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Register Now for the Teach Them Diligently Conference!!

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Register Now for the Teach Them Diligently Conference!!

I am so excited about the Teach Them Diligently Conference!  I can not wait for our family to attend the event that is being held in Omaha, Nebraska.  That’s right!  The amazing conference that happened in Spartanburg, SC back in March of this year, is now being held in THREE locations in 2013!  You will have your choice of Spartanburg, SC (May 2nd-4th), Nashville, TN (May 16th-18th) or Omaha, NE (May 30th-June 1st).  They will have a lot of amazing speakers coming to each of the conferences   Yes, some of the same ones will be back from this past year, however, new speakers will also be there like Pam Tebow!

Okay, so I am getting a little ahead of myself.  Not for sure what Teach Them Diligently Conference is all about?  David and Leslie Nunnery, the organizers behind this conference, says it best:

“The Teach Them Diligently Convention was born out of a recognized need for more events celebrating the focus of Christian Homeschool Families—which is to disciple their children to glorify God.”

I have said before that one of the main reasons why we homeschool and will continue to homeschool is so that as parents, we will teach our children to glorify God!  Then to have this couple to obey God, to put together a conference where there are many speakers that come together to help parents, to encourage parents to teach their children at home to glorify God, is just what our family needed.

Now on to some of the amazing speakers that will be the Teach Them Diligently Conference this year.  Not all speakers will be at all three locations.  I am just going to mention a few of the speakers that I truly am excited about, that will be at the Omaha, NE Conference.  As I already mentioned earlier, Pam Tebow will be speaking in Omaha.  I love their family story of being missionaries, homeschooling and being the parents of a child that her doctor recommended aborting because of her being so sick while pregnant.  Pam Tebow, trusted in her faith of God and had a healthy baby boy who is now the most talked about Quarterback of the NFL, Tim Tebow.

We will also be blessed by having Voddie Baucham speaking in Omaha this year.  Omaha will be the only Teach Them Diligently Coference that he will be speaking at.

Ken Ham, spoke in SC last year and will also be speaking this year in all three locations.  Ken Ham is the founder and president of Answer in Genesis.

I had the pleasure of hearing Rachael Carman and Heidi St. John speak at another conference back in April.  I am so thrilled to be able to hear them once again in Omaha.  Rachael’s husband, Davis Carman will also be speaking.  The story of how the began homeschooling and how they came about of buying Apologia is truly wonderful.

 Several years ago, I had the pleasure of listening and meeting Hal and Melanie Young.  I was also excited to hear that they would also be speaking in Omaha.  They are such a sweet and God fearing couple raising their 8 children to glorify God.  It will be so good to listen to them once again.

As you can tell, there are a lot of amazing speakers that will be in Omaha.  Not only Omaha though, but also at the other two locations.  Be sure to go to the Teach Them Diligently Speaker’s page to learn who all will be at each location.

Not only does the Teach Them Diligently Conference have amazing speakers for the adults, they have 2 programs set up for the younger children and the teenagers.

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From what I have heard about the children’s and teens programs, my children are excited and can’t wait to attend this conference either!  Teach Them Diligently has truly thought of the whole family!

Now on to some exciting news!  If you register either today or tomorrow,  and use the code: BESTOFFER, will receive $20 off early bird pricing!   That will put your registration less than the early bird pricing for 2012! This deal is only good through Tuesday night, so hurry and register!  

Let me know if you will be attending the conference in Omaha.  I would love to meet you and your family!

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vacation rental

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vacation rental

As many of you know, we were blessed to be able to stay in a very nice vacation rental when we first moved to Golden, CO.  It is located in a gated community on a mountain.  It really is a beautiful place and I do miss being out in the country.  Many of you asked to see pictures of the place, so I thought I would share some with you.  This place is also for sale.  If you are interested in it, let me know and I will put you in contact with the owner.  😉

This is the back of the house from the top of the driveway.

This is the front of the house from the main road.

Just click on a picture to look at it.  I figured this might be easier to do since there were so many pictures.  Also, the house was lived in.  I didn’t pick up any thing or clean the kitchen.  We had been doing school that day and we hadn’t cleaned up yet.  😉

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White Ranch Park – field trip

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White Ranch Park – field trip

The one thing I love about moving and living in a new place, is all of the wonderful field trip opportunities.  There is so much to see and do in this area.  I could choose a field trip once a week and be doing something every week for a whole year. This time, we took the younger kids to White Ranch Park.  It is considered an Open Space Park.  It has a lot of trails that you can ride horses on or you can just walk.  We saw people taking their dogs with them, as well! White Ranch Park used to be a successful ranch back in the early 1900’s.  Now, it is a successful park with many different types of wildlife running all over it.  The park also has a couple of ares that you can camp in.  We have talked about taking the kids camping and I am thinking this would be a wonderful place! The park has left a lot of farming and ranching equipment behind for visitors to look at. While they are old and rusty, they are still beautiful to look at and learn about.  I am thankful for the signs the park has put up to explain what each piece of equipment is.  It gave my kids a chance to read a little about the history of ranching and farming in  the mountains.

Kids reading information about mountain lions.

Kids looking at a John Deere 383 Plow.

Claire reading about a ground leveling tool, while Sammy looked at it.

Their dad is explaining to them how the Seed Planter worked.

An old Hay Mower.

A Hay Raker.

A Manure Spreader.

Kids sitting on the rock, where a plaque is displayed for the dedication of the White Ranch Park.

 

Looking forward to heading back to the park.  Do you have any historical parks in your area?  What do you love most about them?

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Views from White Ranch Park

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Views from White Ranch Park

While my oldest daughter was at her riding lesson, we rode to White Ranch Park in Golden, CO.  It is a beautiful Open Space.  A lot of great trails to walk on.  We didn’t have time to go hiking on any of them, but were still able to take in the gorgeous views that the park offered.  I see us coming back here for a field trip to do a nature walk for science.  The kids have already said our next time to the park, we will need to bring a picnic lunch. I can’t wait until next time!

Homestead Road, Golden, CO.

Homestead Road, Golden, CO.

Homestead Road, Golden, CO.

White Ranch Park, Golden, CO.

White Ranch Park, Golden, CO.

White Ranch Park, Golden, CO.

White Ranch Park, Golden, CO.

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My Well Planned Day Software Review and Giveaway!

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My Well Planned Day Software Review and Giveaway!

When I first started homeschooling, I tried using several different planners to help me plan our day.  With in a couple of weeks, I always stopped using them, either because they didn’t fit our needs or I got behind trying to write everything down that I wanted to keep track up.

At one time, my husband even created a weekly excel spreadsheet that I could right lesson plans in and I could print lessons for the day or even for the whole week on it.  I used it the longest for a couple of years.  However, it still did not have everything I wanted to keep track of on it.

As the years have gone by, I have turned more and more to the computer and online world to make up different plans, spreadsheets and calendars to help me keep track of our busy life with four children.  I have yet to find anything online to keep track of everything, until now.

When I went to the 2:1 Conference back in April, I had the pleasure of meeting Jenny from Home Educating Family.  We got to talking about the Well Planned Day Planners that Home Educating Family offered.  I had seen them before, but never bought one because it was paper and would have required me to write everything in.  Knowing my history with this, I knew it wasn’t the planner for me.  I asked her if Home Education Family had plans for making there planner online.  She said yes!  I was so excited and couldn’t wait to try it out when it became available.  Jenny contacted me about a month ago and asked if I would love to give it a try and I just couldn’t pass up this offer!

The My Well Planned Day software is amazing to me!  One of the things I love most about it, is that it combines School plus Household activities and events.  I can use the software to make lesson plans and assignments plus make a menu and grocery list!  The best of both worlds that I wanted together!  You can add the textbooks on here that you are using and keep track of the Literature that you are reading.  What has really gotten me excited is that I will soon be able to sync my Google calendar that my husband and I use, to the calendar on this software!

I really feel like the My Well Planned Day software is going to help me out so much.  I can already see areas that it has helped me in.  I would like for you to have the same chance to see if this awesome software will help you as much as it has me.

Home Educating Family is offering the readers of My Home In The Smokies  $15 off the MWPD software retail price of $65. The code is case sensitive, no spaces, and expires on October 1. Your personal code is: 31wpdblog12.

Also, thanks to Home Educating Family, you have a chance to win a 1 year Subscription of the My Well Planned Day Software!!  Just use the rafflecopter below to enter the drawing.  This giveaway will end on September 5th, 2012.

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