What a wonderful evening August 16th turned out to be.  There was a threat of rain that never materialized until after the evening was over.  This was an answer to prayer since we had all our activities outside! My sister, Rebekah, was indispensable.  Instead of her coming and being my right hand man it was quite the opposite.  At least I hope I was helpful to her somewhat.  She was simply incredible.  She made 5 different cheesecakes, seafood fettuccine alfredo, two homemade salad dressings and a beautiful fruit tower.  All her efforts were certainly appreciated, not only by me but those in attendance.  People were ooohing and ahhing over the…

This week has been pretty busy.  My sister flew in from Pennsylvania and we’re getting ready for a celebration dinner in honor of Seth, our first high school graduate.  It’s going to be a great day! My sis is a wonderful help and I’m so glad she’s here to bail me out! Next week I’ll try and get some photos posted on here of our dinner. See you then.     Copyright 2008 Treasuring the Moments

One book that has been very helpful to us as we contemplate college is College without Compromise, written by a homeschooling mom and dad.  It states on the cover "An encouraging guide to starting early, finishing economically, and protecting your homeschool vision."  I highly recommend this book.  Chapter 3 – Faith, Purity, Character & Servanthood says this: "If school can be polluting from kindergarten through twelfth grade, doesn’t it also have the potential to be harmful in college? Therefore, as parents, we must seriously consider the possible harm to those still under our care if we should send them out of town to a college to sit under potentially godless mentors…

Seth arranged an appointment at our local college on Thursday, July 24 for orientation and testing.    I went along with him.  First thing was student orientation.  They were very nice and helpful.  I could see that if you were an older person returning back to school after a long period of time you would feel very comfortable. Next, they took the students for their assessment exams.  There were 3:  reading critically, writing and math.  The exams were not the SAT; they were just to see what level of classes you should begin with.  Did I fret?  I was sweating bullets and my fingernails were chewed down to nothing.  No, of course not!  Why would I do something…

As I said in my previous post, after I "graduated" Seth, this propelled him to action.  Unbeknownst to us, he started thinking hard about his future and weighing out what his prospects were if he went on to college or if he did not. In weighing everything out, he came to the conclusion that college might be the best choice, naturally speaking.  But he also wanted to be sure it was the Lord’s will.  So he spent a few weeks thinking and praying about it; he wrote Scriptures down on paper.  He wanted to be sure that his motives and objectives for going to college were right.  Here are a few of his…