We 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
The 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
This 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
My 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
When 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…