For a while now I have considered making our site password protected. I would do this for two reasons. 1. I volunteer with the Middle Schoolers at my church. This is something that I love doing. But, because of that, I have been super, super paranoid about what I post on this site now. Not [...]

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Breckin: Hey Mommy! Is Daddy a boy? Me: Yes, Daddy is a boy just like Breckin. What is Mommy? Breckin: A boy! Me: No. Mommy isn’t a boy. What is Mommy? Breckin: Ummmmm….Mommy is nothing.

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We woke up at 2am on Sunday morning to make our way home. It was probably one of the most painful alarm clocks I have ever had to wake up to. It hurt to get up for various reasons. First, we had only slept 4 hours. Secondly, I knew we had 5 hours of traveling [...]

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On day 2 of our trip, we headed up to Santa Barbara. I LOVE Santa Barbara and wish I were rich enough to live there. From a little research I have done, you can buy a 1000sqft house there for around 500-600K. No big deal, right? We started off at the Santa Barbara Zoo. It [...]

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Our trip to California turned out to be great fun! The kids were absolutely amazing and I could not have been more proud (or surprised). We woke up at 5am on Friday morning to leave for the airport. We left KCI around 7:30am and touched down at LAX around 9:15am (Pacific time). By the time [...]

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I am finally down to the last few weeks at my temp job. 3 weeks left! I think I might even throw a party. I have been so grateful for this job, while also sort of loathing it. It is just one of those things. I see how the Lord has blessed us through this [...]

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On Friday, Jeremiah, the kids and I are waking up at 4am to fly out to sunny California to see the Kingsley family. We met the Kingsley’s in Chicago about 5 1/2 years ago when we lived there. Hailey and I were both newly married young women and were both new to Wheaton. We quickly [...]

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Meet Breckin. A sweet kid with a laugh like a hyena and a heart of gold. You would never know by looking at him, but Breckin suffers from a very debilitating disease that strikes many kids ages 2-20. Breckin is selectively deaf. Symptoms of this horrible illness are: Inability to respond to requests that seem [...]

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We got wheaten terrier puppy named Bosley. He is a little camera shy or just really interested in the brick on the fireplace. Not really sure which. Breckin and Arwyn attended their first church Easter Egg hunt. Otherwise known as “Candy crazed kids charge egg covered hill in a fight for survival.” It was hilarious [...]

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I have always made my feelings on Wal-Mart clear. After working at their home office, you either become blinded by it or you realize how awful and deceitful this company really is. Here is an unfortunate example. Disabled Woman Sued by Wal-Mart. I wonder who needs that money more. A disabled woman and her family [...]

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