Last weekend Hannah danced in The Nutcracker for the fourth year in a row. This is something they start practicing for – and looking forward to – in September. In first grade, her first year, she was a mouse. In second grade, she was a toy doll. In third grade, she was a toy soldier (still the favorite). And this…
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Advent Inspiration
We have decorated the house. Been listening to Christmas music in the car, and have piled on the sofa to eat popcorn and watch Hallmark movies…or Home Alone. Hannah’s been rehearsing for her fourth Nutcracker performance and the fourth grade Christmas musical next week and Joseph continues to add to our light display in the front yard (hopefully you’ve gotten…
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Master gallery
Joe and I have been shooting little videos for his current sermon series, “Know Yourself”, which is based on the sacred enneagram. Each week we’re doing a “fitted sheet challenge” which shows a host and an enneagram type, with the featured type folding the fitted sheet in a way that would be stereotypical to their number. For example, the Type…
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the mistress of evil…and other things
Catalyst. Ukraine. Lace. Pumpkins. Maleficent. These things have nothing in common. What started as a little craft tutorial, became more of an update post. So here goes… At the beginning of October, I attended the Catalyst leadership conference in Atlanta. This is a yearly thing Joe and I always look forward to going to. It is amazing. Every year. This…
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Pillows, Pumpkins, and a Spooky ‘Scape
I usually decorate the house for Halloween/fall in mid-September, but I just couldn’t bring myself to pull down the attic stairs in our garage. A quick Google search informed me that an attic’s temperature can range from 150-160 on a 95-97 degree day. Considering it’s been that hot here, it felt entirely too early to be displaying pumpkins. However, I…
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Update…and a busy start to fall!
Well, it’s been a little while since I hit publish on that last post (that, as I go back and read it again, was really personal and vulnerable but also very true and still indicative of what life looks like for us right now). So, hello again! How about a quick family update? A whole summer came and went… In…
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