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About Me
Hi! My name is Bethany...I am a born again Christian, and a homeschooling mom who is somehow fortunate enough to be married to the sweetest man in the world... I have five kids that some days drive
me crazy and other days are sweet little angels. I'm sure you other moms out there can relate! My husband's name is James and my kids are Caleb (10), Bonnie(9), and Noah(5), Ian (1), and Annah (born
August 4, 2011). I also have 2 precious blessings who are now in Heaven. You can see a little bit about who I am at my about the artist
page on my drawing site. I've been married since 1998. I love every moment of being a mom, and as you can probably tell from my blog, I just love arts and crafts of any kind! Please feel free to
post a comment to let me know you were here! It always makes my day to hear from someone! Thank you so much for visiting my blog!
Here are some more of the photographs that my sister, Jennifer, took of our family on July 4th! I think she did a great job posing everyone. There are about a hundred more, but these are some of the best.
7/7/2008 4:37 PM
Rose wrote:
Bethany, you have such a beautiful family! Your sister is an awesome photographer as well! *Hugs* Reply to this
7/7/2008 4:40 PM
Rose wrote:
Bethany, you have such a beautiful family! Your sister is a great photographer also! I love the pix of the children - they are precious!!! Hugs to you! Reply to this
7/7/2008 5:13 PM
Buildeth Her House wrote:
Your sister does a great job taking pictures! I like the last one of your son. He just looks like a little man : ) Your such a pretty lady...... remind me so much of a good friend of mine. You look alot a like and your children remind me of her's. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Reply to this
7/8/2008 7:57 AM
Octamom wrote:
Hey Miss Bethany-- wanted to make a little something for you over at scrapblog but didn't want to use your images with your persmission--just wanted to create a little thank you for all the great recipes and encouragement. You can see my work at www.scrapblog.com/octamom--I was going to make a scrapblog of your photo shoot that you can embed in your blog or send to friends via email, but again, wanted to respect your ownership of your images. If you'd rather I didn't, that's fine too. You can email me at octamom@octamom.com Blessings! Reply to this
7/8/2008 8:39 AM
Melissa wrote:
Aww, what cute pictures! Pictures that capture a perfect pose are beautiful but I happen to favor photos that catch people in a real moment...that show a personality. I love your pictures! Tell your sister she did a fantastic job! Reply to this
or by going to www.scrapblog.com/octamom where it is the first scrapblog in my line-up. At the end of the scrapblog is an embed code which you can use to embed in a post, should you like. I was also able to include the embed code in a page element on my sidebar. I have a permanent link there for 4 of 8's scrapblog 'Quiet Ballet' about her hearing loss. You'll see it over on the left hand side on www.octamom.com. I'm assuming you would have the same ability on your blog should you want to do the same thing as a family 'slide show'. Again, thanks for all the great recipes, encouragement and inspiration! Blessings! Octamom Reply to this
7/8/2008 1:46 PM
Tiffany wrote:
You have such a beautiful family! Your love for each other really shines through in these pictures. Your sister did a great job Reply to this
7/9/2008 10:15 AM
Allison wrote:
Hi Bethany!These are really cute pictures. It was nice to meet you. (Remember I met you on Father's Day in the Lowes Parking lot). I'd still love to talk with you some about homeschooling. Do you use a specific program, like Sonlight? Reply to this
7/9/2008 11:17 AM
Bethany wrote:
Alison, actually I get many of my books at garage sales, from families that started homeschooling and never went through with it. Usually , I can find really good, and really cheap books, that are brand new and never even written in, at yard sales.
I found Saxon books for 1 dollar each at one yard sale - to buy them new, they are about 60 dollars.
I don't use a specific cirriculum...I have a wide range of books, ranging from Abeka, Bob Jones, Saxon, and the Shirley Method for english.
By the way, that was SO cool to meet you at Lowes! I hope that sometime we'll be able to get together and talk about homeschooling some more. You're more than welcome to call me anytime. My number is listed in the phone book. Reply to this
Bethany, you have such a beautiful family! Your sister is an awesome photographer as well! *Hugs*
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Bethany, you have such a beautiful family! Your sister is a great photographer also! I love the pix of the children - they are precious!!!
Hugs to you!
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You have such a beautiful family!
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Your sister does a great job taking pictures! I like the last one of your son. He just looks like a little man : ) Your such a pretty lady...... remind me so much of a good friend of mine. You look alot a like and your children remind me of her's.
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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Your family is so beautiful!
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Hey Miss Bethany--
wanted to make a little something for you over at scrapblog but didn't want to use your images with your persmission--just wanted to create a little thank you for all the great recipes and encouragement. You can see my work at www.scrapblog.com/octamom--I was going to make a scrapblog of your photo shoot that you can embed in your blog or send to friends via email, but again, wanted to respect your ownership of your images. If you'd rather I didn't, that's fine too.
You can email me at octamom@octamom.com
Blessings!
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Aww, what cute pictures! Pictures that capture a perfect pose are beautiful but I happen to favor photos that catch people in a real moment...that show a personality. I love your pictures! Tell your sister she did a fantastic job!
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Well here you go, Miss Bethany! The scrapblog is complete and can be viewed here
http://www.scrapblog.com/viewer/viewer.aspx?sbid=436331
or by going to www.scrapblog.com/octamom
where it is the first scrapblog in my line-up.
At the end of the scrapblog is an embed code which you can use to embed in a post, should you like. I was also able to include the embed code in a page element on my sidebar. I have a permanent link there for 4 of 8's scrapblog 'Quiet Ballet' about her hearing loss. You'll see it over on the left hand side on www.octamom.com. I'm assuming you would have the same ability on your blog should you want to do the same thing as a family 'slide show'.
Again, thanks for all the great recipes, encouragement and inspiration!
Blessings!
Octamom
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You have such a beautiful family! Your love for each other really shines through in these pictures. Your sister did a great job
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Hi Bethany!These are really cute pictures. It was nice to meet you. (Remember I met you on Father's Day in the Lowes Parking lot). I'd still love to talk with you some about homeschooling. Do you use a specific program, like Sonlight?
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Alison, actually I get many of my books at garage sales, from families that started homeschooling and never went through with it. Usually , I can find really good, and really cheap books, that are brand new and never even written in, at yard sales.
I found Saxon books for 1 dollar each at one yard sale - to buy them new, they are about 60 dollars.
I don't use a specific cirriculum...I have a wide range of books, ranging from Abeka, Bob Jones, Saxon, and the Shirley Method for english.
By the way, that was SO cool to meet you at Lowes! I hope that sometime we'll be able to get together and talk about homeschooling some more. You're more than welcome to call me anytime. My number is listed in the phone book.
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I'm really glad you liked the pictures so much!!
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