Advent calendar 2019

Hi friends!! It's December already; can you believe it? Advent calendars are a big part of our preparation for Christmas. Although it may not be a new one each year, we definitely have one each year. You can see some of our past ones by clicking here. This one really was pretty easy and probably …

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NYC

We spent a few days in New York City over the kids' spring break. Heading into this vacation I kept wondering if we should even try to go on a vacation with a teenager still struggling with some major compulsions and avoidance behaviors due to OCD. And honestly, it was hard. But there were lots …

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For the Disney fans… (the rest of you can ignore it!)

I found a link to this blog post on Pinterest and just thought I'd share it. Those of you who have been to Disney can probably relate; those of you planning a trip might want to be sure to read it! From Love Our Disney, the 7 Most Disappointing Disney Vacation Moments. It goes along …

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4 days without the kids!

My husband and I both turn 40 this year. Our gift to ourselves was a mini-vacation. We went to the Florida keys and it was really beautiful.  The weather was great and it was so relaxing and refreshing to be without the kids and "just a couple" again!  Since we've had kids, we've never gone …

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Looking back…

A month or so ago, my husband added a photo feed gadget to our google sidebar. (You'll have to forgive me - is it even called that?  these years of diapering, feeding, cleaning, and in general caring for kids have made me, shall we say, a little behind the times technologically.)  Anyways, this thing is …

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where did may and june go?

hi everyone. sorry for my lack of blogging! i feel like we have been going full speed since the beginning of may. may and june have included (aside from the stuff I've already blogged about): the end of the MOPS year (and the end of my years as a MOPS mom!) sharing the salvation message at the last MOPS meeting …

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