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the bitter sweetness of it all ...
Drew spent his senior year as caption of his bball team. It was a good season, lots of fun. We actually sent the kids to Nana's for most of the games so we could sit and really focus on Drew. The final...
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Life, via Instagram
Our camera *may* have broke. I say may b/c my prayer is that it's just a setting and someone smarter than I can figure it out. Everything is so beyond blurry that I can't make a thing out. Anyway, all...
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Laughter, the best medicine.
You've probably seen these going around, but both make me laugh so much!!
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12 years.
I remember when I started middle school I couldn't wait to be in the 7th grade and 12 years old. 12 seemed like the age. THE age! It seemed so old! ;)And now we've been married for 12 years. Amazing!...
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That time we drove 5203 miles. With the kids.
A couple of month’s back we found out my brothers Army graduation would be taking place in South Carolina in March. And we thought to ourselves: LET’S DRIVE!! Jason and I had talked about driving...
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The almost non-existent Easter.
I thought I should post my “Easter pictures” now, smack in the middle of vacation blogging, before I completely bypass them and leave them out of our 2013 blog book {my only source of family...
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Feeling overwhelmed as a SAHM? Know what you do matters:
Every load of laundry, every dirty diaper, every story read 800 times, every load of dishes, every giant disaster mess, every frustrating day with a defiant child, every kissed boo-boo, emergency room...
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New Mexico to Memphis.
Beginning of the trip is here. We left New Mexico and drove to Texas. Ella wanted us to buy her a pink horse and Josiah was terrified of cowboys. We ate at the Big TexanSteak Ranch because that just...
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Mother's Day
This year I think I've realized that Mother's Day will always have a sort of stigma for me. It's just a hard day. Personally, I look around and I am blessed! I have miracles making me Mother's Day...
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What May brought.
May has been a busy month for us! Lots of fun, but also lots of tiredness. I'm ready for summer and for things to slow down. {In other words, I'm lazy!} ;)Drew went to prom. Sigh. He's all grown up...
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Summer, summer, summer time!
{In my head I typed the post title in tune to some 90’s Will Smith}I get so excited about summer! But it also wears me out quickly, so we really need to plan ‘round here.This year Josiah wanted to make...
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And he graduates ---->
Several cool things have happened recently, but my husband has these photos in a file ready to go and I really wanted to share them with ya'll! And I'll quote Jason's instagram from yesterday: Surreal...
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Dance & Daddies
Yesterday was Ella's dance recital {2nd actual, 1st with our dance academy; hopefully the 1st of many}This year was obviously very different than last year and we were feeling so good in our choice of...
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1st grade. DONE.
I have never been more glad to see a school year end. We were just done, ready, peace out peoples. We had some teacher issues this year and we had to get all Mama Bear and Papa Bear on some folks, so...
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Just to catch up!
I have a few things I wanted to get on here, so it makes it in our annual book, but as a warning, it's in a very random order! Beach day! {Note to self: please remember to apply sunscreen to...
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When life gives you lemons, throw the lemons back in life's face and say:
"You know what life? I didn't ask for lemons. I ordered an espresso."And that's the quote of our week. This happened. Our hoopty is dead. RIP hoopty. I love our hoopty. It was falling apart and needed...
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God bless America!!
We went to Riley's Farm for a little colonial holiday {one of my most favorite places. If only we lived closer. Like on the farm}. Lunch, music, the deceleration of independence, berry picking. Having...
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So, about that ...
It's been like 8 months since I've blogged & everyone keeps bugging me about it! :PI use this as a family scrapbook, so I have missed capturing our memories & keeping track of special moments...
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Then she told me "You know you can't just pull your kid out of school & teach...
And I laughed out loud, and at that moment I was 100% certain we'd made the right decision.The title of this post are words a school administrator sarcastically said to me when I mentioned we'd been...
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And then there was a baby.
Last summer we decided to try for another baby. We met with the doctor who monitored my care with Ella. He did some tests, wrote some prescriptions, and gave us a thumbs up to go.The next week at...
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Life via Instagram.
Things have been going well for us the last few months! I finally feel like things have settled a bit and we can breathe. I am almost afraid to leave that sentence there because then something will...
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Why we homeschool.
It's so much more than common core and bullies and boys going into girls bathrooms.Really. I am not a crazy lady wearing clogs and a denim jumper. We believe in the homeschooling movement. And if I...
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