Affiliate links are used in this post After finding out I was pregnant, one of the first things I did was calculate what my little one’s due date was going to be. I chuckled to myself when I found out it was May 4th – Star Wars day! (You know, may the FOURTH be with…
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The Importance of Capturing Memories
Read moreThanks you Canvas Factory for sponsoring this post After the passing of my dad, one of the tasks I was given was to put together the video slideshow for the memorial service. It was definitely a difficult task – going through years of memories, listening to music that simply WAS my dad, and, unfortunately, realizing…
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Toddler Time ~ Neighborhood Cookie Baking
Read moreA few months ago, a sweet elderly neighbor of ours stopped by as we were working on putting up a fence in our backyard. She told us about an earthquake prepping group she wanted to set up with some of the people in our neighborhood and invited us to be a part of it. Now,…
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How to be the Ideal Holiday Guest
Read moreWe are well into the holiday season and, I don’t know about you, but I’m already tuckered out from all the holiday parties and events we’ve been going to! #IntrovertProblems Growing up, I don’t remember the holiday season being this busy! Between work and volunteer parties, church events, and getting together with friends we’ve been…
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Sledding with a Couple of Toddlers
Read moreThe week after Christmas Nate, Caleb and I headed to Spokane to visit my family. With eleven brothers and sisters, five nieces and nephews, and four siblings-in-law you better believe trips to visit family are a whole bunch of crazy! This time around there were only a few of us home (and by a few…
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How to Throw the Perfect (Simple) Holiday Party for Your Mama Tribe
Read moreThis shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #SavorTheMemory #CollectiveBias There’s one thing I know for sure, motherhood is hard! Anyone who would say otherwise is obviously not a mom. While it’s hard, it is SO much easier with a tribe of mom friends to laugh with,…
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Community Living on the Fourth of July
Read moreMy heart yearns for community. I think we were created to be in community and, unfortunately, the era we live in – especially here in America – makes it hard for us to have the desire for true, authentic community be met. We go to work, the grocery store, the mall, any number of places…
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Christmas in the Country: Lighted Tractor Parade
Read moreWhen Nate and I moved we firmly decided that we wanted to get involved in the community. It would be so easy for us to get wrapped up in the church world. Since Nate is a pastor we could pretty much live our lives at church or at home and we didn’t want that to…
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