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Today you are 11

Today she is 11.
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I still remember her as a 2 year old running around the house in high heels and belly laughing as she yelled “Congratulations” (her favorite word) to all of us. She doesn’t do that anymore, but her spunk and joy are still there and we still get to hear that sweet belly laugh.
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Of all of our kids, she is me in so many ways, and as she has grown I see more of myself as a child. I am so thankful for my sweet middle baby, and love being her mom. It is a gift and blessing, happy birthday sweet Elise.

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    Happy 2018!!

    Happy New Year!!

    Here’s to another year.  One that is blessed, filled with memories, lots of joy and laughter, and celebration!

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      Merry Christmas!

      From our family to yours, hope you have a wonderful Christmas!

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        Rest… Finally.

        So this post is really personal.  So if you are interested in pretty photos, keep a scrolling away and I hope you will find what you are looking for and of course I would love to connect, but this is a post that I am keepin’ it real and laying out this crazy, real, tiring life of an entrepreneur which is not always as glamorous as it seems.

        You’d think after years of doing this, it the ride would get smoother and easier as they years go by. .. but one never knows what life will throw at them and how things will relatively change from one year to the next.  We have had it all.  New bab(ies), a house fire, new job, starting a church, all happen within the same time my busy season hits.  Smack dab in the middle of it!

        This year, I feel exhausted.  I talked with a good friend and was just about was in tears over the way I have been treating my family, the way I get snippy with friends, and how I am just overall exhausted and how I think I might really, this year for sure, put in my resume and join the corporate world. She gently and kindly reminded me that I say that every year, and another year comes and there I am with my goals list for the next year and ready to put myself out there in the entrapernaurel life again.

        After 80+ sessions and 3 weddings, all in the last 4 weeks, you might be going out of your mind too.  Let’s not talk about how my house looks and how I’ve neglected working out and living off coffee… No let’s not even go there.

        But as my kind, and loving husband always so graciously reminds me (as he cleans up dinner one more time, yes, he IS a great catch) it’s just a season.  And seasons never last.  They are there for a brief time and then we get the rest our bodies so desperately need and we start with new growth for the next year. Winter has a way of slowing me down. I stinkin’ can not wait for this long week of rest and growth as I enter a season of SLOW!!

        What about you?  Are you needing that rest too?  Rest not only in your body, but in your soul too? Can I be praying for you?  Send me a message and let me know.  I am so happy to do that for you!

         

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        • Oh Karen, your not alone in this journey of being an entrepreneur, GF!
          All the late nights, crying babies, social media frenzy, with a family to take care of; I can’t believe that I accomplished as much as I did this year!
          I do believe God puts us in a place we are meant to be:) hugs, enjoy your week of rest!

        Our Christmas Traditions

        It is that time of the year again.  My family LOVES the Christmas season and we try so hard to pack everything into these 24 days before Christmas!  Sometimes it makes me go crazy, but I know my kids look forward to it every year because there is so much time spent together as a family.  The longer I have had kids and the older they get, the more I come to realize that traditions as expected and loved not only by my kids, but also by me!  So here are some of the traditions we do each year.  I would love to hear yours as we continue to add and change as the kids grow!!

        1. Gingerbread houses
        2. Advent Calendars
        3. Making Sugar Cookies with Christmas cut outs
        4. Cookie Exchange
        5. Getting our Christmas tree, either from a farm or a local lot and decorating it the weekend after Thanksgiving
        6. Going to the Kids Christmas concerts
        7. Live Nativity (we didn’t make it to this one this year, but we do love it!)
        8. Christmas at Northwestern with college friends
        9. Canadian Christmas Train (we missed this one too 🙁 )
        10. Elf on the Shelf (Eskimo and Snowball are always getting into trouble!)
        11. Christmas Eve Service with candle lighting
        12. Rearranging the entire house to set up Christmas decorations
        13. Looking at Christmas lights in our PJ’s and drinking hot chocolate
        14. Dinner at a family friend’s home and White Elephant gift Exchange
        15. Celebrating the Winter Solstice by making snowflakes for our windows.
        16. St. Nick Day celebrated with oranges and candies
        17. Buying gifts for family members
        18. Getting cards ready to mail
        19. Operation Christmas Child
        20. Tree lighting in the park (we missed this one too this year!)
        21. Christmas Program at Church and with Grandma and Grandpa
        22. Giving neighbors baked cookies
        23. Celebrating Christmas and gift exchange with my college girlfriends
        24. Watching all the Christmas movies we can (our favorites: Elf, White Christmas, Muppets Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, Frosty, and the Nativity)
        25. Of course; the kids having a sleepover in one room and then opening presents at the crack of dawn in jambes while munching on cinnamon rolls, fruit, coffee and OJ!

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