Archive | April, 2010

A Day with Strength and Dignity – Part 5

30 April 2010

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Welcome Home Pete Fatigue is just part of the game. He and I greeted each other with a hug. We st00d in the kitchen, sleeping on each others shoulders, until one of our kids asks to be lifted up into the hug with us. We don’t really rest until 4 other little bodies are completely [...]

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A Day with Strength and Dignity – Part 4

30 April 2010

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The Rest of our Outings I used my $2.50 store credit. How could I let the credit expire? It’s like throwing money away, right? I fed Leah a bottle in her stroller, saved Molly from being smashed inside 4 turning jewelry displays and fielded 3 conversations about “How busy we must be!” I replaced about [...]

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A Day Clothed with Strentgh and Dignity – Part 3

27 April 2010

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The Store It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s…It’s a mom burning rubber in her minivan to get her child to a bathroom! Park the van. Whip up the double stroller. Buckle in both babies. Grab two hands. Check to see if I have my van keys. Okay, Operation Commode underway. Riiing! Just as we [...]

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A Day Clothed in Strength and Dignity – Part 2

20 April 2010

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Preamble, here. Part 1, here. The Park The kids and I unleashed ourselves onto the crowded park area like a breaking dam. Sun, slides and freedom! In case hunger were strike at a moments notice, I was armed with a cooler full of hummus, flat bread sandwich thins and clementine oranges. White puffy clouds, cool [...]

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A Day with Strength and Dignity – Part 1

20 April 2010

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My days are all blending together. Thank goodness for my breakfast meal plan or I’d have to really question what day I’m living in. Parks, meals, tears, farts, laughs about farts, more meals, toys, worship, books, worries, prayers, kisses, sleep, putting sleepy kids back to bed after sneaking in my bed, folding oh.my.word. the folding, [...]

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Clothed with Strength and Dignity

19 April 2010

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Proverbs 31: 25 a 25 She is clothed with strength and dignity Wake up. Splash water on my face. Feed someone. Kiss someone. Dress someone. Brew coffee. Wipe something. Remind someone. Hug someone. Drink coffee. Remind someone again. Feed someone else. Feed the first someone again. Wipe something else from yesterday. Hide in bathroom. Check [...]

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These Are The Days of My Life

15 April 2010

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{The following post was inspired by Sarah’s post from the blog Clover Lane.} My days might look like this: Clean clothes to fold (3 full loads per day) Kids to direct (too many “get off your sister” and/or “stop yelling” directions to count) Dishes to wash (2 dishwasher loads per day) Outdoor toy sprawl (one [...]

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Blog Design -Visual Brainstorm

15 April 2010

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I’m a visual learner.  I’m a visual brain stormer. When it came time to put together some ideas about my blog redesign, I whipped up a collage to help me brain storm.  I created the image below at a cool site called Polyvore. (Polyvore is a website that uses collective images to create fashion, interior [...]

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Cutest Baby Contest

14 April 2010

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Terrific Tongue I entered Leah into the Cutest Baby Contest in the newspaper. Her link is, here.  The photo and description I entered is below. I’m Leah Rose, the youngest of 4 kids. I love my 3 siblings because they try to make me laugh by sticking out their tongues at me. Now, that I’m [...]

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Midwife Kits

12 April 2010

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Proverbs 31:20 20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy. Inspired by an upcoming service project at my MOPS group, I gathered items for midwife supply kits for an organization called Global Health Ministries (GHM). GHM sends medical supplies to undeveloped areas of the World.  Look at the [...]

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