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Lately… {on simplifying in the New Year}

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We’ve been struggling a lot with Gigi the last couple of months. Mainly through the hustle, bustle and excitement of the holidays, but even since then, we’ve been seeing some behavioral and anger issues in her that we want to start working though now, so as to hopefully prevent the development of a pattern in [...]

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too relaxed.

by gidget fun

It started so simple. An afternoon bath to pass the time before Daddy got home. Two cute kiddos, who almost always bathe together. With Daddy. I preface this story, but saying that I rarely bathe the kids. Bathtime and bedtime are essentially Daddy Time around here, as I clean up a bit or get some [...]

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{this moment}

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SouleMama‘s {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and [...]

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Family Mission/Purpose Statement

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As we start the year, David and I are really striving to simplify and de-clutter our home and our life. I am so excited to have an awesome tool to help us as we tackle it, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living, the new book by my “boss”/editor-in-chief Tsh Oxenreider (aka Simple Mom). [...]

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{this moment}: cousins

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SouleMama‘s {this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and [...]

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Tomato Love

by gidget food

I am so thankful to have family in the shipping industry. Once, my aunt and uncle sent us an amazing Trader Joe’s care package (on dry ice no less) back when we lived in the TJ’s-starved region of Colorado. Now, they’ve gone over and above by FedExing us… a box of bounty from my uncle’s [...]

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Encylopedia of Me: D is for…

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Dodgers I already told you about my family’s love for baseball and how I married into a love of the Dodgers, but I felt they deserved a post of their own, especially now that Brody just went to his first Dodgers game! My parents have a partial season ticket package for the Padres, and they [...]

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Three-Year Old Chiquita

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We’ve had a busy week of celebrating one special little girl… {fabric flower by Cut Sew Repeat} {no-sugar carrot cupcake recipe from Progressive Pioneer}

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Announcing Our New Bundle of Joy

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Meet Brody. He came home with us on April 10, 2010. We are overcome with gratitude. I’ll be taking a little break from blogging to soak it all up… wouldn’t you? More later… xoxo, the family of FOUR

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Encyclopedia of Me: B is for…

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Books I’ve always been an avid reader. One summer, as a child, I checked out about 15 chapter books to read on our 3-week long vacation up to Northern California, and then proceeded to read them all on the 15-hour drive up there. My problem these days is having a hard time choosing– I’m always [...]

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