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School is knocking on the door! This past week I went to a training for paraprofessionals in preparation for my new job at Mazy’s new school! I am very eager to start and will be working 3 full days a week, which is a perfect fit. This coming week comes more professional development and back-to-school night for Mazy. And next week? Mazy starts school and I start working! Crazy to think summer is coming to a close, but I am ready for routine and some relative consistency. Though the pool won’t be closed any time soon, so hopefully we can spend many hours in there yet!

This past week was quite hot and stormy, which made being outside a bit harder for this heart patient girl, but we are thankful for the cooler weather here in Michigan the past few days. And here’s what our week has looked like:

After some pretty hot temps, Mazy and I headed to some thrift stores where we found some GEMS, like this old school game that I grew up with, circa 1981! You bet we bought it:

Mazy set up a movie night at home with tickets, snacks, and we watched “Inside Out.” Yep, I bawled during it and I even saw Mazy holding back the tears!

Movie time meant snuggle time with daddy and maybe falling asleep…

Love watching this girl bike:

Can’t believe this girl is going to be in 1st grade this year! Couldn’t love that girl more.

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This week has been a FUN week, with shipping out orders of A Heartbeat of Grace, going to local businesses to see if they would consider selling it, and also just hearing feedback from those who have read it already! Your feedback really means a lot to me…when you put your life and heart out…

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Life has been a bit crazy as of late, part of it has been our own doing, some, a bit unplanned. So almost 2 weeks ago, Mazy had tubes put in and her adenoids taken out. I feel she never made a “full” recovery, because then she ended up getting influenza A. The common flu…

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This past week in our area was Tulip Time, where there is a huge festival, for a whole week, celebrating the Dutch heritage in Holland, Michigan. My husband and I are both Dutch, so being able to step into a past-time of mine and embrace our roots, was so fun to do as a family….

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With summer winding down, it’s hard to imagine that we will be back in school in just a few short weeks! Though we are trying to live up this summer as much as we can, as we look forward to the routine of school once again. Here’s what we’ve been up to… We were able…

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Snow? Almost 80 degree weather? Welcome to the midwest! Monday morning we woke up to snow, high winds, and 30 degree temps. Not what we expected for May 1, but nevertheless, a surprise! The cold weather did not stop us from having fun at Open Rock! This picture says it all – yes, there are…

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School has begun! This past week we tried to live up our last week of summer before school began on Wednesday! It was a scorcher temperature-wise in West Michigan, but it sure didn’t stop us from having fun: We visited Dutch Village (again), which is one of Mazy’s most favorite places. And I’ll admit, it’s…