Category Archives: personal

Love & Leia.

They’re so cute together. Lovie considers Leia “HER” baby.  She smothers her with hugs and plasters jiucy toddler kisses all over her face. It’s hard to get a photo of Leia without her big sister in it. Lovelyn Joy just turned two a few days ago (I can barely believe it) and Leia Hyacinth is […]

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With a Thankful Heart.

Thankfulness. Gratitude. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for […]

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History …

“These are real people with real emotions and real passions. We do our real history a disservice when we think of them as only names and dates. So we try to bring history alive…” – H. Bidlack     September. Ah, the lovely month of diving back into the homeschooling routine. Clothes laid out for […]

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Mixes.

Today in our home, it was all about canning … and getting ready for the fall fair this weekend …   A little glimpse at some things the girls are entering ….     and yes, Ted has made a return. (If you don’t recognize Ted, he is the infamous bunny who made Alice a […]

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Five Little Monkeys…

Speaking of five …   This morning, I found all the girls in Lovelyn’s crib while I was putting away the laundry. Of course, I ran and grabbed my camera … I love that each of them have slept in this crib – one day, hopefully, it will also hold many grandchildren … 🙂  (oh, […]

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