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Some really good friends from Ohio got into town last night, they are going to be staying for the weekend. Hurray! Mark and I were so excited that they were able to come. Mark was showing them around the house. Our guest room is down in the basement. Now if you’ll remember a few weeks
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I was sitting on the floor talking to my kids today and asked them what they were going to be when they were adults. I thought I better write it down so that I can remember and tell them when they are older. Jayden – Is going to live with Mark and I forever and
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Ally got up from her nap yesterday. She loves hugs and kisses. She came into the living room where I was sitting at the time texting my sister-in law. I got my hug and kiss from her, then she just stood there. I finished and sent the text and looked at her and she was
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Last night our church had a renewing of the vows ceremony called I Do Take Two, for all the couples who wanted to participate. Mark and I thought it would be neat to renew our vows, as in the last almost eight years of marriage we have gone through some rough patches in our marriage.
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So to actually get the full meaning of this story I must first back track a few weeks back. Mark was home with the kids, while I was out shopping. He sat down to play the piano and Jessica (9months old at the time) crawls up to him. He reached down and touched her head,
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Last night we had a family night. We went shopping. Not a normal beginning to a family night, which normally consists of staying home and watching movies or playing games together. But last night we were on a mission. With the weather warming up the kids have been asking for a swimming pool, or in
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Oh to know the thoughts of a child. I asked Mark to go to the store to pick up a few things for me. He decided to take our 2 year old Timmy with him. They got what they needed and were standing in line to check out. Mark was watching the person in front
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“Yet, we must try to honor them — not for their sakes alone, but for our own. And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice. Our first
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“Is today Daddy’s stay at home day?” I wake up almost daily to this question. My kids want and anticipate the weekends when Daddy can stay at home and we get to hang out as a family for more than just an hour or so before bedtime. Mark has been gone the last two weekends
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I talked to my husband last night, he really likes the idea of writing a family purpose statement. We are going to sit down tonight, with the kids and talk about it. This should be interesting. What will a 5, 3, and 2 year old think when we ask them what is a family? Who
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