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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
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    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
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  • Family,  Writing and blogging

    Everything…Beautiful In His Time

    / October 24, 2012 / 40 Comments

    When I changed the name of our blog in January of 2011, I did so quickly, without a lot of thought. I immediately fell in love with the new name, but I had…

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  • Family,  Miscellaneous

    10 things I forgot about fall

    / October 21, 2012 / 8 Comments

    Fall…it happens once a year. But every year I get taken by surprise. Here’s all the stuff I forgot from last year: 1. How freaky temps can be here in Kentucky. This morning, it’s…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Travel

    Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions

    / October 17, 2012 / 9 Comments

    Olympics women’s gymnastics has always been one of my favorite things. I was nine years old when the 1996 US Women’s Olympic Gymnastic Team won the team gold medal in Atlanta. My mom…

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  • Photos of my real-life messy house - I am a real mom | beautifulinhistime.com
    Motherhood,  Recovering Perfectionist

    Real mom

    / October 16, 2012 / 17 Comments

    Toward the end of the summer, I started reading a great book on motherhood called Beyond Bathtime. I won’t go into a lengthy review in this post, other than to say it’s definitely…

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  • Ezra,  Recipes,  The Preschool Years

    P is for pumpkin! (our pumpkin preschool unit)

    / October 5, 2012 / 8 Comments

    P is for Pumpkin preschool unit, activities, resources, and even a few pumpkin recipes!

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  • Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Writing and blogging

    The WHY of blogging: my not-so-mission-y mission statement

    / October 3, 2012 / 29 Comments

    That's why the title of my blog and it's accompanying verses are so important, because it's not just some cutesy title. It's the theme. It's my mission statement.

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  • Miscellaneous

    Happy little bits of fall

    / September 19, 2012 / 0 Comments

    The first pumpkin spice latte of the season:

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  • Messy Faith,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Recovering Perfectionist

    More Mercies

    / September 18, 2012 / 10 Comments

    I’m always amazed by how God works in my life in the ways I least expect. The simplest words uttered by my son have totally transformed the way I viewed God’s mercies. “Out…

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  • Miscellaneous,  Motherhood

    You know you’re a mom when… (Walmart edition)

    / September 15, 2012 / 1 Comment

    You know you are a mom when a trip to Walmart by yourself after the baby goes to sleep feels like a much-needed vacation. You are going for four things: a return, the…

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  • Family,  Marriage,  Miscellaneous

    What MOMMY did this summer

    / September 15, 2012 / 4 Comments

    Ezra isn’t the only one who stayed busy this summer. And even though our lives intersect so much that the lines of reality blur (like yesterday, when I went to the store, and…

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