Life is a journey, not a destination ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • Little Girls

    I have a few Ally stories to share today.  I love my Ally girl, she is so sweet and kind.  She lives in what we like to call Ally world.  The other day Grandma Black was watching the kids while I ran some errands.  Ally came up to Grandma and says “ Grandma could you

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  • The kids have been rather restless today.   Jessica has been out of sorts for the last three days, as has Teagan who I think at 14 months is actually trying to get some more teeth.  She currently only has two bottom ones. Today I was on the phone, and heard a child bawling.  I get

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  • March Madness

    Wow!  First of all I can’t believe it’s March, and second I can’t believe March is more than half over.  This has been a crazy month, it’s been full of family time, fun, sad times, trials, and triumphs. Mark has been working a lot lately, days and nights for at least half the week.  This

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  • Baby Teagan is One Today!

    My sweet, happy, little Teagan is turning one today.  She is still so itty bitty (I call her my itty bitty baby)  that I can’t believe she is already one.  She has been such a little blessing through this last year, and we are so thankful that God placed her in our family.  She is

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  • Happy Valentines Day

    I enjoy Valentines Day, but not for the traditional reason.  I really enjoy celebrating it with my kids.  (Ok, I am not saying I don’t enjoy it for me, I do enjoy getting acknowledged also).  My kids love to make things and give them to people.  Yesterday we pretty much took the day off of

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  • Happy Birthday Mark!

    Today is his actual birthday.  30 years old, or as he likes to say 3 decades old. Ally came into our room this morning, crawled into bed on his side and whispered happy birthday Daddy.  Then continued with “ewww….  you smell like mushrooms!”  We still don’t know what she was talking about. After church we

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  • Well it didn’t go as I had planned, but he was very surprised, and everyone had lots of fun.  I do wonder how much he will remember in the morning though, as he had been awake for over 36 hours when the party started and was well on his way to 41 hrs by the

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  • It is my dear husbands 30th birthday this weekend.  In honor of that milestone, I wanted to throw him a surprise birthday party.  I was struggling to decide what to do, when my wonderful sister-in-law suggested that he loved Sherlock Holmes, why not do a detective Party.  I liked the thought of that and as

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  • Winter is here!

    I am sitting in my house listening to the wind blow like a freight train around us.  It is a dreary day with grey clouds in the sky, bare trees blowing in the wind, 56 degrees,  and every now and then the wind sounds more like a howl.  I am thankful we have a house

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  • I love the conversations I have with my kids, or some of the things they say.  These are a few from the past few weeks.  (  I know there are more and may add more when I remember them. Jayden Mom I know you want to get me toys for Christmas, but that’s not what

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