Ali's Home!

Our oldest daughter, Ali, is home from her 18 month mission! She's been serving as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the England Leeds Mission. We are so proud of her and her desire to serve the Lord. She's a great example to all of us. We are having an amazing reunion with our girl. Love her so much!!

Everyone is in the picture except Brandon (19) who's now living in New York. He'll be flying out in a couple weeks for the wedding and we'll all be together again. It's been 2 1/2 years since we've all been together as a family! I cannot wait!!

It's such a blessing to have Ali home safe and sound. I look forward to having all my kids back under the same roof and sitting around the table for a home cooked meal. It's been way too long!

Presidents Day: Best FREE Resources on the Web

I hope this short list of resources is something you find useful.

A mini-unit with notebooking pages from HomeschoolMosaics.com 

Lapbook from Homeschool Share 

 George Washington Lapbook from Lapbook Lesson 

There's no shortage of President Day activities over at Enchanted Learning!

TeacherVision offers Presidents Day printables, lessons plans, activities and the list goes on and on...

10 page activity packet from Michelle Tomaszewski at TpT

A darling 4 year old girl making Abraham Lincoln's log cabin from pretzels and George Washington's powered wig using cotton balls. So sweet :)

If you have something you'd like to add to this list, please contact me here or leave a comment below. Thanks!

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I Hear Wedding Bells!

I know I'm taking a break from blogging, but I couldn't help but share some great news!

My daughter, Cassie and her boyfriend, came to our home for New Years. LaMar (her boyfriend) asked my husband earlier that day for her hand in marriage. He had the ring and was excited to ask her ASAP. So when Cassie wasn't around, we were all coming up with plans on how he could propose at midnight.

Here are the results of how that happened:

They had originally planned to get married May 10 but now in their excitement, they want to to get married March 8. Which is not a lot of time to plan a wedding! But I often work better under pressure. So now I'm really not going to be posting much until the wedding is out of the way.

We are so excited for Cassie and LaMar. He is a wonderful young man and we are thrilled to have him be a part of our family.

The happy couple!

The ring :)

Taking Some Time Away

So if you happen to follow my blog you've noticed I haven't been posting for some time now. As you all know there are things that come up in every family that makes you put things into perspective and you need to set some things to the side for a time. We are going through some trials in our family right now that is going to have to keep me from my Notebooking Nook blog and creating new projects. Everyone is healthy, but we had something come up that was not something we foresaw and as a result I have to prioritize and make some decisions about what I need to let go for now.

I will be back. I will be creating some new projects - hopefully soon. I will most likely be moved over to a new website in the next couple months. But for right now, I need to spend time with family to resolve some things.

Thanks for your understanding and continued support.