July 2010

How To Play Nertz (The Best Card Game Ever)

July 22, 2010 sisterchicks

Last night was a real life sisterchick girls night out! Staci made a yummy pizza fondue, we ate cookies, stalked people on facebook, talked about Twilight, blogging, kids and men boys men. Then as Mandi and I (the only ones with almost 2 year olds) started yawning…what was it about 8pm? Staci pulled out the [...]

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Listen To Me Online TODAY!

July 21, 2010 me

Guess what? I’m going to be on the Focus on the Family Webcast TODAY at 2pm! The topic is Concoctions That Connect Kids To Faith. They will be interviewing me about the Shoes2Share Challenge we’re doing on Impress Your Kids. Why don’t you click over and watch today? I’ll be on about 2:40pm. You’ll get [...]

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Daddy. A Retro Photo.

July 21, 2010 wordless wednesday

My dad. 7 months old.

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Gift Ideas: Top Ten {Tuesday}

July 19, 2010 gifts

I’ve always loved giving gifts. The summer is a gift-giving holiday every other week–Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, birthdays and in just FIVE days my 12th wedding anniversary! Can you believe I’ve been married for 12 years? I must have been 10 when I got married. Anyway, today I was thinking about a gift for my [...]

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I WANT TO BE WILDER: Part 4: Putting Off A Hard Thing

July 19, 2010 i want to be wilder

When I first began this series I really thought it was going to be about making my kids (and myself) learn to DO  more. I had plans to share with you how we started a garden, how I was teaching Lydia to sew (or something like it), how my kids were going to do more [...]

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My New Favorite

July 17, 2010 linky love

Picture :: :: :: Lydia playing with princess finger puppets and her own handmade puppet stage which is yes, being supported by a tool bench! {Adorable finger puppets by WeeKnit and a gift from”aunt” Staci!} Motherhood Post :: :: :: Motherhood and Identity by Kat at Inspired to Action Idea for a Blog :: :: [...]

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American. Church.

July 16, 2010 church

I recently found out that a pastor I have admired since I was a teenager has fallen in a terrible and very gross way. You hear about pastors and other clergy doing stupid things all the time. And it always makes me upset. But when I heard this news, I literally felt bile rise in [...]

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