Are We There Yet?

They're in the Denver Post online today!  Check it out!  The picture is a hoot!  :)

So, I arrived home from Omaha Tuesday afternoon; rechecked all the children's uniforms and school supplies Wednesday; packed the lunches...

First Day of School 2010-2011 Gabe -- Kindergarten Theresa -- 7th grade Anna -- 2nd grade "I'm going to miss you, There...

1. Assess the basic workbooks (math, spelling); decide what worked last year and what did not. 2. Go through the catalogues and make a wish ...

Yesterday I mentioned the trouble we've had with our schoolbook organization. We have bins for each of the girls' every day work, f...

L - R: Theresa (5th grade), Catherine (2nd grade), Anna (Kindergarten), Michelle (9th grade)

Remote preparation for: Friday, August 29th The Beheading of St. John the Baptist Paintings by Michaelangelo Caravaggio I am finding more ...

We've been reading the Little House on the Prairie series this year, the girls and I. It's hard not to get caught up in the simplic...

According to Cathy (First grade)... I LOVE children's take on things! Is this not the soul of brevity? She got in the important stuff, ...

Michelle and Therese's versions of St. Paul's story were considerably more detailed , but too long to post. Here are their illustrat...

Here's our basic philosopy: I don't think it's very different from most of the visitors to AWTY, actually. In a nutshell, we lov...

I've been reading a lot of wonderfully descriptive day plans and organization-focused blog posts lately and gleaning so many good ideas ...

Hoping that everything stays in its place! I was going to post the "before" picture of this cupboard, but it was just too embarass...

How cool is this? My brother, Daniel, a budding astronomer and computer enthusiast came out to the farm Saturday night with his new telesco...

So, we're living Little House on the Prairie these days. Using the Prairie Primer unit study guide as a roadmap for ideas and "pr...

Let's get out there and and be heroes to the Souls in Purgatory! They, in turn, will pray for us here in the Church Militant. There is n...

Visiting cemeteries is an eternal work of mercy, and makes for wonderful field trips with our children. Not only does it bring uppermost to ...

Well, at least there weren't any that we could see, though Michelle teased us about seeing "orbs" in the sunlight that filtere...

We wondered what they stored on these shelves in the main room of one house. This seemed to be a food preparation area in what we thought ...