to it, add the flash of the camera and the piano looks really shiny! Yes, dollrod is misspelled, it should be dowel rod.
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Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do…
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. Ecclesiastes 9:10 We all have work to be doing, so let's do it will all our might!
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Visiting Olivia and Miss S
This afternoon Emma and I went to the home where Olivia is serving as a governess. The girls wanted to can some tomatoes so off we went. I am so thankful for the harvest, but boy oh boy, tomatoes make the WORST mess!!! It felt so sad to be in my friend's kitchen and h
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How to Can and Not Heat Up the Kitchen
We're still working on canning at our house. Right now we are getting tomatoes and peppers at great prices! Jeff and Emma picked tomatoes for $4.00 a box today, can't beat that! The down side of canning is that it heats up the kitchen something awful. So to apply some of our outdoor cook
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How to Kill Creativity!
I know this is making it's rounds on the net, but I just had to post about it! If you want to kill creativity (imagination, engineering, capitalism) in children just take their Legos away, all in the name of "charity and being fair". Is this reality? Is life all about bei
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Robbing Childhood
Yesterday I posted about teens and low expectations. A good look at American history over the last 50-100 years and what we've done to the family can explain a lot . Last night we watched a documentary about a family that moved away from the typical American lifestyle to a simple life.
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