Category: family life
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Family Vacation
During spring break, we spent five days in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The drive through the Smoky Mountains was a-mazing! We had a bit of in-car nature study as went along. I keep meaning to look up a certain type of tree we saw that I just kept calling a “Colorado tree” because it looks like…
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A New ‘do for Kathryn
When one of our cousins donated her hair to Locks for Love, Kathryn decided she wanted to do it, too. First, however, she had to grow her hair a little longer, since the minimum required to donate is ten inches. Finally it was long enough, so last Saturday… I think the lady who cut Kathryn’s…
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Daughters
“A daughter is a day brightener and a heart warmer.” -unknown Last weekend, Kathryn and I attended a Mother-Daughter Tea Party for the GA’s (Girls in Action) from our church. The tea party just happened to be at our very favorite tea room, Tea Leaves and Thyme. We sat by the front windows, Kathryn’s favorite…
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Once upon a chocolate bunny
We’ve never done the Easter Bunny thing — although we do give the kids a basket of goodies. I’m so very thankful and humbled and amazed that Christ died on the cross, rose from the dead, and conquered sin and death. Words are inadequate to express how I feel about that. So instead, I’ll just…
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Our sweet nurse dog
Lacy the WonderDog can be a pain. She barks at the mail carrier. She sheds too much. She sneaks onto the furniture when she isn’t suppose to. She tracks mud into the house. She once ate the cord on the Dyson vacuum, and she has a fondness for stealing socks. But…this is where Lacy has…