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family

Christmas Eve Gift – A Family Tradition {re-post} 12.22.11

by admin on December 22, 2011

Back in 2009, when we started this blog, we had about 6 followers. I thought I would re-share some of our favorite or most popular posts. :) Enjoy!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We have a peculiar special tradition in our family, and I think it must be a Southern thing. Since I can remember, every year on Christmas Eve [...]

Tagged as: family, traditions

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Five things you must do with your kids this Christmas 12.20.11

by admin on December 20, 2011

The holidays are here, and that means kids out of school and lots of time to be shared between parents and children. Parenting can be difficult at any age, and relationships can be easily strained when the stress and hustle & bustle of the holidays are upon us. This Christmas season, there are five things you must do for [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, parenting, raising children

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Oh, to be a kid! {Wordless Wednesday} 12.14.11

by admin on December 14, 2011

I was cleaning out my picture files on my computer, and I ran across some funny pictures of my girls. Oh, to be a kid again! [...]

Tagged as: family, humor, raising children, Wordless Wednesday

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Top 5 Christmas Movies 12.13.11

by admin on December 13, 2011

Our family loves to watch Christmas movies together during the holidays. Here are our top 5, in no particular order. We watch these every year, and more than once! See if you can guess the titles of the movies. [...]

Tagged as: children, Christmas, family, raising children, tradition

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See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil {Wordless Wednesday} 12.7.11

by admin on December 7, 2011

Me with my sisters at Thanksgiving. Blessed. Enough Said.

Tagged as: family, humor, Wordless Wednesday

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Proud Mama {re-post} 11.22.11

by admin on November 22, 2011

// Back in 2009, when we started this blog, we had about 6 followers. I thought I would re-share some of our favorite or most popular posts. :) Enjoy! ~~~~~~~~ {Originally posted on September 26, 2009} Last night I got home late from an Arbonne party, and Jenna, my ten-year old, had a friend over [...]

Tagged as: children, motherhood, positive attitude, raising children, strong mothers

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Southern Sayings

by admin on October 13, 2011

I never get tired of southern sayings. I had teammates on my college volleyball team who had moved here from other parts of the country. It always tickled me how they were intrigued by what we said…. They couldn’t understand why we mashed the button on the elevator, why we called the shopping carts buggies, or [...]

Tagged as: family, humor, tradition

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Five Lessons I Learned from Fishing

by admin on April 26, 2011

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. -Anonymous When I was a young girl and would go with my family to visit my grandparents who lived in south Alabama, I would always beg my grandmother to take me [...]

Tagged as: children, family, lessons, parenting

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Do you have what your kids want? {Relationships}

by admin on March 3, 2011

My little sister (Jessica) is the strong mother of 2 precious little girls, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a teacher, a coach, and a friend. I especially admire women who are mothers and coaches. The juggling act of just those 2 roles alone could be overwhelming. Jessica and her 4-year-old daughter had this conversation [...]

Tagged as: modeling good relationships

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Ideas from David Bach – How to teach kids about money

by admin on February 22, 2011

A few years ago I listened to a financial book by David Bach. He’s the guy who coined the phrase Latte Factor. If you’ve read my posts before, you know I love learning about financial things. This is an area where so many people struggle. It’s so important that we teach our children about money early and [...]