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We live in an extra small city setting in rural country.  We are between 35 and 45 minutes away from small cities and we live between 2 and 3 hours away from major cities.  Sometimes, since our extra small town has a small StuffMart and a small grocery store I forget that we are really in a rural setting; however, many times things remind us... A pony in the yard reminds me, we aren't in

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Have you ever heard of Red Tide?   We hadn't heard of it either, but unfortunately we experienced it this year.  As our Indian Summer just seemed to drag on and on this year we decided to take a little time to explore Corpus Christi and the beaches in southern Texas.   The kids were so excited.  We had spent the summer in and out of hospitals and doctors' offices with baby Luke, that a weekend

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All 3 of my daughters have taken up piano.  They all seem to really enjoy the lessons and some tolerate practice better than others, but my oldest dear daughter is drawn to it.  It seems as if she must play when she walks by...her fingers have to seek the melody.  My 9 year old daughter who has been playing the longest also seems to love mastering each new song and gets excited as she gets close

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Eventually we had to bust our little baby from the NICU.  After 15 hours they finally were convinced that there wasn't anything else that could be done for him until he could see the pediatric orthopedist.   We were so glad to get him from the baby jail because so many people wanted to meet him.... We were all so excited to welcome baby Luke!  WOW, I have been blessed! Proud Big

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Luke and his Daddy were whisked off to the NICU to make sure that there were no other problems than the apparent AMC.  I was left with the surgeons and the sweetest OB nurse ever to work.  (Just a note about my amazing nurses.  I was hospitalized earlier in my pregnancy and met a very sweet nurse during my 24 hour stay, when I went in to be induced with Mr. Luke she happened to be working again

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After we made the decision to go ahead with the c-section it became a hurry and wait situation.  They had a scheduled c-section ahead of us and then a poor lady needed an emergency section.  Baby Luke was just fine to wait as long as there were no contractions or pitocin.   So he was just hanging out while his Mommy was just hanging on. They wheeled me down the hall and started their

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Post 1Post 2Post 3On June 9, 2011....I woke up to what I thought would be my last full day of pregnancy. I had one last doctors appointment. I had a few things left to buy and prepare before we met our sweet little bundle and I had a guinea pig to pick up and deliver to my daughter!Lots of family was coming into town that day as well and I was excited and nervous. After everything was done that

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Part 1Part 2To catch up from the beginning go to the links above.Enjoying our baby (7 1/2 months)So with my new found approach I was able to try and enjoy my pregnancy. I can't say that I never had dark moments, but they weren't quite as dark.I began to research and discuss and learn everything that I could about AMC. Arthro means joint and Gryposis means crooked Multiplex means multiple and

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Part 1 As I said before, before we could have our 2nd ultrasound to try and figure out just exactly what was going on we had to meet with genetics. Our appointment with genetics was at 3:30 pm to be followed up with an ultrasound at 4:30 pm. Our first appointment was about an hour and we were in and out in the right time frame; however, our 2nd ultrasound would not even begin until 6 PM because

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Before I tell this story there is a specific audience I would like to address. If you are expecting a baby and you have stumbled onto this site while searching Arthrogryposis then this message is for you. I understand the road you are walking, I get it...I know the uncertainty and the fear and the relentless ache that accompanies the unknown. I am going to attempt to tell the story of our

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I was cleaning up and found this picture back from our dating days, this was Easter weekend 1996....then boyfriend flew me to CA to meet his family! Wow, how quickly time passes, I remember being so nervous about going to meet his family and trying to decide if this was the man I wanted to marry. I look at this picture now and all I think is, WoW...I made a great decision!!!!

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Dear Peep Company,I am 8 months pregnant and I love, LOVE, L O V E your yellow, gooey, marshmallowy, and sugary chicks! They are wonderful and if I wasn't afraid of a diabetic coma I could eat boxes of the yummy goodness! I love them so.However, there are only 2 left in my house! There are only 2 little yellow marshmallow chicks left to be consumed. There are NONE at the local Wal-Mart!

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Lord willing, we will introduce the world to:Luke Andrewuntil then his 20 week profile picture will have to suffice! Can't wait to snuggle and love on the newest baby!

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I can't help it, I LOVE traditions...I don't want it to be fancy or hard so that I end up dreading the process each year; just something that the kids can count on to happen annually. Something that makes us that much stronger as a family and something for them to remember their childhood by.Dying Eggs is one of those traditions (right up there with Mama going crazy over new school supplies EACH.

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Today I am 30 weeks and 3 days pregnant with our baby boy! The last time I was 30 weeks and 3 days pregnant I ended up delivering in an unplanned emergency c-section. 3 days later instead of consulting with doctors on what would be the best plan for our little man we ended up holding Timothy Anderson for the last moments while he was transitioning from earth to Abraham's bosom.5 days later

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Not much except my foot! Yep, that is right...this really big pregnant lady slipped on a stack of recipe books next to her bed and ended up crying out in pain! To be fair I was trying to catch my alarm before it woke my sleeping husband, but my cry woke him instead! Yes, I will proceed to tell the whole story so that one day when they are looking for a family for reality TV they will say, "now

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My 3 darling daughters were in a recent fund raiser/fashion show for a ladies luncheon at our local theater...they were so pretty and just a tad bit sassy.Before the show started we had the usual round of butterflies and last minute, "What have I gotten myself into!!!???"However, the show must go on:The show started with dresses that were very vintage and so beautiful:Then they moved on to the

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Balboa Park in San Diego is one of my most favorite places to go! It is a great place to just walk around and see the architecture and all of the cool street vendors (we ran into a musician, a bird trainer, and a saxophonist). However, to really discover the treasure you have to check out all of the museums! The last Tuesday we were in town we spent the entire day at the park!We got there early

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and that is no joke! This is from our front door before any little people made tracks in the TX SNOW.....so it made me dig for warmer pictures!!! The kids and I just returned from a month long stay in San Diego and we had so much fun. Dad was able to join us for a few days and one thing he insisted on doing was spending a day at the Point Loma lighthouse and the Coronado beach...it was a

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So it is that time again to start decorating with hearts and red roses! How exciting those 3 little words are: I love you! It is funny how sometimes they don't seem like enough and sometimes they just fit.We are excited to add another little person to our family to love...he is of the boy variety and will be making his entrance sometime in June! We are all excited about this little guy and

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My wonderful 12 year old daughter and I are in a community play together. We signed up because we thought it would be fun and it hasn't let us down.My daughter plays, Ivy, a wacky and colorful character that literally likes to paint people's faces strange colors; it sounds too silly to be fun but she makes it work.I play the villainous Veronica and it is hard! I'm afraid I don't make it look

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Today I'm thankful for a family, both immediate and extended who love me and my children and care about our well being year round. I'm thankful to have family to love and to care about. I'm thankful for a home and a source of income. I'm thankful for food and clothing. I'm thankful for a God who cared enough to give us the Bible to read and study and who provided a provision to overcome the

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Remember this? Well it has a new look - just for fall:

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A couple of weeks ago I was perusing this site and saw the cutest black spider web doilies. I knew that the kids and I would have to give it a go! So we did and I followed these instructions to the letter and kept messing up. They kept turning out like moldy snowflakes. Then I found these dear life saver instructions and all of a sudden I could keep up and our spiderwebs were great. (Here

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I have seen a couple of blogs do this recently...it is a fun game to see what pops up in your browser as you type in each letter of the alphabet. A. allrecipes.com Love, love, love this place!B. bloglines.com My current blog reader, but it is scheduled to close Nov. 1, what is your reader?C. craigslist.com Looking for a few odds and ends for the house!D. disney.com I'm sure that is the kids

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On October 1, the kids and I, along with some sweet family, ventured to the pumpkin patch! It was a great day and loads of fun.See all those pumpkins, with the exception of 2 they all came home with me! I knew they wouldn't make it till Halloween so I set about trying to find out what to do with them. I stumbled upon this, on my favorite food blog! Pumpkin Puree, and I knew it would be the

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So I have decided to dust the cobwebs off and see what I can do with my little corner of the World Wide Web...first off a little update on our lives.My oldest daughter is now 12 and turning into such a beautiful young lady. She is such a help around the house and is a delight to be around. She is trying her hand at community theater right now. She is doing such a good job! I'm not a drop and run

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My baby boy would be 2 years old today. Today he would be laughing and running and learning all sorts of wonderful things about life. He would have wonderful 2 year old chubby feet and some sort of emerging gibberish language. He would most likely have no interest in potty training and I'm sure I wouldn't be pushing him because he would have been my baby. He would more than likely still have

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My dear daughter just turned 8 years old. Where did the time go? It seems like just a moment ago I was having a very serious conversation with her trying to convince her it was time to come out and meet the world! Finally she made her debut and has lived life with a smile, a twinkle in her eye, and a hearty laugh!We had a wonderful celebration with loving family and friends! We had these

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A few Saturday's ago a dear sweet friend of mine and I went thrifting from morning till night. It was such a fun way to spend a day. We started off in a small town in my neck of the woods and stopped at every antique store or thrift store between my town and hers. Since I think we are right in the heart of small town Texas there were quite a few to visit.I tried to follow the rules of thrifting:1

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last week there was a strange sight here in central Texas....SNOW! It is strange for us to have a snow day here so when it does happen we try to take full advantage of the fun!It was a really fun day and I only had to deal with the wet weather for one day because the next day it was in the 70's. You have to love Texas weather!

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I think I'm up for this challenge are you?

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Remember this?Well, now it looks like this:I haven't decided if the Easter board books are staying, but hubs said it needed more color...I resisted looking at him like "seriously"... and went to my Easter stash and found these sweet gems that bedecked my Easter basket when I was 6 and just learning to read. Aren't they fun! Everytime I look at it I want to rearrange something; kind of like my 4

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One day when I am old and grey I want to have a bureau like every other old lady. I want to have the top filled with framed photographs on top of crocheted doilies that need to be dusted, but my eyes will be too feeble to see. I want to have trinkets of times gone by tucked away in paper boxes that smell of peppermint and age. I want to have memories of my husband and my life filled to the brink

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check this out. If you don't read this blog, you really should. I find out about a ton of great deals through this site! So check out her post and RUN to your nearest Michael's...leave me a comment and tell me what you scored!New crafting posts in the very near future...I have been busy creating...post ya soon!

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it is terrible. I try and try to go to bed at night. I dutifully will lay my head down between 10pm and midnight. It doesn't matter what time I lay down I will always lay there for at least an hour thinking and thinking. It is during these late night thinking fests that my creativity kicks in and if it is a really great idea I will just get right out of bed and start on the valentine idea or

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with a bunch of wadded up fabric on the closet floor????Well, if you need window treatments in say 90% of your house you find a way to use what was the window treatment in your living room in your very first apartment....see the sage green...late 90's!It just so happened that my sweet dear daughters loved these little numbers that I picked up 50% off at Hobby Lobby (yeah me!)It has become the

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Wowwwwwie...what a milestone and no I won't celebrate like this!How about a stroll down memory lane shall we:My sweet babies!A Favorite Post!Most googled post!Fun memories!crafting!Love!Miss those babies!Blessings!Funny!More babies!Halloween Gone By...Tea Parties...wanna do another one Sally?A reminder...Homeschool...and of courseMore babies...So this walk down memory lane has been fun and

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I can't help it, I heart Valentine's Day...I know it is an American Greetings store bought holiday, but it is just so much fun. Since this is our first Valentine's Day in our home I needed a new front door wreath, just for the holiday!For some reason my camera just can't quite capture how cute it is in person...I love it and every time I see it I smile. The G was decoupaged with bits of

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So it is my first WFMW in about a year and I will start off with a very easy project. Recently I have renewed my love with all things black and white...black and white toile, polka dots, Fleur de leis, and etc.So when I found this sweet little number at Hobby Lobby I fell in love and it was 50% off too...I knew we were meant to be and it found its way into my purchases!Well this lovely little

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decorating our house. I had to live in the space for awhile to figure out how it best fits our needs. How it was best to arrange the furniture (or lack thereof) and how to make everything just work. It is starting to take shape in my mind now and I can start to visualize some things.Hubby went out of town for the last few days with work and while he was gone we played fruit basket turn over

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in 2010! Well one of my New Year decisions was deciding whether or not I was going to continue blogging....sometimes I don't have too much to say and other times I'm a wealth of wisdom in my own mind! I never had the nerve to push the delete blog button and I'm not convinced I'm going to magically stumble upon more time in my day...so I've reconciled to do the best I can and give it one more "

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Hey ya'll, I didn't die we are still around just too busy for words. We are using a new curriculum this year and it is eating ALL of my free time...or perhaps it is because I have more kids to instruct in the 3 R's...who knows....just it all equals NO TIME! Anyway I just wanted to link to these 2 posts from another blog I try to read...most of the time this blog is too cerebral and prolific for

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Don't be too spooky!

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I love homeschooling my children! I know I have said it on at least 50 different occasions on this blog, but I really do. Brick and mortar schools were very tedious for this hands on learner, I have always liked to "do" rather than "listen". (And it has caused various trials in my life, but that is another post full of funny stories at my expense - so don't expect it to pop up soon!) With that in

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-34725361441131055632009-10-30T07:00:00.000-05:002009-10-30T01:29:56.405-05:00

all this wet weather made me go and look for something a little more sunny. It made me smile and brightened my day. Bluebonnets can have that effect on anyone who takes a moment to appreciate them! Have a bright and sunny day!

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Ok this post will conclude the video series for awhile, but this guy is so very funny. Get your laugh for the day!Have a great day!

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-74922373806016524762009-10-18T01:35:00.000-05:002009-10-18T01:36:19.076-05:00

you have a choir!

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-75818230814843575832009-10-15T22:11:00.015-05:002009-10-16T00:25:04.672-05:00

today we had some cooking to do and all the girls decided to jump in and help. We documented the day in pictures and video, but alas we didn't get a shot of the dinner just dessert! So here is our day.... The little girls really decided to get in on the cooking action. They came down all dressed and ready to tear that cooking up. I guess they needed to do a little photo shoot first. Yes

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-72374195411165301382009-10-12T23:00:00.000-05:002009-10-13T01:31:08.359-05:00

you never know what you will find when you sit down to download the pictures. It always brings lots of smiles and many giggles and the occasional groan. Our recent visit to the museum yielded many little hands on the camera and quite a few accidental videos. Here is their work of art:This first video I would call,I Am Glad I Painted My Toenails! This one I would call Quickly Pouring Water...

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-42738840345877941882009-10-08T00:05:00.003-05:002009-10-08T00:31:37.370-05:00

I loved Saturday Morning Cartoons with my sister. We would sit about 3 centimeters in front of the 22 inch TV screen in our nightgowns on the cold floor with our chins on our knees stretching out the front of our pjs over our legs. We would break during commercial for cereal and milk! (except for the unexpected morning Dad said, "Let's get donuts" and the cereal AND milk were poured back into the

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-47341042548735547842009-10-05T01:07:00.005-05:002009-10-05T01:12:10.237-05:00

Our backyard is fenced with a privacy fence, but the previous owners only fenced half of the yard. Our property continues behind the fence. So the other day we treked back behind the fence and found some poison oak, spiders, thorns and the sweetest haven..... Needless to say, the privacy fence will be taken down, because this is just too beautiful not to look at in the morning. The poison oak

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-71390634642229886962009-10-03T17:49:00.003-05:002009-10-03T17:56:00.435-05:00

One thing this year has taught me is to count my blessings and to thank God for all of them, even those things that are often overlooked - like those nifty seat warmers on a cold morning! So today I'm taking a moment to think about those blessings that have enriched my life. Funny how many we have when we stop and think about it. Have a great weekend!

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-3575900314805262202009-10-01T00:09:00.006-05:002009-10-01T02:52:59.632-05:00

One year ago....hearts and souls forever changed...always wishing "what if"...heaven a little sweeter...knowing we are in His hands...and so are you, my sweet son. We love you.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-11067424447814398812009-09-26T00:41:00.001-05:002009-09-26T01:04:53.459-05:00

As promised to a certain someone who keeps asking so sweetly to see the kitchen, here it is. I have enjoyed it and have made lots of creations already in my own space! Those of you who know our story can realize how much we are thanking God for His blessings.I'm enjoying my dishes that were in storage for such a long time! I love all white dishes!Our cabinets are slightly distressed and I really

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-55867058882783176692009-09-25T01:05:00.000-05:002009-09-25T01:18:17.712-05:00

we are working on making our house our home...it is time consuming and FUN! However, as I have mentioned here on more than one occasion I'm the Teensiest - wee - little - bit OCD so I keep telling myself baby steps! So to reveal one of our first baby steps... the new light fixture in the kitchen... the previous owners loved theirs so much they took it with them! Oh well...baby steps!BEFORE:AFTER:

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-35195064036160711252009-09-23T17:41:00.000-05:002009-09-23T17:43:21.959-05:00

what's for dinner? I need some inspiration!

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at the movies!

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-46384771007375714642009-09-22T20:42:00.000-05:002009-09-22T21:20:23.518-05:00

See how irrational I am with this fear...it took me a week to gather enough time gumption to get back to the story! So where were we....oh yes, I was pounding on the bathroom door for dear life!Well my pounding and screaming was pointless - NOBODY could hear me (except for the vending machine guy who decided it wasn't anything worth checking out!!!) I was guarding the door so that if someone

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-7224157900136734392009-09-13T16:20:00.000-05:002009-09-13T16:51:49.710-05:00

Have you ever had an irrational fear? I tell my kids all the time there are no such things as: monsters in the closet, ghosts under the bed, or zucchini in the muffins. Those are things not to fear, but I have been dealing with claustrophobia since I turned 32. Maybe it had been there longer than that but the first time I ever noticed it was on the submarine ride at Disney.My then 10 year old DD

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-67001155884719337882009-09-12T03:41:00.000-05:002009-09-12T03:44:46.607-05:00

July 10, 2009? I went to CFA with my best buddy and her kids! It was great to make a fool of ourselves together all in the name of free food cow appreciation!

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Along about February my husband walked in the door while I was cooking dinner and nonchalantly said, "How about signing the kids up for ball?"My heart seized, my grip on the Pampered Chef mega-scraper tightened, and I forced words past the tennis ball in my throat. "Oh, ball, like baseball with a real team and everything." In my head I'm thinking (4 kids X 2 practices per week) + one game = a

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-30371051089936523652009-09-08T16:39:00.000-05:002009-09-08T16:44:53.587-05:00

The 4 year old dear girl is just full of little funny tidbits lately. Today we were discussing Nicodemus and how he visited Jesus at night, this led into a discusion about how to become a Christian and how to get to heaven. This is a typical conversation in our home, so I asked my kids to explain to me how to get to heaven. Little 4 yo pipes up and says,"First, you die!" We all had to giggle

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-88584075645281591672009-09-05T19:48:00.000-05:002009-09-05T19:55:48.346-05:00

Today my husband decided that even though he has been under the weather he would tackle the kitchen sink. You see the current sink would give any poor unsuspecting soul a shower when they turned it on; and seeing as how most everyone at our house these days is here to help us create some semblance of order with all of this stuff we have accumulated it is not very nice to blast them with water

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-3176313451735634842009-09-04T01:19:00.000-05:002009-09-04T10:59:09.174-05:00

In April 2007 we started a downward hike. On April 7, 2007 I was 7 weeks pregnant on April 14, 2007 they couldn't find a baby's heartbeat - maybe it was still early. I didn't think that was likely... On April 19, 2007 I was preparing for my daughter's 9th birthday and my husband sat me down and told me he was home early from work because he had been let go. On April 20, 2007 we celebrated 9 year

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-76594191988643656002009-09-03T01:08:00.000-05:002009-09-08T16:52:01.375-05:00

I don't have any time to write about my hate of cardboard right now (it is everywhere I tell you...pizza boxes, packing boxes, shoe boxes - scratch that I would have to have time to shop for new shoe boxes and right now I don't have time to put on my contacts much less shop for shoes!) so I thought I would be hokey and post a meme...Copy the list and highlight the ones that are true about you.(

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-20484771818928835662009-08-31T11:04:00.001-05:002009-08-31T11:30:19.862-05:00

We started school this week, usually my very favorite part of the year. I love the smell of new school supplies and having all of my books organized and arranged in some sort of functional and a little fung shue manner! However this year it didn't happen that way! This year we were in the middle of a move on the first day of school without a functioning computer or kitchen sink, by weeks end I

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-72326185344637310182009-08-28T19:07:00.000-05:002009-08-28T19:25:58.255-05:00

So it has been awhile since I have had anything to say in this little corner of my life. I was without direct internet access for the last 7 months and I tried to find times to type at the library and other places (thanks Shan!) but after awhile I just didn't have it in me to try to keep up and it was a blessing (more on that later!)But for the 411 on our life. We never went to Alaska, I was

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-73465314616489147792009-04-08T12:38:00.000-05:002009-04-08T12:44:08.122-05:00

Hello all of my sweet friends...we are alive and having too much fun! The weather is amazining and the wildflowers are in full bloom so we have been spending most of our time outside. The kids are in softball, baseball, and T-ball so we are BUSY, but having a great time spending the evenings watching them play. We have even put school on hold during this beautiful spring weather. We will

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-63163062900523363892009-03-06T13:29:00.000-06:002009-03-06T14:07:35.734-06:00

Well hello all, it has been awhile since I have pried myself away from the countryside long enough to come into town to visit my little blog and other things that were once a daily luxury, like...say 3 chocolate chip cookies from McDonald's for a dollar!!! (Hey, what can I say I have a couple of kids more than the national average and that is a great cheap treat! As are there $1.00 fruit and

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-61582275018776476782009-02-18T16:27:00.000-06:002009-02-18T16:55:06.114-06:00

We have been sniffling and sniffling in this new environment. During the evening news we await for the air quality report to see just what culprits have been causing us such havoc. Mold, pollen, rag weed, oak take your pick! We have stocked up on Z.ytec and C.lariten and other such aids, they seem to keep the kleenex at bay, better on some days than others. We do not know exactly which

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-43708294229031944622009-02-13T12:16:00.001-06:002009-02-13T12:38:43.453-06:00

Wow, it is a little strange for us to be acclimating to a climate so different than the one we had become accustomed. We live in a very small little community and I think that we are related to most of the population! That is such a stark contrast to what San Diego was like. It is quiet and SLOW, but oh so relaxing....too relaxing I have a hard time leaving our little area to go to town! TO GO

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-62903990466920002302009-02-07T12:57:00.000-06:002009-02-18T17:16:27.759-06:00

We study the bible daily as a subject in our homeschool. I found a really great resource to help me in our bible study. It is free, it is accessible on the net, and the kids enjoy it - that was a winner for me. It can be found here. From what I can tell all the scripture is from the New King James Version and I like that. While the curriculum does not give a script to tell the story (we use

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-349058913338548852009-01-31T15:03:00.000-06:002009-01-31T15:10:46.642-06:00

SO it has now been 2 weeks since we have settled into our travel trailer....all 6 of us, in 30 feet of moveable living space....of great big freedom....of tiny little showers!!!! It has been wonderful to be near my hubby's grandparents, but the living situation is making me just a little CRANKY!!!! Oh I so want to be wonder-woman and say that I could back pack around the world with a bottle of

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-52875304933109343752009-01-24T15:11:00.000-06:002009-01-24T15:56:44.479-06:00

So we have been in Texas for one week! It has been a week of adjustment for us all!The kids are enjoying roaming the countryside! They have acres to run and play and they are using them to their fullest potential. After 1 week they have a clubhouse, a neat swing, and fun stories to tell already; like seeing a puma! That was a little scary for me, considering I feel like he could eat my 3 year

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-2832305720460867882009-01-20T14:35:00.000-06:002009-01-20T15:06:31.545-06:00

Well we have been busy cleaning and putting things up and finding places to store things! Sometimes very creatively so, like putting the school books in the bathtub! That works, (hey maybe I have my WFMW idea already!) Oh wait, did I mention that during this nice little interval we will be staying in our travel trailer? Yes you read that right, 6 people in 30 feet!!!!!GREAT BIG FREEDOM....itty

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-13955843203758169722009-01-18T01:45:00.000-06:002009-01-18T02:20:17.099-06:00

Well, it is official we are Texans!  We arrived early this morning and we got up and rinsed the road off and packed up again to head to the big D, Dallas for my non-Texan readers, to help celebrate my sweet nephews birthday.   It is so great to see the family that we haven't seen in awhile and it is soul warming to be enveloped in a hug from someone truly excited to see you. I haven't been to

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-8185409170511093752009-01-13T17:00:00.000-06:002009-01-13T17:02:24.360-06:00

Remember a couple of days ago I was telling you all of a bible study that I was working on and really enjoying. It wasn't a commentary or anything of that nature it was just a great bible study with questions coming directly from the text. Well, now it doesn't have to be emailed to you. It is on the web at www.thebiblestudyprogram.com!!! It is a wonderful study!

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-80333940631994819662009-01-12T04:32:00.001-06:002009-01-12T05:10:04.794-06:00

When I was about 22 or so I went to my parent's home to help them pack up all of their belongings from our family home and prepare for it to be moved to their city of choice for retirement. I have a sneaky suspicion that the invite was also a ruse to make sure that I removed all of my high school memorabilia, as it was packed up in a box marked, "TAKE THIS TO YOUR OWN HOME!" I don't know WHY

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-28485606957046421412009-01-09T02:40:00.001-06:002009-01-09T02:58:48.858-06:00

I don't think I can tell you exactly HOW MUCH I loathe packing!!!I don't mind putting the stuff in boxes, I don't mind sealing them with tape, and I don't mind hauling stuff to Good.will!What I do mind is:Waxing nostalgic over everything that was packed away! Baby clothes, wedding dress, photos (hang my head in shame over the photos), high school memorabilia (I wrote my senior research paper on

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-83427350836459226432009-01-04T15:36:00.000-06:002009-01-04T15:38:45.477-06:00

We are drowning among all the packing boxes and giddy about our upcoming adventure so I really don't have a lot of time to update the world on the goings on in my head, but I will leave you with a quote that I love:Love Others and Control YourselfNotLove Yourself and Control Others Author: unknown

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited for this year to start. We are anticipating it holding many wonderful and exciting adventures for our family! First off - a move!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are dusting off California and heading back to the land I love and called home my whole life - Texas!!!! Then as I mentioned the other day we are hoping/planning on spending the summer in Alaska. Then in

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-2862226596897265912008-12-31T17:07:00.000-06:002008-12-31T17:54:44.198-06:00

I can't say that I'm too heartbroken to see this year come to an end, it was one of those hard, wear you out, test your strength, and grow in wisdom years. One of those years that are so necessary for the refinement of our souls but are so heartbreaking and consuming. However, amongst the trials there are always blessings...my 2008 blessings: blessed by a happy soul blessed by a perfect 6th

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-73393543150834659492008-12-31T00:12:00.000-06:002008-12-31T00:21:15.992-06:00

We are going on an exciting journey this summer; we are going to take the summer to go and work for the National Parks services. We aren't sure where we are going or if they will actually pick us for the job (imagine us raising our hands really high, squealing "pick me - pick me") but we are trying out for the position. Hubby has his first phone interview with them tomorrow and we are praying

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-73713032428670254282008-12-30T00:57:00.000-06:002008-12-30T01:01:14.156-06:00

This year for Christmas we gave a family gift to all of the children. This isn't the first time that we have done this. Several years ago we gave them all a trampoline and that was so much fun and they had a great time on it for several years. This year we revisited that idea and bought the family a Wii. It is so much fun and we have already had hours of fun on it. My dear husband surprised

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-23972358957478509092008-12-29T05:25:00.000-06:002008-12-29T05:31:52.930-06:00

Right after we downloaded this picture onto our computer, all I could see was a very pregnant me. I thought, "wow - once this baby is born I'm going to have to work really hard at losing all of that weight, but it is worth it!" I thought it a lot and it tended to worry me about how much I had gained.How circumstances will change your perspective. The other day I was looking at Timothy's pictures

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-87555277332846088792008-12-28T20:00:00.000-06:002008-12-29T01:49:10.252-06:00

I have recently started a bible study program that is very neat. It is emailed weekly to you and then each day except for Sunday you read one chapter of the old testament and one of the new. There are daily questions after each reading. In 2 1/2 years you will have read through the entire bible and studied it at the same time. I am really impressed with it because it uses only the bible without

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-38654571742226199102008-12-24T02:47:00.000-06:002008-12-24T02:57:12.293-06:00

I want to wish everyone a merry Christmas! We are anticipating the day to share it with family and friends! The kids are getting the "it is almost Christmas" glow and we are getting the "the chaos is about to ensue" feeling, but in a good way.Physically I am feeling much better and am able to feel like myself again. Emotionally we are still taking it one day at a time and sometimes I'm

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-91267956439458504352008-11-18T03:36:00.000-06:002008-11-20T01:54:40.958-06:00

I'm still here.Day to day life is hard to live when everything that needs to be done takes so much effort, so things not as high on the priority list - like blogging don't get done.What I know is that one day I will feel stronger and will know that I have found comfort in God's love.What have I learned from my Timothy's life so far:- Time in heaven isn't measured in hours and minutes - it's

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-80337779115058991322008-11-02T12:51:00.000-06:002008-11-02T13:27:30.324-06:00

After recovery they wheeled me down to see the baby, who still had no name. When I saw him for the first time I cried. He had all of these tubes and he was laying so still and small. He was so sick and that first night they tried to give us a little hope, telling us that perhaps it was an infection but they would know more in the morning. He was stable for the moment, I was given 10 minutes with

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-30645603441393000592008-10-28T08:07:00.001-05:002008-10-28T08:36:39.297-05:00

On September 30, I awoke and prepared for our day like I had always done. I talked to my sweet baby boy in my belly as I as I carefully made sure I had everything ready to go for all our outings that needed to be done that day. As with each baby that we are expecting, the air in the home was already starting to fill with excitement for the upcoming arrival. We were starting to talk about it more

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-44178622305474678092008-10-16T17:15:00.000-05:002008-10-20T01:16:17.745-05:00

At some point I will feel like living my life again. I'm leaning on God and trying to find my way back. At this point, I feel like I'm still grasping at straws.As mothers we want to know our children are safe and are not needing us. I know my dear Timothy is safe and I know that there isn't anything that he needs. So to that I thank God for all the verses that explain time in heaven. My life

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-68206352772884898592008-10-11T00:30:00.000-05:002008-10-11T00:37:27.196-05:00

I have tried and tried tirelessly to find a way to express how I feel over the loss of my sweet baby. What I have found is there really are no words to convey the emotions I had towards the anticipated arrival of our second son. He was not always lifeless. Through the wonders of ultrasound I saw my sweet baby suck his thumb and practice swallowing, it was at those moments that I would get

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-75039086240519555702008-10-06T14:21:00.000-05:002009-01-01T02:24:55.669-06:00

seem to find the words to write at this point to let you know the details of my precious baby's life.You can be updated here.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-1888442159316816592008-10-04T15:11:00.000-05:002008-10-04T15:13:16.956-05:00

Our baby boy joined us in this world early and small and he left us yesterday morning. We are aching and grieving and as I feel like I can share I will, but for now all I can say is that God is giving us peace.

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-40067881614083065572008-09-22T00:48:00.000-05:002008-09-22T00:59:17.760-05:00

it has been a week since I have posted anything!Life has been crazy, CRAZY I tell ya!I won't bore you with the details but it has involved a funeral, sick kids, and exhaustion. What it didn't involve was excess time! Oh well, that is the life of a mom!I hope to have the rest of our first grade 2008 finished this week! That is my goal anyway - whatever that means! =)!I will leave you for now

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-47796299754784004652008-09-14T21:41:00.000-05:002008-09-14T21:58:07.455-05:00

my oldest dear daughter started to complain that her church shoes were pinching her toes. I didn't think too much of it because she has been running around in open toe shoes for the last 4 months; I just figured that her fall shoes were a little too constraining for her currant taste. However, I did reach down and feel that indeed her toes were scrunched. I told her to run along and find the

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-87559314605548409352008-09-12T19:40:00.001-05:002008-09-12T20:20:33.953-05:00

So for the last couple of days we have had to care for extra kids and keeping them busy was the best method to combat homesickness, cousin drama, and all sorts of other mischief! Here are 2 of my favorite things we came across!Well, first off we stumbled across a blessing at Michael's. They have these really great models for kids for $1.00! They have about 16 different models to choose from,

Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05044041454726423134noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-273889509653804449.post-24058183088035882082008-09-10T16:35:00.001-05:002008-09-10T17:02:59.838-05:00

My nephew is still suffering terribly in the hospital. We are now on his 4th surgery. His parents are worried and tired.We are still on kid duty and they are doing really well, considering they have spent the last 6 days together. (However, they are constantly rejoicing that summer was unexpectedly extended!) My wonderful mother in law just rescued me and ushered them all off for some fun and

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