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I love the I Heart Faces photography blog, and they sometimes have contests for photographers, both novice and otherwise. There's a new contest called Eyes... so here's my sweet A1 one day out at the farm during harvest... Click the button below to see some more contest entries!

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An interesting process it is to watch kids gain a sense of humor! Exhibit 1: The knock-knock joke Within moments of each other, C: Knock-knock Who's there? C: Juicy. Juicy who? C: Jui-cy that car drive by just now? ...laughs.... A1: Knock-knock Who's there? A1: Daddy Daddy who? A1: Daddy the juicy Pause....lots of gracious laughs, synthetic ones A2: Mama! Mo-mock. Who's there? A2: Daddy

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Sank Eepo Fant Daff... all things A2could find at the zoo Allday - as in "My toe hurts allDay!" Or "I'm hungry allDay!" Nowilenevur- (now eye ull neh vuhr), as in "aww! Nowilenevur get to play that game again." OR (pout) "NowileNEVur get my toy back from A2." "I only take showers on Saturday or when something important is about to happen." "It would be nice to have a pocket hyperbolic quantum

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ten little fingers  ten tiny toes cute as a button little scrunched-up nose at 7lbs, 9 oz and 20.5 inches, our precious Seth is finally here!

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I just found the site I Heart Faces on their Facebook page, and I'm excited about their tutorials!  I couldn't resist this week's competition theme of Motherhood though!  Credit to my sneaky husband Scott for snapping the pic of me and newborn S2 w/ my camera! Click the button below to see some more contest entries!

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Let me try to recap a little of the first few months of 2011 for you (if you're still reading... tap,tap,tap... you in there?) January: Exciting news! We may have been expecting a child of our own, but there's another birth that's happening... For some time, Scott has been sensing a call to be a senior pastor. Over time, we've prayed and the Lord has confirmed a calling to start a church.

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He's Here! The Light of the Whole World

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from Justin Taylor's blog: A song from Behold the Lamb of God:

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Jill Phillips, from Behold the Lamb of God, with scenes from the movie, The Nativity Story (lyrics to the song posted at Justin Taylor's GC Blog):

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While I don't want to bypass anything about Christmas, I want to get you thinking about something... If you're like me, you probably don't make many New Years Resolutions.  However, this past year, I chose to aim at reading the entire Bible through in a year.  I'll confess now that I often struggle with plans like this due to the sheer volume of reading and the lack of time I have to

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The prize...The contenders...(Courtney, I hope you understand me not including you, since you bought your copy and didn't do a verse or fb/twitter...)  :) The preparation... The anticipation... The distraction...the.  tv.  is.  on.  but.   I'm.   still.  smiling..... The winner!And commenter #4 is..... Heather Axelson!  Heather, Facebook

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Today's been crazy.  In the interests of making sure things are random, I'll wait, and let my girls choose a random winner tomorrow morning when they're awake!  :)

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I love this time of year!  We have 24-ish days to use strategically to turn our families' hearts and minds toward the Reason for the season...  What special traditions do you have with your family?  Share them in the comments! I'll share some of ours soon, and I'll pass on some great ones from others as well! For now, check out the Hubble Telescope Advent picture feed from

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This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks for your entries!  I'll post a winner sometime tomorrow.  Don't forget to head on over to CarlaMacLachlan.com for an excerpt of the book AND to check out the awesome Buy1,Give1 special going on this week (with free shipping). If you're anything like me, you have moments of sheer frustration, as your child (or niece/nephew, or student, or

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I've re-vamped the look of the blog.  Thoughts?  p.s.- Be on the lookout... I'm reviewing a book I've read, right here, really soon!

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My cousin and [3/5 of] his kids came into town for some fun this summer!  It was fun to let Caleb and J (who are about 6 mo apart) hang out.  L and E are super sweet and helpful too!  Anna and E  Caleb, Pawpaw, and J E, Mimi, Abby, Anna, and Me L, my cousin Q, and "Uncle B"

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Can it be that time is accelerating faster than it should? How is it that we have a second grader and a Pre-Kindergartener?

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Yes, it's true!  We discovered on July 4th weekend (very early on) that we are expecting our 4th little bundle of joy!  While we have always thought 4 was a great number, the Lord's timing was a tiny bit sooner than we expected.  We couldn't be more excited!  Abby will be just past 18 months when little peanut is born in early March.  After filling in family and some

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Thanks for your patience the last few weeks, I know I'm behind on posting!  Scroll down or click here for 3 new posts!

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I love the opportunity to be part of harvest time each summer.  After last year's complete drought (NO crops due to no rain), we had rested soil and some great rains.  Couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some pics of the amazing grain crops!  Great yield + waiting on semi trucks = having full combines that often dump into the same cart Pawpaw! In an average year, the

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The Wise Guys winners of the Walking with the Wise CD giveaway were selected using a tried and true method of random number selection:  Bath toy numbers and no-look/no-knowledge-of-commenters selection by my two littlest helpers! Using a trusty empty wipe box  (Walking with the Wipes, anyone?  I couldn't resist.) and one bath number per person to match the order of commenters.

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*I was going to use an online random number generator, but I've decided to do it in a fun photography way. Check Friday for the results!* ****Giveaway is now closed.  Please check back soon for the winners' names to be announced! Thanks for participating!**** I was so excited when Sovereign Grace Music announced their next Kids release.  If you remember, I listed their previous one, To

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Caleb decided a week before his 7th birthday that having our normal family party would not be sufficient. :)  So, I organized a quick Star Wars party with the help of some ideas from my friend Tonya and the willing participation of a handful of Caleb's school friends.   I'm thrilled at how the party turned out, and I think Caleb had a blast as well! The kids built Lego

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