Category Archives: christmas

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Make Yourself at home

Posted in christmas, on Dec 24, 2010 by Kelly
There is so much I could write with a heart so full this Christmas, but mostly I just need to say Thank You, sweet Jesus, for coming to us. May …

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Seeing the trees instead of the forest

“I offer all I am to the mercy of Your plan. Help me be strong. Help me be. Help me.” ~ from “Breath of Heaven” Christmas is about a lot …

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Forever and ever

Why am I sitting in front of my computer crying? Why have I waited so long to post this video, which I’ve seen everywhere? Twenty-one million people have watched it …

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Oh Martha May! Oh Christmas!

Posted in christmas, on Dec 15, 2010 by Kelly
As my brain turns into a lumpy Yuletide mush, my simple and humble offering today is a glimpse into our recent Christmas past: 2006 ~ Four years before she was …

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No Grumpy Santas

Posted in christmas, on Dec 13, 2010 by Kelly
I don’t know who gave Miranda this book… but THANK YOU to whomever did. We just picked it out of her massive collection last month, and we all love it. …

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Home

Posted in christmas, trips, on Dec 10, 2010 by Kelly
I have no idea how many trips or miles it was this year. I know we were in Branson 6 times, including once for 2 weeks. I know we were …

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Celebrating Light… and armadillos

Thanks to Elmo’s Happy Holidays, Kaity recently asked if we could celebrate Hanukkah. Seemed like a good request to me. In the last year or so, particularly as my kids …

2 nights before Christmas

Our household has been CRAZY this whole month. We started in Pigeon Forge for Christmas in the Smokies, a wonderful event…a stressful journey. Then ‘we’ published the magazine, which has …

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year to the Internet :)

Posted in christmas, on Dec 16, 2009 by Kelly
First it was RATSA, a soap discussion newsgroup in 1996. Then it was McGraws.com ‘s message board. Then it became Live Journal, a place where I blogged and met some …