New DIY bookshelves ! My homeschool mom's book nook.

My book shelves were falling apart. They were the cheap ones from Biglots. Since we are remodeling he decided to build me new ones out if 2" by 10" boards. I love them they are strong . We used Minwax weathered oak for the stain. My last bookshelves we white and showed all the dust from our wood burner so I am hoping this color will camouflage the dust a little since in the winter we always have dust from the wood burner. It also matches my brick wall color.We used high gloss polyurathane to make it easy to wipe off.

This is my homeschool mom book nook. I placed all the curriculum and read outloud books next to were I will be sitting for easy reach. Since I have the couch against the bookshelf to add space in the livingroom I placed books I will not be using on the bottom shelf.

Here is a birds eye view of the two book shelves he made me. I love decorating with books!!!

Joe graduates! Class of 2015

Today we met with the evaluator and it is official Joe graduated high school ! I am so proud of him as he seeks to  walk with the Lord. The men of our church have come along side of him and have been great mentors that Christ is using in his life. Monday he starts working in a machine shop being apprenticed by a man of God from our church. We are so blessed to have men that are Godly examples in my son's lives. Today marks a new chapter in Joe's life. I pray the Lord leads and walks with him all the days of his life. A wonderful day for this homeschool mom.

 Joe enjoys serving the Lord with his church family.....

 Joe Bible quizzed for 5 years including his senior year.....

 He wants to glorify God through music....

His own road with his Savior has begun..... Enjoy every moment of it Joe !!!

TruthQuest History Middle Ages & Biblioplan Medieval History

     I am so excited my books are coming in for next year. The picture above are some of the spine books we will be using for history . I can't wait to read through them. It's like a buffet picking books to read out loud to the kids and assign them reading material for reading. We will use Biblioplan for a resource book to dig in more when we want. The high school kids will use Biblioplan as their main curriculum using some of our Truth Quest books and Mystery of History for extra reading. The elementary and middle school will be using TruthQuest and we all will be doing medieval history . I plan do do the TruthQuest Middle Ages the first half of the year and the Renessiance the second half. 

  The picture below are some examples of the books we will be reading that are not spine books. I plan on teaching the kids how to watercolor paint this year for art. So they can paint the coloring book pages I copy on card stock as they listen to the read out loud and history lesson. The coloring books are also great to read and learn from as each page has a paragraph or two on what the picture is about. I am having fun pinning on Pintrest some great ideas for the school year to add to the wonderful living books. We are still in our current school year studying ancient hisory but I can't wait until August when we give TruthQuest using all these living books a try. I love books! 

Caleb is 4 months already.

It's hard to believe baby Caleb is 4 months old already. I am enjoying our gift from the Lord. Best Mother's Day gift ever! Since he is getting older he wants momma more and sleeping less which always is a challenge in a homeschool moms day.  So we bought him a new barn yard play station and that is helping. He really like all the toys. When he wants momma I am grabbing books and sitting with him reading to the kids or having them read to me. 

Being a winter baby he has been so hot the past week with the hot temperatures so it's baby in a diaper time . He sleeps like an angel when he is not hot. I can't believe how fast he is growing. Life is flying by for this mom and the older I get the more I am trying to slow down and enjoy those precious moments as mom. Remodeling, homeschooling, and being a mom sure has its challenges but it's all good things the Lord has blessed me with and I want to enjoy every minute of it. Enjoy those precious moments with your children. 

Happy Mother Day's handmade flowers and vase.

Happy Mother,s Day!!! I pray the Lord blesses you today as we celebrate the high calling of being a mom and the gifts from heaven our children.

 

This is a gift we made for my mother in law who is a gift from God to us. We traced the kids hands. They decorated and wrote a note to to their grandma. We then stapled the hands and leaves to a straw. They also painted a mason jar and we sanded the high points to give a distressed look. I then added a bailing twine ribbon. A simple way to tell Grandma we love her.

Happy Mother's Day!!!