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First Homeschool Conference

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By Amanda Pelser

Josh and I attended the HINTS Book Fair a couple weekends ago.  HINTS is a local homeschool support group and they do this conference and homeschool vendor fair every summer at a church in Matthews, NC.  Jonathan and I went to the first couple of sessions by ourselves until Josh got off work and could…

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Homeschooling a 3 Year Old

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By Amanda Pelser

One of the reasons that I moved to working part-time was so I could be home with Jonathan… Josh and I would like to homeschool him because we have some concerns that he’ll get lost in a public school classroom.  He’s very smart (ok, I’m biased, but still…) and we don’t want to see him…

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Be prepared: Protecting our children from internet porn

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By Amanda Pelser

Did you know that: 42.7% of Internet users view porn 20% of men say they view porn at work. 53% of Christian men consume pornography. Breakdown of male/female visitors to pornography sites: 72% male & 28% female 17% of all women struggle with pornography addiction. The average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is…

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A New Adventure Begins

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By Amanda Pelser

A few weeks ago, we felt like God was telling us to take a jump, a huge leap of faith, and make some major changes in our family.  We thought that this decision would come much later…  maybe in the Fall or sometime after the baby was born.  But, Josh and I both clearly felt…

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Birth Story

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By Amanda Pelser

Now for the story… Aunt Mary, Josh, and I were out on Saturday walking around various stores and went out to lunch. After nearly falling asleep in my salad because I was so tired, I convinced them to take me home and stop making me walk. Within minutes of arriving at home, I fell asleep…

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Jonathan is here!

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By Amanda Pelser

Jonathan DavidSunday, February 4 at 10:03am8 lbs, 13oz20 inches long More details coming soon…

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13 Years Ago

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By Amanda Pelser

I know that you are probably looking for a Christmas update, where were we for all of December type post but this is not it. Indulge me for a moment as I take a few minutes to remember my mom. It was thirteen years ago today, January 4, that my mom, Deborah Hicks passed away….

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Staff Ladies Night Out

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By Amanda Pelser

Thursday night we did out a Southbrook staff ladies night out. All of the staff women and wives from Southbrook got together for dinner and had a wonderful time. Would you believe that there were ladies who had never met each other before! Sad! We intend to do this again, hopefully once a quarter.

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With our tree…

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By Amanda Pelser

Here we are in front of our tree!

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On the Road to Gatlinburg

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By Amanda Pelser

We went to Gatlinburg from Nov 11-13 with Rob and Holly. We rented a chalet up in the mountains for the weekend. It was so much fun! So nice to get away for the weekend!Gatlingburg

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