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Homemaking eBundle {Don’t miss this!}

on April 29, 2013

This post contains affiliate links. See disclosure page. Ok, y’all. I have to share this ridiculously awesome ebook bundle deal. When they named The Ultimate Homemaking Ebook Bundle, they weren’t kidding about the “ultimate” part. The collection of 97 ebooks covers a huge range of topics including: mothering, organization and cleaning, recipes and kitchen helps, [...]

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Tidbits from the Titus 2:1 Conference

on April 22, 2013

The Titus 2:1 Conference was a blast. It’s hard for those outside of blogland to “get” that you can truly be friends with someone you’ve never met in real life, but it is possible, and so much fun when you get to finally hug a few of those necks or share a meal together. As [...]

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Blog Pals, Peru, and back to Homeschool!

on April 19, 2013

The Titus 2:1 Conference: I was at the conference as event photographer, so of course I toted around a big camera all weekend, but these iPhone pics of me with blogland pals are super fun! L-R: Rebecca, Sarah, Tabitha, Jimmie. Rebecca (of Mom’s Mustard Seeds) lives only an hour or so away from me. Sarah [...]

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iPhone Elevator Adventure at 2:1 Conference

on April 15, 2013

I spent last weekend at a conference full of wonderful women who share a few key things in common with me: they are homeschooling moms; they are bloggers; and they love Jesus. I’ll share more about that in another post. Saturday night, after a long but fun day of conferencing and photoging (newly made up [...]

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Foster Adoption: Challenges for the New Family

on April 9, 2013

“Sometimes it’s hard having a new family,” said the five-year-old, as Ken pushed her on the swing. Yes, it is. For all of us. I’ve talked about how crazy and difficult things must be from the perspective of our new 4- and 5-year-old. But this post is about how foster adoption affects the rest of the [...]

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Homeschool is Funner: Can we fast-forward?

on April 5, 2013

Shhh! It’s a rare peaceful moment; nobody move! I’ve enjoyed the introverted homeschoolers posts at Simple Homeschool because all this chaos and noise with two extra kids is making me c-r-a-z-y. Seriously, some days I am NOT dealing well with it. And as of this week, we have baby Riley EVERY day for the whole [...]

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Cystic Fibrosis Walk: Adding Tomorrows

on April 2, 2013

If you follow me on instagram, I know you’ve seen my uber-adorable grandniece! Doctors told my niece she would probably never be able to get pregnant. Obviously, God had something else to say about that, but the unexpected timing meant that Sarah wasn’t done with her education degree before Riley came along. So, while Sarah [...]

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Springtime: Planning for Next Homeschool Year

on March 29, 2013

Not many extras right now – and that’s okay! Both girls decided to do testing to try to earn the next belt in Choi Kwang Do — and they both passed! Now they are White Belt Seniors. I’m glad they were able to do this, as we’re in a season right now of not doing [...]

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