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    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
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    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
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    • Our Love Story
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    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
    • Homeschooling special needs: a story of transformation
    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
  • Preschool Years
    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    • Ezra’s Story
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  • Start Here!
    • Hi, I’m Aprille…
    • Contact Me!
    • The Story Behind the Header
    • Blog’s Mission Statement
    • Blog Series
    • Top Ten Posts of All Time
    • Legalism and Grace: How I Left the IFB Movement and Chose Grace
    • Grace: How a Recovering Legalist Moves Forward in Faith
    • Online Writing Portfolio
  • Marriage
    • Our Love Story
  • Faith
  • Motherhood
    • Mothering Through Fatigue Blog Series
    • 20 Posts to Encourage Young New Moms
  • Military & Veteran Life
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    • Our final military deployment homecoming: finally together forever!
    • Homecoming 2009
  • Pregnancy & Birth
    • 31 Days of Preparing for VBAC {An Introduction}
  • Homeschooling
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    • ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
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    • Home preschool resources for the tired, non-creative, busy mom
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    Black Sails Adventure Company: Pirate Fun for Families in Oak Island, NC

    / September 19, 2022 / 0 Comments

    Pirates, Plunder, and Adventures! Our family's review of Black Sails Adventure Company in Oak Island, North Carolina

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Fatherhood,  Independence Day,  Little Brother,  Military and Veteran Life,  Personal and Spiritual Ramblings,  Redemption Stories,  Special Needs Parenting,  Travel

    What America Means to this Veteran’s Family

    / July 3, 2016 / 2 Comments

    As I write this, I am in the backseat of our minivan on the way home from our family’s 4th of July Summer vacation. For now, everyone is behaving. My heart is full,…

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  • Family,  Little Brother,  Pregnancy & Birth

    35 Weeks Bumpdate! {and maternity photos}

    / July 24, 2015 / 2 Comments

    Another four weeks have gone by since my last pregnancy bumpdate! I feel like it’s gone relatively quickly. We are now 35 weeks! Baby and I (and the other two as well) got…

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Travel

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.08.14

    / July 8, 2014 / 2 Comments

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 07.08.14

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  • Beauty in the Mess,  Birthdays,  Ezra,  Family,  Messy Faith,  Miscellaneous,  Recovering Perfectionist,  The Preschool Years

    Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 10.02.13 {AKA what life has been like for the last two months}

    / October 2, 2013 / 6 Comments

    Finding God's beauty in spite of our messy, everyday life. A lengthly post of pictures and updates from August and September 2013.

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

    / May 31, 2013 / 0 Comments

    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…

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    The Best of Five Years

    / March 9, 2013 / 12 Comments

    Yesterday was our 5th anniversary. Five years is a pretty big deal. We’ve been through a lot in those five years. We’ve spent two of those years apart. It’s been a long five…

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    Pregnancy Update ~ 28 weeks

    / June 9, 2010 / 0 Comments

    It’s been about six weeks since our last update so I figured I should share how our baby is doing. Nothing really has changed except that the baby is growing rapidly and developing…

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    Beach Vacation 2010

    / June 5, 2010 / 0 Comments

    Over the past week we got to take our block leave (summer vacation). We drove down to where Russell’s mom lives in North Carolina and spent a few days there visiting with the…

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