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Pondering the Astros 2015 Season
I received a text on Tuesday evening before what would be the last game of the 2015 Houston Astros season. It said, “I ended up with an extra ticket to tomorrow nights game. I realize it’s a long...
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Social Media vs Reality
Laura is running the Book Fair at Lee this week so I got to take Berkley to her dance class. When we got home she and I climbed into the hammock to read books. I snapped this photo and put it on...
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Owning it.
Brian and I worked for a summer in the library at A&M. We worked with other students and we moved books. So thousands of books, 5 at a time handing them from person to person across the aisles....
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That escalated quickly…
Eating dinner the day before picture day at school, I asked the kids what their picture day smiles look like. I got these: Which then turned into Brian saying if any of them would actually make one of...
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Kansas Day Trips: Council Grove
More small town Kansas exploring. This time it was Council Grove. The only thing we knew about this town was that there was a cave. So off we went! First stop: climbing on the garden tank. That’s...
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Arm parties, hot air balloons and blow outs
This is what Berkley’s arm looks like at all times. She calls it her “arm party.” If anyone needs a hair tie at any time, she’s your girl. I taught both our girls to keep hair ties on them cause it’s...
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Snapshots
Just some random photos as of late: They teamed up for a lemonade stand this summer First day of school! SP had Mrs. M and Berkley prayed all summer she would get her too and God answered that prayer...
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It’s like a dream come true
Well, almost. Berkley tells us her reoccurring dream is to have a real house that’s a bounce house. So for her birthday in August of course she asked for a bounce house for her party! This pic cracks...
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Inventure Monday: Rocky Ford
These are actually old photos that were neglected last spring. When Sadie heads over to Bate’s Dance Studio I often take the B’s (Beckham and Berkley) to adventure somewhere. This day we headed to...
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Snapshots
Berkley doesn’t like to eat the crust of the pizza, but I’m way too cheap to let that happen. So I tell her to eat it. Brian however, since he’s funner than me (and so is my friend Brandi who does this...
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When Brian told me 9 years ago that he got a call from a pastor in Kansas about working at a church, I said “People live there?” And I was totally serious. Now, not only do we live in Kansas, we live...
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Homecoming Parade
We love us a good parade, and the K-State Homecoming parade is the best one ever! Kids get to trick or treat at the stores in Aggieville beforehand. This year they were a cat, a mouse and a Tasmanian...
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Ahh. My little Gargoyles…
Brian started it. Becks jumped on board He even posed on the pillar that had fallen! And then they are all in, cause who wants to be left out when you can be a statue!?
View ArticleSermon Shavings: Death of Stephen
Somethings are interesting, but get cut from sermon notes for the sake of a sermon not being a mere commentary and so that the sermon isn’t two hours long. In my research on Acts 6:8-7:60 recently I...
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Summer Adventure
We recently stumbled on a fun lake close to our house and took the kids fishing! They all took to fishing like a fish to water…(see what I did there?) I love this sweet pic Pretty sure this fish didn’t...
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This is why back roads > highway
Brian took us the back roads back home from Topeka one day. When we see this on the side of the road, we brake and yell “KIDS! Put your shoes on and get out of the car!” This was reason enough to stop,...
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Chalkboards and ninjas
Our chalkboard wall is one of my favorite things about our house! It always has something random drawn on it. This was especially weird. The kids drew themselves houses. I made a comment about the...
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I thought it was a mirage at first
Carolyn texted to let me know my birthday present had been delivered and was waiting at our front door. But NEVER in a million years was I expecting to see THIS: I think I hyperventilated trying to get...
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Watch your back, Picasso
Cause these kids draw some mean pictures Flamingos (by Berkley) Smurfs (by Beckham) SP and Mom (by SP) (I’m gonna keep this one to show her when she’s a teenager and hates me)Candy store (Boo) Right...
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