before, painted but unfinished
after
my rock star of a husband
finished our cabinets, replaced the powder room sink and faucet, and repainted our front porch
before Ava’s little party
all while working and chasing babies and making me laugh
…..love that guy
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my Ava girl is almost 8
we’re celebrating with an Almost Slumber Party
8 little “night owls” will party in pjs
and blissfully return to their own homes
two owl crafts, owl bookmarks, and owl treat bags
I’m letting Chick-Fil-A do the cooking and
fabulous Jennifer M. is making owl cupcakes
now it’s time to clean our home so our sweet girls can trash it!
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this photo just doesn’t convey how nasty this sink was
30 years of gunk that would not yield to bleach or elbow grease
the bottom was poofy like only water sogged laminate can be
after, so much better
not earth shattering, I know, but oh so gratifying to be rid of puffy laminate
slowly, slowly this home is becoming less 80s fantabulous
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how cute are my parentals!
polar bear pumpkins make me smile
rick rac makes everything better
we have eggs gourds, oh yeah
baby blue melts our hearts
pa with his fans
Nolan turns One!
my first s’more candy apple, won’t be my last
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we headed to Sycamore Springs this weekend
the kids played chase while the guys harvested cane for molasses
each stalk had to be stripped of leaves and cut down by hand
the little guys helped in between fighting crime and being pirates
Ava stacked pumpkins
I chased babies, made sandwiches, and visited with my aunties
while marveling at the October sky
and the goodness of family and farm
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I’ve been waking up to this
overhearing whispers and giggles
and plots to overthrow crime
my heart is full as my children laugh and play
and decide that they love each other….
nothing better on earth
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It was the perfect pumpkin,
garage door painting,
rock smashing,
book reading, lazy fall day.
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my ears go snap-crackle-pop every time I swallow
there is green-gray goo coming up from my lungs
I have a oozing, just won’t heal, sore on my ankle where I tangled with a bouncy slide at a birthday party well over a week ago
oh, and to top it all off- I’m reading Jen Hatmaker’s book 7
hot mess? oh, yes
I’m really thinking crazy thoughts like, maybe God cares more about making me holy than making me comfortable
and maybe the ever elusive American dream is not such a great thing to spend a life time chasing
and maybe I should move to Africa, but I really don’t like heat and mosquitoes and my only valuable skill is conducting educational assessments and maybe crafting around
and last time I checked, Africa was not in dire need of psychoeducational evaluations and the plethora of paperwork associated with said evaluations
or crafts, haven’t heard that Africa needs more craft projects
and maybe I should make such decisions when Joe is home and I haven’t consumed way past my daily allowance of caffeine and sinus medicine
but really 7 has me wondering if Jesus would have attended a posh, well-funded suburban school or an inner city one with all the baggage
and since he was born in a stable in a major city to semi homeless young parents, I’m thinking it would be the under performing inner city one
and maybe I should go to sleep instead of pondering the school zoning of Jesus
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around here, things have been a little wild
sweet Ava woke up screaming and unable to move her neck or arms
quick little trip to ER, some x-rays and Valium, and we know it’s just a badly pulled muscle
Hello, Monday!
so after we’re back home
I do the logical thing-
break out the spray paint, painters tape, and foam pumpkins
the cheveron look didn’t quite work out and the paint turned out to be a glossy finish-
but all in all, the world seemed a bit better
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it was the perfect fall weekend
deep thought by Ava and sweet Joey,
pjs, lazy days, dinner around my mama’s table:
it doesn’t get any better
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