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  • Building an Indiana Jones birthday cake

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    For all but two of the 13 previous children’s birthday celebrations I’ve planned for my kiddos, I’ve called a bakery and had an absolutely delicious cake or cupcakes arrive at my home ready to be ooh’ed and ahhh’ed and devoured. (For one of those parties I served pancakes, not cake, by the way. You can read about that here.…

  • Bring on the backpacks!

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    Yesterday was the first day of school for my two boys. Although yesterday was my first emotional first day, I love the beginning of school. It’s such a great time for a fresh start. And I wanted to to start my guys off right. So, when they came home and I asked them to put…

  • What would God think of my to-do list?

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    This morning I finished reading Hebrews with Hebrews 13. It felt very much like a gentle reminder of how I can live as God intended: 1. Love each other 2. Entertain strangers (You never know who the angels are) 3. Remember prisoners and the mistreated 4. Honor marriage 5. Do not love money … and…

  • Ya gotta have friends to throw a baby shower

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    Okay, so that’s an obvious one… Who else would you host a baby shower for other than a friend? But, other than that, ya gotta have friends to make it just right… or at least it certainly helps. A few weekends ago I hosted a baby shower along with 2 other women. Karen, an amazing…

  • PJ Pancake Breakfast Bash

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    While trying to figure out how to celebrate our soon-to-be two-year-old’s birthday in an already action-packed day, my husband came up with the idea of inviting the girls in our neighborhood (instead of the usual long list of all our friends) over for a breakfast celebration. It wasn’t long after that I saw a flower-shaped…