After trading in their game consoles for a family trek to the great outdoors, the boys—J2 and Kam—don’t take their tent-making instructions seriously, but the girls do. The next day the girls are well rested and dry, but the boys are exhausted and soaked to the bone. On the ride home, Jonathan un...

When the “littles” (Tyson and Bunny) are the last to get in an epic (and zany) annual family field-day game and Bunny effort- lessly scores the winning touch down and gets rewarded, the “bigs” (Kelsey and J2) and the “middles” (Kylar and Kam) feel burned—having been in the game longer. At bedtime...

When Jonathan and Kanika give their children new responsibilities, everything goes haywire. The Bigs” (the older two) cause major damage and are forgiven, but when “The Littles” (the younger three) cause minor damage their older siblings withhold forgive- ness. At bedtime Jonathan unpacks the Par...

Parable: The Debtor (Luke 7:33-50). The kids reflect on forgiveness while learning the parable of the debtor.

Kylar and Kam manage their own theme park cards and end up being bored most of the day after using up all of their credits. The “good” siblings poke fun at their folly before all of the kids learn a valuable real-life lesson which is powerfully driven home through the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Kanika’s hands-on homeschool lesson on the difference between healthy seeds and invasive weeds results in a surprise mix up the next day. While the family sleeps, Curious Kylar decides to plant the invasive species plant—a rapidly growing carnivorous weed—in all of the pots where her siblings pla...

Kelsey and J2 develop a scheme to avoid their chores while their parents enjoy a night out together. When Jonathan and Kanika arrive back home bearing gifts for anyone who completed their chores, Kelsey and J2 gladly accept—until bedtime when their chore aversion is comically exposed just as Jona...

Kanika’s creative homeschool activity—a friendly cooking competition between the kids—also serves as a surprise dinner for their grandfather Tony Evans (who thinks Kanika has done all the cooking). When we discover that the four oldest children neglected to follow proper instructions, it’s too la...