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  • Visitors

    Visitors

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    Mia
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    Few material objects bring me truer joy than an Oregon license plate in our driveway. The Lowrys stayed two nights with us, then hosted us one night in The Presidential Suite of their family’s West Yellowstone time-share. (The presidential reference is note-worthy because their kids are all named after former US presidents.) It was such a nice…

  • Warming A House: 8 Great Gift Ideas

    Warming A House: 8 Great Gift Ideas

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    I’m talking about what I know and love again today– brace yourselves! Even though I prefer to host birthday parties sans the customary gift exchange, I love, love, love giving meaningful gifts… Having purchased countless house-warming gifts for clients during my professional years as a Realtor, I have gobs of experience in selecting simple, thoughtful items…

  • Summer, In Snapshots

    Summer, In Snapshots

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    I’ve decided that instead of posting 8 million different blog entries consisting entirely of photographs this summer, I would condense them all into one tidy slideshow right here, regularly updating it with our latest summer snapshots. Go ahead and imagine the song “Holiday Road” playing to these photos…

  • What To Expect When You’re Expecting… To Buy A House

    What To Expect When You’re Expecting… To Buy A House

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    This blog has ADD. The single common denominator betwixt the eclectic array of topics is my crazy-train of thought. But the pros online say to blog about what you know– topics that you have some degree of expertise in. Well I’m not an expert at much– more of a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none kind of girl… Except, perhaps, in one area: The…

  • Sunday Drive

    Sunday Drive

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    What’s a family to do when they ACTUALLY make it out the door for church on time (for once) only to realize, en route, that their youngest is quite snot-nosed and feverish? (hint: don’t go anyway, thereby infecting the entire nursery populous, thankyouverymuch) Answer: Sunday drive.

  • A Case for Giftless Birthday Parties

    A Case for Giftless Birthday Parties

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    Little Man turned three this weekend. yay! sob. hooray! weep. Last year I shared why his birthday will likely always be a bit of a bittersweet anniversary, but this year those sentiments were compounded further by the sobering realization that: 3 = no longer a baby. We hosted a simple backyard celebration with our dear neighbors (old and new), a dash…

  • Gospel

    Gospel

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    Gospel means Good News, and boy I do have some… … except, it’s not mine to share. Again. So, I’ll just say this to take the edge off, lest I burst entirely: I know someone who’s expecting!  

  • How to Bless a Mommy

    How to Bless a Mommy

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    Fact: The single most effective way to show love to and bless a weary, frumpy Homeschool Mom (or any mom, for that matter) is to love on her kids. My grandmother, aunt, and cousin made the arduous trek from Oregon this past week, to spend quality time with my little family. Each a fixture of my colorful…

  • Simple Summer Fun: VBS Week

    Simple Summer Fun: VBS Week

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    Vacation Bible School, how I love thee. Let me count the ways… 1) You teach my kids about Jesus. 100+ cheerful volunteers helping to sow seeds of faith into the hearts and minds of children? Yes please. 2) Socialization. My awkward homeschooled children got to be with old and new friends every single day. We loaded up the sexy minivan each morning…