Click over here to read about a great giveaway I’m doing with Mikarose this week.
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Just wanted to let you know that this week I’ll be chatting with Tricia Goyer on Living Inspired. The show is on Thursday afternoon at 3 PM central time. I’ll be talking about our adoption story, among other things. You can tune in live, or listen to the tape of the broadcast afterwards at...
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This evening, my 18 year old son, my hubby and I are going to Junior Senior Banquet, the genteel home-school version of prom. Fancy clothes, fancy dinner, pictures, talent show, folk dancing. My son and I have been looking forward to it for weeks.   My hubby, not so much. This afternoon my hubby...
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Recently I was asked to review the book Sons of Thunder . I struggle to find time to read fiction these days, but I knew that Amanda, my oldest daughter, is always looking for good fiction, so I handed the book off to her to check out.  Here’s what she had to say about...
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When I get frustrated with things in life I can’t change, and need a mental lift, I always think of crafts.   I love making small changes, improving a bit of my life, making a tiny thing new.  In the past few weeks I’ve finished scarves for four of my daughters, using yarn I bought...
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CLICK HERE to enter the giveaway for a $100 gift card from OXICLEAN ———— This evening my 5 year old came to tell me about a picture she had drawn.  Her explanation was so funny that I had to write the story down. ———— Jack was little and then he turned big. He was...
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Four of the older kids and my husband just got back from a weekend snow retreat.   Much fun was had– sledding, games, fellowship– but I’m glad to have them home.   Funny how quiet it can feel in the house with ‘only’ 5 kids.  While they were gone we watched movies, did yard work, and...
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