A Visit to Bethlehem

One of our favorite family Christmas traditions is to visit a local church’s Return to Bethlehem. It’s a beautiful way to experience the anticipation that the Jewish people must have had for the Messiah. As you fill out your census and walk through the village, you get to experience a part of what life must have been like. We enjoyed watching them weave rugs, carve wooden bowls, make perfumes, sell...

The Pioneer Woman

Davis Kidd was THE place to be Tuesday night in Nashville. You could see women with The Pioneer Woman Cookbooks ALL over Green Hills Mall. Becky and I were in group 8, and I heard there were at least 21 groups of 25! No telling how late Ree stayed signing books. We were in Group 8 and got our books signed around 9 p.m.  I’m glad that I went on Saturday to get our line tickets. It was a really fun...

Not a Tractor

Here’s my Jon Deer. Christmas shopping at the Bass Pro Shop Carter-style.

Fun with WiddlyTinks!

I was just reading Heidi’s blog and saw this entry about the Widdly Tinks website. Heidi’s photo tink was so cute that I just had to try it. Here’s what I came up with: You can make your own photo tink or Christmas card or even a stick family.  They have cute countdown tickers and other fun things too. I had a lot of fun playing on their site and thought I’d pass it along for you all...

Creative Christmas Letter Ideas

Wow! The Homeschool Minute readers totally rock! Here are some of the FABULOUS creative Christmas letter ideas that our readers submitted via email: Last year we thought of television show titles that seemed appropriate to events from our year.  Here are a few of the entries: Merry Christmas from the M family!  What would your year look like if you described it according to TV show titles? ...