The Joyful Johnsons

How many children does it take to catch a mouse?? Five, armed with an arrow and a cup, plus one mother giving orders from on top of the tabl...

I ran in the Children's Mansion 5K yesterday, here in Tupelo. Jimmy and the children did not participate because they are running tomor...

Yes! It is that time of year for me. Actually I Christmas (and birthday) shop year round, picking up items as I see them for family and frie...

Last night was the Bodock 5K held in Pontotoc, Mississippi. This is called a "twilight run" because the race begins at 8:00 p.m. ...

My daughter, Olivia, has entered the blogging world. Please visit her blog . Also, Julie's blog has had a facelift. Visit hers too! Welc...

We began a new read aloud today, Sarah Witcher's Story by Elizabeth Yates. She is also the author of Mountain Born which we read this...

My sister in law set me up with the cute new header. I love it! Since we live 200 miles apart, she and I worked on it the way we do most...

I recently created a new binder for my Bible study notes and materials. I love the idea that my sister-in-law gave me this summer for lamina...

Olivia won 2nd place! Julie won 1st place! Clay won 2nd place! Today was the Elvis Presley 5K at Graceland in Memphis. The family did an...

The first day of school here at the Johnson home went extremely well! The children woke up at 7:00 a.m. (with the help of their alarm clock...

Since we have returned home from the beach, Leah has carried this bag of seashells around her neck. It is quite heavy! The only times she...

I keep placemats on our kitchen table. I have a collection of seasonal ones, educational ones, and nice ones that we use for company. I ha...

Today we had our annual back to school scavenger hunt. On the Friday before we begin a new school year I plan a scavenger hunt for the child...

Sam and Joy The Johnson Dog Rehabilitation Center is back open! A little background for those of you who don't know us personally....ou...

Since I first began homeschooling I have had preschoolers in the home. You have to plan for your preschoolers just like you do your "s...

My system for organizing my books is really simple--I store them close to where they will be used, and I sort them by topic or author. We ha...

What a week this has been! My parents kept the four older children all week (thank you Mama and Daddy!) while Sam and I got ready for schoo...

We participated in the Design A Wish 5K held at the Pink Palace in Memphis last Saturday. The children and Jimmy all won medals! Jimmy--3r...

I finished cleaning out the schoolroom today! Here are some pictures of the results. This bookshelf holds my teacher books, the children...

We are beginning our 8th year of official homeschooling on August 4th. Actually, real life is education, so we really "homeschool"...

I have made this several times recently, and someone always wants the recipe. The original recipe appeared in our local newspaper, but I ha...

This morning the water was finally clear. Leah and Sam stayed at the beach for 3 hours. After lunch we drove to Destin to check out the outl...

Last night all 14 of us dressed in denim and white and posed for family pictures. Russ has a new camera, and he set up his tripod and took n...

Today began with Sam eating a pop-tart....but he wasn't sure exactly how to eat one! I guess it has been a long time since I have bought...

Everyone headed to the beach about 10:00 this morning. It was overcast, and the ocean was full of green algae and jellyfish! Sam and Leah la...

We arrived in Seaside, FL, yesterday around 4:00 p.m. Amazingly the children traveled extremely well. They watched movies, played the car ga...

Jimmy, Julie, and Leah before opening gifts Julie opening a dress for her American Girl doll, also named Julie Sam "helping"...