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Now that the school year is winding down (for me at least, 4 of my babies are gone for the summer), and homeschooling mamas everywhere are getting ready for another fabulous year!  I have something that might help. Actually it's a gift from The Thinking Tree . Sarah is giving away a sample of her Fun-Schooling Handbook! Almost 100 pages! And there is a bonus page in the back ~how to make Green Lemonade an energizing drink for all you mamas! Sarah has allowed a handful of bloggers to share this download. You can download your FREE sample of the Fun-Schooling Handbook for Moms HERE . Please be kind and do not sell the download. It's against copyright laws. If your friends would like a copy please have them drop by Homeschooling6 to download theirs thank you =)   Read my review HERE   it has some wise words from Sarah Janisse Brown   about fun-schooling!   And watch a quick peek inside video below. I want to thank The Thinking Tree for allowing me to share this 95 page download.

Last week I received Blast Off to Reading to use with Lance. I can't wait to get started with this. It looks like a fun way to learn the rules of reading. We did start but only completed two days because we have a lot going on with right now with fixing the house from hail damage, getting the kids ready to fly out to California, and just busy in general. My hubby is working on four properties right now plus his job so, yeah, it's busy. I'll have a full review later but wanted you all to be able to check it out. I know some are getting ready for the fall. The site has lots of free downloads and online games as well. Hopefully after a week or so Lance and I will do some "summer" school and I can share a little bit about that. We are going to take the rest of the week off from school.

Wow, seven days. It went kind of slow but I think it's because I keep wanting my hair to grow like five inches, just kidding, no I'm not I'd love for that to happen but I know it takes time (smile). One thing I have noticed is my skin is so, so, so soft. I can even scratch my arm or leg and no whit mark like before. Even though I eat lots of yummy fats I still had a bit of dry skin. You know like when you scratch your arm you get that whitish streak which I'm figuring is dead skin.Now I don't get that. My feet are a bit dry still so we'll see if it improves my feet, haha! I would like to add that I don't put lotion on daily or oils like jojoba, coconut, almond, etc. I try to stay consistent but unfortunately I don't. I can go weeks without putting any oil or lotion/cream on.  I keep rubbing my arms because they are so soft. Lupe has noticed as well. Day 7 ~taken 6/27/16 I bet the It Works! People never had a person participate in the 90 day challenge wit

Annette and Caleb have been gone for 10 weeks!!! I miss them dearly. I know they are having fun though. In April when we took a trip to Florida we not only went to Disney World but to drop my two kiddos off with their Auntie. She has three kiddos and needed some help. In June they all flew to California so that is where they are now. I miss them so much. I'm so thankful for modern technology. Annette has a trac phone so I can send text messages but she can't receive any pictures so that's a bummer. Caleb purchased an ipod before he left so he has skype. Guess what?!?! I just recently set my phone up so I could Skype Caleb and I LOVE it! Why didn't I do this earlier. I love sending little video messages. They are for him to share with Annette. Last week they went to a discipleship camp at Hume Lake. They were not allowed to have their devices but that didn't stop me from sending text messages to Annette's phone and Skype videos. I left one video a day for them (i

Not Consumed has been so kind to let me review the Homeschool Portfolio Printable Pack. This is a great way to get your homeschool organized. This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my disclosure. What is included in your Homeschool Portfolio Pack :  ~About Me Page: this is really cute and I love, love, that it includes "My Favorite Bible Verse" a neat thing for our kiddos to add and look back on years to come. Also included is space for your child to write seven things about them and questions to answer like favorite book, toy, place etc. A neat page to record lots of memories. ~Morning Checklist: this way your child doesn't forget to brush his teeth (mine still forget if I don't remand them, ugh!) and I like that Proverbs 21:5a is at the top of the Morning Checklist. ~Reading Record: this includes space for your child to write the book title, date, author, and rate it by coloring in the starts. Pretty neat. My kids love the 5 star rating part. And the v

I'm going on Day 5 of the It Works! Hair, Skin, Nail challenge.  Because I don't have time to write too much I'm mostly going to show pictures in this post. Photos taken Saturday ~6/25/16 I thought I'd take some photos of me in my regular clothes just in case it makes a difference (ya'never know). I try to have the same person take my picture but today only Lance was home. I forgot to tell him to take fan out the lens so you all could see the length. We took a lot of pics. I transferred them to the computer I noticed they were all close ups. Ugh, we had to take them over again because of it. Not fun. I didn't retake any in my pink shirt but did in the white on. That's why the above photo doesn't show the very tips of my hair, sorry. The only cropping I'm doing is omitting my messy house, hehe. When I told Lance to fan out, boy did he fan out and took pics of my lovely, messy, table. Pulled my hair forward. And there you have it. My first five days o

Brent has been having fun playing a new game The AetherLight Chronicles of the Resistance .   What I love about this one is it's an allegory of God's story, so when Brent is playing it he's learning about the Bible through game play. In fact there is now a Bible that you can purchase to go with the game! It's a companion Bible to the game, how neat is that. I'm thinking about ordering it for the kids. The first chapter of the Scarlet Man's adventure lines up with the biblical story of Abraham and Isaac! Hint: Scarlet Man is the good guy, in fact he's recruiting good guys to show them they can make a difference. The game is about a land called Aethasia. It use to be a beautiful land but that was before the evil emperor name Lucky. He fills the land with a fog that corrupts everything it touches. But there's hope: The Resistance. Your child will become part of the Resistance by helping with restarting the Great Engines to push back the fog. As your child

Today I thought I'd post pictures of how I normally wear it my hair and with some leave in conditioner. Sorry, not the best pic! I usually wear my hair down so my scalp will completely dry. If I put it in a ponytail when it's wet the area where the ponytail is, is still damp at night. I don't like that. Later around 11:00 or 12:00 I put it up unless it's been hot (like lately it has) then I'll just put it up with a claw clip. Picture taken Friday ~6/24/16 I also put some sort of leave in conditioner. Right now I am not using oils to condition my hair, just Morrocco Method stuff like the Blood of the Dragon Gel (watered down) and/or the Diamond Crystal Mist . In my Day 2 and Day 3 post I shared some pretty interesting ingredients. The reason being is when I went searching to find out more about It Works! Hair, Skin, Nails , is I found that all the reviews would list and explain the more known vitamins like ~Vitamin C, E, B6, Biotin, Zinc, Selenium, and Manganese w

Wow, I didn't know there was such a thing as Olive Leaf Extract. I knew about olive oil. Olive Leaf Extract is another ingredient in the proprietary blend of  It Works! Skin, Hair, Nails ~Olive Leaf Extract has a compound known as oleuropein which has the ability to lower blood pressure and help with supporting the cardiovascular system and immune system! Day 3 ~Thursday 6/23/16~hair pulled back Again, like with Fo ti root there hasn't been a lot of study with Olive Leaf Extracts and pregnancy so it's advised to ask your doctor before taking it. Who knew it could be so beneficial? I didn't. The three areas that Olive Leaf Extracts helps the most is with antimicrobial , antioxidant , and heart benefits . You can read more about Olive Leaf Extract HERE and HERE . Today's pictures and I must say I'm having a very, very, very, hard time getting the before picture. I'm on day three and still don't have one. I'm going to just have to pick from my batch

Houston, we got a problem! My hair is way above the line from yesterday. Eeeks! Day 2 with taking It Works: Hair, Skin, Nails I was afraid this might happen, that's why I took a picture today. I wanted to see where my hair was at because some days it can be shorter and other days longer. Not sure why. I guess curls are unpredictable. Fo-ti (he shou wu) root is one of the property blends in Hair, Skin, Nails. It's anti aging, can actually reverse gray hair (I don't know how much is in HSN so I'm not holding my breath on this one :), and anti aging benefits. There's not a whole lot of studies done but it looks like it's a heart healthy ingredient too. Because there's not enough studies it is recommended not to take while prego. The anti aging herb is considered part of the buckwheat family. This herb is native to China but it's also grown in Japan and Taiwan. It gets the name 'he shou wo' which means 'black haired man Mr. He' because legend