Category Archives: Personal Stories

DIY Advent Calendar

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At the beginning of this Christmas season we had a talk about how to make this year more meaningful for our five year old, Kevin. He is young & very enthusiastic about gifts {which is perfectly ok}, but we wanted to help him notice all the other marvelous things about Christmastime. I’ve been seeing a...

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Christmas 2011

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I can not believe that January is almost over. Before the calendar turns, I wanted to squeeze in a few holiday posts {I hope you don’t mind}. Ever since I wrote this post, I’ve been really trying to make time everyday to “carve” {photograph} my “blessings…” so that I don’t forget how much they mean...

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Full of Thanks

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Today was the kind of day we needed: A {planned} two hour delay for Kevin. Tim Horton’s for breakfast. Gas that was cheaper than the advertised price. A cheerful Damian. A tidy little house & clean sheets… and freshly sharpened pencils. ♥ If that wasn’t enough, I received the pictures from Erin & Pete’s vintage...

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Write your hurts in the sand, carve your blessings in stone

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I’m sure that if you’ve followed this little blog you might have wandered why I stopped posting for a while, and I wanted to share a little bit about that. There was a large chunk of goodness given to me in 2011. I met some amazing people, captured beautiful moments, & was very honored to...

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Peace on Earth

It was wonderful to have Damian join in with the tree trimming festivities this year. He doesn’t seem quite sure what this is all about, but he’s a big fan. There are few things I enjoy more than a house that glows with the light of those beautiful twinkling lights… When the night is so...

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