Always do right. . .

This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~Mark Twain~

(super old pic)

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.

~Mark Twain~

Beth's Birthday

We love our sister-in-law Beth. She is the best wife, mother, daughter and sister we could have ever asked for.

Happy Birthday Clarkage!

This was the most recent picture we could find. Looking good! Just needs some dental work on the lower bottum teeth eh?

He plays piano and violin supremely well and is very intelligent in math and history. He is also outgrowing us older girls and will soon be up there with Dad. Happy 14th Clark.

Happiness is. . .

I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God
Ecclesiastes 3:12-13

Next Few Days. . .

are going to be looking something like this. . . we are pretty used to it.
Just means we get to use our lovely gloves and scarves even more.

A Truly Merry Christmas

These are from 2009! Happy Late Christmas and New Years!

Agapi

Do you know what that means?

If you do not you had better google it!

What Works . . .

"Parents have a natural and unalienable right to educate their children, publicly and privately as they see fit, and that right should be recognized and encouraged."
-Ronald Reagan-
President of the United States

"The statist notion that governmental power should superced parental authority in all cases because some parents abuse and neglect children is repugnant to American tradition."
-Warren Burger-

Former Chief Justice of the United States

"Parents are their children's first and most influential teachers. What parents do to help their children learn is more important to academic success than how well off the family is."
-U.S. Department of Education-

"Parents should choose the form of education they want for their children."
-William Bennett-

Secretary of Education

Train up a child in the way he should go . . .

. . . and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
So . . .
. . . The LORD our God is one LORD:
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God
with all thine heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
And these words, which I command thee this day,
shall be in thine heart:
And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children,
and shalt talk of them
when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way,
and when thou liest down,
and when thou risest up.
~Deuteronomy 6:4-7~

For more useful information read:

1. The Bible

(you can never overdo on the Word of God and reading it out aloud to your children)

"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God."

-Romans 10:17-

Jesus said,

"Blessed are those who hear the Word of God and obey it."

-Luke 11:28-

2. What Works: Research About Teaching and Learning

by

William J. Bennett

(Some useful information. You might find it interesting)

3. Shepherding A Child's Heart

by

Tedd Tripp

Note: So as we make it clear again . . .

This blog belongs to us girls, written by two of us in particular [who just love, love blogging, Hoah!], not our parents. They never write anything on this blog. This post was written by one of us girls. She has read all the books listed above several years ago. Enjoy and torni presto!

Christmas and Holidays

We had a wonderful blessed time together with family.

Hope you all enjoyed your holidays!

poor skinny little tree. . . (presents are all that matter!)