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The Lord Establishes Our StepsHorse Steps
October 11, 2011
Heather L
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The Lord Establishes Our Steps

Posted in Christian Life, Family, and Photography

Over the last year, we’ve watched Munchkin’s focus slowly shift from dinosaurs and paleontology to horses.  She liked the idea of being a paleontologist, but the reality wasn’t something that she truly wanted to try to do.  With horses, she definitely likes the idea of working with horses.  She also dreams of rescuing horses and working with horse therapy for kids.  We thought it would be nice if she could actually get some hands on time with this to see if it was just the idea that she likes or if she really does like the reality as well, but…

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More Back SurgeryDaddy and Horse
October 6, 2011
Heather L
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More Back Surgery

Posted in Family, Outdoor Adventures, and Photography

This picture was taken at the end of a nice horseback ride a couple of weeks ago.  Our ride was covered in a great deal of prayer as Daddy didn’t want to disappoint a very excited young lady who loves horses.  His back pain had kept him from doing much walking just the previous few days, so he was concerned.  The Lord answered prayers by allowing him to join us on this ride. Sadly, D’s first back surgery back in April did not take care of all of his issues.  After going through military procedures and getting a second opinion,…

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Semper Fidelis: Latin Vocabulary Review GameSemper Fidelis Game Board
October 5, 2011
Heather L
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Semper Fidelis: Latin Vocabulary Review Game

Posted in Family, and Homeschooling

We’re having lots of fun learning Latin with Visual Latin, but we still need more review and practice.  I started out making up some vocabulary flash cards and ended up creating a game board with game pieces.  For this game, it’s basically taking normal flashcard review and turning it into a game.  If you get the word correct, they you get to roll the die and move on the game board. I’ve only completed the vocabulary flash cards for Visual Latin lessons 1-10.  I’ll add more cards as I get them completed.  For now, we plan on at least going…

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