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Loving and Trusting God: March 2013
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Loving and Trusting God. Friday, March 1, 2013. Thankful for Piles of Laundry. Troy, myself, and our 3 daughters just returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic. The first part of the trip was just vacation but the last 3 days we joined 2 other families and went to volunteer at an orphanage and school. Wow- what an amazing opportunity and experience for our girls! We went from a fancy resort to a bunkhouse- style house with 2 families we had just met the day before! The littlest brother, Abby. When t...
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Loving and Trusting God: February 2013
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Loving and Trusting God. Friday, February 1, 2013. It's been so long since I posted anything that I even changed the name of the blog! Finally things are happening on the Nelson adoption front! Praise God we are so excited! I'm just in awe of the Lord lately! Help me to love You MORE! What a miracle to look back and see how God has led us straight to this little boy! Be blessed today and know that God has a path for YOU and is waiting for you to ask where the next step should be! More updates to come.
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Bringing up Bug & Bee: getting twiggy with it
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Thursday, December 1, 2011. Getting twiggy with it. Na na na na na nana, na na na na nana. This post has nothing to do with Will Smith. Or jiggyness of any sort, but just try to tell me you're not jigging around right now in your chair like it's 1998. (You're welcome! I wasn't sweating or saying swear words in my head AT ALL! Fa la la la effing la! And think of the photo ops! And the quaint memories they'd hold! And the sap and frozen limbs and ER bill for the chainsaw injury! More flair, more better.
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Bringing up Bug & Bee: it's magical, this little tree
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Thursday, December 8, 2011. It's magical, this little tree. They were pretty, too, just in their own special kind of way. I picked the one that looked the most hopeful, knowing I could pull off the dead branches at the bottom and wrap it with a million white twinkly lights and make it shine. Sure, it's a little crooked, and sure, the branches could be more evenly spaced. But it's our tree. And last night? It was magical, that tree of ours. Shine on, little tree. A shout out to my friend Beth B. And props...
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Bringing up Bug & Bee: wait what?
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Thursday, December 19, 2013. Did someone just say that in one week, Christmas will be OVER? This season has just flown by, no? The late-falling Thanksgiving, was that it? Just a moment ago I was sorry-not-sorry for pulling out some of my Christmas decor before you'd all bought your turkey and now . it's here. Gifts are (mostly) wrapped, minus a few stragglers Amazon and Zappos should be throwing on my porch any minute now. (Get moving on those drones, yall! A holiday party with some neighborhood ladies?
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Bringing up Bug & Bee: a tiptoe
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Sunday, April 20, 2014. Hey Hello. This thing on? I'm sneaking back in. I'd turned this place off, just pulled the plug one pensive weekday afternoon when I'd been thinking through the blog thing and what the point was and how much I really wanted out there. Online. In public. In this expansive frontier . do my kids want. To be a part of it? Are their tales mine to share? Will they one day thank me for connecting their grown up selves to the elfin children they once were? What's my point here? In a way i...
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Bringing up Bug & Bee: tired
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Friday, August 9, 2013. Oh, yall, I am so tired. Tired in general, because it's Friday and that marks day five of the work week and the work week, over here in SAHMville, means I've done a whole lot of Cheerio sweeping and butt wiping and FakeTwin brawl breaking upping . so I'm tired. As are you, my SAHM friends who've done the same, and you, my working mom friends who've been go-go-going all week long (in real, non-leggings pants! And you, my . other kinds of friends. We're all tired. We hurry up. W...
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Loving and Trusting God: BOGOTA HERE WE COME!
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Loving and Trusting God. Saturday, May 4, 2013. BOGOTA HERE WE COME! I am excited to announce that all of our paperwork was approved and we are going to pick up our little boy at the orphanage this Friday at 11:00 am! But God is completely in control and I have my eyes fixed on Him. One week from right now I will have my little boy. Our family will be forever changed. May 5, 2013 at 5:43 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). You the Best Song I'll Ever Write. View my complete profile. A moment of quiet.
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Bradleen's Kitchen: February 2013
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Friday, February 22, 2013. Snow Day, Sick Day. Eli's been longing for a good snowstorm. We've had a few light snows, but nothing a kid can really do something with. Like make a snowman, or even a respectable snowball. Wednesday night and into yesterday, we finally got a not totally lame snowstorm. Not exactly the big dump we've been hoping for, but enough to get out and play in for a bit. Eli helped Brad shovel the walk. It was a great morning for him. Followed by a not so great afternoon. Well, our fear...
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