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Can You Guess?

This is our second year of deciding our Halloween costumes based on what Kenedee decides she want to dress up as, the ideas we came up with this year were great and made sense, however actually turning them into costumes wasn’t as easy.
So, any ideas as to what we might be (Hint: Kenedee was a [...]

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Her Pal Riley

Riley has been a part of our family even before we had Kenedee.  Kenedee absolutely adores her, I think Riley has grown to love  Kenedee as well, although I think on occassion Kenedee somewhat annoys her, she’s so great with her though. Below is a moment I captured a couple of weeks ago while I [...]

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26.2 for Africa

That’s what my hubby did last weekend. He ran a full marathon in Chicago for Team World Vision. We went up for the weekend with two other couples. It was very cold, but a lot of fun.
Here we are with our signs that we made during our hr. long train ride into the city. The [...]

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Why oh Why?

I’ve asked myself that a few times over the past few days when it comes to Kenedee, wondering why she does some of the things she does.
See Exhibit A above. This occurred while we were on our way home from Oklahoma waiting at a gas station. I had bought her a Kumon book for her [...]

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My Favorite Time of Year

I think I’ve shared before how much I love love love this time of year. In my opinion, autumn has one the best smells of all seasons.  I know, call me weird, but I feel like each season has it’s own smell to it. I definitely think that Summer is the worst smelling of all [...]

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My Man the Handy Man

He may not be quite a Bob Vila, but my hubby is getting to be quite the handy man around the house. We’ve lived in our home for almost two years now and have gone without closet doors in our room and KJ’s room for all that time until today that is. I’ve been desperately [...]

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Running For A Cause

My awesome husband, Kyle will be running in the Chicago marathon on Sunday Oct. 11th.  He is running for Team World Vision. He has set out to raise at least $500 which will go to World Vision to help save lives in Africa.  Below is a video that shows just a bit of what Team World [...]

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Papa’s Home!!!

Well, good news. My dad was able to come home yesterday. He is doing very well, getting up and moving around more. He was able to leave the hospital without requiring oxygen at home. Through all of this I’m reminded of how fragile life is and how lucky we are to have the life that [...]

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The Latest on Dad

I’m staying overnight with my dad tonight. He is doing wonderful, all tubes and drains are out and his pain is pretty much under control, he is still having  a little nausea, but it’s getting better than it was. It’s great to see him up and moving around a little bit more. Quick story on [...]

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Update on my Dad

Well, we had a bit unexpected news yesterday. They found some blockage during the cardiact cath. that they were unable to stent, so they ended up having to do triple bypass late last night. It was about a 4 1/2 hr. surgery. He is now off the ventilator and very very sleepy but is communicating [...]

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