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It hurts.
If God gave mother's insight into the suffering, pain, worry and anxiety that inevitably goes along with having and raising children BEFORE having them, I would have never done it. Never would have...
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My Own Half
It didn't happen like I had planned these past four months of running... but nevertheless, it happened. I ran the Lincoln half marathon this morning. There was no driving around to find a parking...
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Summer running
Our girls decided to run a mile each morning this summer! They're following their mama's example, and meeting at the Pink Sisters then running a mile around our neighborhood. They make a visit to...
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Shoot...
Look what I just found at 5:30 as I was starting dinner. I remember wanting that as I drove over to Trader Joes this morning...
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Couches in the Kitchen
I love our couch and chair in the kitchen. Many books have been read, coffee drank, back scratches given, cereal eaten (and spilled), and conversations had on them.
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Summer Sports
Annie joined our pool's swim team this summer. She practices every day for one hour. I am so proud of her for doing something she has never done before, and it turns out she's pretty good at it too!...
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This afternoon as I knelt down to pray, I was overwhelmed with feelings of frustration.....that God is not hearing my prayers in regards to Thomas' healing of his headaches. He has not felt good now...
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A Miracle
Father asked us this morning at Mass what miracle we have witnessed recently? He said a miracle has two parts... "a miracle is where God is present and that the person knows Gods love." When I think...
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Golf is Good!
One thing that Thomas found he could really do this summer even with the headache was to play golf. I would drop them off at the golf course and he would play either with George, or with friends, or...
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A Surprise "Adventure"
TJ surprised us the last weekend before school started by taking us to Adventure Land! He came home early on Friday and told us to pack up and that we would hit the road by 3:30. I am so not...
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5 o'clock news debut
It's not every day that the local news station stops by for an interview... I was so proud of you today Thomas. You answered her questions very well. When I told you that the news station was coming...
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Figuring out a New Way to Learn
Our days lately have been.... different. Thomas isn't even trying to go to school right now. It just wasn't working. I would get him there about eleven, then he would call to come home an hour...
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Another First Tooth Gone
And just like that, she looses her first tooth. (Note: thank goodness for Annie, she saved the whole spirit of the tooth fairy....can't say any more for fear that the little ones will...
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A New School Year ( three months ago)
Nope...Not quite....Ahh... There we go. First day of school picture, only three months late! She is in kindergarten this year. The days that she is gone all day are still so weird for me. I still...
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Mustache Madness
Who knew just putting on fake mustaches would erase the stressful last two hours of the day. Nothing like a good belly laugh!!
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First trip to the dentist
He wasn't so sure about this whole going to the dentist thing. And he certainly wasn't going to lay down in the chair. As time went on he warmed up to the idea of a strangers fingers in his mouth and...
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Pictures
I was looking through all the hundreds of pictures I have snapped just in the last few months. Hundreds of them. I love that each picture has a story behind it. How when I asked Pete and George to...
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He Loves to Swim
This kid has no fear in the water. His favorite thing to do now is go off the diving board and the slide. He is much too cute!
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A Summer Weekend
Swim meet...Sweating...Swinging....Stylish...and sleeping! A full summer weekend!
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First day of school 2015
All set to go tomorrow! I love this pew we have. It's held MANY "night before" outfits! Better remember to take off the tag on Thomas' shirt!!Third gradeFirst gradeSixth gradeSeventh grade. I think...
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I havn't been on this blog for almost two and a half years. Two and a half years... that's a long time. But lately I've been having this feeling of wanting to go back. Back to taking the...
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Home as a Haven
“Victorian women were the moral, spiritual, and physical center of the home, responsible for creating a welcome retreat of beauty, comfort, and contentment that would protect, nurture, and...
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Watching Them Grow
"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves. The resolution not to twist them, to fit our own image. If loving them we do not love what they are, but only their...
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