Call Family Times

Thursday, May 16, 2013

May-Day May-Day.. Free Printables.. YAY!

I can't believe it it already MAY and not just MAY.. but the middle of May!
Whaaaat???

Well.. I have some free printables for you.. you know you want them :)
Just click on the photo... right click to SAVE onto your computer.. then PRINT as you wish.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

More FREE Printables!

Here are some more FREE printables for you :) I know if you have people in your house that are ANYTHING like the people that live in my house, then these might just come in handy :)
Just click on the photo, SAVE it onto your computer, and PRINT :) Enjoy!

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

FREE PRINTABLE- Chalkboard Art

I've been neglecting my blog again..

shame on me!!!

I will try to do better!!! ♥

me promise *-*

I had a couple of requests on my

business page for

Chalkboard Art designs

for Printables with these

2 lines from the scriptures

taken from the

wonderful Holy Bible.

Feel free to RIGHT CLICK on the photo..

SAVE it onto your computer...

PRINT your little heart out :)

{these would look great framed or

adhered onto a slab of wood!}

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Peacemaker, The Inside of a Worm, and Much More :)

My daughter is in a program for our church called Young Women.

They are a group of girls age 12-17.

They have goal books called PERSONAL PROGRESS

and there are different "VALUES" that have different achievements that they can do to get a necklace when they are all finished & will have learned many valuable lessons and Personally Progressed :)

One of the Achievements is to be a Peacemaker for 2 weeks.

So, I made her a little chart and printed it out for her.

She chose the scriptures and for each day that she tries her best, she can mark off a circle.

She has been doing really well, too!!

In Biology...

we use the Apologia Biology

{love it!}

It was time to Dissect an Earthworm.

I never ever ever knew that earthworms

had so many parts inside of them!!

It was truly fascinating! We learned a LOT

of interesting things about earthworms!

Get ready... Get Set... Go!

Sometimes.. ok MOST of the time

class is pretty informal.

It works for us :)

When it seems like anyone is losing

their focus,,

whether it be the student or the teacher,

then we head to the dining room and sit at the table.

Until then, we hang on the couch :)

She had "BEARY" to assist her in making

Health flash cards. We have been learning

about all of the crazy dangers of tobacco!

I always knew there were a lot.. but I never knew

there were SO MANY!

Did YOU know that even if a smoker isn't

smoking at that very moment, his/her breath

is still contaminating the air!?!!?!

Algebra is my WORST subject

and it is her worst subject, too!

IT just so happens to be her thoughtful

Dad's BEST subject!!!

So, he takes turns teaching Algebra.

He teaches her how to work the

problems and I take over when it comes to

reviewing what she already knows.

He is SUCH a great teacher!

{i love that man!}

The BEST thing about home schooling

is that you can change up your routine

any time you feel like something isn't working

to your child's advantage.

For instance:

Here is the little print-out that I made to help me stay focused:

Here is NEXT weeks:

Notice a subject missing?

That's because Spanish is NOT

required this year for her and

she just did NOT have time to fit that in

especially with having to pull her out of public school

that incorporated the awful BLOCK

scheduling... so I would have to fit in 150 hours

of Spanish during this semester- which equals around a 2 hour

class each day in order for her to get that credit.

So, forget it.

We are doing the basics that she needs to have this semester

to get the credits that she needs.

So, the NEW schedule looks like this:

Next school year will be a LOT better

because I will be starting off at the beginning

of the school year and there won't be any of that

crazy block scheduling to conform to.

I have learned a LOT about myself during this home schooling adventure. Some good.. and some bad.. but I have set new goals for myself.. one of which is to lose these pesky TEN POUNDS that make sitting

on the couch all day very uncomfortable :)

Monday, February 18, 2013

February 2013

I know you all want to know what has been going on in da Calls' hiz-ouse...
Well. let me tell ya.

1. It was warm outside.
2. It was cold outside.
3. repeat #1
4. repeat #2
5. Keep Repeating... just layer it on up like you do Lasagna... then add a storm on top.

6. Valentine's day. Ohhhh yeah... a day of LOVE and LETHARGY from all of the chocolate thus devoured.
-- We got the kids all of the necessary items: chocolates, stuffed animals, balloons filled with helium, and a night out to eat at a restaurant and Baskin Robbin's ice cream for dessert :)
Spencer got me See's Chocolates.. which ended up being grody to the max- they tasted stale. Total bummer.. so he called them and took care of bidness. :) I will be getting a fresh box delivered via UPS tomorrow :) He also got me a dozen red roses that smell as gorgeous as they look! He also got me a little stuffed Monkey that says WILD THING all over it's boxer shorts.

things that make you go "hmmmm" ♥

7. Spencer and I were playing football outside and he threw the football and it hit my ring the right/wrong way and BAM my finger hurt so bad and turned black and blue and started swelling.. so I had to take my wedding ring off and wear it on my right hand until the swelling went down... that was wierd. I'm so used to the ring being on my left hand that I felt all sideways all day!!!

8. Libby came home from school with a swollen crooked finger. She was playing basketball with some friends and the basketball hit her finger. So, we took her to the ER since her regular DR was sick and out of the office. Thank goodness it wasn't broken.. it was only a bad sprain. So, she had to wear this metal brace thing on her pinky for 3 days. It's all better now :)

9. The Faith in God kickoff was super fun! I was in charge of the boys' activities that night... I think everyone had a blast!

10. I started up my business again.. after taking a much needed break. I received 10 orders within the first 3 hours of re-opening... wow. I am thankful for them.. If it keeps up like this, we will be able to pay our OUTRAGEOUS electric bills and pay off Libby's braces sooner than we thought :) YAY!!!

Welp. that's about all folks. I need to go wake Spencer up so we can go bowling before he has to go to work :)

Happy Presidents' Day!