Beautiful Sunset Pics

Teaching Biblical Character~ Diligence

Blake drew a person mowing a lawn.

Character Trait Verse

Eccl 9:10a

Definition :

Careful; putting forth earnest and honest effort; not lazy or slothful; constant in effort

to accomplish what is undertaken.

Verses:

Ruth 1:22-2:23; Proverbs 4:23; 10:4-5; 1 Kings 11:28; 2 Thes 3:10-13; Eccl 9:10

Biblical Character Trait Of The Day

Definition of Obedience:

Following directions or commands; doing what one is suppose to

do or not doing what is not allowed; submission to authority.

Verses: Col 3:20; John 14:15,23; Acts 5:26-32; 1 sam 15:12-25;Dan 3:8-18

Our Memory & Writing Verse Today:

Colossians 3:20

Children obey your parents in all things; for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.

Homeschool Happenings

Hard to believe that it is almost mid October!

The kids both have settled in to a routine for school.

Blake is a wiz at math and Austen is enjoying reading.

It has been nice to have some dry days as Austen has been able

to play basketball. Tonight we went to a football game in La Center

to watch my niece cheer at half time...Very Cute!

Well I am going to call it a night..

Hope you all have a blessed weekend

Proverbs 1:5a

A wise man will hear and increase learning

Happy Friday!

Yae! Weekend is here! I always look forward to having

our family all together on the weekend. The fall weather is beautiful,

not much rain yet, just the brisk cool mornings. This week has

been a bit of a challenge with Blake having this cold, but he still

has been plugging away at his school work. The plan for the weekend

is to work on things around the house. Deep cleaning and wrapping up

some projects we have been working on. The pole has arrived for the

Owl Box, just need to dig the hole and pour the concrete. The

kids are exited to get it up! There are many people on

my heart today for prayer. Life is not always easy but

Let us remember...The Lord is faithful!!

Wishing You All A Blessed Friday

In Christ,

Brandie

Owl Pellet / Craft Homeschool Pics

Ages 6-under did owl craft

Agest 7-up disected pellets

This was the lil ones craft ;)

Owl Pellets/ Craft and Cookies for Homeschool Friday

Owl Cookies

Craft

Owl Pellet Kit

Owls, Owls, Hoot...Hoot

These 2 are the cutest owlets! They will flege soon. I have taken several screen shots

on Live owl box San Marcos California.

It has been so fun watching these lil ones grow up.

I recieved our owl pellets in the mail yesterday,

and Blake did his craft example last night

Barn Owls...Homeschool Project

Austen made a Owl Box for his science project, and then Friday we will have a science lab and we will dissect owl pellets.

The baby owlets..Carrie and Ashley

screen shot from today

Owl Box Live Cam

We have been having fun studying Barn Owls for Science this year! I was doing a search this summer and found a live owl cam in San Marcos, California. Austen did a wood project and made a owl box. It turned out GREAT!

Check out the Live cam below

http://www.sportsmansparadiseonline.com/live_owl_nest_box_cam.HTML

Back To School 2010-2011

I can not believe that it is that time already! Summer went so fast. We had some great family time this summer, camping , motorcycle riding, and the Great Wolf Lodge trip.
It sure didn't seem like the weather got warm until the end, but I am thankful we had some days w/out rain ;)

Austen is in High School now and Blake is

in 2nd grade. We had some fun coming up with our school name this summer...

and it's official.....as you see above it is RIVERVIEW ACADEMY ;)

Driving school this year for Austen...eeek he turns 15 in November.

Well, it is off to bed. I am looking forward to getting back to blogging

more this fall. Hope to be able to visit some blogs as well.

I do more now on facbook then blogging, catch me there as well at

Branmadetags

Blessings,

Brandie

Beautiful Days ;)

I am so exited to have this beautiful weather! We needed some sun and the Lord has brought it to us! Yae! Summer has began for the Richards Family, we have lots of projects planned. Austen is getting calls right and left to work for people. Little man Blake turns 7 a week from today! I picked up a new Bible study book called 'Precept Upon Precept' , and I am looking forward to digging into Gods Word with this study. It has been hard to plan things in advance such as the group Bible studies, because I just never know how I am going to feel.

I have been enjoying my Paint Shop Program creating new scripture tags. Last night Wayne spent quite a bit of time digging the holes to find the septic tank lids....and Hunter (our pup) was out helping too..lol. I got some funny pics of them. This weekend is the homeschool conference in Portland....I planned on attending, but I am just not feeling up to it. Next school year I am planning on making some adjustments in our homeschool schedule, and curriculum. Austen is going to be in high school and Blake in second grade. I am going to do some research on the different learning styles so I can make some changes.

Looking forward to a nice warm weekend with my family.

Blessings,

Brandie

Where Do You Find Contentment?

Are you looking for contentment in all the wrong places?

Often times we get stuck as Christians, we look at our life and think, but Lord this is not the way I envisioned my life to be? What does success mean to you? This is something I have really been pondering lately...NOW I don't mean success in the eyes of the 'World' but success that God will be pleased with. Our desires should be to please the Lord. But many times I will look at my circumstances or what I don't have and not be satisfied. How about you? May the Lord help us stay focused on godly contentment...that bring true peace and happiness!

Let's Look at What God has to say here:

1 Timothy 6:9-11

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Let's look at the word contentment....

1) a perfect condition of life in which no aid or support is needed
2) sufficiency of the necessities of life
3) a mind contented with its lot, contentment

1 Tim 6:6

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

The key here is godliness WITH contentment

"God may allow His servant to succeed when He has disciplined him to a point where he does not need to succeed to be happy. The man who is elated by success and is cast down by failure is still a carnal man. At best his fruit will have a worm in it."- A. W. Tozer

Christian Families

The Christian family was the bulwark of godliness in the days of the Puritans; but in these evil times hundreds of families of so-called Christians have no family worship, no restraint upon growing sons, and no wholesome instruction or discipline. See how the families of many professors are as dressy, as godless as the children of the non-religious! How can we hope to see the Kingdom of our Lord advance when His own disciples do not teach His gospel to their own sons and daughters?

~C.H Spurgeon

Is Your Home A Refuge?

An ideal Christian home ought to be a place where love rules. It ought to be beautiful, bright, joyous, full of tenderness and affection, a place in which all are growing happier and holier each day. There should never be any discord, any wrangling, any angry words or bitter feelings. The home-life should be a harmonious song without one marring note, day after day. The home, no matter how humble it is, how plain, how small – should be the dearest spot on the earth to each member of the family. It should be made so happy a place, and so full of life, that no matter where one may wander in after years, in any of the ends of the earth – his home should still hold its invisible cords of influence about him, and should ever draw resistless upon his heart. It ought to be the one spot in all the earth, to which he would turn first, when in trouble or in danger. It should be his refuge, in every trial and grief.

J.R. MillerHomemaking, 1882.

The Family~

The family was God’s first earthly institution. Before there was a government, and long before God instituted the church, He ordained marriage and the family as the basic building block of society. The destruction of the family we are witnessing today is, I believe, a harbinger of the ultimate collapse of our entire society. The more the family is threatened, the more society itself is in danger of extinction. We’re living in the last days, and nothing shows that more graphically than the deterioration of the family.

John MacArthur
Successful Christian Parenting, 1998, p. 217.