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Another Smith Family: November 2011
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November 27, 2011. Lexie wrote her name for the first time. Julia got another cheer trophy :). Aiden showed signs of where he's been. Lexie decided to turn herself into a cat with a Sharpie! Julia had her first choir concert at Lansing Elementary! I found Aiden like this one day at 5pm while I was cooking dinner! Picture day at school for Wally! Lexie said "Daddy, you look soooo handsome! Aiden at his class Thanksgiving feast. We made Oreo turkeys :). Getting ready for Christmas! View my complete profile.
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Another Smith Family: December 2011
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December 30, 2011. The Auffenberg's Visit Kansas. Mom, Dad, and Kayla flew in the day after Christmas! We've been having such a good time showing them around places we've come to love here in Kansas City! The cousins at the airport! Here we are when we visited Union Station and Crown Center. I love this picture of my sweet boy when we visited Legends (outdoor shopping mall). With both of my sweet boys :). Bubby, Julia, and Kayla walking around Lawrence, Kansas. And of course, we opened Christmas gifts :).
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Another Smith Family: Life in Brunssum
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November 8, 2012. We are so proud of her! She seems to be fitting in well, lots of friends, and is getting good grades. She is learning to play the clarinet and in January will join the Elementary School Band. She also just finished her fifth year of cheerleading. Aiden's learning to read, and we're very proud of how well he's doing. Academically, he's a little below grade level. He's really started progressing quickly this school year, because he finally just got really motivated to learn! Beyond Our Wi...
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Another Smith Family: November 2012
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November 12, 2012. Lexie and Aiden during the St. Martin procession at school. If you're interested in learning more about St. Martin's Day click here. Friday night we went to the Fall Sports Banquet so Aiden and Julia could get their trophies for cheerleading and soccer. It was a potluck so we took baked ziti and mac and cheese. Wally got in from his ten hour bus ride back from Berlin just in time to meet us there. The kids were SO excited to see him! This isn't ours specifically, but similar. In the me...
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Living Love (& loving life): The Scream of the Suffering
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Thursday, September 18, 2014. The Scream of the Suffering. There is a scream that reverberates in the soul during suffering. Perhaps you have heard it in the whispered "Why's". Maybe it echoed in the deep, gasping breaths of someone who was hurting. But perhaps- perhaps you have felt it. Have heard it pounding in your head. Have had it shaking your insides desperate to get out. So very often we push it down in shame, in "proper", in guilt, in frustration, in confusion. There is such a place. You see, in ...
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Living Love (& loving life): It changed our life...
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Friday, March 14, 2014. It changed our life. So this will probably be the hardest post I've written so far. It's going to go places I never in my craziest nightmares would have thought we would be. And third, well you probably already know what that is but your prayers for our family have been a comfort, and we believe they have not been wasted. If you want to continue in those we would be grateful! There is no way this is really happening to us." kind-of numb. Ryan and I just remained quiet. Ryan and I ...
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Living Love (& loving life): July 2013
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Monday, July 1, 2013. We had a fun family outing tonight and again, like other random times, I thought of you and how I can't wait for you to get here and be a part of our daily lives! You're wondering how that can be fun? Because son, this? This is quality time in action. This is the kind of fun you have to look forward to when you have your own children. Because it turns out that when you have kids, the very idea of having a clean van sounds exhilarating! Until one of them had to pee. and nope, it ...
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Living Love (& loving life): December 2013
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013. On our Christmas card this year we included a beautiful quote I found by Hamilton Wright Mabie (Don't ask me who he is, just liked the quote! Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy on love.". Don't you just love that? My favorite part is the use of the word "conspiracy". It makes me imagine an underground movement bent on secretly transforming the world. When God sent His Son, He sent Him to transform and to engage. And while Scripture says He ...
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Living Love (& loving life): Lessons from a 3rd Grade Teacher
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Thursday, August 28, 2014. Lessons from a 3rd Grade Teacher. Yesterday we lost our son's 3rd grade teacher tragically and unexpectedly. We only had him for 8 days but we learned so much. Here are things he taught us:. 1 To use the pronoun "we" in learning is acceptable. 2 To not go "by the book" is ok. 3 To show grace is a must and is an always. How could you forget? We got back to the school and I started in again "Mr. S may still be in the classroom so what are you going to say if you see him? He said,...
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Another Smith Family: July 2012
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July 1, 2012. Our day in Cologne. These are pics from the chocolate museum gift shop, but I have more I need to add to this post! Chocolate cigars at the museum gift shop. White chocolate bar with gummi bears inside.wow! Chocolate man with whipped cream and strawberries! These are chocolate too! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Our day in Cologne. Pinterest Told Me To. THE WINNER…and some Random Goodness! Mix and Match Mama. What a week…and a winner! Mix and Match Family.
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