Last week I mentioned in a photo caption that we hit over 1,000 hours outside this year… This was a huge accomplishment for our family, but when we started the year, I didn’t tell anyone (even my husband) that I planned to do it!
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As I’ve mentioned before, our family loves hiking and do it as often as we can. This fall has been an interesting mix, because we have been doing a hike-a-thon to raise the last of our adoption funds, and we also got the green light on doing the adoptions, so on days we don’t go hiking… I’m buried under a pile of paperwork!
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About a month ago a friend asked if she could “borrow” my kids to help socialize a litter of puppies they had on their farm. We had been talking, and thinking, and even praying about a second dog for almost a year… and when we met these puppies, one stood out right away…
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This past week we rented a cabin at a State Park near where we live, to enjoy a short vacation, while trying out traveling with our bonus kids. In the past, overnight travel has not always been easy for them, so it gave us all a trial run! They actually surpassed my expectation, with the major issue usually just being one or all needed to be fed!
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Today we were at a park by the lake, and we saw a momma duck, with her string of ducklings, swimming in the canal. And while I could totally relate to her frantic swimming to maje sure her babies were all with her, it just reminded me of how much I adore spring- babies, fresh green things, rain, and mud puddles!
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