Our New Home Library: Making Room for Creative Pursuits

In 2017 we enclosed our back patio to create a home library where we could homeschool our children. It has been such a blessing in so many ways, but it’s time for a change. My youngest is nearing the end of her high school education, which means I’m nearing the end of my homeschooling career—or…

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Free New Year’s Planner for Moms to Focus Your Vision

It’s that time of year again when we assess ourselves as mothers. I like to do this multiple times yearly to reassess how I spend my time. While I generally don’t make official New Year’s resolutions, I still find it helpful to define how I intend to focus my time in the next semester so…

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Score Big with this Pool Float Storage

We’ve canceled all of our summer trips due to the changing times. So we decided that it would be fun to clean up some of the less used portions of our back yard. Our previous pool float storage method was limited. We wanted a solution that would hold the floats in place while allowing for…

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8 Tips For a Successful CC Community Day

Since my kids have aged out of Foundations/Essentials, I asked my good friend Jade to share some of her tips for success with a big family on their CC community day. She has two students in Challenge and five younger kids to get to community day. It is possible to make it work with a…

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7 Organization Principles to Maximize Your Home

My family lives with my mother in the house where I grew up. When you’ve lived in the same place for over forty years, things tend to pile up. I’ve developed some organization principles over the years to help keep our home available for hospitality. They may not be profound, but it seems as I…

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