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First week of Hazel

We brought Hazel home a week ago yesterday. It's been one of the fastest weeks of my life. Having it behind us feels good but it's sad to see it gone too. Overall, my recovery has been really smooth,...

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The summer of Hazel

We are all in love with Hazel, she is a perfect gift. This is the summer of Hazel, we can't stop staring into her eyes and grinning from ear to ear. I'm snuggling her up and finding myself counting to...

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The sibling photo shoot fail

It's been on my must do list these past two weeks, to get pictures of all 7 of the kids. I didn't have any major plans. I gave up high photography goals years ago, but getting pictures of all of them...

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This summer

  We took our first family outings as a family of 9 to see fireworks. We've eaten too many donuts and yet, I think we need one more donut morning before school starts back. I made time for sewing sweet...

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Hazel One month old

I'm grateful for these first weeks of Hazel's life beginning during summer break. No school and Joe home for days! God is so gracious to give me the time to focus on her and myself while all of us...

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LayneeBoo Two!

  LayneeBoo turned 2! Was it really 2 years ago since her marathon arrival into this world? Oh my heart, this girl is such a sweetheart I love her! She may not be the baby in the family anymore but my...

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Baby bonnets

Grandma's sewing machine. ❤️ #motherhoodinspiration #domesticsewingmachine A video posted by Miranda (@sippycupsandfingerprints) on Aug 10, 2016 at 8:18pm PDT We have almost finished our first full...

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Working for the Lord

It is embed in us that we have to do exceptional things for God; but we have not. We have to be exceptional in the ordinary. ~Oswald Chambers I love my life and I'm so grateful for every single one of...

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Bethany's birthday and more

Bethany's birthday last week was a reminder of how fast time goes and quickly my babies grow up and change. It was bittersweet. I think I've probably used that word often to describe a birthday but I...

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Wildflowers and wheelbarrows

As I type, I have two girls on couches watching I Love Lucy. Anne is cackling at Lucy bouncing across the floor, in a bed, as a train pass by. Bethany came down with the stomach bug today that...

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Lingering

I just lost a long post I'd typed up... I don't have the heart to even try to redo it...I talked about the sunlight being golden. I shared how I feel weary, soul weary. Not motherhood weary, not just...

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Beautiful Bethany

I remember the day she was born, how I bawled and stared at her Polaroid picture, the nurse gave me, because she had to stay in the nursery. I remember how she loved to be swaddled tight. I remember...

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Searching for rainbows

In George Matheson's famous hymn O Love That Will Not Let Me Go, there is a line that says, "I trace the rainbow through the rain". I've been searching for rainbows, friends. Sometimes rainbows stand...

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Why we camp

We spent 2 nights at Indiana State Park, Clifty Falls, during fall break. Camping is so much work, no way around it, it's exhausting physically. There is nothing easy about preparing to camp, setting...

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Joy in the valley

The best way out is always through. -Robert Frost I've been taking time for myself. Time to think and evaluate. I've been taking walks in the woods, enjoying every color fall creates, looking closely...

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How Saying Yes to Hunting with Joseph Changed My Week

Last Sunday, I said, "Yes." I had no idea how saying yes to Joseph was going to change my heart, how much joy it was going to result in and how much is was going to change my regular-everyday-life...

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Last Day of November

Our Christmas tree is up and I've been submitting as many online orders for Christmas shopping as possible. I cannot believe December starts tomorrow! I don't feel like it's Christmastime but I'm...

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Grandma's Pyrex

Last Saturday was my grandparents estate sale. Grandma passed away last December and Papaw passed away in April of 2007. Joe had a major commitment to host an archery tournament at his school, so he...

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First day of winter 12.21.2016

It's the first day of winter. A perfect way to start off the season, we had a fog freeze that left hard rime all over the woods this morning. What a sweet way to make an entrance without going all...

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New Year's snow and Christmas memories

We had snow last week. It was a fun way to start the new year. Joe had 2 snow days, after only one day back to work after Christmas break. I failed to get Hazel out for a picture in her first snow,...

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In all honesty...

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."-- Robert Brault Hazel is 7 months old today.Unreal just how fast the first year goes by. I am so loving...

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February

As I write this, the kids are "in bed", which simply means it's Party Central upstairs as they rock out to the Demo setting on my childhood keyboard. This home is such a wild and crazy place, today we...

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Psalm 62:1-2 says, "My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." Then in verses 5-8 it reads. "Find...

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Big South Fork Camping and maybe, I'm back...

It's been awhile, almost forever. I've missed blogging. This year has been a whirlwind. Our baby girl, Hazel, turned ONE, our oldest, Bethany turned 13, we got a dog, Boone. We bought my childhood...

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Fall day

Fall is finally here and I'm so distracted by all the pretty colors out our windows. It is absolutely gorgeous and I know it will end as quickly as it began. The kids and I are spending as much time...

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