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Coming Up: Baby's First Vacation!
While we aren't there yet, we are getting terribly excited about leaving tomorrow (Lord-willing)! For the two of us who already *love* road-trips, and having not been on one in about two years, we are...
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Beach Bums: First Family Vacation
13 weeks oldWell, we're back! Sure miss that ocean-air but it's good to be back home. :-)Gabrielle enjoyed sleeping, eating, and laughing the whole time... she wasn't quite sure what to think about...
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Sweeticums
Gabrielle is now 5 months old, continuing to bring love and joy to those around her. It is simply fascinating to watch her grow and learn each and every day.She is my "Sweeticums."Don't ask me where I...
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My Crazy Husband & The Girl Who Likes It That Way
Our wedding day- April 28, 2012The other day, I was told that my husband is crazy. If I were thinking straight, I would have responded proudly, "That's my man!"But to tell the truth, I was very...
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Test of Faith
"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? why art Thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?"Psalm 22:1Have you ever thought that perhaps God did not really forsake David in the...
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Gabrielle Christiana is ONE!
One year ago today, our giggly, smarty, funny, happy baby girl was born! Gabrielle Christiana entered this world at 2:31a.m. March 11, 2013 weighing in at 8lbs 9oz. We are beyond blessed with how much...
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Daddy
It just dawned on me how much I miss my Daddy. We are over a thousand miles apart, but there's hardly a day that goes by that I don't think about him. I remember being so proud of my daddy-...
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Life is A Whirlwind, Time a Fleeting Thing....
Today I did two things that made me feel very accomplished, neat, tidy, on top of things, a real homemaker, fresh and clean......I swept and mopped every. single. room of our tiny home. :-DYep, you...
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Be Careful What You Complain About!
For the past three months now our little family has been uprooted from our darling home pictured above and thrown, it seems, into a whirlwind of life. "Life" is just the easiest and most accurate way...
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When Blank Pages Get "Blotched"
Our daughter, Gabby, is certainly a handful. She is funny, smart, stubborn, determined, cute, mischievous, ambitious, daring, curious, and so very much more. Sometimes, we forget that she is still...
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Gabby is TWO!!!
Tousled red hair, deep brown eyes and an innocent curiosity that exudes her being, Gabby is much like any other child her age. But she is unique. She has Daddy's hair, Mommy's eyes, a few of the...
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No Greater Joy
I have heard a lot of negativity in recent years about Michael and Debi Pearl and the No Greater Joy Ministries. It got me thinking. I don't know why there is such an uproar when they are not harming...
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His Loving Little Wife
What is it about a marriage that makes it so desirous for singles? What makes the relationship between a man and a woman so beautifully intriguing to those who are 'alone'?Of course, the old adage...
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Forgiveness
This is a song that has been speaking volumes to me, lately. My heart hurts and I do feel like I'm losing a lot of the time -- but I must, MUST forgive. Read the lyrics below and listen to the...
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Mastering the Art of Making Home Happy
I was talking to my mom the other day about some recent discoveries I've made in the Housecleaning Department of Our Home. As you can see from the photo above, my kitchen sink has just one saucepan,...
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Do The Next Thing, Even When You Don't "Feel" Like It
Spanish Moss-covered trees tower over a picturesque swamp in South CarolinaI have had my fair share of heartaches. Disappointments. Let-downs. That feeling of walking into a brick wall. Whatever...
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Potty-Trained!
Our 3-year-old turned three and not even two days passed when she decided to wear her new panties and go to the potty. She has completely trained herself in about 8 days. (Except for at night and nap...
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Once Upon A Time...
My husband and I are celebrating 4 years of marriage. That's fourteen hundred sixty gloriously trying days that have only made us stronger and more in love with each other.The man I thought might not...
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I Want What I Want, and I Want It Right Now
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways, acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths."Proverbs 3:5,6The phrase "trust in the Lord" appears...
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Wait
Once again, I am reminded of this poem that I have had tucked away in my brain for the past fifteen years, at least. There are so many things that the Lord has asked me to wait for... dreams that are...
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When We Don't Deserve the Blessings...
The other day, our dear, sweet 3 year old daughter, who hardly ever puts up a fuss, threw an extraordinary temper tantrum when we told her "no" to her favorite restaurant, McDonald's.Now, you can...
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When the Valley is Rough
I know I am fearfully overdue for another blog update... and for that, I am so sorry. Life has just been crazy, and the crazy never stops. I'm sure many of you know how that is! ;-)It's hard to keep...
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Rush, Rush, LIVE
Yesterday afternoon, my sweet guy called me and said he'd be home in 15 minutes. I was so excited that, for once, he'd be off of work at a decent hour instead of working late like he's used to.But as...
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Why Do I Care?
That's me. The woman you see in the left-hand corner. She looks very confident and sure of herself. I mean, just a few years ago she never would have made such a face, much less shared it on social...
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Idols in My Life
Lately, I have been listening to the Lord more and listening to my heart less.Letting the Lord have full control of me and my life rather than trying to take the reins in my own hands and do my own...
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