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Halloween 2016

Halloween 2016

We love tradition. And we especially love traditions around holidays as a way to kindle memory-making for our children, and to just plain make things fun. Halloween, however, is one holiday that has been challenging. I have great memories of Halloween as a kid – sooo, as much candy as I can carry, I just have to put on a… Read More

11.03.16 · celebrations, Clementine, Isabelle, Jude, Magnolia, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Victoria, Vivienne

Catching up.

Catching up.

About a year ago, give or take a few days, I did one big catch up post. A whopper of a post that covered the end of one school year and the beginning of another because, well… life. And this year is even crazier than last year. With the addition of our constantly curious Magnolia, spare time is hard to… Read More

10.24.16 · Asher, Clementine, Dalton, homeschool, Isabelle, Jude, kids, Magnolia, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Vivienne

Poppy = 7

Poppy = 7

She did it. She’s 7 now. Already well into her 2nd grade year and honestly more of a small adult than a child… but still. Her big day included a stop at “Haba Burger” (or Baha Burger as they seem to want to call themselves) – Poppy’s favorite place for chicken tenders and all things yummy – before the actual… Read More

09.30.16 · celebrations, family, Poppy

what $10 of fun looks like.

what $10 of fun looks like.

We recently celebrated Jude’s 10th birthday. And, as the birthday-to-be boy, Jude got to choose his party favors. And he asked for Silly String. Normally I wouldn’t agree to a request so, well… messy. And not a request so expensive (because $3.50 times 10 ain’t happening for a party favor in this house). But seeing as he was turning double… Read More

02.25.16 · Asher, celebrations, Clementine, Dalton, Isabelle, Jude, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Vivienne

Christmas 2015

Christmas 2015

We continued this year with our theme of breaking away from our traditional Christmases past. And we continue to be surprised at how the Lord has blessed our meager efforts to reprioritize our time, our energy and our spending. We completed a third year with our wonderful Advent book, every night taking turns guessing which object would be the one… Read More

01.06.16 · Asher, celebrations, Clementine, Dalton, Isabelle, Jude, Noah, Poppy, Sophie, Tallula, Victoria, Vivienne

a beautiful reminder

a beautiful reminder

We recently had a opportunity to have our family photos taken professionally. And, of course, I jumped at the chance. I shared a few of these on a post at No Hands But Ours, but there are a few more. And since this is where I *attempt* do the memory-keeping for this family o’ mine, I wanted to share them… Read More

11.15.15 · Asher, big o' family, Clementine, Dalton, Isabelle, Jude, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Victoria, Vivienne

how we do Halloween

how we do Halloween

I’ve shared before about our *ahem* spin on Halloween. This year we changed it up even more. The verdict is still out on whether or not we’ll do it this way again but, all things considering, it was a really good time. We used to do Halloween pretty traditionally. Here we are in 2008. Jude in that rainbow wig, oh… Read More

11.06.15 · celebrations, Clementine, family, Isabelle, Jude, Poppy, Sophie, Tallula, Vivienne

celebrating Poppy

celebrating Poppy

She turned six at the end of last month. Strangely enough, it seems like she’s even older than that. Poppy is simply an old soul. She’s a thinker. A watcher. And always keenly aware of everything going on around her. In fact, she’s more frequently put “in charge” around here than most of her older siblings. The girl likes to… Read More

10.10.15 · celebrations, Poppy

end of last school year and beginning of this one catch-up post.

end of last school year and beginning of this one catch-up post.

So I’ve been in a fog of denial lately. But when October arrived, it hit me. Time to face it, chalk up how very much I’ve missed, and move on. I missed the last day of school pictures for last year. I missed the first day of school pictures for this year. But that’s just the way I suppose it’s… Read More

10.03.15 · Asher, Clementine, Dalton, homeschool, Isabelle, Jude, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Vivienne

a mama’s gotta do…

a mama’s gotta do…

School’s out. Which means I have all of my babies, from the littlest to the biggest, home. As must as I wish it were otherwise, this is rare. Due to Zach’s college schedule, sometimes this phenomenon only occurs twice a year. Which leaves a mama with only one thing to do. Insist on taking pictures. Lots and lots of pictures…. Read More

06.19.15 · Clementine, Dalton, Isabelle, Jude, Poppy, Shepherd, Sophie, Tallula, Victoria, Vivienne, Zach

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I'm Stefanie. Wife to one, mom to 13. Occasional blogger and t-shirt maker. Wannabe photographer and exerciser. Constant grace-needer and orphan advocator. more
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