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| sometimes a killer sunset just needs to be photographed, even though it captures just a tiny glimpse of the original beauty of seeing it with your own eyes |
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| Miss Violet got baptized by her dad - showing publicly she has put her faith and trust in Jesus Christ as her Savior |
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| Mama Row got all the cousins together. Only Christy was missing from the Hardinger cousins! |
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| Mama Row takes the kids to the library every Thursday afternoon. She's amazing and the kids love going on outings with her. |
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| She's a born-teacher - can't help but provide some sort of fun lesson along with their trips. |
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| I was blessed to have fun/fellowship/teaching on the topic of prayer over a women's retreat weekend. It was held in the Retreat Center at Riverview the weekend of Sept 17-18, 2016. |
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| Kim and I had the privilege and responsibility of leading the other women in worship with music. This is Emily Dempster giving her testimony and shared that a song sung in worship at Bethany one Sunday is what the Lord used to speak to her heart and caused behavior change. This was so encouraging. |
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| I attended a Peruvian cooking class with Mama Row one evening and we cooked a quinoa dish, ceviche, and grilled pineapple with nuts. |
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| Our mailbox flowers - zinnias and petunias! Calvin helped me arrange them by saying "just put the tall ones in the back!" |
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| Calvin is LOVING how to learn write cursive! He's so good at it. |
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| Cedar River flooded and we went to look at it. A couple feet lower than the record set in 2008, but still impressive. |
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| work on our basement is making progress! |
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| Vanessa is becoming quite the little reader! |
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| Eli - flying his blue airplane out of the window of the jeep. |
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| counter tops going in! |
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| Calvin came along with me to pick up Eli from preK - and always brings along something Eli loves - in this case, "Dot table, Foxie, and Woofie" |
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| Vanessa's drawing of Rahab and the scarlet cord that helped save her life when the Israelites attacked Jericho. |
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| Eli sporting Calvin's flat-brimmed hat Dave got for him on his recent one day trip to Chicago. I hear it is a good year for the Cubs. |
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| #twinning |
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| Grandma Jo warming up the kids for a fun time at the gym before their dental appointments. |
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| Eli loved this game in the waiting room at Grandpa Jon's office. |
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| Um, this is Dave's halloween costume. He got it to go along with "one color night" at Awana that is coming up. |
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| Grandma Jo also taught the kids how to fold paper into frogs. They made a whole colony! |
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| Just a snap of Eli "doing airplane" on my feet. |
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| pumpkin pie for breakfast?! Sure! My mom used to give me pumpkin dessert for breakfast when it was leftover. I can still taste the buttered toasted pecans soaked in whipped cream....mmmm |
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| Violet was gifted a sweet dress from grandma Jo! |
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| Calvin rarely wears a shirt while working on school work...I wonder if this will continue through the winter? |
