i love rainy days

We have had some joyful moments here lately. First, Ryan lost his first baby tooth and then had a lucrative visit from the tooth fairy. Then today, we headed down to one of the parks in our neighborhood and he overcame some fears while we were there. Take a look: This slide is really tall, y’all. I mean, it’s 12…
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Check out Ryan’s new look: I can’t believe it. He lost his first tooth!!!! Oh my goodness!!! He’s going to be 7 in a couple of months and I can’t believe that either. He’s my baby but not a baby by any means. Oh!!! It’s just crazy how fast the time goes by. I’m glad he was here with me…
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At the end of 2008, my husband took two weeks off from work to spend time with us during the holidays and it was wonderful. It was life changing! Not only were we able to reconnect as a family but Sean and I really kicked some ass and got some projects done around the house. Do you know that our…
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I’m beginning to feel like Ebenezer Scrooge. The words, “bah humbug” are floating around in my head and I don’t like it! Christmas has in the past been one of my favorite holidays, not because I receive presents but because of all the camaraderie that revolved around the holiday. When Sean and I were first dating, he invited me over…
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Ever since we made the decision to homeschool, our lives have been in a constant state of change. It’s a necessary component to parenting in general, flexibility I mean. After two and a half years though, it seems as though we have perhaps been too flexible and now we’re starting to rein things in just a bit. Recently, we started…
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