• photo tip {prepping for the moment}

    Constantly talking about ice skating, our oldest daughter has been dreaming of getting on the ice for the first time. The other kids weren’t interested, so Chris and I planned a special night just for her. We took her to dinner and told her a…

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  • adventure near & simple

    The sunshine returned! It feels like we’ve had a prolonged gray sky winter. My family needs the sun. We need dirt. And hiking. And fresh air. We need the outside…and as Oklahomans, we are totally wimps in the cold! We welcomed the sun like a…

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  • once upon a time I painted a mural

    Our three boys share a bedroom; they have shared since the youngest was a year old. The thing is – the boys just keep getting bigger! The room is about 10’x11′, basically the size of 3 twin mattresses. We’ve been wanting to give them some…

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  • seasons change – thankfully!

    Kids grow up, which means parents constantly enter new phases of life. It seems like just when you get one phase figured out, you enter a new one. You can’t get comfortable long (or ever) as a parent.  I’m so thankful for the constant change.…

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