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Joy ..

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I am Joy, wife to Daniel and mother to Elaina, Abigail and Zoe. I am a breastfeeding, baby-wearing, pierced pastor's wife. I am in my mid-20's and a crunchy mother who is striving to be a better cook, better provider and to express myself creatively as much as I possibly can. I often admit how... Full Bio
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I Don't Want to Forget by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Little tidbits from my days that I don't want to forget... - My eldest daughter, still so young and yet growing so fast! She learned to ride her bike and is so proud of ... Read on »
Almost Ready! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting For many school-aged children today was the first day of school for the new school year. But we haven't begun just yet, officially anyway. I've been trying to prepare and pl ... Read on »
Our 2012-2013 Curriculum for Homeschool by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Here is our list for homeschool for the 2012-2013! These are simply the curricula chosen for each core but we will be using a ton of field trips, hands-on experience, explor ... Read on »
Splurge on the Washable! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Last fall I was perusing the school items. I wanted some more items for our own art center at home. Our markers had long ago dried out, crayons were little stubbles. I stop ... Read on »
It arrived! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting The day after I posted about Wittlebee I came home from grocery shopping to find our box on the front porch. I couldn't feed the kids lunch fast enough so we could get int ... Read on »
Wittlebee by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Hey everybody! Have you noticed the advertisements around the Internet for Wittlebee ? I did and after doing the math I realized the clothes came out to just a few bucks a p ... Read on »
Living the Dream... by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Is anyone else watching the Olympics and reverting back to that young child, sitting close to the big bubble-tube television, in absolute awe, pretending that you are in the ... Read on »
Catching up! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting As a mom of four I get a lot of comments in public. Some are very nice, some are weird, some downright give me the creeps and some just rude. I was in the grocery store with ... Read on »
Tubing! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My oldest daughter, Elaina, has battled ear pain, on and off, for the past two years. These last several months it has gotten so bad she was losing hearing. In school she co ... Read on »
Getting School Ready by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My Thoughts on School I guess school is almost here. When did that happen? I thought school got out a week ago! Ahhhh that is the beauty of homeschool. You can have year-r ... Read on »
After a long hiatus... by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting A blog friend of mine deleted her Facebook and is instead updating about her family via her blog more often. I am considering following suit. I'm kind of over the Facebook t ... Read on »
Summer Lovin' by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Okay so I was totally going to post about our summer so far... and all my photos are on the laptop (I'm on the desktop). Phooey! Well here are the photos I DO have uploaded! ... Read on »
Latest Happenings by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting So... how you been? We've just been dandy! Very busy but we're doing great. A few updates through pics.....  This is what happens when you have big sisters!  Judah ... Read on »
2012-2013 Curriculum by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Okay so I've narrowed down the curriculum a little better and it is nothing like in my previous post, of course! A lot more research later and this is what we're doing (I'm ... Read on »
Homeschooling 2012-2013 by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting We have finally made the decision to not re-enroll Elaina at her school next year. A lot of factors contributed to our decision and none were based solely on the school itse ... Read on »
Judah is 6 Months by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Life is but a vapor, isn't it?! Judah turned 6-months-old on Sunday (and Abigail turned 5-years-old on Saturday). We're still breastfeeding and bedsharing and cloth diaperin ... Read on »
FIVE by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Abigail, you are my sweet little encourager. I cannot believe you are five-years-old now. Five years ago I held this chubby, round-faced baby and couldn't believe she was mi ... Read on »
Going back to school! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Okay so it's technically not school but I am going to be getting some training. Before I got pregnant with Judah I was eyeballing the CAPPA website (Childbirth and Postpartu ... Read on »
Playing Catch Up! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Right at this very moment Judah is laying on the Boppy in my lap. I have a burb cloth rolled under my breast to hold it at just the right spot for him and he's happily (and ... Read on »
Goodbye! by Joy .. Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting So most of you know I make hand-stamped jewelry and this holiday season I was absolutely and positively bombarded with orders. And now I'm on vacation and slowly getting new ... Read on »