tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22424686223399893162024-03-06T00:21:28.720-05:00~melissa king~Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.comBlogger722125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-28054359874292145192017-09-21T06:13:00.001-04:002017-09-21T06:13:34.517-04:00Party like a princess...So times are a changing here in the King household.<br />
Almost 2 teens live here, and soon to be a bunch of pre-teens to follow. :)<br />
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Trying to find common ground around here.<br />
Music.<br />
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Hmmmm.<br />
It has been a challenge.<br />
Mama tends to be a bit more lenient than dad. ;)<br />
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We push christian music...but even then, you have to watch the lyrics.<br />
I have learned the hard way. :/<br />
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Sharing with you a favorite dance song of the girls right now.<br />
Just wanna keep you up to speed. :))<br />
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https://youtu.be/W2UV_2UJ8hg<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was on a jumping pillow on one of our camping trips this summer. Dads gotta have fun too ya know. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaden trying to learn the art of skim boarding...I came to the conclusion that it's harder for the big boys. :0)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this peeps. My siblings and I. These people are who helped form who I have become. This is WHY i am a mostly quiet, reserved mama with a servant heart. :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this picture is from a hard week. Matt had to stay behind because we had BIG chickens at the time, with a HOT forecast...so mama made the sacrifice for the kids, and the rest of my extended family, to make the trek alone. We had a great time...but it was nice to be home again. My hat is off to ANY single parent, fighting in this world. alone. Ugh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We hosted a corn hole tournament this summer, at our home, for our church. What a fun afternoon.<br />We ALMOST made it...but alas, we lost to the winners. :/</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And this precious peeps rent from us. This was party day, and unfortunately it was the same day as the corn hole tourney, so we were unable to make the party...but I am sure it was a blast!! The 2 younger dressed in white were celebrating baptism and then the twins were celebrating turning 18...WOWZAS.<br /><br />A quick glimpse at some summer pics.<br />And now...we are about to be in the thick of the school year. Right?<br />Conferences are right around the corner. :))</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-606986750409666702017-06-29T09:16:00.001-04:002017-09-07T06:38:12.998-04:00Hold on. Don't let go.I was inspired this morning, during an early morning jog.<br />
Found this song, quite by accident.<br />
Burned thru some data then, but it's okay...she kept me moving.<br />
And worshipping thru a run, well, now that's somethin'. :))<br />
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One of my *new* faves.<br />
Take a listen.<br />
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How is life going for you?<br />
<br />
So busy, right?<br />
<br />
I think that's why part of this song resonated with me.<br />
Did you listen to the words?<br />
It's perfect for my world right now.<br />
I typed the words out...<br />
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[I know it's all you got to just be strong.<br />
And it's a fight just to keep it together. together.<br />
I know you think that you are too far gone.<br />
But HOPE is NEVER lost.<br />
But HOPE is NEVER lost.<br />
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HOLD on. DON'T let go.<br />
HOLD on. DON'T let go.<br />
Just take one step closer.<br />
Put one foot in front of the other.<br />
You'll get thru this.<br />
Just follow the light in the darkness.<br />
You're gonna be okay...<br />
<br />
I know your heart is heavy from those nights.<br />
But just remember that you ARE a fighter.<br />
A fighter.<br />
You never know just what tomorrow holds.<br />
And you're stronger than you know.<br />
Stronger then you know.<br />
<br />
Hold on, Don't let go.<br />
Hold on, Don't let go.<br />
Just take one step closer.<br />
Put one foot in front of the other.<br />
You'll get thru this.<br />
Just follow the light in the darkness.<br />
One step closer<br />
Put one foot in front of the other.<br />
You'll get thru this,<br />
Just follow the light in the darkness.<br />
You're gonna be okay.<br />
<br />
And when the night is closing in.<br />
Don't give up and don't give in.<br />
This won't last. It's not the end. It's not the end.<br />
You're gonna be okay.<br />
And when the night is closing in.<br />
Don't give up and don't give in.<br />
This won't last. It's not the end. It's not the end.<br />
You're gonna be okay.]<br />
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<br />
I can get so easily overwhelmed.<br />
All these thoughts swirling around in my head.<br />
<br />
My grieving heart, as one more Christian family removes their children from our public school system.<br />
We needed them. I needed them to stand in the gap with me. I am believing my children are going to survive in this world, and they are going to make a difference where they are at, and they are going to have a relationship with Jesus. He is going to save them. Am I sacrificing my children in this fallen world by sending them to our public school? Am I?<br />
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***And please...I am just thinking outloud. I know education is a very personal decision, and high calling. Each family makes the decision that is right for them. I am not looking to offend anyone, and am not looking for critical comments to be left for me...I am speaking of Matt and I's calling to our public school system, and voicing some of my frustrations...that is all. Thanks.***<br />
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My wondering soul...our quick fix society. I feel like more people are medicated now then ever before. Why? Why are we not able to cope with our feelings and emotions in healthy ways? I broke down during family vacation the other week, and sobbed. I was feeling overwhelmed with my circumstances...Do we as a society know that it is okay to grieve. It's okay to feel sad and angry sometimes? Sometimes I feel like we think life should always be happy...<br />
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***And please...again...I am not looking to offend anyone. I am voicing my real life, real time thoughts. I know there is a place for medication. A very needed place. I believe medication can be a real life line and necessity to survive and function well...please do not become upset with my words if you need medication. You are not who I am speaking too...***<br />
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I am taking big strides this coming school year, in my mama world.<br />
My baby is going to kindergarten.<br />
Four of my five children are entering new school buildings.<br />
Another year filled with hope and anticipation. Excitement and disappointment.<br />
Lord, help me be the mother my children need.<br />
And our summer. Help us have a good one. :)<br />
<br />
I ponder over to a recent conversation I had with my sister.<br />
We parent very differently. Partly out of belief, and partly out of necessity.<br />
(Summertime living on a busy farm with 5 children, is very different then her having her summer "off" with her 3 kids...as she is a teacher.)<br />
She will never agree with me, nor I with her.<br />
And that's okay. We love as we can.<br />
<br />
And this teen parenting thing.<br />
Ready or not...it is here. :)))<br />
{Hold on. Don't let go.<br />
Just take one step closer.<br />
Put one foot in front of the other,<br />
and we'll get thru this.<br />
Follow the light thru the darkness.}<br />
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And who am i kidding. Maybe there won't be any darkness in the teen years?<br />
Can always hope, right? :))<br />
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Well. Those are my thoughts for now.<br />
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-love-<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Poor Karolina. Age 5. Napping during one of Kaden's baseball games.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And THESE are my people.<br />
Daddy. Mommy. Kaden- 13, Kaycee-12, Campbell-10, Calli-8 and Karolina-5.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Karolina's drawing. Age 5. Her attention to detail and design. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">P.S. Have a good morning. You are loved.</td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-66378732070324427032017-05-15T17:22:00.002-04:002017-05-15T23:51:15.985-04:00signs. signs.<br />
i am painting them.<br />
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i am not quite sure how it all happened?<br />
but. it has.<br />
and i kinda like it.<br />
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i was always practicing my writing as a child.<br />
really. my whole life.<br />
cursive. printing. just writing.<br />
i like to write. and i always have. seems to me that my thoughts come out better that way too.<br />
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i feel like i wear a million hats, so why not painter? ;)<br />
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i am stepping WAY out of my comfort zone this weekend,<br />
and actually setting up a stand at an outdoor market.<br />
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say WHAT?<br />
i know. :)<br />
tell me about it.<br />
<br />
please come down my way, and stop in, and say hi.<br />
It is at: Penn's Farm<br />
401 Zook Road, Christiana, PA.<br />
from 9am-5 pm.<br />
<br />
here are some of my most recent scribbles.<br />
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a major difference in my signs in comparison to the other million out there:<br />
are that they are handwritten.<br />
they are not stenciled.<br />
sometimes i write out my words in pencil, and paint over them.<br />
sometimes i just free hand.<br />
depends on my mood.<br />
or...if it's a custom order, and spacing needs to be more exact. ;)<br />
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so...a short commercial to come see me saturday, 5/20/17.<br />
hopefully it is gorgeous, warm, sunny weather. In case it's a bust...at least i can get a tan. ;)<br />
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have a great night.<br />
mis.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-49121272602298822722017-02-28T14:56:00.001-05:002017-02-28T15:04:55.598-05:00Ginny Owens - The Loudest Voice (Lyric Video)This song is helping me be a better wife. mom. daughter. sister. friend.<br />
period.<br />
It is also helping me clean my house. :))<br />
and my kid's rooms, because i chose not to fight that battle this week. :/<br />
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Crank it up. And sing.<br />
be blessed.<br />
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oh. and P.S. God...if it's not too much to ask. PLEASE enable my children to be the kids in this video, showing YOUR love, by picking up the girls books for her. NOT the mean kid that tripped her in the first place. #pleaseendmeankids #thatsall.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RSRjQ99qw2c" width="480"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-34042291483815936822017-02-25T15:00:00.003-05:002017-02-25T15:03:03.738-05:00Our mudroom RENOvation.I had been looking for lockers for years.<br />
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I did "clear" the decision with Matt.</div>
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I painted them. Lots and lots of spray paint.</div>
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then...they sat. They sat in the driveway. They sat in the garage. and they sat some more.</div>
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Until your hubs does NOT want to touch the closet. Or the mudroom at all.</div>
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I am kind of a middle child. I am a people pleaser. Probably one of the top reasons my husband picked me. ;) I am not aggressive. I am not usually confrontational. I can be quiet. I am an introvert...the last 2 could be debatable...but that is only because I married my husband, and have changed to be more like him. :)</div>
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To make a long story short...I didn't give up this time.</div>
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I did not take no for an answer.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The project turned into a MUCH bigger project than I anticipated. This room was mostly made up of paneling. It was at one time a porch, and then enclosed. (If only I could have a porch). ;)) So...the paneling was in awful shape anyway, so it started to get torn down, which revealed the original siding of the house...which i decided i LOVED. This picture shows some of the wiring getting hidden...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The flooring also had to be ripped out...I had gotton this light at a consignment shop a few months earlier, and could not WAIT to hang it. I asked an electrician friend to come over and wire it for me...DELIGHTED with how it looks.<br />
And THANKS Brandon. You can also see I started painting awhile. The goal is a bright WHITE room.<br />
I am not sure why I liked dark red so much, almost 10 years ago, when we moved here??<br />
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And THIS lovee's is the finished project.<br />
i absolutely LOVE it!!<br />
Sooooo glad i was persistent, and did not take no for an answer. :))<br />
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The chalkboard is actually covering a framed out window that had been there.<br />
Needed to come up with something cute up there to cover that akward space.<br />
What better then a chalkboard? :))</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-28485079223524625962017-02-24T22:00:00.002-05:002017-02-24T22:00:36.163-05:00I am BACK. and Kaycee turned 12.Can't actually believe anyone would still be checking in here, but just in case.<div>
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My apologies.<br />Instagram is so much quicker.</div>
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I LOVE blogging.</div>
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Life has gotton so busy.</div>
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It was always busy, but this is a different busy, an i am not home busy.</div>
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Blah. Blah. Blah.</div>
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Okay. Well. Then I guess we will start back on December 30, 2016 when Kaycee turned 12.<br />
This girl. Is somethin'.<br />
I know I do not give her enough of my time and attention, mostly because she doesn't demand it.<br />
And well....when you are one of five kids, if you are quiet and mind your business, you get lost in the shuffle.<br />
I try to be intentional.<br />
But it is so super hard.<br />
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Kaycee loves art.<br />
She loves to paint. And color. And draw. And write.<br />
She loves playing the flute.<br />
She doesn't appreciate sports. Like at all.<br />
She is kind of a pack rat. Keeps a lot of everything.<br />
She is quiet. I have to really dig to find out about her. Her day. Her life. Her feelings.<br />
It takes so much time. It's time well spent. But a lot of time.<br />
She loves looking at my instagram. ;)<br />
She still loves reading. She is super good at school.<br />
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Donut cake this year.<br />
Mostly because why not? :)<br />
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6th grade is figuring out some of who you are.<br />
So far Kaycee is mostly sweatshirt/jeans/sneaks kind of girl.<br />
No make up.<br />
Lots of emotion. At the drop of a dime.<br />
No girly-girl anything though.<br />
She LOVES to braid her hair, and is getting so good at it.<br />
She also loves to knit and crochet, and makes things out of nothing.<br />
I call that a genius.<br />
She doesn't follow patterns, or anything...just figures it out.<br />LOVE.<br />
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These 2 are 17 months apart.<br />
I was wondering how these teen years are going to go for them.<br />
So far. So good.<br />
It's fun to watch them interact together.<br />
So fun.<br />
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Oh Kaycee girl.</div>
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You are a treasure.</div>
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You see black and white always.</div>
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There is never any gray for you.</div>
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What a strength.</div>
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You are loved and appreciated so much.</div>
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Your quiet, gentle spirit is a gift.</div>
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Keep working hard. And being kind. And smiling.</div>
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God loves you and has great things in store for your life.</div>
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Much love, </div>
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Mom.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-49058800402760021502016-09-06T14:19:00.003-04:002016-09-06T15:33:39.350-04:00all kinds of tears over here.call it a midlife crisis.<br />
or maybe just the fact that 4 of my children are in school,<br />
and i actually have quiet to think.<br />
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i don't know?<br />
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i am 38 years old...almost 40...<br />
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and i can't shake the fact that i have 5 children.<br />
and am little by little losing control.<br />
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maybe i never had it...but i like to think i did. ;)<br />
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some might call me a perfectionist.<br />
[although i am pretty sure my husband would not...<br />
he thinks i am pretty much a hot mess these days.<br />
my floors are unswept, there is dust everywhere...it is a miracle when laundry is<br />
folded and put away...]<br />
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but back to my point...i might like control?<br />
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and it is dawning on me, how very little i have...<br />
especially with this parenting thing.<br />
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and this song...<br />
i can't stop listening to it.<br />
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[andrew peterson has been a favorite of mine...well, since i can remember...sings real life].<br />
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my feelings exactly.<br />
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Lord help me.<br />
Amen.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NMn3ThuvGMo" width="560"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-57618312985664613522016-07-18T09:18:00.002-04:002016-07-18T09:23:48.216-04:00baSebAll.<div style="text-align: center;">
summer is always the highlight of my life.</div>
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really.</div>
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i love the weather.</div>
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the flowers.</div>
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the kids being off school.</div>
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no set schedule.</div>
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it being light out early.</div>
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and light out late.</div>
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the sounds.</div>
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the foods.</div>
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vacations. the beach.</div>
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and baseball.</div>
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yep.</div>
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we are still playing baseball.</div>
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by "we" i mean Kaden...</div>
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but "we" his family are in it 110% also.</div>
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family time has looked a little different the last couple months.</div>
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it is not sitting around the dinner table, like i crave.</div>
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it is certainly not ideal. in my opinion.</div>
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it feels like i toss food to Matt and Kaden as they head out the door to practice each night.</div>
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leaving the girls and i to fend for ourselves.</div>
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or there is cooler packing to keep the girls settled as we sit thru another game.</div>
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and keep our tummies happy thru the high's and the low's.</div>
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or...there is always cereal or drive-thru's or snack bar's to pull this mama thru.</div>
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and car rides.</div>
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let me tell ya.</div>
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we are mastering car rides.</div>
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which actually, is how i like it. :)</div>
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we could drive seperate, which would buy me at least another hour at home.</div>
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but...we make the sacrifice to ride together.</div>
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and that's where we talk about disappointments</div>
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high's and low's of our days...<br />
or the game...<br />
or me telling matt to slow down :/</div>
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that is where we HAVE to get our family time right now, </div>
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or let me tell ya, </div>
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it just wouldn't happen.</div>
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so mama's out there.</div>
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do not lose heart.</div>
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there is always a way to fit it in.</div>
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it's often not ideal.</div>
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or even my pick.</div>
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but, find a way.</div>
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and make it happen.</div>
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this is Kaden.</div>
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catching.</div>
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playing Buster Posey, as he chooses to be number 28 each post season. </div>
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[during the regular season Kaden is a starter. a starter at catcher most of the time.</div>
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sometimes he pitches and sometimes he plays short stop...but most of the time he catches, </div>
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and has the last few years].</div>
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there have been a couple year's of Kaden sitting on the bench most of the all-star post season.</div>
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and when he did get the chance to play, it was out of "his position"</div>
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that means he was playing the outfield.</div>
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those season's were hard.</div>
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hard, character building, character defining season's.<br />
(i am choosing to believe)</div>
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but to watch Kaden this post season.</div>
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has been a beautiful, fun thing.</div>
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to look back on the boy he was. and now the man he is slowly growing into.</div>
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i am thankful.</div>
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and grateful to be his mama. </div>
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and watch this ride.</div>
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thank you Karen and Robbie...for these pics.</div>
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It is great to have friends who have awesome camera's and take pictures</div>
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while you, one of the cheering mama's can focus on that...cheering. :)</div>
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if you follow me on instagram (melissa_erin14) </div>
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you know that we suffered our first loss this post season, in our first sectional game.</div>
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and it was a bruiser.</div>
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we lost 11-1.</div>
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we came back yesterday afternoon, in the blazing heat, and had a 10-3 victory.</div>
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6 home runs. </div>
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2 of those home runs hit by Kaden. :)</div>
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i have a hard time figuring out if sports are really good for kids.</div>
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the stress is monumental.</div>
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the pressure to perform.</div>
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fun is lost in the losing.</div>
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it just is.</div>
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and i remember. i was not a jock by any means...</div>
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it's so easy for the fun to get lost, </div>
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in a bad play</div>
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in a bad quick decision</div>
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And let's mention my son is not always "on point".</div>
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who is?</div>
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he made a really bad throw during the first inning of the game.</div>
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the first baseman didn't catch the ball</div>
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and the runner, Kaden was trying to pick off at first,</div>
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made it to 3rd,</div>
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on his quick, rash, bad throw decision.</div>
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But he got over it.</div>
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Love that part.</div>
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Picked his head up. And moved on.</div>
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And he had one of his best games yet.</div>
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the above picture is Kaden rounding 3rd after his 2nd home run of the game.</div>
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that face.</div>
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mama knows that face.</div>
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(he is crying).</div>
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and it was a tear jerking moment for his mama and grandma too.</div>
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i hope everyone gets to experience their son in that moment, </div>
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a moment just like that...and it's different moment's for each child you have...</div>
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but know, that not everyone will.</div>
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and that's tough.</div>
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hang in there mama's.</div>
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i hope your time comes.</div>
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be ready.</div>
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because when it does. there is nothing like it.</div>
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it cannot be replicated. anywhere.</div>
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well. that makes things all the harder.</div>
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it was a good redeeming game.</div>
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now for tonight. :)</div>
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win or lose.</div>
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no matter.<br />
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as i pray over Kaden, each game, before he gets out of the car...</div>
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I can do all things thru Christ, who stengthens me.</div>
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and his usual response is, " I know mom. I know."</div>
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something I have started praying over my kids, and me too...</div>
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I pray their weaknesses drive them to God, </div>
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and I pray that my children's strengths draw other's to the Lord.</div>
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Regardless...this whole game of life.</div>
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it's a battle.<br />
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to God be the glory.</div>
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so one of my favorite things in life. for fun. is decorating.</div>
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and of lately. fresh flower arranging.</div>
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i suppose having 5 kids in 8 years </div>
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[4 of those 5 kids were born in 5 1/2 years] :))</div>
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took up years of my life.</div>
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years which i LOVED, and sometimes wish i could go back too...</div>
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but alas...</div>
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now that they are growing up so quickly.</div>
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and require less "hands-on" of me...</div>
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i have more time to myself. </div>
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[being married to a farmer, means there is kinda no scheduling.</div>
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which is really. fun.</div>
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decorating and flower arranging.</div>
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and funny. now i like to do the same.</div>
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i had the fun priviledge of decorating </div>
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The Beale Manor </div>
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the bride's color's were: gray and yellow.</div>
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they are perfect.</div>
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hoping they could kind of just go with the flow...</div>
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which was kinda awesome. :)</div>
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[some farm tours may or may not have happened.] ;)</div>
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one of my closest friends in school, was jane.</div>
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she was infact in my wedding...which was mostly family, might i add. ;)</div>
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this is jane's husband, brad, with matt, in the picture above...</div>
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we don't see them all that often...they live in maryland...so it's always fun to see them.</div>
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jane and brad are also responsible for these totally AWESOME pictures!!</div>
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i didn't even share half of them, just a few of my faves.</div>
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thanks so much guys.</div>
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you captured our evening so perfectly!</div>
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and these are just a few of the smarties i ran around with:</div>
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nikki hurst, jen blain, me, sarah morrissey, jane bailey, julie lamborn, </div>
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kristi groff, bree hermann and jessica althouse.</div>
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i recognized everyone. in an instant.</div>
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it really does not feel like 20 years has passed.</div>
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do we even look like we are almost 40 years old?</div>
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nevermind.</div>
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DON'T answer that. :))</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i wish i knew what i was laughing about?<br />this is one of my best girls, jane, who i referred to earlier.<br />she has been a friend since we were 10-ish?<br />she is one of the few high school friends i keep in touch with.<br />and see very occassionally.</td></tr>
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a quick blog pit stop.</div>
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needed to throw some pictures of the blizzard of 2016 on here.</div>
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to prove it happened in a couple years. :))</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calli Ann- age 7.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaycee Agnes. age 11.<br />
Capable of driving the snowmobile this year. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the kids are "officially" spoiled.<br />
they don't want to "sled' anymore...because they can be drug around<br />
on the snowmobile. :/<br />
#realpeopleproblemshere. :/</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Digging out is a real joy.<br />
Thankful we have NEVER had to remove snow from rooftops.<br />
#blessed.<br />
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for the most part living on a farm has been really been good.<br />
especially considering i NEVER wanted to live on a farm, after growing up on one. :)<br />
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sure...there are days when i wish my husband had a 9 am - 5 pm job.<br />
and we could actually plan a vacation ahead of time.<br />
and paid vacation. well. now. there is a dream? :))<br />
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and man. there are many days when i wished i lived in a "newer" house...<br />
[that means less than 20 years old.]<br />
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with big closets. and a master bathroom and second floor laundry.<br />
just sayin'. and keeping it real over here.<br />
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yes. call me spoiled.<br />
i am okay with that.<br />
i don't know how i got so lucky to be born when i was??<br />
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but. we are learning to REALLY live.<br />
and flourish. where we are planted.<br />
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teamwork. chores. farm jobs {when you are 4 years old.}<br />
sharing bedrooms.<br />
room to run around.<br />
snowmobiles. 4 wheelers. go-carts.<br />
guns and bow and arrows.<br />
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what i am saying is.<br />
we are thankful to live here. <br />
or trying to teach our children that this is a really great place to grow up.<br />
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they think it would be pretty cool to HAVE to go to a playground to play.<br />
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clearly...they are misunderstanding something??<br />
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and be able to farm where Matt's grandparents started years ago.<br />
and then his parents.<br />
and then his brother.<br />
and now us.<br />
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i am claiming<br />
#generationalblessings.<br />
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right? :))</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-44445445666736318602016-01-05T18:50:00.001-05:002016-01-06T11:55:42.041-05:00this little light of mine.<br />
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this little light of mine.</div>
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has always been one of my favorite songs.</div>
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but this one.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THIS</span> one.</div>
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is the best.</div>
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sit down.</div>
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and listen to the words.</div>
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can there be any better theme song for one's life?</div>
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i have been doing a lot of reflecting as we have closed out 2015</div>
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as another year draws to a close,</div>
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i am drawn to sit. be quiet.</div>
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think.</div>
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am i on track?</div>
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with God. with life. with my health. with relationships.</div>
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with responsibilities. with goals. </div>
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the list continues.</div>
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i look at the things my hand touches and think again.</div>
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is THIS what God WANTS me to do?</div>
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am i giving this my ALL?</div>
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2016 brings fresh hope.</div>
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fresh dreams and opportunities.</div>
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John 1:4-5.</div>
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"in HIM was Life, and the Life was the LIGHT of men.</div>
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the LIGHT SHINES in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."</div>
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so what do you dream in 2016?</div>
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the word i chose for myself this year is:</div>
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be <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">PRESENT.</span></b></div>
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life is moving so fast.</div>
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i got teary looking at pictures this morning with Karolina.</div>
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my babies. growing up so fast.</div>
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am i making the most of this time?</div>
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am i making the most of being their mama?</div>
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i don't know.</div>
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real life happens in the midst of my dreams and hopes.</div>
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i get tired. i get cranky.</div>
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that is just being realistic.</div>
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but looking at </div>
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be <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">PRESENT</span></b></div>
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by my kitchen sink</div>
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has helped me to do just that this January.</div>
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and the rest of my goals this year?</div>
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well. i am going to finally read the Bible thru this year.</div>
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several failed attempts are rediculous and embarrassing.</div>
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so this is MY year. to finish.</div>
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to read cover to cover. </div>
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and then there is rising early.</div>
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before my family.</div>
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with my coffee. and Bible and journal.</div>
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i am hoping to journal again.</div>
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after about a 5 year hiatus. :/</div>
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and blog too.</div>
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intentional.</div>
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MUST take the time...because they are so fun to read later on.</div>
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get my health in order.</div>
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i am tired of thinking about losing weight and getting healthy.</div>
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it will happen this year.</div>
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ya know. i turn <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">38</span></b> soon.</div>
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like in 8 days.</div>
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those 2 goals i have broken down into a million other ones.</div>
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so that is all i am going to focus on this year.</div>
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two <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">BIG </span></b>things.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-38383593360499419602015-12-23T09:30:00.000-05:002015-12-23T09:30:20.661-05:00I'm BACK!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been WAY too long.</div>
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I am taking some time today to catch up on a few things around the house...</div>
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Most of you know that I grew up on a dairy farm.</div>
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Which meant not a lot of family vacations.</div>
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It was just too costly to get away. </div>
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is the risk a normal 9-5 pm job does not understand. :)</div>
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then add in the Pastor position my dad had, and well...what time?</div>
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pastors have a lot of job duties. and mix that with farming.</div>
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my parents were B.U.S.Y.</div>
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We did take some weekend beach vacations, which were always a highlight!!</div>
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My memories of those include:</div>
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staying in a motel...with adjoining rooms.</div>
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eating lunch on the beach, complete with capri sun juice boxes.</div>
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dad making "drippy sand castles" with us while mom basked in the sun. :)</div>
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will have NO memories of me in the ocean either. :))</div>
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dad taking us back to the room early to shower and watch t.v.</div>
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giving mom the allotted time on the beach...which was usually until 5 or 6 pm...</div>
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ANYWAY...all this to say...I have great memories of the vacations we took growing up.</div>
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I feel like being chicken farmers is WAY easier then dairy farmers...</div>
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but sometimes i feel bad because we don't get to take a lot of "vacations" either.</div>
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and by vacations i mean pack up and go to disney world,</div>
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like many families do.</div>
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and i am sure my kids will too.</div>
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long vacations or not.</div>
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we have plenty of family time. </div>
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my parents started taking us on WEEK LONG vacations to the beach.</div>
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just kept getting crazier and crazier as we got married.</div>
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as you can imagine. scheduling has now become an issue.</div>
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but for our kids now too.</div>
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everyone is in sports. and now college. and it's just crazy.</div>
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so....the weeklong vacations have now ended.</div>
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but...this past fall we got a house at Angola by the Bay for an extended weekend in September.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My parents, with their 18 grandchildren. :))</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great picture of my blessed parents, Richard and Debbie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These peeps I am blessed with!!</td></tr>
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Kaden- 12, Kaycee-10, Campbell-8, Calli-7 and Karolina-4.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">it was fun to be together again.<br />an extended weekend was the perfect time together.<br />it can always get a little tricky.<br />we are all kind of different in our marriages, raising our kids, even dealing with meal times and bed times.<br />it can stress the grandparents out. :))<br /><br />so an extended weekend felt perfect.<br />especially since we had PERFECT weather.<br />Thank you Jesus!!<br /><br />looking forward to next year already.<br />cheers.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-11761387065324242672015-09-05T15:20:00.001-04:002015-09-05T15:20:52.214-04:00Back in Session. School is Back in Session.<br />
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I will be the first to tell you, that it takes me, every BIT as long as the kids, to get back into a groove.<br />
I cannot tell you the amount of paperwork I have filled out in the first 2 days back.<br />
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I know. I know.<br />
I chose to have FIVE kids.<br />
I did. I get it.<br />
But STILL.<br />
Why can't an emergency form be the same for all four of them?<br />
Why do I have to manually fill out the same thing x4? When it goes right into a computer anyway?<br />
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Talk about frustrating.<br />
I know I stay at home. But this lady has got LOTS better to do, then be filling out duplicate forms, people. :)<br />
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We didn't start school until August 31st...which was actually a week later, then most Lancaster county schools in our area. (Chester county schools started later...not sure why?) LOVED partying one week longer than our friends. { However, this will come back to bite us, when they are out a week before us this summer. :) }<br />
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So...here are those first day pictures.<br />
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2015-2016 school year. Here we come.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaden- 6th grade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kaycee- 5th grade.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Campbell- 3rd grade</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Calli- 1st grade<br /><br /><br />[NOT PICTURED. <br />KAROLINA. <br />Has her first day of preschool next week. I will post a pic then. :)) ]</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here is the happy little bunch. PLUS Ava.<br />She is a friend of Kaycee's that we watch each morning before school.<br />Please excuse Campbell.<br />She had just gotton bonked in the head, via Kaden and his metal lunchbox.<br />There were tears.<br />:(<br /><br />There is so much more I could say.<br />The first day of school is always hard for me.<br />I always cry. <br />Usually just in the car, after the last one climbs out.<br /><br />It's not because I miss them.<br />The quiet is super nice.<br />I can clean up the kitchen. And it will stay clean until they return home.<br />whoop. whoop. :)<br /><br />It's more because it's a big, scary world out there.<br />Even in school.<br />And I am not there. <br />To interject. <br />Or explain it another way.<br />Or tell them to say please and thank you.<br />Or nudge them in the shoulder to smile. <br />Or to remind them to chew with their mouth closed.<br />I am not there to watch over them. <br />And someone else is.<br />They are spending more time at school, then at home with me.<br />And that always pierces my heart.<br /><br />NOT because I want them home with me.<br />I know we are called to the public school system.<br />Just because we are called there, does not always mean it's easy.<br />Just another part of letting go,<br />I suppose.<br /><br />It was a really great first week of school.<br />Nice to have a holiday weekend though. :)<br />More partying to be done before Tuesday comes.<br /><br />and then.<br />Karolina goes to preschool.<br /><br />THAT will be super strange.<br />No children.<br />AT ALL.<br />be still my heart.<br /><br />Someone throw me a baby to snuggle. :))<br /><br />Happy weekend friends.<br /></td></tr>
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these people of mine. </div>
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life is crazy.</div>
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how do people get thru life without the love and support of "their people"?</div>
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without knowing and feeling the love of their Father?</div>
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trying to fit in cousin sleepovers before my oldest nephew moves off to college?</div>
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i changed his diapers and babysat him when I was in college.</div>
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these people of mine.</div>
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they just keep growing.</div>
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for a blink of an eye their ages are really easy to keep track of.</div>
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i love them like wild.</div>
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in the hard. yelly. disobedient. mouthy. touching each other moments.</div>
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i figure i will forget these times.</div>
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i am pretty sure my mom has. :)</div>
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and then i will remember all the times they want to snuggle.</div>
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or have me read to them. or turn on their kindles :)</div>
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or "be the grandma" in playing house.</div>
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or give me hugs and kisses 3x in a row. at an already late bedtime.</div>
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i am trying to blaze all THESE times in my head to get me thru the hard times.</div>
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that are coming.</div>
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the summer is flying by. </div>
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sadness.</div>
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i LOVE summer. always have.</div>
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fitting in bike rides and sleep overs.</div>
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swimming in ponds, lakes and swimming pools of nice friends who invite us over. :))</div>
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ice cream, cookouts, baseball, 4H pigs, camping trips,</div>
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days at the beach, summer camp, 4 wheeler and dirt bike riding,</div>
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missing Anna- our puppy moments, but still loving Millie.</div>
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movie nights, reading, sleeping in, unloading hay, yard saling,</div>
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boat riding, tubing, laughing, and some crying too.</div>
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summer. you have been good to us.</div>
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My baby, Karolina, turned 4 this summer.</div>
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she was REALLY hoping for a pony.</div>
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so we had lots of pony themed things going on. </div>
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kaden is really turning a corner now.</div>
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money is really, really motivating to him. :))</div>
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he moves with a little more intention when money is involved.</div>
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they had more "toys" then we have ever seen before.</div>
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well...there is a fleeting snippet of our summer.</div>
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it's back to paying bills.</div>
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and going to feed the pigs, at the 4H Romano Center, in Honeybrook.</div>
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The kids showed their pigs last night.</div>
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their first year. tons of unknowns and guessing our way thru the program, </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-81359832075100036592015-05-12T21:15:00.001-04:002015-05-12T21:15:08.749-04:00To my dear grandparents.so...i do not have very many loyal blog followers<br />
which makes it really easy to slack off...<br />
and well. <br />
instagram. i post everything on there, so then i don't make this <br />
quite as much of a <br />
priority anymore.<br />
boo. i know.<br />
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I do, however, have ONE loyal blog checker.<br />
and that, my friends, is my pappy and grandma.<br />
they request a blog entry EVERY time i go to visit.<br />
every.single.time. :)<br />
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it's the sweetest thing.<br />
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and ALL of my doing...because out of ALL of their grandchildren,<br />
i am the ONLY one who put her blog address into their <u>favorite bar</u> on their i-pad.<br />
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:))))))))<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">the kids have always loved visiting their great grandparents.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">each set of great grandparents they have gotton the priviledge of knowing, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">have always had a toy box for them to play in.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">a lot of the toys in this toy box, are toys that i used to play with as a child.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">it's fun to see them play with them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and fun for me to remember the memories all of those toys hold for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">these are the grandparents i spent a lot of time with.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">i grew up on the dairy farm that they used to farm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and then, they built a house, on land connected to our farm.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">so there was lots of riding bike and/or walking up thru the fields in the summer time</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">to eat blueberries out of the garden.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">or swim in the pool.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">or quilt with my grandma.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">or play with toys. or eat white toast with homemade strawberry jelly. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">i love the memories i have with them. they will always be treasured.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">i need to do a better job of visiting them.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">they are only a half hour away now.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">why do i let life swallow me up and keep my away from doing important things?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">they will not be here much longer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and still have so much wisdom for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">we always talk about farming. and chickens.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">today we encorporated puppies and our pigs too.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">mothering. (it is no wonder i am in love with babies...i get that from my mom and grandma).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">gardening. birthdays. weather. matt. and what he's doing.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">health.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">and life in general.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">so...to pappy and grandma.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">i love you.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">thanks for loving me and my family.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">the kids always love to come visit.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">we'll be back again soon to eat apples and steal all the chocolate from your candy dish.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">xo.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-1143908651704451662015-04-08T07:22:00.002-04:002015-04-08T13:58:47.317-04:00joanna gaines. and a snippet about my thoughts on technology.<br />
<br />
so. let's be honest.<br />
<br />
technology. i feel like Satan has a field day using techology in our day and age.<br />
sure. there has always been the same problems of our day, as in days gone by.<br />
BUT...i feel as if they are skyrocketing to a whole new level.<br />
Satan has a whole new platform to use, to tear apart families and relationships.<br />
<br />
that being said. most of my friends know that matt and i are not a part of facebook.<br />
something we decided years ago.<br />
i remember joining for a brief milisecond, and this barely clothed female popped up on the screen.<br />
as someone we "may" know.<br />
now. i know you can set blocks and all kinds of things.<br />
but this was "enough" for me to say, "no way."<br />
and we both feel good about that decision.<br />
<br />
sometimes it feels good to buck the trend. ya know?<br />
we miss out on some things because we are not on facebook.<br />
the world expects you to be "there", so that's how invitations are communicated now.<br />
parties. and family gatherings. and even church things.<br />
all.on.facebook.<br />
<br />
what is my point?<br />
<br />
well. as much as i hate facebook. <br />
i love instagram. and pinterest.<br />
and surely Satan is using these platforms to tear apart relationships as well.<br />
mainly, i think of women.<br />
<br />
women are wired differently from men.<br />
God did that on purpose. i know.<br />
but it's hard for women to not get sucked into comparing. and jealousy.<br />
we struggle with such different things then men.<br />
<br />
back to my point.<br />
<br />
i came upon this video thru instagram yesterday.<br />
this lady. joanna gaines. and her husband, chip.<br />
they seem like a couple matt and i would get along with.<br />
and maybe the whole world feels that way?<br />
their show is awesome.<br />
we only get to watch a teeny bit when we go to my mom's, when the girls are at ballet.<br />
(but i am going to start watching re-runs on the computer...here we go again...technology). :))<br />
<br />
but, i wanted to share it.<br />
she speaks some of my passion for women. and dreams.<br />
watch it.<br />
and maybe their show too...it's called Fixer Upper. <br />
<br />
and as much as Satan is using some of these platforms to tear families apart.<br />
God is also using them to reach his people.<br />
how is he using these platforms in your life?<br />
<br />
i wonder?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t7iPEDnqwm0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t7iPEDnqwm0</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-49317429426763945482015-03-12T09:59:00.001-04:002015-03-12T10:09:49.924-04:00Heather Williams.<br />
I know I am not writing on here like I love too.<br />
Life has gotton the best of me.<br />
I feel like I am running around serving people all the time.<br />
That's what I do. That is what I love to do.<br />
Most days. :))<br />
<br />
Today the kids have a half day of school, so I am trying to get some things done, <br />
before they come home, and undue them again. <br />
<br />
haaaa. the life of a mother. you get something looking fabulous.<br />
and it is undone in a matter of minutes.<br />
<br />
they tell me, i am gonna miss that. <br />
we'll see. :)<br />
<br />
anyway, taking some time out to listen to Jesus this morning, <br />
and thought i would share...<br />
<br />
<br />
I heard this Hallelujah song the other day, and really loved it.<br />
<br />
This morning, I found this...<br />
Listen to it.<br />
<br />
One of my husband's favorite lines (he has many) :) is, "You always have a choice. YOU ultimately are the one to decide if you are going to wallow in your "woe is me, you don't understand, i was mistreated and abused, and...nevermind." It is up to you how you are going to handle life's disappointments.<br />
<br />
And while this is true, there is so much more that goes into that. <br />
This story is amazing. <br />
So hard.<br />
So powerful. What a testimony to God's power, right?<br />
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and the song that drew me to her, is this one...<br />
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Such horrific loss. There are no words.<br />
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Thankful. I am thankful i have not experienced such grievous loss.<br />
Thank you Jesus.<br />
<br />
Have you felt the love of Jesus today?<br />
<br />
<br />
I am running around getting laundry done.<br />
Getting the house "read" up before Campbell's birthday party Sunday.<br />
Karolina was up all night, coughing. <br />
Somewhere hiding in all this strep throat, she caught a nasty cold.<br />
But in my weariness, I have felt Jesus today.<br />
<br />
Have you?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-61904496019118805652015-02-19T22:05:00.001-05:002015-02-19T22:09:57.435-05:00my new fave song.<br />
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listen.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-81510324340446508332015-01-28T09:43:00.000-05:002015-02-19T22:51:08.534-05:00Merry Christmas and Happy New Year?Did you have a Merry Christmas 2014?<br />
i did.<br />
<br />
Are you having a Happy New Year in 2015 so far?<br />
i am.<br />
<br />
I cannot believe time is flying by at warp speed. AGAIN.<br />
ugh.<br />
<br />
I may have mentioned before that my WORD for 2015 is <u>SAVOR.</u><br />
and, by the looks of my blog, it looks like I am living that up.<br />
Savoring other things that is, and not taking the time I need too, to update here.<br />
<br />
I used to be so good at making this a priority.<br />
oh. how times have changed. :/<br />
<br />
So. back to <u>savoring</u>.<br />
i feel like life can change so drastically at any minute.<br />
any. minute.<br />
do you ever wonder when devestation will hit you?<br />
like life has been too easy?<br />
i have. i wonder. at the Lord's plan for me, and my family.<br />
when will devestation strike us. and how will we handle it?<br />
am i savoring NOW before tragedy hits?<br />
that is my goal.<br />
to SLOW down. to take life in. NOW.<br />
<br />
to <em><u>SAVOR.</u></em><br />
<em><u></u></em><br />
<em><u></u></em><br />
what am i spending my days doing? how am i savoring this season that i am in?<br />
<br />
well. besides the small task of serving the Lord the best way i know how...<br />
thru serving and loving my family WELL, that seems to be taking a lot out of me.<br />
that is just the mundane stuff. <br />
like packing lunches x 4...i won't do the math. <br />
and laundry. well. we won't do the math there either.<br />
folding. and putting away. i fail MISERABLY at this. daily.<br />
i hate having a clean pile of laundry laying somewhere to be folded.<br />
but it happens so frequently. i am trying to work on that.<br />
and dinners and lunches for matt, and whomever may stumble in for that time period.<br />
and coffee and muffins.<br />
trying to keep baked goods around here is crazy.<br />
<br />
let me tell you a secret.<br />
farmers find a way into your kitchen.<br />
when they are welcomed with a hot cup of coffee and a homemade treat.<br />
they just do.<br />
they even forgive your clean laundry pile on the floor. (i think?)<br />
and walk around it. to wash their hands. :))<br />
and i love that. so i strive to do that around here.<br />
<br />
so the mundane is keeping me busy.<br />
trying to serve my family with a happy heart.<br />
sometimes that is easy, and sometimes it is not.<br />
it helps me to focus on serving the Lord.<br />
i am striving to become more like Jesus in my lifetime.<br />
and serving my family is how i can do that best in this season.<br />
<br />
that is not even encorporating fun snuggly bedtimes.<br />
or baths each night.<br />
or all the other things that take up our time...like life groups, and dancing at cavod, and piano lessons, and children's church, and good news club at school, and baseball is about to start, and reading outloud to my kids, coloring with them, cooking with them...the list, it just goes on and on.<br />
<br />
i am busy.<br />
and i don't know how i would fit a job into this life of mine?<br />
i am so very thankful and blessed that i do not "need" to work outside of the home, <br />
during this busy season. <br />
so.very.thankful.<br />
and i don't take it for granted, for a minute.<br />
thank you BABE for working hard for us!!<br />
i so admire his strength, determination and work ethic!<br />
<br />
he is such a hard worker.<br />
and not a complainer. <br />
i do not take this for granted either.<br />
if i had to go outside today and WORK in it...i would complain.<br />
i am almost sure of it.<br />
it is a balmy 17 out this morning, and the wind is howling away.<br />
i am dreading going to the store, with a 3 year old.<br />
what an easy life i have!!<br />
<br />
so. much has happened since i last posted.<br />
<br />
For ONE. my first born baby girl, kaycee agnes, turned 10.<br />
be still my heart, would you?<br />
it is such an honor to be her mom.<br />
we kid around all the time, because she is a LOT like her mama.<br />
i guess this could kick me in the butt, pretty soon, but for now...<br />
<br />
she is easy.<br />
quiet. (which is a gift and sorrow all in one, i know.) <br />
responsible. <br />
smart. <br />
determined.<br />
beautiful. <br />
simple. by this i mean jeans and sneaks.<br />
and a scarf-that she knitted. and hair pulled back. i mean s.i.m.p.l.e.<br />
she follows the rules. <br />
modesty. no problem here. <br />
(that is already a problem with her sister campbell, but we'll talk about that, another time.) :))<br />
kind hearted.<br />
artistic. loves drawing. painting. singing. dancing. knitting. writing. scrapbooking.<br />
she is starting to crave her own space. <br />
that is hard. because well. she doesn't have any. :(<br />
she must share a room, that is all there is to that. <br />
i try to believe by having to share space and things, and space and things, <br />
it will just make her one rock star of a fighter. :)) and appreciative.<br />
maybe she will one day live in a small tiny village across the ocean.<br />
loving on people. all in her space. and then i will know.<br />
why it was important for her to learn to share now.<br />
but, that would probably be too easy, now wouldn't it?<br />
i wonder what she will BE?<br />
a wife? a teacher? a doctor? a mom? a pharmacist? a dancer? who knows.<br />
but i get excited dreaming about her future.<br />
<br />
for TWO. i turned 37 years old. <br />
eeeekkkkkkk.<br />
i am getting old. my hands are aging, as well as all other parts of my body.<br />
still no gray hair.<br />
so i kind of love that.<br />
matt is graying away. but for some reason, i find that very handsome on him. ;)<br />
i had a great day of celebration. well. really week. kind of.<br />
it was a fabulous day for me to reflect on my life.<br />
and the woman i am becoming.<br />
<br />
THIRDLY...<br />
we traveled to the Eastern Shore for an extended Buckwalter family<br />
gathering to celebrate my dad's parents 70th wedding anniversary, and upcoming 90th birthdays.<br />
<br />
<strong>WOW.</strong> 90 years. and 70 years married to the same beautiful person?<br />
<br />
<br />
the reality of this being highly unusual these days.<br />
in a world that is filled with cancer, and heart attacks and strokes, and tragic accidents all around, what a glorious time for our family.<br />
to take it all in.<br />
the generational blessings we are receiving from the mighty hand of the Lord.<br />
the provision.<br />
it's hard to grasp.<br />
<br />
a time of catching up with family around the country.<br />
my family (my dad, mom, and all their children-that's me, and our families, plus, one cousin and his wife, are the only <strong>locals</strong>).<br />
the other's span the country...from California, to Colorado, to Conneticutt, and Virginia, and New Jersey...we don't see each other much anymore, and we are all so different. so, it's always kind of a hoot to catch up. overhearing stories of doctor's practices and how Obama care has impacted them, to teacher talk, to lawyer talk, to seminary talk, to just me. plain ol mom talk.<br />
we span a lot. <br />
<strong>A LOT.</strong><br />
<br />
it was a fun time to catch up. to hear stories of my dad and his siblings growing up. to think thru my own childhood again.<br />
<br />
trying to get some pictures uploaded here...having a rough time.<br />
ugh.<br />
<br />
anyway...<br />
hope to catch up again soon.<br />
<br />
we were at the King Cabin in Potter County for the weekend.<br />
<br />
Chickens come again next week. in the BLITZING cold.<br />
i don't know how those little peeps are gonna keep warm. enough. ;(<br />
<br />
plenty for another post.<br />
<br />
stay warm where you are. <br />
love each other well.<br />
and read. <br />
i didn't even mention i am savoring time with the Lord, AND <br />
reading some really good books.<br />
<br />
[like, i am in tears now, reading...<br />
<br />
the hardest peace (expecting grace in the midst of life's hard)<br />
by: kara tippetts.<br />
<br />
a story of kara tippets. she knows the ordinary days of mothering four kids, the joy of watching her children grow...and the devestating reality of stage IV cancer.<br />
<br />
it is HEART WRENCHING. <br />
you can find her blog at: <a href="http://www.mundanefaithfulness.com/">www.mundanefaithfulness.com</a>.]<br />
<br />
take care lovees,<br />
xo.<br />
mis.<br />
<br />
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<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-52114074514000679312015-01-07T20:35:00.000-05:002015-01-07T20:37:55.541-05:00in forever. AND my sunporch renovation.so...life gets crazy, hugh? <br />
<br />
i was reminded of that this morning. <br />
our district, had a 2 hour delay, which i really do love.<br />
lazy school mornings, are one of the best things around, in my opinion.<br />
infact...i am still in my sweats.<br />
it seemed cozy enough to stay in them.<br />
all.day.long.<br />
i mean it was 7 degrees outside this morning.<br />
<br />
i love that i can do that.<br />
don't take it for granted for a SECOND people. :))<br />
<br />
anyway, this particular morning i had 4 extra children.<br />
it didn't really occur to me that that actually meant 9 children in the house.<br />
until around 10 am, and by then, we only had a half hour more to go.<br />
it got a little bit crazy.<br />
it was a little bit *too cold to send them outside.<br />
it really was.<br />
so that meant...<br />
there was ball throwing. and wii dancing. and wrestling. and crying.<br />
all.my.kids. of course. :))<br />
made me thankful i really only have 5. <br />
Thanks for the reminder Lord. ;)<br />
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<br />
have not taken the time to post lately.<br />
i apologize for that.<br />
i have been trying to get some reading done...so when i take a free minute,<br />
i cozy up to the fire, and read a chapter or 2.<br />
a couple of my favorite things about winter.<br />
the stove in my basement, and I read more, oh...with coffee.<br />
and.<br />
i guess those are the ONLY things i like about winter.<br />
i am a summertime girl.<br />
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<br />
so, i realized i never did a post about my sun porch renovation.<br />
i love.love.love it...<br />
and cannot wait to enjoy it in the summer.<br />
it definately gets chilly out there in the winter...<br />
<br />
we moved to the farm, the summer of 2007, and this was one of the first rooms i painted.<br />
i decided on a deep orange, almost rust color.<br />
got it right out of a magazine,<br />
and i totally loved it.<br />
still loved it, but thought the room would be so much prettier white.<br />
<br />
as my mom had tried to convince me, when i went with rust.<br />
thanks mom. ;)<br />
<br />
did you know white is trending now?<br />
and i am glad.<br />
it makes the room look so much bigger.<br />
<br />
here are a few "before's".<br />
from dinner's i hosted.<br />
<br />
we don't eat out there a lot anymore, <br />
since we knocked the wall out of our kitchen, <br />
there is so much more room for me to entertain there now...<br />
but sometimes, big dinner parties are still held in the sun porch, <br />
as seen here...<br />
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getting started.<br />
i do love behr paint, from home depot.<br />
coverage is good. Soooooo much better than years ago.<br />
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here it is before i painted the trim.<br />
i decided to go ALL white. Trim too.<br />
i really love the look.<br />
of all white.<br />
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and, getting finished up...<br />
hopefully i will post a picture or two next week, <br />
what it looks like now...i have the roman shades up again.<br />
it is cozy.<br />
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and as with any renovation...it gives me a real desire to clean out.<br />
and simplify.<br />
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seems i like to do that after Christmas also.<br />
what i am doing now. :))<br />
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seems like these pictures aren't real clear...<br />
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i think some came from instagram. which would explain it.<br />
you get the idea. :))<br />
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is everyone un-decorated from Christmas?<br />
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not quite. but soon. i promise.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-9209548933287927872014-12-02T09:42:00.000-05:002014-12-02T10:51:19.290-05:00Christmas Decorating 101.so i am finally getting around to posting some pictures of my home.<br />
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without walking thru my home.<br />
although you would be more than welcome to do that at anytime...<br />
as long as you are fine jumping over mounds of laundry.<br />
it seems there is always some somewhere in the house...<br />
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<strong>Christmas</strong> is my most Favorite time of the year.<br />
i<strong> love</strong> to decorate for Christmas.<br />
i <strong>love</strong> all the lights. and greens.<br />
i think it makes a home feel so warm and cozy.<br />
and then good smells and candles burning. <br />
yep. cozy.<br />
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it is for these reasons, i decorate (most years) before Thanksgiving actually gets here.<br />
i am totally able to be thankful for all the Lord has blessed me with<br />
sitting beside a Christmas tree...at my Thanksgiving dinner.<br />
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some people don't like to mix the holidays.<br />
i am not one of those people. :)) <br />
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and please, please, PLEASE note...<br />
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i am inspired and encouraged by reading blogs and flipping thru instagram.<br />
i <strong>LOVE</strong> it.<br />
i get so many fun ideas, so much information.<br />
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i know it is hard for some.<br />
they feel attacked, and un-creative, and discouraged.<br />
that is not my intention, so if you feel that way, while looking at this blog,<br />
either stop right now, or<br />
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please DON'T you dare feel that way. :)))<br />
know that i am posting these to inspire you, as others have inspired me.<br />
i rarely do decorating the same, from year to year, <br />
i just don't,<br />
so this is also for me to remember THIS year.<br />
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know that much of what i do, is inspired from magazines, pinterest, instagram...so many sources.<br />
don't think i am super creative, <br />
i don't know that i am.<br />
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just a really good copycat. :))<br />
with yard sale finds a lot of the time...<br />
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i hope to find a few more K's for the stair well down into our basement...<br />
the big black one, i got at A.C. Moore, and spray painted it, and the turquoise one, i purchased at Home Goods- one of my most favorite stores...<br />
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this centerpiece on my kitchen island, was totally pinterest inspired...i had everything already, and just put it together. i think i got the *fake greens at Flower and Craft Warehouse, years ago. The deer i got at a yard sale this summer, which i was COMPLETELY tickled with, because deer are so trendy right now. the Christmas balls came from Walmart, years ago, and the big pine cones I smuggled home from Chile. I was sure they were not going to be in my suitcase anymore when I got home, but surprise, of all surprises, they were. Yay!! The candle holder was also a yard sale find...there is a teeny chip on the top rim...but i bet ya don't notice unless you totally stare at it, in person. ;)<br />
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i think the scale came from walmart, when kaycee was a baby...so that's 10 years old already. :/<br />
the greens came from Henry's Greenhouse...one of my most favorite spots to visit and get ideas from this time of year...you can find them <a href="http://www.henrysgreenhouses.blogspot.com/">here.</a><br />
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this black cupboard came from Goodwill years ago, for a couple bucks, and I spray painted it black...you can see the pathetic job i did from this angle...but only from this angle. ;)) the globes were collected over the years...for they are pretty trendy right now too. ;))<br />
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my lovee, kaden, had to sneak in a picture. he is really a pretty cool kid...but i think he might know it. :/<br />
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these glass jars are from walmart, and yard sales. i spray painted those 2 lids...they look way cuter that way in my opinion. ;)<br />
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my pinterest inspired, chalkboard painted, wood slice. Also pretty trendy right now. i just LOVE them. a little piece of nature inside.<br />
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my newest art gallery wall. the kids have to do this barn picture in art class in 2nd? grade i think? so hopefully curriculum doesn't change, (haaahaaahaa) and in a few years, i will have each childs barn picture hanging here. i spray painted the frames red, because i like a pop of color. some verses printed off the computer framed and hung. and the deer head i just got at Home Goods. i just had too. it wasn't even on clearance, i just flat.out.bought.it. please know, i do do that sometimes. ;))<br />
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this picture is taken in my sunporch, which i just painted all white, and am totally in love with it. i have lots of greens, and trees and lights in this room, right now, and it looks so festive and pretty in the dark, especially from coming in from my driveway. ;)) again, yard sale red twig wreath, and a reuzit swiped sign that i painted chalkboard over.<br />
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this sign was pinterest inspired as well...i had this big old board in the basement for awhile now. so, i painted it white, and wrote these words on it using a sharpie paint pen. my most favorite thing to write/paint with now. i ordered them online, have not found them in craft stores just yet.<br />
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this Christmas tree is from 1961, i got it at a yard sale this summer. i love it. it has instructions from 1961 with it, on old newspaper. classic. i wrote the verse on the canvas behind it. i LOVED it when i saw it on pinterest somewhere, printed on a tea towel.<br />
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this piece of furniture i got at an auction for two bucks years ago, and refinished it. you can see it is not all old...the drawers were replaced with some kind of plywood, or something? but it's fine for my home. ;)) i have been collecting pieces to my nativity for years...i really love it. mirror is from reuzit, and i painted it roughly... tree is from yard sale. that gorgeous map in the background is from my mother in law. whoop. whoop. :)) she used it for a "blind" in the sun porch window at my father in laws desk, years ago when they lived here. i rescued it from her basement, in her new home, (not enough people saw it down there.) :))))<br />
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a chalkboard painted wall underneath my living room stairs...<br />
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this pine cabinet used to be in my bedroom. it works really well down here now. it stores my tablecloths and burlap and such. the wreath, was from reuzit i think?, the candle pillars also collected over many years from yard sales, and painted...the goose was from an auction when we were first married...and the window sash i found in the basement, and just pinned an old quilt to the back... i took the double doors off behind this chair. they used to seperate the sun porch from my living room, and they took up SO.MUCH. ROOM. i pretty much had them opened all the time anyway, so now, they are in the attic...and i LOVE the space so much more...and gives me a little more space to play with. ;))<br />
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i love.love.LOVE writing. <br />
i write on lots of chalkboards and chalkboard walls often in my home.<br />
i enjoy making signs as well.<br />
although it is all free hand...so it's not perfect.<br />
i like to call it unique. :))<br />
i have no tolerance for stencils, and rulers, and taping when i am painting.<br />
call me impatient?<br />
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:))<br />
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i would say this post is long enough.<br />
i didn't make it to the basement or upstairs, <br />
but there is not much decorating there anyway.<br />
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lots of trees and lights.<br />
my love is real trees, but alas, my marriage suffered from getting a real tree,<br />
so i succumbed to fake ones for the last few years...<br />
your welcome honey. :))))<br />
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all my trees have come from yard sales.<br />
i do miss the scent of a real tree...i did put some real greens up this year...<br />
which smelled good for a couple days...<br />
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thanks for stopping by.<br />
may your December be filled with hope and anticipation<br />
as we look forward to celebrating the Birth of our Saviour, Jesus.<br />
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xo.<br />
Mis.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-61629673442804034882014-11-21T17:50:00.001-05:002014-11-21T17:55:13.287-05:00I just can't clean this place.so, my friend just sent me this video, and i had to laugh outloud.<br />
and then share it.<br />
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it happened to come at the perfect time.<br />
my husband, who happens to be the perfect man for me, most of the time ;))), <br />
was just recalling to my brother-in-law, the HORROR he (my husband) felt over the time he dated me, over how my sister and i's bathroom looked.<br />
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it was pretty much a mess.<br />
all the time.<br />
(and that might be an understatement actually).<br />
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i would blame it ALL on my sister, <br />
but judging by how pathetic i am now at cleaning the 2 bathrooms in this house, <br />
i know i contributed to the filth.<br />
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he must have really fallen hard for me, because he obviously overlooked that discusting bathroom, or else thought he could "fix" me. :))<br />
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i love that my man and i are married for 14 years.<br />
i have grown SO, SO much in those 14 years, it is hard to think back to what i was like,<br />
as that 23 year old babe he married. ;)<br />
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we can now agree that he has no idea of what my life as a mama to 5 is like<br />
yes, he can watch the kids for a weekend, if i go away.<br />
and can do a really fantastic job at it,<br />
but a weekend is hardly a taste of the everyday nutsiness of this household.<br />
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[or that's what i tell myself anyway] :))<br />
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insert. watch this video. and feel free to laugh outloud.<br />
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well. maybe.<br />
you are probably only going to think it's funny if you are an overwhelmed mom<br />
that cannot figure out where all the time in your day goes...<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/hLX77-ZWwTo?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-56252612682549832722014-10-27T08:42:00.001-04:002014-10-27T09:39:35.995-04:00HE knows MY name.this song has meant a lot to me lately.<br />
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like. i BLARE it at my house.<br />
or anytime it's on the radio.<br />
for real.<br />
<br />
God is moving at my church.<br />
RIGHT now.<br />
wild. UNMISTAKABLE GOD.<br />
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he has shaken me. for the good. to the core.<br />
it was time.<br />
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so now.<br />
SOAK up this song. every word.<br />
it is powerful.<br />
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LOVE you.<br />
<strong>and most importantly.</strong> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">God loves <span style="color: red;">YOU!</span> </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">the Creator of the Universe loves <span style="color: red;">YOU!</span></span></strong><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/_la8CUQWyN0?list=RD_la8CUQWyN0">http://youtu.be/_la8CUQWyN0?list=RD_la8CUQWyN0</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08957161022543005634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2242468622339989316.post-67032951248422486492014-10-20T11:07:00.005-04:002014-10-20T11:10:38.220-04:00Calli turned SIX.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Calli turned <span style="color: magenta;">SIX</span> on the 11th of October...<br />
that's like already 2 weeks ago.<br />
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I am just finding my desk, <br />
apparently my new organization system is really working this year.<br />
NOT.<br />
so depressing, but that is another ballgame to talk about. :)<br />
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Calli. she shines. she smiles. a <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white;">LOT</span>.</span> she giggles. a <span style="color: magenta;">LOT</span>. <br />
she is my hugger. and kisser. she is loving kindergarten, and also loves mommy <br />
picking her up at 1 pm. :))<br />
she writes her a's backwards almost every.single.time.<br />
it doesn't seem to matter that she writes them in her name a lot.<br />
she counts well, but misses 13 pretty frequently. what does that mean, anyway?<br />
she loves to color. and read.<br />
she LOVES karolina. they are very, very good friends.<br />
she takes care of her needs. sometimes before mommy. :/<br />
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here's some pictures of our celebration of calli ann...<br />
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[you can look <a href="http://www.matthewandmelissaking.blogspot.com/2008/10/shes-here.html">here</a> to read about the day she arrived, and you can look <a href="http://www.matthewandmelissaking.blogspot.com/2013/10/happy-5th-birthday.html">here</a><br />
to read about her delivery...]<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Meg, with neice, Destiny.</td></tr>
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