October 2009

Happy Halloween!

by gidget food

We had a long, fun day today! Starting with a delicious breakfast (I even baked my first real pumpkin!) … Preparing for the festivities, a la Martha… Party #1 (a birthday party)… Party #2 (a halloween party)… Whew, thank goodness we get an extra hour of sleep tonight! We need it after all that fun. [...]

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Recent Projects

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I’ve been trying to find time to craft amidst the stuff of life. Here are a few recent projects I’ve finished… A dress for our dear neighbor friend, modeled by Chiquita {pattern drafted by my mom}… A bath mat {pattern from SouleMama‘s Handmade Home}… And a mini Mei-Tai for Chiquita’s “Molly the Dolly” at her [...]

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Praise For the Rough Road

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My great Genesis study at CBS is teaching me much more than I expected. Last week we studied chapters 12 and 13 and our lecture was about the rough roads we sometimes travel on. Sometimes they are unexpected detours, but sometimes God ordains a rough road for us. I loved what our teaching director said, [...]

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Flannery Brothers {Music Review + Giveaway}

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Somehow, I keep getting found by children’s musicians and getting given great music to try out. The Flannery Brothers are no different. I love their fun CD, Love Songs For Silly Things and so does Chiquita.  The brothers just won a Silver Honor Parent’s Choice Award, and I can understand why. The songs are fun, [...]

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Applesauce and Bread

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A mellow, sleepy-sick day for my little one makes for a perfect day to… *lay on the couch all morning watching elmo and curious george* *try making homemade applesauce with the apples lingering in the fridge* *bake homemade bread* The applesauce is unbelievable. Just a little sugar, cinnamon, and a potato masher, and much easier [...]

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The Swiss Courier {Review+ Twitter Contest}

by gidget reading

I’ve been getting some great books to review lately, and this latest one is no different! As a avid fan of ALIAS and anything spy-related, I got very excited about this book as soon as I heard about it. I enjoy stories set in WWII as well, and this book is a great example of [...]

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A Journey of Hope, Part 4

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You can catch up on our adoption journey by reading Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Where We’re At The last couple months we’ve been filling out paperwork and running errands like crazy. This week we are finally coming to the end of this part of the adoption process, which you could call the [...]

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A Journey of Hope, Part 3

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You can catch up by reading Part 1 and Part 2. “holding” one of her favorite baby friends So, this is the really cool part. Despite everything, we still had hopes for a bigger family. We always had said we wanted three or four kids, and the older Chiquita grows the more we desire a [...]

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A Journey of Hope, Part 2

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On May 7th, 2007, we welcomed our miracle baby, our Chiquita, Gianna Brianne, into the world and our family. As she neared her first birthday, we began to think about getting pregnant again. We’d always wanted a big family, and after successfully carrying a pregnancy to term and birthing out a perfect little baby, the [...]

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A Journey of Hope

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This is the series I’ve been really excited to write, the one where I tell you about the big project we’ve been working on, and explain how we got here… We’ve definitely been on a journey to build a family. For some families it comes easy, even too easy for some, but for us it’s [...]

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