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#TBT

#TBT: It's my birthday!

6:00 AM
I had my mom do some digging to find a "real" #TBT to share with you today. And she sent me two that I couldn't decide between... so I'm sharing both of them. After all... it's my birthday. So I can do that! My third birthday. I love the face I'm making. Who has to open their mouth like that to blow out...

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Christian Blogger

"I Am" v. "The GREAT I AM"

8:03 AM
Dinner

Zucchini Boats

6:00 AM
A super easy and healthy dinner alternative to pasta, I absolutely love these. If you're a zucchini lover, then you definitely need to put this recipe on your "to make" list or Pinterest board. I realize that I've started posting quite a few Italian-Veggie dishes... like my Eggplant Parmesan (and there's another one on the horizon). What can I say? I'm trying to...

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2013

Friday's Letters

6:00 AM
Dear Friends, We have survived the week. Boy has it been one for the books. All I can say is I am so thankful/grateful for my family and friends, and tragedies always seem to bring this realization more to light. Hug those you love. Thank God for all that you have. And if you have been effected by these devastations, know you are...

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Cookies

Lemon Confetti Cookies

6:00 AM
April 14th was my dear, dear friend's birthday. We've known each other since we were five. Yeah. I can hardly believe she's put up with me that long... kidding (sort of). As is tradition, I love to send people baked goods for special occasions... although I do have a tendency to send them just because or to let them know I'm thinking about...

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Adventures

Easter, Zoo Trip, and Hiking

7:51 AM
This is more than a little delayed. At this point Easter was two weeks ago... oops.Needless to say time sometimes slips away from me all of us. Easter We really kept his Easter basket simple *although the Easter basket itself came from his grandparents, Marmee and Papa!*. Bubbles, two Easter books, a balloon, two activity packets (restaurant friendly), and a few plastic eggs...

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Dinner

Eggplant Parmesan

6:00 AM
I LOVE eggplant. It's a new obsession. Much like my zucchini love. Last year on my birthday Clark took me out to dinner and I got eggplant parmesan for the first time. I fell in love. I can't believe it's taken me this long to make it. Perhaps it's because Clark doesn't really like eggplant, so I made this on a night when...

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2013

Friday's Letters

2:13 PM
Dear Past Week, You have been fun and stressful all at the same time. Thank you for the perfect weather. Dear Next Week, Please prove to be not as stressful and let Michael and I get back to our typical routine. Let Michael start sleeping through the night (in his own room, if possible), and help me be in a better mood during...

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#TBT

Body Image/Care [+ #TBT: Best Shape I Was Ever In]

2:09 PM
I know I have several posts on my body-after-baby and getting in shape and clean eating and so on and so forth and so on.... Yeah. I know. Part of it is because body care is so important to me. Sometimes you wouldn't know it. I mean, it's not like I'm some built muscular female, or a super thin model, but I do...

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Bread

Carrot Cupcakes

7:54 AM
I'm still horribly behind on my Easter posts. I hope you all had a wonderful time celebrating the resurrection! I do promise to share our Easter story, but for now here's what I made for dessert for our Easter dinner with friends! Ingredients: I only made a half batch due to only needing enough for four people. - 2 C all-purpose, unbleached flour...

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Bread

Fruity Pebbles Blondies

8:10 AM
Clark's favorite cereal is Fruity Pebbles. I've never been one for the sugary cereal (ok... except Cocoa Puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch), but Clark complained for quite some time that I wouldn't buy it. To me all the sugar and all the stuff in it, not to mention paying for the brand name cereal, isn't exactly worth it to me. However, once in...

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#TBT

#TBT: Stuffed Animal Love

2:17 PM
This picture is from 1996 or 1997... I think. My little sister was about three and I was around seven. Lining stuffed animals up on the stairs was, apparently, something enormously fun to do. This has to be true all around, because next is a picture of my older sister and me doing the same thing (well, the stuffed animals were along some...

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