To My Four Boys Turning 6 {Your Birth Story Part 1}

Dear Henry, Brooks, Clark, and Isaac, You all turn the age of six this week. {SIX, How in the world is that possible?} I’ve shared bits and pieces of your miraculous birth story, but it’s time I try to write it all out as best as I can. It might take me a little while …

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Four Times the Fun in Clubhouse Jr.

I received this picture text from my sweet sweet friend Amanda{You should know her from her awesomesauce blog, ohAmanda.com}yesterday: It was her adorable son, Asa, holding a copy of the February Clubhouse Jr. {a kid’s magazine published by Focus on the Family} featuring our boys.  Super fun, right? A while back, Crystal, a faithful blog …

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Easy Chocolate Chip Oat Bars

I tried a recipe on a whim the other day. I had a mad craving for chocolate chip cookies, but was feeling to lazy to make cookies. Thus, I found this recipe for Chocolate N’ Oat Bars from the Eagle Brand website, tweaked it a little and it’s vanished from our kitchen twice since!  It’s …

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Rewarding Kids for Helping Around the House: The Ant Award {Free Printable}

We’ve struggled in the past with how to {or if we should} reward our boys for doing simple chores around the house – making their beds, changing out the laundry, helping clean up the table, picking up toys, etc.  We weren’t ready for a full-blown allowance system, and we didn’t want to reward their efforts …

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The Sweet Spot.

We’re just 2 weeks away from celebrating their sixth year. That sounds like such a big grown-up number, so far away from the preemie 3 pound bundles.  It’s around this time that the sentimental cloud returns – I start reliving memories of my month in the hospital prior to their birth, remembering people who were …

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Insta-LOVE

I love how Instagram has the power to capture everyday moments that might have otherwise gotten lost in the shuffle.  But with a quick snap, they are recorded and remembered.  Here are a handful of those ordinary, but splendid moments in our recent daily lives.   Amazing the smiles you get when you feed this …

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Please Pray for The Barnes Family

Please keep a fellow quad family in your prayers. Six year old Hayden Barnes passed away after a sweet goodbye with his quadruplet siblings last night. As I watch my own boys’ bond, I honestly cannot imagine the grief and loss they must all be experiencing. I know they would appreciate your prayers during this …

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13 Good Reads for 2013

I love getting a good book recommendation, it’s like a gift that keeps unwrapping itself within each page.  Once Brad bought me my Kindle {just the basic cheap, easy on your eyes one} I reclaimed my reading groove after kids. Reading is my selfish unwind time that I sneak into my busy days.  A 1/2 …

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