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Monday, April 12, 2010

The Ultimate Blog Party 2010~Welcome to the Party!

Welcome to the Party!

Welcome to our little spot on the internet!

Make yourself at home, and please look around! There are tabs to click on the top..and a topic cloud on the right margin, click away, I love visitors!

We are a Southern California Homeschooling family. We have 4 kids, but you will notice that I am homeschooling 5 kids...Teddy is our bonus student and is the same age as our son.

I'm Jenny, homeschool-mom, blogger, beginner photographer, lover of diet coke, bittersweet chocolate and all things carb. I love to read, in another life I used to paint, and I am trying to get back into yoga. This season in life I am mostly homeschool mom- it is my main work/interest/hobby/concern.

I love my Lord, my husband, my children and our life together. I blog about these and many other things.

Sky is the Leading Man, principal of our school, woodworker, building inspector, lover of the Word and my kids' favorite play fellow. He is super hard-working, and an artist with construction type things. We met when we were 16.

Our Children are Meg age 14, Josie age 13, Demi-Sky age 10 and Amie who is our baby, age 8.

*no, these are not their real names.

We have home-schooled from the beginning, using many different materials and styles- I write and review many of them here.

Mostly I love being a home-school family, but there are some days, honestly, I'd rather be doing something else. Some days I panic and wonder what I am doing and how did I get here? But most days I love what we do and how we live. For us, homeschooling is more how we live, not what we do.

Our family includes our 1 year old puppy, Emma. She's called Emma the wonder labradoodle mostly on the blog. She is a wonderful dog and a great addition to our family.

We also have 4 hens as pets, one of the reasons we are not exactly a typical Orange County family. This one is Little Wing, you can read about our hen's love of treats here*.

Come explore our reading fun, learning experiences ,our family travels, my few adventures solo and our faith.

I heart comments!

Thanks for stopping by!

Labels: Jen's world

posted at 4:58 PM
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29 Comments:

At 5:22 PM, Julia Gabriel said...: Stopping in from #ubp10! Great blog. Love the hens and the labradoodle. I have been considering homeschooling and will have a look around :) Have a great night.
At 5:25 PM, Christine said...: Welcome to the party. :)

I, too, am a homescooling mom. I have six kiddos and have one on the way. We live in Northern California, but visit SoCal often.

It's good to meet you, Julie!

~Christine
@YoungMommy
www.fromdatestodiapers.com
At 5:27 PM, Elaine said...: Love the party post and what a great picture of your family!!!

Maybe if you get back into yoga it will motivate me to get back into yoga!
At 5:40 PM, Unknown said...: Hopping over from UBP - just wanted to say hello!
At 5:44 PM, MaricrisG said...: Hi Jenny! Stopping by from UBP10. You've got a lovely family & I'm lovin' all the pictures! Enjoy the Party and come visit sometimes :)
At 6:42 PM, Carrie said...: Great party post, Jenny!

We do have several things in common. :)

Hope you're enjoying the party!
At 7:12 PM, Unknown said...: Hey just stopping by from UBP! I'm starting to homeschool my son this year and I'm always looking for homeschool mom blogs to read. I hope you don't mind if I follow you :) Have a wonderful day!!
At 9:13 PM, Marsha said...: Hi, Jenny! It's so nice to meet you. I'm a Christian homeschool mom, too. I really like your blog and can't wait to read more. Have a lovely week!
At 9:53 PM, Set Apart Living Mama said...: Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment! I like your blog! I really want to homeschool this year. I will be following your blog now!!
At 5:06 AM, Unknown said...: Stopping from the UBP! I have been to this Make Way for Ducklins Park too. Did you ride the swan boat too?
At 9:39 AM, Erin said...: Hi I just barely missed chatting with you last night at the twitter party! I'm so excited for the CBC, I'll see you there and I can't wait to read more on your blog.
At 11:02 AM, Rachel @ Finding Joy said...: Love your pictures!

We used to live in Southern Cali so reading your post (and seeing the sun) brought back sweet memories.

I love your blog!

Blessings to you.
At 11:12 AM, Brandi said...: Nice to "meet" ya, you have a great blog! I am now following.

http://livingsolagratia.blogspot.com/
At 7:53 PM, Hen Jen said...: Nugglemama and Christine, emailed you!

Elaine,

yes, we should encourage eachother! Yoga is so easy on the body, good for your joints, and always puts me in a good mood- I don't know why I fight against just making time for it!?
At 7:55 PM, Hen Jen said...: Zen Mama, So glad you stopped by! Thanks for the kind words, I'll be by your place!

Carrie,

I know you and your blog! :)

Waterdreamer: emailed you! thanks for the comment, I heart comments!

Marsha,
enjoyed your blog!
At 7:56 PM, Hen Jen said...: Frenchy and Glenda, emailed you! Thanks for the comments!
At 7:57 PM, Hen Jen said...: JDaniel4's Mom- no, we didn't ride the swan boats, but I took lots of pics of them. We had to see them after reading the book when my kids were little! I loved that park!
At 7:58 PM, Hen Jen said...: Erin,

I didn't even realize there was a twitter party going on, I just happened to see your tweet!

would love to meet you at CBC!!
At 7:59 PM, Hen Jen said...: Rachel and Brandi,

thank you for the sweet comments, and thanks for following! My follow widget is new, it's exciting to see all the new faces! :)

I will be by your places to visit!
At 8:55 PM, Rachel @ Our Havenhill said...: You have a wonderful family and a great blog! I have just recently started a blog myself, and it's funny, I googled "how to start a blog party" because I was thinking of trying to do that, and your site came up! I'm also in Southern California...small world. :)
At 10:05 PM, Shannon K. said...: I liked this sort of nutshell post! Also, that hen is gorgeous. Is that weird?
At 5:18 AM, jennyonthespot said...: Jenny! First off - great name! 2nd... thank you for taking the time to visit and comment :) Your post is delightful, and your header picture is lovey! So delighted to have "met"!
At 7:24 AM, Anonymous said...: Hi Jenny! Nice to meet you! I'm stopping by via UBP. I loved reading your blog. I will be visiting it again soon! I'm a homeschooling mommy as well. It's so nice to meet others and stay connected. You have a beautiful family.

I hope you can stop by our blog: http://inspiredgiftsblog.blogspot.com
Inspiredgifts.com is a mom owned newly launched site.

Have a beautiful day
Rebecca
At 8:18 AM, Janene said...: Hi Jenny -

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At 6:37 PM, Christine said...: Hi! Thanks for stopping by my party! It's nice to meet you. I'm following you on here and on twitter now, so I look forward to reading more about your beautiful family!

http://intheknowgiveaways.blogspot.com
At 8:00 PM, Tina Hollenbeck said...: Hi from another Christian homeschooling momma! I'm going to bookmark you and come back after the hubbub of the UBP is over. I hope you can stop in to visit me (#225), too: http://tinahollenbeck.blogspot.com/2010/04/2010-ultimate-blog-party.html.
At 10:43 PM, Kim said...: Hi,
I saw that you visited my blog. Glad to meet another Southern California Homeschooler. I am in OC. Where are you? I enjoyed your post on the spiders but couldn't find the comment link so here I am.

Looking forward to getting to know you.

Kim
www.confabulicious.com
At 3:57 PM, A multi-dimensional life said...: What a beautiful family you have, including Emma! :) I have a wonderdog too...named Abby (a black and tan dachsund).
What a great blog! I'm following now and I look forward to more visits! Blessings to you and yours!
At 4:46 PM, Hen Jen said...: thanks for the very nice comment :) I'm so glad you commented so I can visit you back, I'm looking forward to reading about Abby-your wonderdog!

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