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Ski trip!!
The girls turned 7 recently. 7. Why does that seem so old? I guess I simply can't believe my tiny little babies are growing up. For their birthday we gave them the choice of having a party or doing...
View ArticleFunny the way it is...
So yesterday I posted a few of my thoughts about marriage. Nothing earth shattering - just some things I've been working on in my own relationship over the last few months. Imagine my surprise when I...
View ArticleIf you give a mom a muffin
Most moms have read "If you give a Moose a muffin" over and over again. It's such a cute book and definitely a classic (and a favorite in our house). When I stumbled on this on facebook a while back I...
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So many blog posts in my head...
I'm sure there are other bloggers out there that do it. Every day I think of at least 2-3 blog topics that I'd like to write about. But by the time I get to my computer those posts are gone. Poof....
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Marriage centered family
For years I had heard of people talking about having a marriage centered family. Where the marriage is literally the most important relationship in the family - more important than being mom or dad. It...
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Potty Training
We've been through potty training a few times before, and it's one of the top questions we get asked about. When to start potty training, what to do, how to encourage it. And the truth is that all the...
View ArticleGluten Free Week 4
Ok, so technically we're on our 4th week of Teagan being gluten free. But we were bumbling around for most of the first 3 weeks and ended up letting her have things we *thought* were GF, only to find...
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Our weird life
This is long and probably a bit rambly, so bear with me.Drew and I were laughing this weekend about how weird our life is. We've been told over and over again how odd we are. People couldn't imagine...
View Article13 years
13 years ago today Drew and I finally started dating (after being friends for 9 years!) I had traveled down to Long Island to "get him out of my head", not really expecting it to lead to anything. Much...
View ArticleGluten Free week 5
So this is week 5 for Teagan of going Gluten free and 1.5 weeks for the rest of our family. (Well, Drew still drinks beer and that's not going to change.) We're still seeing the major behavior changes...
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The first year is the hardest
I was cleaning up the playroom this morning and came across some of the books we used the first half of our first year of homeschooling. A basic history book really made me think back on that first...
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Griffin's Quilt
I am so in love with this quilt! (Do I say that about each quilt? Probably!) When I first started thinking about Griffin's quilt I had no idea what I wanted to do. I had some orange and blue fabric...
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Quinn's Quilt
This is Quinn's quilt to celebrate his first birthday. My hope is that one day he'll use it to snuggle his babies with too. I think that's one of the things that appeals to me most about quilting - the...
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Quilts on the to-do list...
I always lose the links to tutorials of quilts I would like to make, so I thought I'd post a few here for future reference.I've been drooling over the Moda Comma fabric for a long time and found this...
View ArticleMom guilt
Have you seen the post going around about a mom and her phone? You know, the one that chastises the mom for being on her phone while at the playground? Because while her children are blissfully playing...
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Cabin fever
I had written a post like this a few weeks ago and it remains in my draft folder. We had been struggling with cabin fever and I thought that was as bad as it was going to get. Then we had a few...
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Someone needs to have a baby girl!
I'm absolutely in LOVE with this fabric and quilt pattern! It's a baby size quit though, so that means someone close to us has to have a baby girl so I can make this darling quilt for them! It would be...
View Article3rd post of the day
Yes, it's a record I think. 3 posts today. I think I'm hiding from the kids by being on the computer. They are fighting in the living room right now over what they should watch (Colin wants to watch a...
View ArticleToday is a new day
I'm happy to report today is a new day! Isn't that the best part of time marching on? Hard days always end, to be replaced by days that are usually much easier and better all around.I had a session...
View ArticleOn my kindle
I always love getting book suggestions and seeing what everyone else is reading, so here's my list. Yes, I do have at least 10 different books started right now. No, I don't get them confused. Yes, 2...
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