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Today is a BIG deal!
There are two big reasons today is special: #1) Today marks one year since Lindsey legally became our daughter! (In the courtroom immediately after our adoption finalization last year.) #2) Last night Brandon asked Diane to marry him and she said yes! (Diane and Brandon on a just-because photo session last fall.)
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Chore Reward System
I would love to claim the brilliance of this idea, but I totally copied it from Jenn at Daze of Adventure. It’s just too good not to share with you, too! We don’t do allowance. If you live in this house, you ought to do your part in household chores. Sometimes, though, it feels like…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 701 – 725
Join in the fun of counting your one-thousand gifts! 701) sentimental Christmas ornaments 702) finding a few good (inexpensive) stocking stuffers 703) a good friend who is also mom to an adopted teen — because it’s just different than other types of parenting and/or adoption 704) last week’s homeschool moms’ Christmas party 705) like-minded women…
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Nutcracker Field Trip: Week before Christmas break
ONE more week til our Christmas break, and we are all glad! One of the moms in our homeschool group is from South Africa, and this is the time of year they are finishing up for the year — we decided we should adopt the South African way of doing things! {grin} Next week is…
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Generations
My Granmama has always loved children; she’s rocked many, many little ones in the church nursery over the years, in addition to loving on her many grandbabies and great-grandbabies. Gavin, her first great-great-grandchild, was born after my Grandaddy passed away, so he didn’t get to meet him. Today would’ve been my Grandaddy’s 93rd birthday, and…
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Bake Sale Goodies!
Last Wednesday, Kathryn and I made goodies for the GA’s Bake Sale. That evening, the girls went around church selling treats to all the folks there for Wednesday night activities. All proceeds went to the Lottie Moon Offering, and the girls made over $400! The “indoor s’mores” we made require ooey gooey chocolatey goodness… I…