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Author: Heather L

I'm proudly married to my best friend, an active duty US Marine. I'm happily taking care of our homestead and our ever growing entourage of animals. I enjoy writing, reading, cooking, crafting, diy projects, and various outdoor activities. It's all about enjoying the journey of life with my family.

October 5, 2009
Heather L
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Nature Friend Magazine Review

Posted in Homeschooling, and Reviews

Helping Children Explore the Wonders of God’s Creation Nature Friend magazine is a children’s magazine the whole family, including the grandparents, can enjoy. It is published twelve issues per year, six of which are gently nudged towards the older family members. Readers are encouraged to participate in the magazine by submitting art, photographs, stories, puzzles and poems. Besides the various submissions used each month, they have an annual readers’ issue that is compiled from reader’s submissions, cover-to-cover. Nature Friend magazine, begun in 1983, was first published by the Stanley Brubaker family of Goshen, Indiana. It was born out of Mr.…

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October 5, 2009
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Basketball Award Ceremony

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Saturday was an up and down sort of day. We had to drop D off at the airport in the morning. Thankfully, he’ll only be gone for the week, but his absence always changes the overall feeling in our home. Munchkin was in tears as we walked back to the truck. She didn’t have much time to gather herself before we arrived at the base gym. We had to go directly from the airport to the award ceremony for her base basketball league. The good news is that being around her teammates cheered her up. It didn’t matter that they…

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October 3, 2009
Heather L
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Sarah’s Wish Review

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Sarah’s Wish by Jim Baumgardner The Accident It all seemed to have happened in one of those slow-motion moments. Actually, the horse heard it first-the rattle sound. The sound that leaves goose bumps on a big man’s neck. By the time the girl caught eye of it, Blackie had instinctively shied to the right. “Snake!” Rachel pointed at the coiled serpent, its mouth gaping, fangs laid bare. Blackie bolted. The sudden jerk slammed Rachel against the seat, wrenching the reins from her hands. Immediately she reached for twelve-year-old Sarah. Careening wildly along the narrow lane they furiously clutched at the…

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October 1, 2009
Heather L
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Awana Project: Dioramas

Posted in Christian Life, and Homeschooling

Munchkin is really excited because she is moving on to her 3rd T&T Awana book! She completed her final sections on Wednesday night. We’re really proud of her hard work. More importantly, we are thrilled with all of the scripture that she has learned so far in Awana. One of the projects that Munchkin needed to finish in order to complete her 2nd Awana book was to make 3 dioramas. I was able to locate some coloring pages online. I printed out 3 copies of the coloring pages and then cut out different layers. Once Munchkin colored all of the…

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