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| Labels are a good thing. |
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| Little book of verses I've memorized so far this year. So thankful for a good friend who set up a little accountability group to work on these with. What a blessing. |
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| Amazing reminders, confirmations and lessons learned in the these books. |
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| I thought this one was gone forever. It is the necklace Todd gave me when Gabe was born. Yesterday I was doing a summer cleaning purge in my room and found this in a small gift box. So very thankful. |
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| My happy, colorful curtains courtesy of Pinterest. |
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| The hoop. Hours of practice, talking and fun. |
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| Dakota's memory stone. The phrases are Grant's exact words. Precious. |
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| This pestle and mortar was given to me by my sister in law, Melissa. It has been reminding me to pray for her today as their family makes the big move to Michigan. |
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| Baking stones. Well loved over the years. Memories of lots of cookies, biscuits and other goodies baked and shared. |
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| Yellow boots. This is the ensemble he wore to the Mexican Restaurant. Yup. |
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| Chips and salsa with the family |
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| Saturday fun cereal. |
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| Wispy, curly clouds. |
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| Melissa has a collection of Grandma Cotton's old thread. Curly strands, reminders of family ties. |
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| Received this coloring sheet from our boy in Swaziland today. The curly antenna made me smile. Perfect timing. God is good like that. |
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| My surviving Calla Lily. |
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| Grant seems to be growing everyday. In height and in so many other ways. In just a few short weeks he will officially be a teenager. |
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| Saw a little decline in the numbers here this week. It was a great encouragement after weeks of exercise and mostly eating right. |
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| My favorite homemade pickles. The recipe is from my mother in law, the cucumbers from my friend Theresa's garden. Yum. |
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| While I don't love needing to take thyroid medication everyday, I sure am thankful that it is readily available to me. |
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| Baking is my favorite stress reliever. These jars hold my some of the most important baking staples. Familiar friends. |
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| Rhythm (sort of)- singing and reading the ABC book with a little guy tonight before bed. |
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| Rhyme- The monkey rhyme right before they have to jump in the pool. |
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| Reason- learning Spanish together. |
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| Banana snow cones on a really hot summer day. |
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| Bowling- he is enthusiastic about rolling the ball, I am enthusiastic about free summer bowling |
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| Granny was so thrilled to get her little red-headed great grandbaby to smile at her. |
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| This face.... |
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| Becoming this face after a long day of adventure. |
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| A life of quiet persistence and beautiful perseverance. Thankful for the lessons we learned at the museum today and the conversations brought about by our visit. |
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| Working through the book of Genesis. Learning. Stretching. |
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| Red... white and blue breakfast. |
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| White...reminder of our freedom and where it comes from. |
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| Blue...I love that she was wearing a blue shirt today. :) Precious friend. Thankful for her presence in my life. |
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| Words from Sunday's sermon that have been a needed reminder this week. |
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| Family-I love that they have each other. |
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| Freedom |
