tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89202340647078520542024-03-05T13:14:16.888-08:00Bless This MessKylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.comBlogger401125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920234064707852054.post-61084402841669605972013-06-16T05:56:00.002-07:002013-06-16T05:56:36.733-07:00Video For Our Daddy-O<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And I have been working really hard all week on keeping it a secret. And if any of you know me I am HORRIBLE at keeping gifts a secret. A few times I would catch Parker singing the chorus while walking around the house and I would have to distract him before Daddy caught on. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, we (mostly me again) broke down yesterday and gave it to him early and it was a very special moment for all of us.</span></div>
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Kylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920234064707852054.post-64349981005381668302013-05-11T12:51:00.002-07:002013-05-11T12:53:24.281-07:00A Mother's Prayer<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: sienna; font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">May God grant you peace<br />in the midst of a storm.<br />May God give you strength even<br />when you’re forlorn.<br />May you answer the door when<br />Jesus comes knocking.<br />May wisdom guide when<br />your mouth is talking.<br />May discretion protect you<br />and keep you pure.<br />May you never stumble<br />or fall for a lure.<br />May your heart remain humble<br />to the very end.<br />May uprightness and truth<br />be what you defend.<br />May the world not ensnare<br />or change who you are.<br />May the light that's within you<br />shine like the stars.<br />May angels surround you<br />body, spirit, mind.<br />May favor and peace be yours to find.<br />May rejection and pain<br />never reach you.<br />May your spirit grow bold<br />for what you’re called to. </span></span></div>
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Kylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920234064707852054.post-18477677310175588122013-04-19T11:42:00.000-07:002013-04-19T11:47:43.068-07:00"Know That You're Loved"<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lately with everything going on in the news my heart has been heavy thinking of all the families affected. It has brought me to my knees in prayers of safety and protection over my family and loved ones.</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Be careful little eyes what you see... For the Father up above is looking down in love."</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I really have learned a lot about this in the last year as my kids are getting older. I have found that I can't even watch the news now when they are with me because there is so much ugliness in the world and it scares them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I want them to have a healthy fear of the world around them. Yes there is evil but it's not around every corner. There is a lot of good in the world and the world needs the good news of God's love. Yes there are people that do bad thing. But for everyone one of those people there are hundreds more running in putting their lives on the line to help.</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Be careful little ears what you hear... For the Father up above is looking down in love."</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A lot of times there is a lot of dramatics added to things on the radio or news. One thing I learned from my years of training in early childhood education is children's brains are not developed enough to deal with "adult" issues. They simply cannot process and separate it from themselves. If they hear it or see it; in their minds-they're next. </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Be careful little heart who you love... For the Father up above is looking down in love."</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Even now Brian and I are praying for whatever prince shall come and win our girls hearts. Likewise we pray that Parker will be the kind of man that will seek a woman strongly grounded in her faith and be the kind of man she needs him to be.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I once heard a quote that said "A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man will have to seek Him first to find her." I love this!</span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Be careful little mind what you think... For the Father up above is looking down in love."</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our minds are powerful things. Sometimes we hear thoughts that are straight from the devil an believe them to be true. It's hard to do but I pray that my children are able to take negative thoughts captive and believe the truth that God made each of us special. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The past couple days I have had this song on repeat. It really speaks to my heart. This morning Ava was in my bathroom and I was doing her hair. After I finished I sat down on the tub and held her close while we both sang this song. Tears were just flowing down my face as I prayed that she, and all my children will never doubt that they are loved. That they have earthly parents who love them to the moon and back and a Heavenly Father who knows every hair on their head.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today I pray that no matter your circumstance-YOU "<b><i>know that you are loved</i></b>."</span></div>
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Kylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920234064707852054.post-28570315025458139122013-04-17T20:12:00.000-07:002013-04-17T20:12:27.099-07:00Recently...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... I decided to update my blogs name. It has been organized (slightly) chaos around here lately and I haven't had nearly as much time as I used to to keep up with things like I used to. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I originally started this blog I was great about updating almost everyday (all 525,600 minutes of them). But recently, not so much. I'm doing good if I get one update in a month. Even with that it's a month or two behind. I have had so many of you sweet friends and family telling me how much you miss my blog and beg for updates. Thank you for pushing me because I enjoy having these posts to look back on as much as you say you love reading them!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... My iPhone pooped out on me. I lost some of my pictures and it just reminded me that I need to be so much better about keeping up with things on here so I don't loose anymore!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... some of the pictures lost where of Brooke and Parker's school Valentines party. *sad face* But I do have some of Ava's 100th day of school which just happened to be on Valentines.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Last night Daddy pulled a bowl out of the cabinet and there was a spider in there and it scared the crabs out of him!" (Winning as parents right?)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... The Women's Ministry at our church pulled off another amazing retreat. There was lots to learn and lots of love & laughfter. Love these ladies. Thanks for the memories girls!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of the homes we were looking at a few months ago had a naked lady statue smack dab in the middle of front yard. Brian joked that he was going to wrap her in Christmas lights and put a Santa hat on her during the holidays. All I could think about is National Lampoons Christmas Vacation and how we could so be that family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... The girls got the honor of preforming to raise money for a local boy who has been battling stage 4 Neuroblastoma since 2010. It was amazing to see the community come together and support such a sweet boy. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently... Brooke lost her first top tooth. She actually lost the other front one tonight (on my birthday!) but I forgot to take a picture. I told everyone I felt like a horrible mother because I could not stop laughing about how silly she looked. Still cute, but silly. We were all there once right? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few months ago Brooke came to us and said she really had the desire to be baptized. We had just watched one of her older friends get baptized so I thought she just wanted to do it because he had done it. I asked her why she wanted to be baptized and she said "Because I believe in God and I know Jesus was His son and the Bible says if you believe you should be baptized." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For the next couple months we talked about what the Bible says about baptism and why we do it. I love this picture. It just makes my heart fall in love with Brian all over again when I see him leading our children. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few weeks ago the church had a class for people who where interested in the next steps towards baptism. We took Brookie to the class and they sent her home with a little work book. She was all about that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So many thoughts were running through my mind at this point. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Where have the last 6 years gone?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"What will the next 6 years bring?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And just how stinkin' proud I was of her.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Her face just screams pure joy. She was so happy in this moment. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She also got a special prayer tin from a friend. It has little papers in it that she can write her prayers on. There's a poem on the top that I love. "When your head starts to worry, and your mind just can't rest, put your prayers down on paper and let God do the rest." Brooke has already committed this saying to memory.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There have been many sweet moments watching her use her two new gifts.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While I was trying to get a picture of Brooke with her new prayer shawl Parker and Ava where standing by asking if they could be in the pictures too. What happened next was too much fun!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Time to bust out the sparkling grape juice and get the at home salon ready! This is our third year doing this tradition and it just keeps getting more fun.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ava said "Why don't you teach Daddy how to do this girl stuff? He is taking us to the dance, this should be his job you know?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While I was getting the girls ready Brian brought me a picture he had in his bedside table from that dance. The girls looked so little! <a href="http://whatsgoingonatthebillingsleys.blogspot.com/2011/03/daddy-daughter-dance.html" target="_blank">Here's</a> a link to the post about that dance. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Two years ago... seriously? Wow. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And I had to get a picture of Ava's shoes. She had to have them. She has a problem... a Michael Kors problem. I blame Auntie Chelsea.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The girls helped me find what they wanted their hair to look like. Ava picked this look. She said it is like one of the fairy's on her Barbie Fairytopia movie. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have been horrible at staying up to date with things here and I hate it. I love documenting the little things because it's so easily forgotten down the road.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That being said here's what's being going on with us so far this year:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... Ava has been into making things and writing letters for her friends and family. I found this picture on my phone. It's a poor quality picture but I wanted to share her sweet heart. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nice huh? Ava got the year started off right with a Urgent Care visit. She tripped while on a walk and caught her finger nail on something on the way down. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When the Dr. came in and decided to just take it the rest of the way off he told Ava, "OK I'm going to just wiggle it a little bit and you tell me if it hurts and I will stop."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He twisted and tugged a little then looked over at Ava and said "Is this hurting?" She nodded yes but kept staring straight ahead, tear free. After about two minutes he was able to get the nail all the way off. I was really impressed and so was the Dr. that she did not scream or cry one bit. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've always known she had a high pain tolerance but I didn't know it was that good. Our first clue she handled pain well was when she was about 16 months old and she had to get shots. I remember her just laying there on the table with a confused look on her face while the nurse gave her the shots. When she was done Ava sat up off the table and shook her tiny little finer at the nurse and said "No, no, no!" </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the middle of all of this Parker chimes in "My Daddy is going to buy me a hamster... and I'm gonna name hims Hello Kitty... and I gonna be sooooooooo sec-cited (excited)!" Then, without missing a beat he turns his head, stares out the window like nothing ever happened and starts singing "Rub some bacon on it..."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She stopped crying shortly after we got her in the car but the whole way to the hospital she was making me nervous. I kept having to talk to her to make sure she stayed awake. While I was signing her into the ER she just walked away from me and I had to stop and ask her where she was going. This was totally not like her. Even though she's my oldest she's usually the shyest and attached to my hip most of the time. She said she was going to lay down on a chair but two seconds later she ran back up crying and said she was going to throw up. By this point the guy behind the desk grabbed something for her to throw up in and quickly asked if she was running a fever and how long she had been having "Flu-like symptoms." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyway they ended up getting us back in a room pretty quickly which was good because she end up throwing up a couple times. A nurse came in and he started asking her lots of questions to try to determine just how badly she was injured. She was able to answer his question about who her best friend was and what she got for Christmas. But when he asked her what she had for dinner she could not remember. That made my heart drop because you could she she was really struggling to remember but she just couldn't. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So a few years ago we jumped on the "Elf on the Shelf" bandwagon. We've had fun seeing what kind of shenanigans this little guy, lovingly named Lincoln gets into while we're all asleep. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This year though I debated on bringing Lincoln back. He'd had a good run. In his time with us he did everything from make snow angels out of sugar on my kitchen counter, to take Barbie for a drive around the playroom in her convertible. All of this was starting to be a lot of work (for me) and I didn't feel right about "scaring" the kids into behaving just because a little elf was watching. I want them to <i>want</i> to do the right thing- and not just for 24 days in December. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So a couple weeks ago when I found something on Pinterest about "<a href="http://followinginmyshoes.com/life-as-i-know-it/mommyhood/jesus-santa-and-the-elf-on-the-shelf/" target="_blank">Jesus, Santa & the Elf on the Shelf</a>" I got excited. The blogger talked about how she didn't want Santa to be the only focus of Christmas for her kids. The more I read the more I agreed. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I in no way want to take any of the magic of Christmas away from my kids. But I do want to keep Christ in CHRISTmas. Included in the blog I read was a letter from Santa about the elf that would be joining them. In the words of Gru from Despicable Me- "Light bulb!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's when I knew that Lincoln would be coming back; but this time with an even bigger purpose. I took the example of the letter from the blog and tailored it to fit us. Tonight when the door bell rang the kids ran to find a box on the porch. They knew exactly what it was right away. Ava even yelled out "It's from Santa!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tonight at church our Pastor said something that I had heard him say before but I wrote it down again: We are blessed to <i>be</i> a blessing. That's just what Brian and I's focus is for our family. Christmas is not about all the stuff you get but rather what Christ has already given to us.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So you know me, I'm a planner and I've already got lots of ideas going about how to spread God's love through random acts of kindness. I can't wait to get the whole family involved! </span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></b></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, this time of year – this time we call “Christmas” – gets very busy and kind of crazy. Everyone just focuses on “want, want, want.” Have you been telling your Mommy and Daddy what you want for Christmas? It’s ok to want a few things, but I’ve seen people – grown ups and kiddos – get very selfish with all the stuff they want. They want so many things that they forget the whole reason we even have Christmas….</span></b></span><div dir="ltr" style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 9pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don’t want you to forget that it’s still important to love others … to be nice to other people … to help other people (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">even your Mommy, Daddy, and each other</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) … to show other people how wonderful Jesus is.</span></b></span></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, little Lincoln is here to help you kids (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and your Mommy and Daddy</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) remember these important parts about Christmas: Jesus, God’s love and our job of joyfully sharing that love with others through our gifts, kind words and loving actions (</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the things we do for one another</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: 'Loved by the King'; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">).</span></b></span></b></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">26 Years ago today my Guardian Angel saved my life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you Mom! I love you to the Moon and back. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today my heart broke for my first born.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As most of you know Brooke suffers from a sever peanut allergy. And by sever I mean this...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This was her after 6 hours, 2 steroid shots, and two Benadryl shots because of one bite of a piece of crust off a peanut butter and jelly sandwich at the age of 16 months.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That's right, something that you probably feed your child on a daily basis could kill my child within minutes. That's why ever minute since this day we are on constant alert. 5 people a day die of anaphylaxis and 50,000 others end up in ER's around the world yearly because of allergic reactions. After the sandwich episode and hearing those facts, our lives have never been the same.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Have you ever tried to avoid peanuts? They're all around.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They are on the play ground, they are at the movies, they are in restaurants, they're in candy, they're in dog food... they're everywhere.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Her most recent reaction was from food coloring that was processed in a plant where peanuts are also processed. Yeah, it's that serious. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I know peanut allergies are a big deal to a lot of my followers because I can tell which posts get the most hits and a lot of times the most popular ones are ones discussing allergies and EpiPens. So tonight I just want to be completely raw and transparent with the people who came here inquire about that. The one's who seek out help and support in this area. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Food allergies SUCK!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So after speaking to the mom of the only other girl that sits at the peanut free table, the school nurse and her teacher, we decided it would be best to move her with her classmates at their room table in the cafeteria. As a precaution we made it a rule that she is to sit only on the end and that she would help her teacher check the lunch of whoever sits next to her to ensure there is nothing with peanuts or peanut butter. It's been about 2 weeks and so far so good. Brooke is beyond happy that she gets to be just like all the other kids.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The only other stipulation is that I made her promise to wipe down her area before she sits down with a disinfectant wipe, provided by me daily. Her allergist said the biggest threat was the risk of Brooke sitting down where someone had eaten peanut butter previously and it had not been completely sanitized. If she were to get even just a tiny amount of peanut protein into her mouth, nose or eyes she will have a reaction. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well the first week or so I just grabbed a handful of wipes and shoved them in a plastic bag and told her to throw them away after she used them. After awhile I went to refill the bag and I noticed there was still quite a bit of wipes still in there. I questioned her and reminded her how important it was to use them and she assured me she was. Well this morning when I packed her lunch I only put two wipes in the bag; one for today and one for tomorrow. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I was cleaning out her lunch box when she came home I pulled out the usual: half eaten sandwich- bag unzipped so the crumbs and left over jelly can spill out everywhere, half finished bag of gold fish- why do they insist on saving those last three?, stickers from the all important cafeteria sticker machine, and a napkin-unused.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At this point I was upset. Thinking she was being lazy I questioned/drilled her. "What's worse?" I scolded. "Taking two seconds to wipe down your table or ending up in the ER?!"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She looked at me for a minute and then she burst into tears and said "Wiping my table is worse. Everyone asks me why I do it and when I say 'Because I'm allergic to peanuts' they all say 'Ewwww! I don't want to sit by you!'</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Now I know we cannot and should not protect our kids from every little thing but I'm telling y'all, my heart broke into a million pieces right then and there. And then Mama Bear kicked in. I thought of a million reasons why those kids were jerks. I thought of a million things I wish I could do to shelter her from them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But then it started to all sink in. Kids are kids. Most don't know any better. To be honest, if Brooke didn't have this burden I'm not so certain she would be educated enough about it to not be the one to say those hurtful words to someone else. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I do however need to mention that Brooke's teacher and school nurse have been amazing through this all and before she ever made the transition from the peanut free table they educated the children on the dangers of food allergies (including pictures) and why it is important for those with these allergies to avoid them. So it's not like they have never heard of "allergies" before and think it's some scary communicable disease. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mostly my heart broke for Brooke. My heart broke because all she ever wants, all anyone ever wants is to belong. To feel like your just like everyone else. And she will never ever be like everyone else and it's beyond her control. Beyond any ones control.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, I sucked it up and talked through it with her. She recovered pretty quickly. I however did not. I'm not ashamed to say I excused myself to my bedroom, locked the door and had a good ol' cry. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I cried that day in the ambulance when all I could do was sit back and trust that the medical response team was doing all they could do and pray the swelling would stop. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I cried the first time I went shopping and tried to read all the labels of ever single thing I put in my shopping cart, realizing this was my new reality.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I cried when a not so kind airline representative told me I was a careless mother for taking my child on an airplane with such a serious allergy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rest assured I usually wait until I'm alone or at least away from Brooke before I have my melt down. I don't ever want her to transfers my fears, worries or hurts onto herself.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One thing I have been able to do, the only thing I do have control over is my constant, never wavering prayer of protection over her. Continually I go to God and cry out about these things above and others and say "God! You made her. You gave her this allergy for a purpose. I am faith believing that you will protect her and guide her steps as she navigates through this. She is your child Lord. Please place people in her lives that will walk along side her on this journey, build her up on this journey, protect her on this journey. Because you know Brian and I can't do it alone."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And let me tell you what, the Lord has been faithful to answer that prayer. We have been absolutely blessed by the relationships she has made BECAUSE of this allergy. She has and has had amazing teachers, school directors and nurses that go above and beyond for her. She has a lot of amazing people in her corner.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, this was a long one but I know someone out there needed to hear that they are not alone on this journey. Food allergies SUCK, plan and simple. And sometimes a Mama needs to know she's not walking this scary path alone.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And can I just say I adore my little Ava and her loving protective heart towards her older sister. After Brooke told us about what has been going on Ava said "Well some kids in my class have peanut butter and I try not to sit by them. I'm always be careful not to touch anything with peanuts because I love you too much Brookie." Out of the mouths of babes huh? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Which meant saying goodbye to our newest little cousin/nephew. I so miss seeing the smile on these kiddo's faces while playing together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yep that sounds about right. Seriously, I can't remember when we met, she's just always been there. Love ya girl!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Annnnnd, my cousin Abe met us too! I was soooo excited to see him. I told my Dad where we were stopping for lunch and he said "Why aren't you meeting Abe?" For some reason I had forgotten that he lived in that area too. How horrible of me! But luckily I got ahold of him and he cruised right over. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The past couple weeks we've had a lot of firsts in our house:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wasn't it just yesterday that I was a slightly insane Mother of three children under the age of three? How did I make it out alive?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But none of that, not even all of that together was as rough as having to say good bye to a cherished friend this morning. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My kids are forever trying to talk me into going to their frozen yogurt shop by sweetly saying "Mom, can we go visit PawPaw Wayne and Mrs. Margret?!" I'm pretty sure they love Wayne and Margret as much as the yogurt. I know I do.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's moments like today when you really have to stop and put things into prospective. Yes- I am exhausted: physically, mentally and emotionally after today. But even now, as I'm getting ready to end this crazy day with swollen eyes from crying and a pounding headache I am going to bed with a smile and a humble heart. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">*I smile because I had the privilege to know Wayne. For him to be my mentor in children's ministry. To call him my friend.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">*I smile because there was not a dry eye or an empty chair in that huge church today and I know he meant as much to them as he did to me. He truly was a legend and he left a great legacy to prove it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to lie. I did my fair share of crying today. I cried over spilled water cups, I cried over having to clean up pee for what felt like the hundredth time today. But you know what? This is the stuff that He is using to show me that this "stuff" doesn't matter. As much as it feels like it in the moment- in the end, it doesn't really matter. (Quick! Name that song.) Does that make sense? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our Pastor said it best today during the service, "When it comes down to it, the things that matter the most are: Who you love and who loves you. That's what you should live your life for. That's what Wayne lived his life for." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I forgot to add these two pictures on my last post. Krekles is the local burger joint in Brian's home town. I began my love affair with it on my first trip back there years ago and it was love at first bite. The burgers are juicy and the ice cream is divine. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One more little tid-bit that we learned that evening. The kids pointed it our actually. Matt and Amy's three kids and our three kids all have the same eyes. All three of my kids have different colored eyes; brown, blue and hazel. So do hers! How crazy is that?!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yeah so I had a tooth that had been having some sensitivity problems since last year. We did not one but two root canals on it and they had just decided our last chance to salvage the tooth would be to put a crown on it. They put a temporary crown on while the permanent one was being made. I was given strict orders not to chew anything chewy on that side or it might just pop it right off.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well, I momentarily suffered short term memory loss and I grabbed ONE Swedish Fish and popped it in my mouth. After a few bites I bit down on something hard and heard a crack. My first thought was "What the heck was in that fish? I am so going to sue that company!" Then I spit it out of my mouth and looked at it. It took me a second to recognize my temporary crown, or what was left of it. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I last left off we were still in Illinois having fun with Brian's family. There is a great zoo just down the street from Brian's parents house and the kids loved it! Heck, we all loved it!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love this moment I caught between Brian and Parker. Parker talked the entire ride. He was Daddy's own private tour guide. Who needs the tour guide conductor when you have Parker around?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And this cute little man. I just can't get enough of him.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think it's a result of staying up until the wee hours of the morning for the past week playing this.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">First we toured the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"> <a href="http://www.lincolnsnewsalem.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Lincoln's New Salem Historical Site</span></a> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">in Petersburg, Illinois </span><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It was a really cool place. Abe himself lived here for six years when he was young. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After that we headed over to the <a href="http://www.alplm.org/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum</span></a> in Springfield, Illinois. Here we are just hanging out with the Lincoln's. This picture was taken at the end of the day. Can you tell? Parker and Ava were beyond done. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So did Brookie. She turned in her answers and she got an official "History Detective" certificate. What a great idea. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After we got done there we all headed over to The Cracker Barrel for some dinner. And that's where I saw these little beauties. That's high class white trash right there!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well it's that time of the year again; Vacation Time! Every Summer I warn ya that I might not be hanging around here much because I'm preoccupied with making memories with my family. Looks like this Summer is going to be no different.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We left Texas Saturday morning at the butt crack of dawn and didn't stop driving until we landed ourselves in Illinois late that night. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After having gone to bed at 1 am the night before, and getting up at 4:30 to a early start on the road- this Mama was wiped. Starbucks on this day was a necessity not a perk.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh and this picture is really fuzzy but I had to post it because Brian and I about died laughing at one point during the trip. You might remember that we had a DVD player installed in our car right before we left. Well wireless headphones will work with it so I ran out and bought some for our trip. Brian said he absolutely was not listening to Strawberry Shortcake our whole trip(s). </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well a little while into our trip I laid my seat back to try to rest a little and the kids were watching Cars. Right when I started falling asleep Parker started hollering up to the front seat "Hey Mom! You wike dat song Mama? You hear dat Mama?" over and over again. Brian kept telling him "Quiet Mommy is sleeping but I don't think Parker could hear him with those headphones on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Finally I sat up and looked at the TV because I do remember there is some music in that movie but I didn't think there was that much. I told him to pass up his headphones so I could hear what he was listening too. He kept telling me "No! I wistening to da music!" </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well when I finally got ahold of those things and put them up to my ear all I heard was some kind of Chinese rap music. It was hilarious. He must have hit the scan button on the headphones and picked up some kind of radio station along the way. He had probably been listening to that for at least a good 30 minutes. We all had a good laugh about that.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And Parker finally has a little buddy to play boy toys with! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... I've been obsessed with the new carwash I found. It's my new happy place. It's cheap but they do a good job and the best part is: free Cherry Limeade! Well free soft drinks and coffee but the Cherry Limeade is my favorite. I'm thinking about applying for a job there just so I can get paid in Cherry Limeade. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... We decided that we should let the kids pick something small from the Treasure Box when they get to the half way mark in their jar because it's taking a while to fill it up. Not because they're not getting beads most days but just it's clear it's going to take a lot of beads to get to the top. We didn't want the kids to loose interest because it took so long so we came up with the half way mark reward. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ava was the first to reach it! Mostly because of her "Only pick big beads" therory. But hey, it's working for her. She choose this fun little bug watch that I found at the Dollar Tree. One of her little best friends has one and Ava's been wanting one for awhile now.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(To read about the Treasure box click <a href="http://whatsgoingonatthebillingsleys.blogspot.com/2012/05/rewards-and-awkward-moments.html" target="_blank">here</a>)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After we were done at the museum we decided to walk right next door to the Cotton Bowl and check out the free dog show they had going on. Holy moly that place was crazy. Dogs everywhere. You could bring your dog and they also had dogs to adopt. They even had cats there to adopt too. Brian kept commenting that it would be a bad day to be a cat in a place like that. He asked "How nervous do you think these cats are right now?"</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This was Brooke's second year preforming and she acted like she's been doing it her whole life. After she came off the stage and got her flowers I said "smile" and this is the pose she struck.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After weeks of waiting... and waiting... the time had finally come!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They did everything: they sent the invites; I had to fill them out and get them to the girls but that was no problem. They cook the food and clean it all up. They provide the cake and ice cream. And they provided the goodie bags which had some really good loot in there!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With two American Girl Doll obsessed ladies (Maybe even three if you count me... It's true it's starting to rub off on me) in this house we're sure to make a repeat Birthday appearance there I'm sure. </span></div>Kylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920234064707852054.post-41525234389256517102012-06-17T05:24:00.003-07:002012-06-18T10:18:50.657-07:00Happy Father's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy Father's Day to the two most amazing men in my life.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... We have been cheering Daddy on the past couple Fridays as he plays indoor soccer with a team of guys from his work. It's so fun to watch. The first week Parker sat in the stands and yelled at Brian the whole time. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... I got gas and I noticed that some extra dripped out when I was putting the handle up. When I looked down I saw that it had made a perfect Mickey Mouse head shape. Do you see it? It made me anxious for our California trip this Summer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... I had a horrible migraine. At one point in the afternoon I couldn't even lift my head off the pillow. At nap time I crawled into Ava's bed with a icepack and tried get some relief. I love that bed. Especially during nap time. It's dark and cozy. Kinda like a cave.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... We unTangled Rapunzel's hair. This poor doll, her hair was so long and beautiful the day we got her. Two hours (more like two minutes later) it was a huge tangled (Pun intended) mess. I finally just braided it into one big braid because it looked so bad. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... Brian and I earned our official redneck Texan badges. We've had some storms roll through our area recently and one evening the clouds were a little scary. We stood outside like a bunch of bumpkins watching the sky's. Brian even got on top of his car at one point to get a better look. It was weird because if you looked out our back porch, the sky's were clear and blue. But out the front something completely different was going on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Currently... The girls are worn the heck out. Monday through Thursday this week they had VBS. On top of that they've been practicing for their recital that is later today. Stay tuned! You know I'll be posting pictures of that!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Onto the post at hand here. Last Friday we had our very first Kid Kraft Day at our church. I am so excited about this. I have a great group of girls who helped us get stuff ready before Easter for our children's ministry at church. We had so much fun hanging out we decided to keep the group together throughout the year and hopefully grow. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thus the idea for Kid Kraft Day was born. I offered to host the first one and it was so fun to plan! The kids got out of school just a week or so ago so I decided Summer Bucket Lists would be the perfect project. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you haven't heard of Summer Bucket lists before you have got to get on pintrest and search it. Last Summer we made a Bucket list {<a href="http://whatsgoingonatthebillingsleys.blogspot.com/search?q=summer+bucket+list" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966;">click here to see it</span></a>} and my kids LOVED it. I was really excited when I saw the idea to use real buckets! Why didn't I think of that?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today the girls went to the first day of the Vacation Bible School they are attending this week. As soon as I picked them up they went on and on about how much fun they had. Then right away Brooke informed me that they needed to bring money for an offering towards a fundraiser tomorrow. Ava pipped in and said that we need to go through our books and bring some to give to the kids that don't have any books too. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After dinner they got to work. They went through the playroom and found some books. It took awhile for them to agree on which books they wanted to get rid of. There was some crying and yelling but with some redirection, they finally worked together and finally found some they could agree on.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Really goofy. Look at Parker's face. That boy is a clown!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then we had to see who could jump the highest off the stairs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Love those smiles. And I love those girls hearts. I pray that they always keep that innocence and have a servant's heart. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One more precious thing I want to write down so that I never forget. This afternoon the girls were listening to songs and dancing around the living room like they do most days and I noticed during a couple of the worship songs Brooke stopped and really worshiped. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She closed her eyes and put one hand over her heart and the other one up in the air. It was the sweetest thing ever. It was so real and so authentic. No body prompted her to do it, she wasn't copying anyone or trying to show off; I'm not even sure she knew I was watching. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I tell ya, I was choking back the tears on that one.</span></div>Kylahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02738557137966591676noreply@blogger.com0