Author: Jamie
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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…
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 676 – 700
I’m still counting… 676) attending Brandon’s concert last week 677) the talent God has given Brandon 678) the potential Brandon has to influence lives for Christ 679) coffee with a friend I’ve known 20 years 680) Lacy’s new coat fits and she doesn’t hate it (and it was on sale!) 681) a fun afternoon with…
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Out with the old; in with the new!
Brandon and Lindsey seem to have some sort of cell-phone-destructive gene, so they have rotated through many phones; sometimes they’ve traded with friends who upgraded their own phones, and for a while Lindsey was without a phone as she saved up money for a new one after her “old” one broke. (“Old” in quotes because…