Category: family life
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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…
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Thankful {Christmas} Tree
Last year, we had a thankful tree on our front door, and we wrote what we were thankful for on fall-colored paper leaves and attached them to our tree. It filled up pretty nicely. This year, despite my good intentions, we never got around to putting one up in early November like I had intended….
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Practicing Gratitude: Gifts 651 – 675
Still happily counting my “one-thousand gifts“… 651) a holiday devoted to thankfulness 652) time with extended family 653) fun ride on a golf cart on a beautiful fall day 654) making a two-year-old giggle 655) cleaning out stuff! 656) new tires on the Durango 657) new tires on our old car cost much less than…