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<br />parlasonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784561170682543824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056643480334046144.post-13287534115529003012015-05-24T14:26:00.002-05:002016-01-27T18:59:39.142-06:00birth announcement // jack boone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we love you #babyjackboone</div>
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Meet Jack :)</div>
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Our precious little squish came into the world Sunday morning at 8:45. </div>
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I woke up at 4:30 that morning w/ light contractions, so just like w/ my other two kiddos, labor was hard and fast.</div>
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Jack weighed 7 lb. 7 oz, and was 19 in. long.</div>
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this little guy was born 5 weeks early </div>
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he was so much fun to photograph…handsome, teeny-tiny, and sleepy as can be :)</div>
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welcome kalvin! </div>
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<br />parlasonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784561170682543824noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056643480334046144.post-73074710097638176982015-02-19T15:04:00.000-06:002015-02-19T15:04:08.971-06:00LINKSsometimes people are inspiring…<br />
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these blog posts:<br />
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<a href="http://dreammmonster.tumblr.com/post/110934501805/turtle-watcher" target="_blank">"Turtle Watcher"</a><br />
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<a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/2015/02/17/way-to-go-mom/" target="_blank">"Way to Go Mom"</a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nw25hFxC7pQ/VDLDGZ45QcI/AAAAAAAACCk/ftyTY8OyijU/s1600/1.jpg" target="_blank">Bible journaling</a> (also check out pinterest for thousands of beautiful inspirations. and what a fun Bible to pass down to your kiddos!)<br />
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a few of my favourite bloggers:<br />
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<a href="http://beautifulundefined.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">"Beautiful Undefined" </a><br />
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<a href="http://elizabethmarie1.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">"Elizabeth Marie"</a><br />
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<a href="http://rollermillfarms.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">"Roller Mill Farms" </a><br />
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Merry Christmas!!!!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*photos by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/howellphotos" target="_blank">Howell Photography</a>*</span></div>
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7 days old and as precious as can be</div>
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meet Kala and her adoring little family :)</div>
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i've been doing some photo editing…</div>
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i'm about 9 months behind on my kiddos albums, but hopefully that will change this winter :)</div>
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blogging hasn't really been a priority lately, but for you family and friends who rarely get to see us or our kiddos…this is for you :)</div>
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a few pics from this past spring a summer…enjoy!</div>
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Yesterday our littlest turned one!</div>
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Brighton has been so excited about his birthday…she could hardly wait to give him his present so that she could play w/ it ;) lol</div>
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after present time we had birthday waffles :)</div>
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i have a hard time believing how much this little guy will eat!</div>
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he ate 1/2 a belgian waffle and a whole banana for his birthday breakfast</div>
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he usually eats just as much as Brighton does</div>
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after naps, i tried to take a picture of our 2 munchkins together…</div>
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that didn't go so well :/</div>
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that evening we celebrated his birthday w/ some cake :)</div>
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i was hoping he would dig into it, but he wouldn't touch it</div>
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so it's currently sitting on my counter…i think we'll have some kiddos over for a tea party on Friday and let them dig into it :)</div>
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after some failed attempts at taking some smash cake pictures we came inside to eat cupcakes</div>
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Brighton was pretty excited about blowing out the candle</div>
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although he wouldn't touch the owl, he did dig into a cupcake :)</div>
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since we failed at smash cake pictures yesterday and the cake was still intact, today i decided to give it another shot…failed again</div>
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but he did eat a few jelly beans :)</div>
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we love this little guy!</div>
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he is a mama's boy through and through</div>
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he has no interest in learning to communicate except through screaming</div>
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the only word he seems to really know is "uh-oh"</div>
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he refuses to take a step…he will even stand up by himself in the middle of a room, but then sit back down and crawl</div>
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he is super ticklish and his giggles are the best</div>
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he is an awesome sleeper! (7:00-7:00)</div>
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he's addicted to his soother and swaddle…doesn't fall asleep w/out either</div>
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he takes 2 naps a day for a total of around 3 hrs.</div>
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he loves playing peek-a-boo</div>
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he eats pretty much everything and has a definite sweet-tooth</div>
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happy bday sweet boy!</div>
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you are a gem and you are so so loved :)</div>
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our family is under construction!!!</div>
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sometime around March 23 we will welcome a little addition :)</div>
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July has finally brought summer to Canada!</div>
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snips, and snails and puppy dog tails ;)</div>
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i've been wanting to do a blog post w/ some pictures of our new home</div>
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we moved in at the beginning of March, and it has been fun seeing everything come together!</div>
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building a house has it's ups and downs</div>
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it's a lot of work! as my hubby knows much more than i ;)</div>
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he is responsible for the beautiful construction of our home, and together we worked at the design and choosing the different elements such as flooring, cabinets, light fixtures, etc. </div>
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i've chosen most of the decor, and he's helped turn some of my ideas into reality :) :) :)</div>
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he truly is the best!</div>
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our house is unique in that the main floor is upstairs</div>
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i love it because even though we are in town we are above the other houses, so we have a nice view out of most of our windows</div>
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// dining room //</div>
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aren't those boards just lovely?!?!</div>
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when we were home over Christmas hubby and i scrounged through and old chicken house and found them. that sat in the basement for a long time until inspiration finally hit :)</div>
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it was simple really</div>
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dave just put wall hangers on the back, and i duck taped the pictures up :) </div>
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see those countertops? </div>
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they are concrete…and i love them!</div>
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they ended up being so much more work than he realized they would be…especially as there were more than a few mishaps along the way!</div>
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the brick wall was also a labor of love :)</div>
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i helped as i could, but the demands of 2 small kiddos meant that he did most of it</div>
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it's not done yet…the joints all need to be mortared…but we are taking a break ;)</div>
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it will probably be finished this winter when we are cooped up for 8 months!</div>
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beautiful baby gate, eh?</div>
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can i brag on my hubby enough?</div>
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down the hall is our bedroom, an office, and a bathroom</div>
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down the stairs are the kids bedrooms, another bathroom, and a playroom</div>
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through that door in the top picture is the laundry room</div>
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i've always preferred carpet in living room areas as it tends to be much more cozy and comfortable, but because we went w/ an open concept, we couldn't do that</div>
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thankful for an area rug that has made some floor-sitting possible!</div>
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**pictures were taken counter-clockwise around the upstairs**</div>
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sweet baby james</div>
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9 days old</div>
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congrats beautiful mama!</div>
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he is precious :)</div>
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she went w/ her Aunt Molly, and she just loved it!</div>
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Molly is one of Brighton's favourite people :)</div>
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i am so thankful for the many programs available to kids here in Red Lake, especially during the winter</div>
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mid april our little family of four took a nice little vacation to va :)</div>
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it was so good to spend time w/ family again!</div>
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it was also good to get in some barefoot and short sleeve weather!</div>
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the above pics i took w/ my good camera</div>
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the pics that follow were taken w/ my iPhone</div>
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quality sure isn't there, but sometimes you just can't beat convenience!</div>
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Brighton lovvvvved this penguin in the airport and was very excited to get her picture taken w/ it :)</div>
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one of the highlights of our trip was a quick trip dave, asher, and i took to Washington DC to visit some old friends of mine</div>
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we so enjoyed the good conversation, the best eggs benedict i have ever had, and a fun little tour to some of the DC monuments</div>
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thank you so much for the wonderful time lem and jess!</div>
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our main reason for going to va and another highlight of the trip was the wedding of sam horst and sheri helmuth</div>
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the day was beautiful</div>
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the wedding was so incredibly God-honoring</div>
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the couple was perfectly in love</div>
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it was a blessing to be a part of their long-awaited day!</div>
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we also bought a gorgeous piece of land</div>
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10.5 acres in Augusta County</div>
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hangin' in the airport on the way home...</div>
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and this is what we returned to… :/</div>
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pretty excited for these 2 to tie the knot in August!!!!</div>
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life has been pretty crazy lately. </div>
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march 2nd we handed over the keys of our little green house and made the permanent move to our new house which dave began building this past fall. </div>
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it's beautiful and we are loving the extra space, all the natural light, and making it our own!</div>
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there are some odds and ends that need to be finished up, but hopefully before too long i can do a blog post w/ a little house tour</div>
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for now, here's my o so sweet (and sometimes rotten) kiddos!</div>
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somebody got into my mascara!</div>
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she has become a serious mess lately…so deliberately disobedient!</div>
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who knew parenting would be such a difficult job?</div>
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i have been so blessed here in Red Lake to be surround by many supportive and encouraging mamas. </div>
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i never realized the world of parenting would be such a judgemental place!</div>
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(i should probably stop reading so many of the articles that pop up on my Facebook newsfeed)</div>
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it seems that no matter how you choose to parent your children, somebody thinks you are doing it wrong and probably ruining your kids for life</div>
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if i vaccinate my kids i am playing into a greedy system which obviously cares nothing about the health of my kids and cares greatly about my money</div>
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if i don't vaccinate my kids i'm putting my kids at a huge risk, and if they die of some rare disease i'll have no one to blame but myself</div>
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if i spank my kids, i care nothing about their hearts, and they will likely grow up to be violent</div>
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if i don't spank my kids they will be able to run all over me and won't learn to respect authority</div>
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if i let my baby cry it out at night, i'm just being lazy and i should treasure those 2 am feedings because one day i'll wish my baby needed me again</div>
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if i don't teach my baby to self-soothe, they will never learn to be independent</div>
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the thing that get me most about those articles is the hateful comments that follow</div>
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it's unbelievable the way parents verbally abuse other parents</div>
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it's as if all parents are out there to do what's the worst for their kids</div>
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but i think that in reality, most parents truly want to do the very best for their kids</div>
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it's kind of crazy how God gives us this huge job to carry out w/ absolutely no experience</div>
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no practice run…</div>
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it can be so very overwhelming to think about the impact and implications that my parenting will have on these little souls that i have been given to take care of</div>
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perhaps He does it to keep us on our knees</div>
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and He loves them so much more than we will ever be able to</div>
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it is my job to point my children to Christ</div>
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to raise them up to be lovers of God and of those around them</div>
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i will mess up</div>
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i will make the wrong choices sometimes</div>
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i will wound my kids</div>
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i will cause them hurt</div>
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but i believe that my God is a Redeemer</div>
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and He brings perfection out of imperfection</div>
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my prayer for my kiddos is that they will know the love of God</div>
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that they will surrender their hearts to Him while they are young</div>
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and my prayer for Dave and i is the same</div>
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that we will know the love of God and live our lives ever and always heading His gentle voice</div>
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i just read this on a <a href="http://elizabethmarie1.blogspot.ca/2014/03/monday.html" target="_blank">blog</a> today:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">“We fear men so much, because we fear God so little.” </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #181818;">―</span> </span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/205830.William_Gurnall" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">William Gurnall</span></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Puritan; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px; text-align: start;">How true this is. It's so easy to care more about what people think than what God thinks.</span></div>
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i know i would do better to look more to Jesus and less to those around me</div>
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Jesus promises to lead His own</div>
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I am His own</div>
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and His promises never fail</div>
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so chubbers and so hilarious!</div>
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these two are entertaining each other more and more…i just love it!</div>
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i was so nervous about having a boy</div>
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i shouldn't have worried :)</div>
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Brighton is becoming such a little mommy</div>
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today she gave her monkey a spanking </div>
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and then she gave him a hug and a big kiss and said "you're going to be ok"</div>
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happy last day of March!</div>
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<br />parlasonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784561170682543824noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056643480334046144.post-37542830289602710842014-03-31T17:23:00.002-05:002014-04-01T21:56:39.143-05:00half birthday party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
our little guy turned 1/2 year old yesterday</div>
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o how i love him!</div>
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he just becomes more and more squeeeeeshable each and every day</div>
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we had a little half birthday party for him</div>
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which basically consisted us singing to him</div>
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and him tearing into his yummy little cake :)</div>
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we love you little asher smasher!</div>
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i could never have imagined the joy you would bring to my heart :)</div>
<br />parlasonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784561170682543824noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056643480334046144.post-9830939735307901212014-02-25T21:27:00.003-06:002016-01-27T19:03:53.366-06:00newborn // layla<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
baby layla</div>
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born february 15</div>
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welcomed by big brother dominic and big sister tirzah</div>
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<br />parlasonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13784561170682543824noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5056643480334046144.post-46189162738158258212014-01-31T15:22:00.000-06:002014-02-13T23:56:14.330-06:004 month old sweetness<div style="text-align: center;">
my baby boy is 4 months old</div>
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crazy!</div>
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he really seems to be flying through the baby stage</div>
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he's a smiley little thing</div>
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doesn't take much at all to get a big ol' toothless smile out of him</div>
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he smiles w/ his whole face, and it just makes ya wanna squeeeeeeeze him :)</div>
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he loves standing…seems to be a prominent trait in my babies</div>
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he supports all his weight for quite a while, just holding onto my fingers for balance</div>
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he sleeps through the night fairly often, and if he does wake up, putting a soother in his mouth usually puts him right back to sleep</div>
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he puts himself to sleep at night, usually crying for no more than a couple minutes, if at all</div>
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he won't fall asleep unless he's swaddled though!</div>
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he's not an overly happy baby…fussing a good portion of the day, unless he is being held</div>
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i sure do miss that first week of his life when he was the most content baby i'd ever seen! barely knew he could cry back then…no question about it now though!</div>
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he usually takes a soother, but it's never long until he has his hands in his mouth</div>
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4 month stats: 13 lbs. 3 oz. - 25 in. - cute as a button.</div>
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this little cutie pie...</div>
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turned 2 years old while we were in VA!!!</div>
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she is such a blessing and such a disaster at the same time ;)</div>
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sometimes she is the cutest thing you ever did see</div>
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recognizes letters, shapes, and colors</div>
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is still tied to her soother at both nap time and night time</div>
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usually takes a 2-3 hr. nap everyday</div>
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swims by herself w/ a little floaty tied around her waist</div>
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has pronoun problems ;)</div>
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seems to be slightly OCD</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(she likes to put things in order, places certain things "just so," and when she draws, she just does these little petite squiggles :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(she plays mommy to her monkeys all day long! she feeds them, cleans up their messes, swaddles them, swings them, has conversations w/ them, combs their hair, sits them on the potty, puts them to bed, makes sure they have their soothers, etc.)</span></div>
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she was thrilled w/ being the centre of attention, and was super happy about opening her presents :)</div>
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the bday girl:</div>
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we love you Bump!</div>
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you truly light up our lives :)</div>
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i am so blessed to have married into such a beautiful family!</div>
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they have done so much to make me feel like i belong :)</div>
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Christmas for the Sonifranks is always celebrated back at the cabin</div>
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<i>the same cabin where Dave proposed to me :)</i></div>
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then it's present time…<br />
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Sandra and Al … Wesley and Angela<br />
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Asher w/ his little polar bear ornament<br />
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most of the rest of our time was spent hanging out<br />
it was fun to introduce our little Asher to everyone!<br />
he got lots and lots of lovin' :)<br />
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most evenings "Grandma" would light some candles for Brighton</div>
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the heat would make the little angels above them spin around</div>
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and then she would get to blow them out</div>
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she loved it :)</div>
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before Al and Sandra headed back to Michigan w/ their crew, i was able to get all the cousins together for a picture.</div>
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they wore their monkey hats from Brighton and Asher :)</div>
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quite the good lookin' gang!</div>
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Christmas Eve is always spent at Granddaddy and Grammy's house</div>
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It's always so good to be w/ all my aunts, uncles, and cousins</div>
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the girls painted Brighton's toes while we waited for final dinner preparations to be made</div>
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Grammy takes after Great Grandma Bailey for sure…always making sure that everyone has more than enough good food to fill their belly :)</div>
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after dinner is cleaned up, we sit around the family room and sing Christmas songs before we open gifts</div>
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we spent Christmas day w/ my immediate family and my dear sweet Grandmother</div>
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i had such a good time being w/ my family again!</div>
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i can hardly wait for the day when it becomes a normal part of our lives :)</div>
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i just finished editing all my photos from the month of december</div>
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here's a little snapshot into our christmas here in Red Lake</div>
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we celebrated on the 21st, and then left for Virginia on the 22nd</div>
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pictures by the Christmas tree:</div>
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seconds 11 and following...typical :)</div>
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"Christmas" morning Dave read the story of Jesus' birth from the <i><a href="http://www.jesusstorybookbible.com/" target="_blank">Jesus Storybook Bible</a></i>. </div>
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I can't recommend this book enough! Every story is tied back to Jesus.</div>
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Brighton absolutely loves it!</div>
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after story time, it was present time!</div>
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their first gift was matching sleepers :) - pretty sure this one is going to be tradition!</div>
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Brighton was thrilled to open both her gifts and Asher's</div>
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Dave got a leatherman from the kiddos :)</div>
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reading new books w/ Dad</div>
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couldn't you just eat this lil' guy?</div>
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i mean seriously!</div>
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looking back at these pictures makes my heart so happy</div>
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i have a Savior who came as a baby so i could be free</div>
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i have a husband who loves me and our kiddos so so much</div>
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and i have 2 precious children</div>
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i am blessed :)</div>
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this Christmas i ended up doing quite a few DIY gifts</div>
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Dave's family decided that each couple would make a gift for the other couples</div>
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we thought about it awhile, and finally decided to make hand painted wooden signs</div>
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i'd seen quite a few that i liked on interest, and took my inspiration from there</div>
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it was a team effort</div>
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Dave bought a piece of shelving board and cut it into 4 pieces</div>
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he then painted/stained them all according to what i described to him and showed him in pics</div>
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they turned out so good!</div>
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i was so thankful for his help on that part because i would have been at a loss</div>
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i used InDesign to design the layout/lettering for each of them</div>
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i then printed them out on the printer, taped them together, and then used carbon copy paper to trace them onto the boards. Dave also helped w/ that.</div>
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painting the letters was the tedious part. it took much much longer than i ever expected it to</div>
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but we got them all done, and i think they were well liked by those who received them :)</div>
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the other diy gift i made this year was also inspired by pinterest</div>
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this one was from me to dave </div>
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the easiest/funnest part about this gift was coming up w/ the 52 reasons!!!!</div>
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