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This is how we survived the summer

September 1, 2016 by Aprille 1 Comment

At the beginning of the summer, I wrote a blog post about Summer Survival. In that post, I talked about the pull of the romanticized notion of letting kids be bored during the summer – the idyllic 1970s summer that people these days seem so fond of trying to recreate. I also talked about how … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Little Brother Tagged: barnes and noble, baths, coffee, gymnastics, hiking, ice cream, kindergarten, legos, netflix, north carolina, olympics, park, pool, preschool, school, star wars, summer, summer camp, vacation, virginia

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 04.08.15

April 8, 2015 by Aprille 5 Comments

It’s 76 degrees, I’m sitting on my sunporch, and regardless of the fact that I’ve been awake since 4:50AM, I think that right now is the perfect time to be counting my blessings and looking for beauty. The past few weeks have been incredibly wonderful. Ezra’s behavior has made astounding improvements, hubby is doing well … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Pregnancy & Birth Tagged: baby boy, Easter, Ezra, family, graduation, hiking, kids museum, park, playdough, pregnancy, preschool, sandbox, therapy

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 11.10.14

November 10, 2014 by Aprille 4 Comments

It’s been quite some time since the last edition, and there is so much beauty to share.

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Halloween, Messy Faith Tagged: allume, baking, Batman, Big Hero 6, brian white, cake, candy, ChickfilA, cow train, halloween, jumping pillow, kersey valley, monkey bars, park, police man, pumpkins, star wars

Hope

September 10, 2014 by Aprille 2 Comments

I don’t know if I fully believe that hope can change everything. But at least for the last three days, I’ve felt a spark of hope.

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Posted in: Ezra, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings Tagged: behavioral, climbing trees, Ezra, hope, park

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.12.14

August 12, 2014 by Aprille

And I want you to know that somewhere, in that mess you look at and call life, there is beauty there too. Grasp it. Hold onto it. Share it. Because it is your hope.

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Family, Independence Day Tagged: 4th of july, Batman, ChickfilA, chiropractic, fireworks, flu, fruit, ice cream, independence-day, lake, legos, park, pool, sickness, Spiderman, starbucks, Thomas

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.08.14

July 8, 2014 by Aprille 2 Comments

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.08.14

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Messy Faith, Travel Tagged: beach, blackberries, father's day, Hanging Rock NC, hiking, ice cream, legos, oak island, park, pool, sprinkler, Stone Mountain NC, summer

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 06.04.14

June 4, 2014 by Aprille 1 Comment

Can I just take a moment and rave about how great the past few weeks have been? I’m not really sure what has made the difference. Maybe it has something to do with warmer weather, or maybe the new supplement my husband is taking, or maybe the fact that we got to take a vacation and … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Fatherhood, Military and Veteran Life, The Preschool Years Tagged: childrens museum, cow, date night, glasses, grilling out, hiking, marshallows, Memorial Day, moms night out, NC field of honor, NC zoo, park, preschool, roses, sensory play, walking, zoo

Beauty in the Mess {Thanksgiving Edition ~ Part 2}

November 28, 2013 by Aprille 1 Comment

God our Father We thank You For our many blessings Amen

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family Tagged: coffee, cuddles, friends, haircut, ice cream, mall, operation Christmas child, park, preschool, scarves, shopping, starbucks, writing

Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 08.18.13

August 19, 2013 by Aprille 7 Comments

…somehow, I see beauty woven through the days and start feeling better

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Miscellaneous, Motherhood Tagged: banjo, baseball, beauty, berry picking, blogging, ChickfilA, church, coffee, cucumbers, hoodies, lake, mess, motherhood, painting, park, pool, puzzles, raspberries, wbfj

End of May Blessings {Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 5.31.13}

May 31, 2013 by Aprille Leave a Comment

Pardon me for a moment while I make two posts in one day. And pardon me while I say a big PHEW!!! and exhale on this last day of May. Sheesh, May was a LONG month! Did anyone else feel this way? I felt like it just kept going and going and going. And my … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Beauty in the Mess, Family Tagged: beach, Ezra, mothers-day, naps, parade, park, pool, porch
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