The Wet n Wild West

June 20 Yesterday evening I went to a western party, broken foot, kids and all. (DMIL seems to think I shouldn’t have even thought about going but I had been looking forward to it for 3 weeks and a broken foot was not going to stop me! So, DH loaded everything, and everyone, into the [...]

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A Humbling Experience

I sit writing this at the hospital, waiting for a consultation on my foot. It’s now been a full week since I broke my foot. I’ve spent the last 7 days adjusting to this new challenge in my life It’s taking a toll on my body, I have been more tired and other parts of [...]

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7 Quick Takes – A Three Ring Circus, Terrible Twos? and a Weekend Without My Husband

I realized my first 2 quick takes had gotten far too long and was forced to come up with some new ones. Pictures should follow shortly. 1. I am writing this at the hospital as I wait for a consultation on my foot. The lady who checked me in said it wouldn’t be too long [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Pizza, Public Witness and a Broken Foot!

I polish off this Quick Takes post with my foot propped on a pillow on a little table. The printer that was on the table, is now on the floor because it was in the way. 1. This morning as I was heading out for a walk with a friend my foot slipped off the [...]

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Loving the Family I Have

I don’t have that many goals/dreams for my life, mainly just: to get hubby to heaven, to have a little girl of my own, and to have a house (not a mini home, a house with a yard) all our own. That, and maybe someday when my kids are gone and hubby is retired to [...]

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7 Quick Takes – My Toddler is 2! My Camera is New

Putting this Quick Takes up in a hurry… All the pictures are with the new camera. 1. It has become clear that I am being called to detach from my camera and photos. The thing is I’m not ready. For now God and I have to agree to disagree. 2. My camera got broken and [...]

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Play Kitchen Shoot

These are some of the details I captured of the play kitchen. All set up to give to my toddler breakfast! Making a recipe fridge faucet the color brown salads my toddler’s tower Playtime Dinner for two dirty dishes piled up in the sink…tsk tsk The End

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Play Kitchen

This is the play kitchen I got from the yard sale a few weeks back. It’s really neat. It’s decorated to look like something someone might actually have in their house (instead of many different colors). It has a fridge and oven and a working burner on thee stove that lights up and makes either [...]

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7 Quick Takes – Mini 50s Diner, Pen Pals and Magical Photos

Pictures to follow… 1. This past week I have been enjoying the blessings of a God streak. For me this is a stretch of time where I have virtually no doubts and take great joy and peace in God’s love and presence in my life, even when things aren’t going perfectly my way. At such [...]

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New Toys

These last few days we have found a couple new games to play at our house. The first got discovered while we were playing hide and seek. I hadn’t played it with him in a while because he got distracted with other things in the room and didn’t find me, plus the places to hide [...]

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