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| ACCC Spring Concert |
Favorite Blog -
A Great Book Study This woman is reading through the same classics list I am and writing about it. What's not to like about that? She's ahead of me, so as I hit rough waters in a few books, I drew encouragement from what she had already written about.
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| January Birthday Celebration |
Favorite Organization that Gives Back to Orphans -
There are so many great organizations, but Just Love Coffee wins in my book. The coffee tastes great, its fair trade and its helps to fund adoptions. If you want to order some to help with the travel costs in our adoption, just click here and it will take you to our storefront.
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| The Corn Maze |
Mika keeps asking me what my favorite book of 2013 was and I keep saying "I don't know". If I have to narrow it down to just one, I'm going with Quiet by Susan Cain as my all time favorite in 2013. Quiet explores the world of introverts and the strengths of introverts.
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| My Favorite "Quiet" girl's 13th birthday |
My all time favorite album of 2013 was I Am Mountain by Gungor. The lyrics were so beautiful, the music was creative.... it fed my soul and my ears. Check out Wandering my favorite song from I am Mountain here.
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| There's a new instrument being played in our house |
Favorite Hang-out
Its not Starbucks, its not Barnes and Noble.. I enjoy the Emporium in Scottsbluff, but our favorite hang out is McDonald's. I have become more and more thankful that somebody chose to put a McDonald's here. Our almost okay coffee shop left this fall and we started hanging out at McDonald's. I've reminded our kids a few times (really I'm rehearsing these thoughts for myself) that one of the gifts of a small town is the gift of not becoming pretentious. We don't have a lot of choices so we get creative and enjoy the gifts we have.
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| Somebody turned 10! |
My favorite rhythm of 2013 is my time with the kids at the beginning of school. We read Teaching Minds, Training Hearts by Starr Meade and then we read a bit out of a non-fiction book and a bit out of a fiction book. My kids have grown in their understanding of scripture and doctrine and we have had some great discussions.
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| The Braddy Cousins |
Favorite Pastime
In case you haven't caught on yet, my favorite pastime is reading especially my journey through the classics. It has stretched me at times and encouraged me at others. To see the books I read this year, click here.
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| Mt Evans with Paul and Di |
Favorite Intentional Moment
My favorite intentional moment in 2013 was our continued journey to adopt. There has been so much to do, funds to raise, paperwork to fill out, people to contact, conversations to have and God has faithfully provided each step of the way. He has showed himself as provider, peace, and patience. In 2014 we will be introduced to our boys and introduce you to them as well.
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| 2care4orphans 5K - raising $$$ to bring our boys home |
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| Mika's friends join in on the journey |
Happy 2014! What were your favorites of 2013? How did God show himself to you in 2013?
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| 7 stockings hung with care, now we just need 2 more Braddys |
