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January 17, 2013

Be Careful With Me

My guest post blog series When God Speaks {or doesn't} will continue on for the...

January 14, 2013

When God Speaks the Unexpected

Day 2 of "When God Speaks {or doesn't} kicks off with a heartbreakingly beautiful story...

December 2012

December 26, 2012

Protected: Long on Love, Short on Toilet Cleaning: Our Merry Little Christmas

The hubs & I aren't great planners. We've sent Christmas cards once in the 12...

December 15, 2012

For You, Netizen (+ giveaway winners)

netizen |ˈnetəzən| noun a user of the Internet, esp. a habitual or avid one. ~...

December 13, 2012

Shutterfly Photo Book Giveaway

I'm going to be giving away TWO 8 x 8 hardcover Shutterfly photo books! I...

December 10, 2012

My Broken Hallelujah

There is beauty and brokenness in parenting.  The heartache of possibilities held in tension with...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Less was More

Almost by accident, we had a super chill Thanksgiving.  We didn't go anywhere and no...

November 14, 2012

It’s Over

My little baby boy, Rhys is stuck in a rut.  You know the one.  My...

November 02, 2012

A Great Finishing House

When we bought our first home in 2003 everyone said it was "a great starter...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

In my light skin with my mostly white babies

What it is like to identify as one race in one ethnic background and give...

October 15, 2012

Use Halloween to make your kids into active global citizens. Yep, it’s possible.

I can't believe I had never heard of Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF before I became a member...

October 14, 2012

These Farting Animals are Dangerous

I'm willing to bet you $5.50 you did not know that livestock produces some of...

October 13, 2012

Intentional Parenting Through Your Spritual Gifts

Ever wondered how your spiritual gifts play out in your parenting style?  It’s pretty easy...

October 01, 2012

Meet Fred.

Recently, I was asked to write a blog post about a Minister I have learned...

September 2012

September 21, 2012

Minister Mama No More

Seems to me when we flip our lives right side up we move in fear...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Someone had the nerve to say marriage was easy and I have a response

I was aghast, my friends. Aghast when I came across this post called: The 'Just...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

i love me some him…

It's those lips, that pug nose, those innocent eyes, those bored faces... It's those truly...

July 13, 2012

(fat) Friday iPhoneography

My Instagram'ed life... The boys using a metal detector at the Museum.  Total. Photo. Fail....

June 2012

June 09, 2012

The Cost of a Child

Image via Early Childhood Education. (Link removed at their request). I'll take ANY of those...

May 2012

May 18, 2012

Friday #iPhoneography

My Instagram(ed) life... On Mother's Day at our Church they lined the walls with paper...

May 14, 2012

when facing change

I'm facing change and like you may have guessed, yes I'm pretty much terrified.  Most...

May 13, 2012

My Mother’s Day gift – a new home!

Take a look around, isn't she purrrrrrty? I'm so excited to have a long awaited...

May 08, 2012

Cedar Campus Photography, Part 3 – Best of R2

Carrying on with my week of the photog life..."best of" the littlest man in our...

May 06, 2012

Cedar Campus photography, part 2 – Best of Ran

Part 2 of my photography lessons up at camp.  Today's post features my best shots...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

What Moms Want For Mother’s Day

True for you? Fellas, your welcome. Ladies, what do YOU want for Mother's Day?

April 11, 2012

The One in Which I’m Pretty Sure I’m Complaining and Feeling Sorry for Myself.

I've been doing a lot of never-give-up tweets or facebook status updates. Even my Google+...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Prepping Easter

My little Easter eggs.. My boys are exactly 4 years apart --within three days-- so...

March 15, 2012

“May you live in interesting (pornographic) times.” -Chinese Proverb

Okay, so I revised it.  The real proverb is "May you live in interesting times." ...

March 12, 2012

A lot of penis talk going ’round these parts…

The other day I was changing the 2 yr. old, R2.  While I bent down...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

my lil winter babies mowin’ in the snow

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