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The past 3 Saturdays have become a new “normal” for us in the spring and fall. The biggest fundraiser that our youth group does is take out docks/boat lifts for various people, on various lakes. Moving out to Minnesota, I hadn’t really heard much about this “job.” Living near Lake Michigan, the docks were permanent,…
Candidness. That is one thing that I value in life: being open and honest about who we are, who I am, and what is going on in our life. Some of these topics you may be able to relate, while others, maybe not so much. But one thing I want to continue to do is…
As our time in Minnesota comes to a close, we of course have been reflecting on our many experiences here in Minnesota. I feel our life did a 180 since being out here, in a good way. We came broken, hurt, and childless, with two babies in heaven. Now we leave refreshed, renewed, and with…
Oh the beauty of a good night’s sleep. I remember lying in bed the night before Mazy was to be born (I was scheduled to be induced). I remember thinking “this” was the last night of sleep I would get before she was in our arms. A moment I will always remember, but a moment…
We are turning up the heat here in West Michigan. Or I should say the air conditioning! Fun and sun have arrived and we are trying to embrace it to the fullest. Even though we don’t have a cottage, we decided to make our home feel like a cottage – as my husband would say,…
Labor Day weekends for us, have looked different the past 2 years. The first I landed in the hospital for the weekend with heart failure and last year, in the ER, with you guessed it, heart failure. Shortness of breath, fluctuating heart rate, and symptoms, have made the last few years fairly memorable this time…
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OHMYGOSH! Mazy in that hat is so stinkin' cute!
Isn't she? I can't take credit, but I have to admit, I can't get enough of her in it!