Sabbath treats

Oh, how I love the Sabbath day!  Whether it's a quiet day at home with just the 5 of us, like this photo taken last Sabbath of Cora and her papa depicts,

 OR a whole house-full of people to celebrate with--it is just such an awesome day.    Yesterday we had two wonderful families here although I regret that I forgot to take pictures after lunch.

 This is the S. family from Jamestown who joined us for lunch.  We had shepherd's pie; fruit salad with organic pineapples, apples, and oranges; and apple crisp with whipped cream or ice cream (compliments of Andrew).  Those little people were hungry as we emptied that whole broiler pan full of shepherd's pie.  Please pray for the Lord to bless and protect these special people as they lead us in the up-stream battle of bringing the knowledge of our awesome Constitution back to the people here in North Dakota!

 I truly do love to have a party and it thrills me when the house is full and noisy.  My neighbor, Tamera, remembers when I was so ill that I couldn't stand the noise that her little people made.  I rejoice that I'm so much better now that all of those little people truly were a joy.  Thanks for coming--both of you families!!  Here's the proof that we had lots of little feet around here yesterday.

Chris Stevens is the Field Coordinator for the John Birch Society.  This means that he is OUR field coordinator as we very happily can say that we recently joined this fine organization.  You can learn about the fine work this group does for our country by going to jbs.org.

Just as the Stevens family was leaving, Chris handed me a DVD of the Freedom Project.  He had shared how the John Birch Society is getting into education.  Their main goal in doing so is to teach the next generation the basics of our freedoms outlined in the US Constitution. It is so essential that we all understand our freedoms AND teach them to our children for us to remain a free nation.

 Anyway, Cora and I spent an hour this morning listening to the DVD.  It was very inspiring and educational.  Here is the link to the free information online for your teaching times with your children or grandchildren: http://www.freedomproject.com/latest/videos.  The free videos and articles are under the media tab at the top of the page.

Now, here's something else that is awesome.  There is also a curriculum option with this same theme of preserving our freedoms for VERY reasonable prices which you can learn about here: http://fpeusa.org/  This is for K-12 so I am seriously pondering having Jacob take some of these courses--maybe this year yet.

I've often said that the hardest part about home schooling is knowing which curriculum to use.  This has especially been true in the area of Math with Professor B being my hero for Cora and Andrew but not so with Jacob.  He certainly doesn't mind spending time in front of the computer and, from what I've seen so far, the method of teaching with frequent quizzes is just what he needs.  HMMMMM

Well, I need to get to work but I just wanted to say, "Hi" and share what's new with us.  We're still making calls for Ron Paul in our free moments as the month of February ticks away and our district convention approaches rapidly.  Please keep us in your prayers.

Dawn

PS. Are you making your plans to attend the Home School Convention at the end of March in Jamestown?  We just secured our lodging with the awesome Stevens family--so that is encouraging.  The convention has always been the fellowship highlight of the year for our family as we look forward to seeing many others who love their children so much that they won't let them out of their sight.  With increasing violence in our State, perhaps it's time for YOU to ponder home schooling if you don't already.  Just a friendly nudge.  ;)