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This wonderful man and this sweet girl......have completely,irreparably,undoubtedly,FOREVER...stolen my heart.

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Last night, we finally decided to do it...we got another car. YAY! We'd been talking about it for a while and decided now was the right time. We headed down to MK Smith Chevrolet in Chino and got a great deal on this 2007 Honda Civic EX. We LOVE it!We did the one-car-thing for over 2 years and, while we feel blessed to have had the ability to go that long without another car, it was

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I received this email from my sister last night:You need to freaking post a new blog already!!!! Blog about not blogging or something! Here's a list of ideas...married lifefriendsKait's haircutcell phonesschoolAfrican American hairthe number 7heartburnsummer and sweaty pitsLong Beach 5KSo, for many reasons (among them: my sister is very persistent, I feel guilty, I'm bored, it's Wednesday, I

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MAY 24, 2008At the shelter (in the blue collar)MAY 28, 2008Officially part of the familyJULY 5, 2008Getting used to life with a 4-year-oldSEPTEMBER 1, 2008Getting bigger and biggerOCTOBER 27, 2008From our "Little Man" to "Mr. Mittens"NOVEMBER 23, 2008Waiting [im]patiently for Kait to feed himTODAYWe love you, Mittens!

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So... here's what's been on my heart as of late... Wait, let me first give you some scriptures I've been meditating upon and that will be an excellent prologue for what I've got to say type.The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Psalm 37:23 (KJV)But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm. Proverbs 1:33 (NLT)Delight yourself in

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I'm in a list-making mood. Here's what's been going on with us lately:1. Work...work...work - thanks be to God that we have jobs2. School - I have to start a research paper soon... gotta pick a kinesiology profession to write about first3. Grocery shopping with The Grocery Game4. Kait had photos taken by Tara Sos Photography (Check out a few of the proofs below.)5a. House hunting - new offer in

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In hopes of us having lots of do-it-yourself projects soon for our new house, I have been scouring the internet for sweepstakes to enter for Home Depot or Lowe's giftcards. :) I'm just industrious like that.And, by the way, we received responses on our two offers. The offer we made to the seller-owned house came back and they countered at $10K more. Umm... no. We were going to counter again

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This morning, I was checking my email and one had the address of "my first love" in the subject line. I quickly realize it's a message from the listing agent that had been sent to our realtor, who in turn forwarded it to me. I open it in anticipation...only to read this:We put the home back on the market yesterday anticipating cancellation instructions to come through. We are still in escrow

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I've been hearing a lot about churches giving away spectacular gifts (prizes?) to people who attend the service. The gifts range from mortgage/rent payments for a year to a Harley Davidson motorcycle to a Nintendo Wii (no link for this one but I got a postcard in the mail from a new local church that's giving away a Wii). Sometimes the stipulation is that you have to be a first-time attender,

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The house that we first put an offer on is the house Micah and I affectionately call "my first love." It was our first purchase offer and it was rejected. I was heartbroken. Now, we're still waiting on a response for offers 2.5 and 3. However...enter again my first love. I got an email from [the AMAZING] Redfin this morning notifying me that it is BACK ON THE MARKET!! Why? Who cares! All I

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Well, we submitted TWO more offers today! Yes, TWO! We decided to try one last time on the house we last made an offer on. We really, really like the house so we submitted our best and final offer.The other offer we made was on this house. It's an REO and has been on the market for a while with no offers yet. So we may have a chance. (In my head, I just heard Lloyd from Dumb & Dumber say, "

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We've been house-hunting for 13 days and have submitted 2 offers. Neither have been accepted. Bummer, huh?Here’s the story with House #2:We submitted our offer last night and, although it was low, we expected a counter. We didn’t even get that! Whether the agent decided not to present it to his clients or the sellers saw the offer and said “no way” – I don’t know. But there was no counter

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I found this cool website through The Pioneer Woman's site. Three gals started this t-shirt company called Wild Olive (the name is derived from Romans 11:17). Their t-shirts are funky, cool, and super-cute. They also donate 10% of the profits from sales of their products to Christian-based charities and non-profit organizations like Shaohannah's Hope. So check 'em out! There's a new button in

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We're only been house-hunting for a little over a week but I've learned a few things so far... Among many other lessons, I now know for sure that searching for a home to buy is not for the impatient, easily-excitable, or overly optimistic. So, basically, house-hunting is not for me!But I am persistent, which is a good thing in looking for a house. However, it may be slightly annoying to my

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Our sweet girl got a new haircut this weekend! She wanted to be "twins" with her cousin Abby so she wanted short hair and bangs. We took her to the same place where she had her first haircut, Great Clips in Rancho Cucamonga. Her hair was long enough that we could donate the portion they cut off to Locks of Love! We were excited to do that and found out when we went to pay that donating to

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For Valentine's Day, Micah and I went out on a date to TGI Friday's, where we had our very first date in January 2000. As we were being seated, we walked past a table where Ryan & Jane were sitting. What a small world! Before they left the restaurant, they stopped by our table and took a pic of us.We also found out they were going to see the same movie as we were, Slumdog Millionaire. (GREAT

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...but I saw this on Stef's blog and I'm gonna play anyway because it looks fun. :)Here are the rules:1. Go to the folder where you store your photos.2. Go to your 4th folder.3. Go to your 4th pic.4. Post it and tag three more people.This photo was taken at the Borders bookstore in Victoria Gardens when Kaitlyn was 3 years old.I'm tagging:GinaB-DogJenn

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I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this song! Jake Owen   More CMT Music   More CMT Music Videos

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Lately, life has consisted of: work, school, eat, sleep... with a grocery store or bank errand thrown into the mix. But nothing really exciting.Because I have nothing to really talk write about, I'll post some [random-ish] pictures. Don't pictures say a thousand words, anyway?Kait likes to pose for pics with random things. On this day, her fellow photo subjects were her friends Zebra, Gazelle,

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My sister rocks. Check her out...I'm so proud of her and can't wait until The Big Day on March 8th. She's training hard and still working towards he goal of raising $3,200. If you are interested in helping her out, that would be AWESOME! Visit her TEAM webpage to donate. Whether or not you decide to support her financially, please keep her in your prayers.

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It speaks to me.Sometimes I shave my legs and sometimes I don'tSometimes I comb my hair and sometimes I won'tDepend on how the wind blows I might even paint my toesIt really just depends on whatever feels good in my soulI'm not the average girl from your videoAnd I ain't built like a supermodelBut I learned to love myself unconditionally...My worth is not determined by the price of my clothes...

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Micah got new tats - Kaitlyn's handprints on his chest.(I took this photo with my new 50mm lens. I love the shallow depth of field I get with this lens but find that sometimes my subject - as in the pic of Micah above - is not as crisp or in focus as I'd like. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?)We went to Red Hill Park today for a picnic and Kait was cold so Micah gave her his sweatshirt. She was

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If you're like Micah and I, we have a few extra Bibles lying around the house. I got to thinking how it was a shame that the Word of God was sitting there, not being read, when there are hundreds of thousands of people worldwide who would LOVE to own just one Bible.So I set out on a search for organizations that would accept used Bibles and send them to those in the world who needed them. I was

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Every new year, I can't believe yet another year has flown by! Does that mean I'm getting old because I actually think that? Hmmm...Anyway, our New Year's celebration was pretty low-key. However we managed to have a great time and laugh a lot. Our friends Josh & Angela came over and we had pizza together. Josh & Micah played Madden NFL 09 on the PS3 and I introduced Angela to the wonderful

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