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Blast Off to Space 5th Birthday

August 27, 2014

Step 1 running upstairs to get the cord for my phone to get pictures downloaded - check!Step 2 uploading said pictures and getting a blog post written - check!Realizing all the actual party pictures are on your camera - womp, womp!SO this will be a party decor post :) :)This year, as I shared in a

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Happy 5th Birthday Solon

August 13, 2014

Dear Solon,You are 5 and are so proud of it. You have been telling everyone you see that you are 5 now. This was the first birthday, you just couldn't wait to celebrate and we celebrated for weeks, it seems. Your extended family loves you so much, they all wanted to celebrate with

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Madelynne Visits IA {State}…

August 4, 2014

After our 4th of July vacation, my cousin Madelynne came home with us to IA. She stayed with us for the week and we introduced to what we do everyday. We spent time at the pool, playing outside, hanging out with the neighbors, catching frogs, and the list goes on and on. I also

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Mad…

February 6, 2014

Yesterday was one of those days that no matter if 100 people did sweet things for me and I hit every green light in town, I would have been mad. Yesterday I was mad.I was mad my body was out of control. My kitchen was a mess. Vera wouldn't stop crying. I nearly got in a car

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Our Miscarriage

February 4, 2014

Every night we start our family prayer time, gathered in one of the kiddos beds, with that statement. "We are thankful for today Lord!" Yesterday those words stung as I said them. I pondered that thought quickly before proceeding with the rest of our prayer because the next thing

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Typing my feelings out…

February 3, 2014

Blogging for me is cathartic. Sometimes I find myself typing blog posts in my mind as a form of internally processing my emotions. The last few days several blog posts have been typed in my mind.In case you didn't know and how would you, we didn't really announce....we were expecting.