tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25940578683413005912024-03-28T00:57:08.098-05:00It's Good to be QueenSara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.comBlogger888125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-88864377120419921452014-12-17T11:15:00.003-06:002014-12-17T11:15:59.204-06:00you can find me......well, i didn't mean to take a big ol' giant blogging break.<br />
it just kind of happened.<br />
a week turned into a month, turned into nearly a year.<br />
i have missed blogging.<br />
i may come back to it, i may not, i'm not really sure.<br />
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anyhow.....just popping in here to say, you can keep up with me on instagram.<br />
it pretty much has become my little mini-blog space these days.<br />
my insta name is now saraneufeld {no longer itsgoodtobequeen} if you're trying to find me. :)<br />
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thanks :)<br />
xoSara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-81038068247146437552014-02-03T22:17:00.001-06:002014-02-03T22:17:48.134-06:00snow dayzzzzz<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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we have had *<i><b>so</b></i> much snow* this winter.<br />
craziest thing ever.<br />
i guess the groundhog and the persimmon seed were right.<br />
this is a very wintery winter.<br />
especially for the south.<br />
i don't think we've had a good snow in 3 years.<br />
i guess we needed to make up for that.<br />
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this current round o' snow.....winter storm maximus, i'm told..... has been <b>so. pretty.</b><br />
it started while we were in church yesterday and was pretty much a winter wonderland by the time we made our 5 mile trek home.<br />
it's that super powdery, big flakes, with sunny skies...perfect kind of snow.<br />
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although a bunch of our fun plans for yesterday were cancelled, it did turn out to be a perfectly lovely day of staying at home and cozying up with my faveys.<br />
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today was a sunny day and not too cold so the kids and i decided to take a trek back behind our house for some snowy adventure.<br />
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there are woods and a creek behind our house.<br />
the boys kept saying, "it's narnia!"<br />
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one of our favorite things is outdoor exploring so this was just bliss.<br />
ruby is happiest outside so she was <i>pumped</i> to be out in the snow.<br />
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we tasted a <i>little </i>bit of that perfect looking snow, but not too much since the last big snow we had this winter, finley ate so much of it that he got a stomach ache.<br />
#lessonlearned<br />
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we were so excited to make it to the creek.<br />
sawyer really wanted to get in it.<br />
i took that as a teaching moment on why we don't get in creeks in the winter. :)<br />
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we spent a good while down there throwing snowballs into the creek.<br />
i had a death grip on the back of ruby's coat but she did still manage to face plant it in the snow once.<br />
luckily, she was so happy out there that it didn't phase her much. :)<br />
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this was the best snow day.<br />
the only thing that would have made it better was to have AJ home.<br />
but i cannot complain...it was a really great day.<br />
plus my sweet neighbor took the boys sledding for an hour in the afternoon so they got sledding fun and i got some sweet quiet time.<br />
i'm sure the extra vitamin D today didn't hurt either. :)<br />
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and just to give you a smile on this cold winter's night....i am going to humble myself and show you my hot mama snow outfit.<br />
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oh yes. hot-tay.<br />
AJ's ginormo pants {no, my legs are not that big} stuffed into my winter boots.<br />
80's-tastic coat.<br />
scarf hanging out.<br />
men's gloves.<br />
not pictured here: my giant bug-eye sunglasses.<br />
i was a sight to behold.<br />
thankfully, only my kids, neighbor kandice & the birds got to see this special look.<br />
......and now the internets. you're welcome. your night is now complete. :)<br />
sweet dreams.....<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-59880103835874425382014-01-10T16:12:00.000-06:002014-01-10T16:17:52.575-06:00instafriday ~ christmas edition look at me doing instafriday!<br />
i guess all this being cooped up inside with eleventy billion snow/ice days is good for something. :)<br />
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actually i <i>have </i>been amazed at how much i am getting done around the house lately with it being so crummy outside.<br />
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i have soooo many instagram pics, i just decided to go with the ones from Christmas.....in collage form.<br />
because there are a lot. you're welcome. :)<br />
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okay, i guess these were right before christmas.<br />
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left to right, top to bottom:<br />
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1. a little <a href="http://mamacarmen.com/">mama carmen's</a> coffee date with my big boys. making the most of our 3rd snow day in december..... which was a lot considering they only attend school twice a week.<br />
2. hot date with my main squeeze for our 13th anniversary.<br />
3. having a big time with my saw buddy at potter's house christmas party.<br />
4. christmas gifts for the wonderful teachers in our life. i had so much fun making these!<br />
5. gorgeous anniversary flowers from <a href="http://www.pigmint.com/">pigmint</a>...<i style="font-weight: bold;">the best flowers. </i>good job, baby. A+++<br />
6. christmas parties for dayyyzzzzz.<br />
7. my mom treated me to go see The Nutcracker by the russian ballet. amazzing. and male dancers have suuuper tight pants. just have to say it. i know i should be more mature about that, but seriously.<br />
i did love it though, so festive and fun and we got to dress up. :)<br />
8. family movie/picnic night watching the grinch. i love our cozy family nights.<br />
9. same night...cozied up with my man in our super <i>hawt</i> sweatshirts.<br />
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1. sweet smile...on our way to our first christmas get together. this 45 minute car drive felt like such a sigh of relief. after an insane month, it felt so good to finally have the celebrations of christmas starting. i felt like i <i>had made it. </i><br />
2. my little sister got ruby a crown. it was a hit. :) good job, hannah!<br />
3. i have always loved this sweet vintage light up tree of my step mom's. such a sweet christmas memory.<br />
4. my dad and step mom had the house looking so festive and fun for our get together. it was such a sweet night. i love spending time with family.<br />
5. she let the boys drink red punch out of christmas mugs. so special and fun. :)<br />
6. the night before christmas. AJ and i had everything ready to go by eleven. i felt super pumped about that! it's always so fun to set everything out with him. we're both so excited. :)<br />
7. christmas day was so fun with my sweet little family. they have precious happy hearts and were thrilled with everything. <br />
8. sissy girl slept in so she opened her stocking after everyone else. we all had a bawl watching her open every little thing.<br />
9. AJ and i have always just gotten each other stocking gifts. we usually both stretch the rules on what will actually <i>fit </i>inside a stocking, but this year he totally cheated! i am one blessed girl.<br />
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1. the day after christmas we headed out to kansas to AJ's parents. we always <i>love </i>going there. i was honestly so looking forward to the 5 1/2 hour car trip to just have some time to relax. i'm telling you, december was a marathon.<br />
2. we immediately got to work relaxing.....in our matching tube socks. #hot<br />
3. & 4. the boys had a blast going on several four wheeler rides in the snow as well as getting to go snow-tubing!<br />
5. we played so. many. dominoes. this was my favorite thing. playing games with grownups. eating yummy desserts and laughing and talking. our kids are all finally old enough to stay pretty entertained so we actually had more adult time than we've had in a few years. it was so nice.<br />
6. ruby. because, ruby. :)<br />
7. love birds. it took 5 shots to get this one of us looking semi-normal.<br />
8. pam's made-from-scratch cherry pie. oh my word. it is amazzzzing. with a hot cup of coffee. yes, please. i was living a dream and i didn't want it to end.<br />
9. pam is so great about getting the kids involved with baking. the little ones were helping her make pizza. they love it and she is so patient with them.<br />
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and lastly i want to leave you with a little video of what we heard every single time we drove at night for all of the holiday season.<br />
lucky for you, you can turn your volume down. ;)<br />
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"look mommy, lights! boys!"<br />
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happy weekend, y'all!<br />
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i've known for quite a while that i wanted to diy a little play kitchen for ruby for christmas.<br />
i had pinned some ideas on pinterest.<br />
i had thought i would build something out of an old cabinet.<br />
eventually i realized i needed to just re-do an existing play kitchen for time's sake.<br />
i scoured craig's list and thrift shops for months until i finally found one from a neighbor for $40.<br />
it is small and just perfect for her. yay!<br />
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so this is what it started out looking like:<br />
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it was the perfect size and shape.<br />
perfectly ready for me to sand and paint and update!<br />
it sat in our attic for a few months until....you know...the weekend before christmas.<br />
of course.<br />
it needed a good amount of sanding and then i painted it with 2 coats of valspar paint {tropical spray, <i>i think} </i>that i had left over from her dresser.<br />
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i used a silver drawer pull that we had on hand for the "towel rack."<br />
i whipped up a little towel with some terry cloth material i had and some fun floral fabric.<br />
and then added her name, because the cutsier the better, right?<br />
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all of the "oven knobs" are knobs from hobby lobby.<br />
oh my gravy. have you looked through their knobs?<br />
they are amazing.<br />
they're often half off which is a far cry from their very similar looking counterparts at anthro.<br />
i mean. she just needed crystal oven knobs, right??<br />
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the sink knobs are also from hob lob...i have a giant crush on mercury glass.<br />
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the "back splash" is scrapbook paper {also hobby lobby} that I just mod podged on.<br />
i painted the burners silver with some silver paint that we had from painting ornaments. :)<br />
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seriously, we used so much that we already had.<br />
i spray painted this hook that i found in my box o' odds and ends.<br />
i made her the little pot holders when i was making her towel.<br />
i love them...so little and cute and seriously probably took 10 minutes to make.<br />
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my mom got her the cutie pie red, wooden pots & some play food for kitchen.<br />
she plays with them all constantly. :)<br />
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it was so fun surprising her with this.</div>
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i'm not sure who was more excited, ruby or aj and i....or the boys. </div>
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she loved it and got right to work playing with it. :)</div>
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this was such a fun and rewarding project. <br />
i love it when what is in my head actually turns out. :)<br />
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what about y'all? diy anything fun lately?<br />
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our home is looking cozy and christmasy.</div>
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this is our first christmas in this house and it was so fun to decorate. </div>
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the kids love to help decorate the tree with us.<br />
we have a tradition of putting on a christmas movie and decorating the tree together.<br />
i usually get a little stressed out at some point but try to hold it together. ;)<br />
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i love our family tree.<br />
we put tons of vintage tinsel and all of our ornaments on that one tree.<br />
i love my fancy, girly ornaments right next to a homemade kid one. :)<br />
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we decorated the weekend after thanksgiving and i spent the better part of the weekend adding stuff all around the house.<br />
it's not perfect for sure, but it's happy and christmasy and makes our home feel so cozy. :)<br />
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avery made this lego nativity to set out. :) </div>
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we have loved doing the jesse tree this year....i found the free printable ornaments and jesse tree study guide for free on <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/">ann voskamp's blog</a>.<br />
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bottle brush trees are so sweet, right?<br />
plus vintage fake snow and little vintage silver deer...such a sweet little vignette.<br />
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i may be slightly obsessssed with my antique ornament tree.<br />
i'm thinking it would be weird to have it up all year long.....<br />
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antique ornaments are one of the only things that i collect and i loooovvveee them.<br />
vintage tinsel....vintage ornaments....all stuffed into a milk glass vase.<br />
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christmas cards displayed on the piano.<br />
ignore that chandelier hanging in the way....seriously we need to raise that sucker up.<br />
we've only lived here since march.<br />
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that's when avery and finley were four and two....and avery kept pinching finley's nipples while i was trying to create a christmas card photo shoot.<br />
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vintage christmas apron.<br />
red plaid mug i picked up at the thrift for 99 cent.<br />
i'm so trendy with my plaid.<br />
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we did a little easy christmas crafting on our bazillion snow days last week.<br />
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dining room....i <b>love </b>decorating these shelves.<br />
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the shelves are just barn wood that AJ attached to the wall with heavy duty brackets.<br />
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the little tree is just one that i had on hand.<br />
i spray painted it silver this year to give it a midcentury feel.<br />
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advent calendar...the kids open a window each morning and read the verse.<br />
simple and sweet.<br />
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even the bathroom shelf got a little christmas love in the form of a big ol' strand of vintage tinsel shoved in there.<br />
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avery's room and the stairs to the playroom got some lights as well.<br />
not fancy, but super fun and exciting for the kids.<br />
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so that's our bits of christmas cheer!<br />
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merry christmas, friends! :)<br />
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{linking up to <a href="http://www.thenester.com/2013/12/welcome-to-the-2013-christmas-tour-of-homes.html">the nester's christmas tour of homes</a>}.<br />
<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-63765918953807614742013-11-29T14:37:00.003-06:002013-11-29T14:39:47.762-06:00holiday cards by minteddid y'all have a good thanksgiving??<br />
thanksgiving is the best.<br />
yummy food. family. focusing our words and thoughts on thankfulness.<br />
love it.<br />
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the holiday season is just so much fun.<br />
and now, it's time to think about christmas cards.<br />
do you send christmas cards?<br />
i've done them every year since....well forever.<br />
i remember sending them out when i was in college.<br />
never is it more fun to check your mailbox, than the month of december.<br />
i love when all of the holiday cards come rolling in.<br />
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i've had it in my head to figure out christmas cards for a while now and i recently discovered, <b><a href="http://www.minted.com/holiday-photo-cards">minted</a>.</b><br />
that is some serious eye candy.<br />
there are so many unique designs that i hadn't seen before.<br />
they also have many shape options, post card options, flat or folded cards, paper thickness, etc.<br />
lots. of. options.<br />
okay....gonna let some photos speak for themselves.<br />
here are some of my faveys.....<br />
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<a href="http://www.minted.com/product/holiday-photo-cards/MIN-WYK-HYC/bright-and-chalky?ccId=117121&agI=0&org=photo">who doesn't love a good chalkboard print? </a></div>
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i realized i haven't shown y'all around much since we've moved to this house so i thought i'd show you ruby's room.<br />
it is honestly <i>very much </i>like her <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2011/08/baby-girl-nursery-reveal.html">old room</a>.<br />
except that she actually lives in it now, so it's not quite so pristine.<br />
and she has a closet in this room.<br />
bonus.<br />
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welcome. :)<br />
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it should be noted that i did not stage these photos at all.<br />
these pics are pretty much how it looks every day.<br />
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also, the walls are painted dolphin fin gray (behr) just like her old room.<br />
that was the very first thing we did before we even moved boxes in.<br />
also, we brought her chandelier. :) had to.<br />
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this is her reading chair.<br />
we read her books there, daily.<br />
her favorite is "no, no, noah." :)<br />
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chalkboard from her shower, hooks with her many accessories, fabric art from the sis-in-law, and baby dresses.<br />
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the top one was my mom's baby dress and the bottom is the one i made for ruby.<br />
it was so big on her....hard to believe now.<br />
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i found the gold curtain rod at the walmarts on clearance. yes. please.<br />
the curtains are a vintage coverlet, cut in half.<br />
i didn't sew up the sides or anything crazy like that.<br />
the little scrappy garland is from <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2012/08/rubys-first-birthday-party-lots-of.html">her first bday partay</a>.<br />
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her bed....pretty much the same as our last house, except lowered down.<br />
she refuses blankets 98% of the time, but we always go in and cover her up after she's asleep.<br />
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that vintage bassinet is one of my favorite things in her room.<br />
all my kids slept in it, as well as my niece, nephew and little sister.<br />
it now holds her many "babies."<br />
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okay, yeah, we hardly use that changing pad anymore.<br />
but we do use it <i>sometimes</i> and i just can't bear to get rid of it yet.<br />
i have used it for all four of my kids and i'm sentimental and i am no where near ready for her to have a big girl room.<br />
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the gallery above her bed is ever-changing.<br />
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ruby in utero.<br />
mama and boy hands loving on her even then. :)<br />
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the little angel picture was a gift from my step-mom years ago and i've always loved it.<br />
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vintage botanical print.<br />
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i love this print from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FrenchPressMornings">french press mornings</a>.<br />
{i won it through a giveaway on <a href="http://eevanad.blogspot.com/">this vintage grove</a>!! yay. hoo.}<br />
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and lastly but not leastly...her closet.<br />
it is super nice for her to have an actual closet in this house.<br />
which is chock full of her cutie clothes and shoes.<br />
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so that's her little room.<br />
girly and pink and perfect for her. :)<br />
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more details of the specific items in her room can be found in the "ruby's nursery" tab at the top of the page. :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-44303168677470391052013-10-25T08:09:00.000-05:002013-10-25T08:09:57.094-05:00instagramsyou know instagram is my favorite app, right?<br />
i love photos and i love capturing little moments throughout our days.<br />
also, it's pretty much the only app i have because i have sooooo many photos on my phone taking up all the space.<br />
it's so hard to delete them!<br />
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whenever people ask me "what's new with you guys?" i never really have anything glamorous to say.<br />
we're just doing life.<br />
one day at a time.<br />
a happy life with our little peeps.<br />
we like it. :)<br />
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i also like these vintage thermoses.<br />
perfect for hot chocolate on a cool fall day.<br />
i kept the coleman and sent the thermos to the booth.<br />
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we went to visit my mom & david's house a couple of weekends ago.<br />
ruby had fun exploring outside and looking at my mom's pretty flowers.<br />
they live way out in the country on the prettiest land.<br />
we always love a visit out there.<br />
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i walked by his room the other day and saw him and thought, "man i <i>love</i> homeschooling."<br />
also, i was a teensiest bit jealous and wished i could curl up in my bed with a book. ;)<br />
but mostly just really happy that this is his life.<br />
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on the 16th we had the joy of celebrating AJ's birthday.<br />
the kids get so excited about birthdays and they each made him a sweet card.<br />
ruby kept saying, "birtday! birtday!"<br />
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AJ and i got to have a lunch date on his birthday.<br />
so. fun. seriously best idea ever.<br />
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i made the <a href="http://megduerksen.typepad.com/photos/recipes/lt1gzh.html">best cheesecake in the history of ever </a>and we had fun celebrating as a family that night.<br />
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i like to send AJ pictures throughout our day and he loves receiving them.<br />
they can't all be just adorbs photos of the kiddos.<br />
sometimes i gotta send the ones of our kids being total goobers.<br />
like ruby wearing ginormo plastic ears and being super proud of herself. :)<br />
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to his future wife: you're welcome.<br />
finley loves to vacuum and i love to let him. :)<br />
also, saturday morning cleaning makes me super happy.<br />
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AJ took work off this whole week and the boys are on fall break.<br />
we are having the best time.<br />
we went to mt. kessler and it is my new fav-o-rite place.<br />
seriously, i fell in love.<br />
it is <b><i>gorgeous. </i></b><br />
our family loves to go hiking together.<br />
many of our best family times and memories are of being out in the woods together.<br />
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that is my child flying over my head at silver dollar city.<br />
avery has NO fear. none. <br />
deep breaths, mama. deep breaths.<br />
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ruby rode her first kiddie ride.<br />
i was so proud of her.<br />
little miss is getting brave. :)<br />
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we even got to meet up with my friend christy and her sweet girls for a few hours yesterday.<br />
such a treat.<br />
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this weekend we went back to our favoritest fall place, <a href="http://farmlandadventures.com/">farmland adventures</a>.<br />
we all looooove going out there and the boys were so excited when i told them AJ was taking off early on friday so we could go.<br />
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we started with the corn maze...we do the smaller corn maze for our little ones' sake.<br />
ruby wanted me to hold her through the entire maze...i was really wishing i had brought the ergo.<br />
let's just say AJ ended up carrying my purse through the rest of the maze.<br />
why i even brought my purse escapes me.<br />
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everyone loves the corn box.<br />
i think we need one.<br />
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avery <i>really </i>wanted me to take a picture of him doing this.<br />
oh my.<br />
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fin and sawyer did the pony rides.<br />
something we love about farmland adventures is that all the fun activities are included in the price.<br />
the kids can do everything as many times as they want. <br />
that is huge.<br />
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after pony rides we walked around the petting zoo & fed the goats.<br />
there are <i>tons </i>of goats.<br />
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all of our kids love feeding animals.<br />
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next we did the hay ride.<br />
the hay ride is probably my favorite part.<br />
it is so beautiful and peaceful out there.<br />
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they give everyone tortillas to feed the animals.<br />
the chickens and the cows come running for their treats.<br />
there was a cow running along side....like really close.... right beside us.<br />
it was hilarious.<br />
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the man stopped out in the middle of the field so that we could feed the cows....that were coming up really close.<br />
this cow was literally right up in my face.<br />
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after the hayride it was time to pick our pumpkins.<br />
the boys had very specific ideas of what they wanted.<br />
finley wanted the weirdest looking pumpkin possible.<br />
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we spent some more time there just letting the kids play around the hay bales and take extra pony rides.<br />
ruby decided she wanted to take a pony ride.<br />
i really thought she would freak out once i actually put her on the horse, but she did great.<br />
she did cling to me really tight....but i was so proud of her for actually getting on the pony. :)<br />
she loves animals so i know she was so happy she did it.<br />
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this was our third year in a row to go to farmland and it is definitely <i>our </i>place.<br />
we love it.<br />
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check out our first trip <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2011/11/our-farmland-adventure.html">here</a>. and also notice that our little finny fan's picture is up on <a href="http://farmlandadventures.com/">farmland's home page. </a> :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-27910126588239381152013-10-14T10:35:00.000-05:002013-10-25T08:40:53.179-05:00reason #792 to shop at thrift storesyou can come up with cutie pie outfits like this:<br />
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i found these adorbs <a href="https://www.kellyskids.com/index.asp">kelly's kids </a>pants at the thrift store for two bucks.<br />
they retail for around $36.<br />
boom. stickin' it to the man.<br />
and seriously, anything with a big ruffle at the bottom is perfection.<br />
so stinkin' cute.<br />
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ruby had an extra black shirt in her closet so i dug through my fabric stash and found some red fabric to use.<br />
i googled an arkansas shape, printed it out on card stock and used that for my pattern.<br />
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then i just sewed the shape right onto her shirt.<br />
i didn't iron it or use interfacing or fray check.<br />
i like to live on the edge like that.<br />
also, i don't have time to make this a big drawn-out project.<br />
i like the way the edges fray a bit on the shape after you wash it.<br />
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so this whole outfit cost me $2 and i think it's pretty darn cute.<br />
and ruby <i>loves </i>it.<br />
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while i had all the materials out, i quickly made another shape to make a fun arkansas hoop art for my booth. :)<br />
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that black & white jersey material is an old t-shirt that i cut up.<br />
i also used it for ruby's head band.<br />
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i love doing craft projects....especially when they turn out how i wanted. :)<br />
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and yes, this totally fueled my thrift store shopping even more. :)<br />
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happy monday, y'all......what are <i>you </i>creating lately??<br />
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Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-36157358820405781892013-10-11T14:53:00.001-05:002013-10-11T15:20:51.883-05:00yay it's instaFRIDAY! :)well let's talk about the elephant in the room.<br />
let's talk about this poor, lonely blog and how i've neglected it lately.<br />
i am sorry, i really am.<br />
i love writing and i so appreciate you hanging in there with me.<br />
i miss the days when i posted five days a week and had time to read other blogs as well.<br />
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i am in a stage in life right now that is hard.<br />
it's so, so good but also really hard.<br />
i told AJ last night that i'll probably look back on this time in my life as the sweetest and also the hardest.<br />
i wake up around 5:30, pour coffee down my throat and try to get my brain going to spend time with the Lord {currently going through a chronological reading plan, fyi}, i quickly get ready and then head to the kitchen by 7 at the latest to get breakfast going and start our day.<br />
i work hard and long days and hit the pillow hard at night.<br />
i was remembering last night how i used to have a break time every afternoon when avery and finley were little.<br />
they would nap and i would eat a snack and recharge.<br />
i would read blogs and work on my blog.<br />
these days, there is just not time.<br />
i am moving all the day long.<br />
homeschool is intense because i'm managing all four at once.<br />
in the afternoons when the littles are in bed we try to do some of the homeschool that requires my help or is more hands-on.<br />
when we're done with that or on tuesdays and thursdays when the bigs are gone, i am usually cleaning, laundering or some other task.<br />
so it seems lately, i've been able to sit down and write out my thoughts about once a week.<br />
anyhow, all that to say, i'm still here.<br />
i am not going anywhere. <br />
i have tons of blog post ideas milling around in my head, it's just taking me longer than it used to......<br />
so thank you for continuing to check in and read. :)<br />
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okay onto instafriday.... a.k.a., a smattering of cell phone pics from the last month or so. :<br />
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1. sawyer's first day of preschool. tear.<br />
2. sissy's first day of mother's day out. i die of cuteness.<br />
3. labor day bike ride. we loved this and made such a sweet memory with our little family.<br />
4. three handsome boys heading to church. we love our church!<br />
5. avery and ruby. he is delighted by her & she's pretty happy about the attention. :)<br />
6. silver dollar city day with friends!<br />
7. it takes a village, people. :) {this is how we convince people to come to our moms of providence meetings....somehow it worked}.<br />
8. oh girl.<br />
9. homeschool. some days are longer than others.....<br />
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1. amazing fall sky. our Creator God showing off for us. :)<br />
2. long live the slip n' slide! fall in the south still gives us some warm days here and there.<br />
3. sissy "washes" bubba's hair.<br />
4. how we get through target<br />
5. ninjas! {with our neighbor-friend hudson}<br />
6. last saturday was a rain boots and cabella's kind of day.<br />
7. this boy. so much passion in one little body. love sweet alone time with him.<br />
8. girls night OUT. so thankful for these homeschool mama friends.<br />
9. greek olympics day for fin's class. toilet plunger javelin throwing, tricycle chariot races & more. fun!<br />
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sweet night celebrating grandmother's birthday.<br />
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potter's house sundays.<br />
blessed to serve.<br />
learning to be more servant-like....such a process.<br />
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this is how i make dinner most days.<br />
it's insane.<br />
that little boy better be a chef for how many meals he's "helped" me make.<br />
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fall = boots and that makes me happy.<br />
{i'm trying not to think about what comes after fall.}<br />
we are loving the cool mornings and evenings.<br />
i love having my windows open and a candle burning.<br />
the days are still sun-shiny and warm so that is just perfect to me! :)<br />
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have a happy weekend, y'all!<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-15210893370551029292013-10-06T21:52:00.000-05:002013-10-07T06:55:38.719-05:00who are we?<div>
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it was <i style="font-weight: bold;">so great</i>.</div>
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a far cry from the talent shows we had when i was in elementary school. </div>
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cool kid, i was not. </div>
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a group of our 5th grade boys did a stomp routine called "who are we." </div>
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they learned the routine and even how to stomp in under 2 weeks {thanks to my really talented mama-friends who taught them}.<br />
it brought tears to my eyes to hear them calling out who they are in Christ.<br />
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very proud of these sweet boys. :)</div>
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proud mama's supporting our boys......<br />
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these girls are God's gift to me.<br />
so thankful for their encouragement and friendship.<br />
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avery <i>loved </i>learning how to stomp.<br />
so glad that he got this opportunity and so proud of my boy!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/mUO0oAkZvbU?rel=0" width="420"></iframe>Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-80477210771274297672013-10-03T04:00:00.000-05:002013-10-03T04:00:00.699-05:00thrifted thursdayso....sorry, i kind of abandoned thrifted thursday.<br />
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turns out, being wife and mom to four kids and homeschooling part time, and feeding these people and making sure they have clean clothes and trying to keep our house picked up and be a good friend and daughter and love the people around me...and trying to do all of that well.... it takes a lot of time. ;)<br />
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also, as you can imagine, those things have to take priority over me sharing my thrifting adventures.<br />
as much as i love blogging and it is therapeutic for me, sometimes it has to take a back burner to life.<br />
and i'm good with that.<br />
thanks for hanging in there with me. :)<br />
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so onto the thrifting.<br />
now that school is back in sesh and all my kids are doled out around town one morning a week, i can do some thrifting again.<br />
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i *love* the feeling of pulling up at the ph thrift on a thursday morning right at opening.<br />
there's always a line of people. always.<br />
even better if i have a cup of coffee in my hand.<br />
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i am <i style="font-weight: bold;">crazy</i> over these vintage curtains i found...at a yard sale actually.<br />
i haven't decided what i'm going to do with them yet.<br />
the pattern and the colors are just so perfect that i have to really think this out.<br />
such a happy find.<br />
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my mom brought this gorgeous old quilt for my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FayettevillesFunkyYardsale">booth</a>.<br />
i had to force myself to bring it to the booth...i l-o-v-e old quilts.<br />
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found these sweet old jars at the thrift.<br />
i think they're about 2 quarts.<br />
kept one, put one in the booth.<br />
i think it will be the perfect juice pitcher. :)<br />
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i've been looking for a bed skirt for avery's bed for a while now.<br />
last week i found this nautica blue plaid number that is perfect...now we don't have to see all the junk he's shoved under his bed from the door way. <br />
i think it was $2. boom.<br />
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i grabbed this for 99 cents to paint and use to hang art work or photos.<br />
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i love finding ties at the thrift store.<br />
AJ took one and i've been using one as a belt. :)<br />
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i usually don't look at the clothes because i don't love digging through so much but i did spot these levis that are so soft and comfortable and have pretty much been my uniform lately.</div>
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i also found that banana republic red shirt and that fun woven belt...that i wore on sunday....see below. :)</div>
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btw, ruby's entire outfit, save her headband, is from <a href="http://www.rhealana.com/">rhea lana's</a>.<br />
i really, really love having a dress up doll. :)<br />
also p.s. my jeans are from plato's closet and my shoes are 17 year old j.crew heels from my senior year in high school.<br />
wow. we are some thrifty girls over here. :)<br />
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soooo.....have y'all been thrifting lately?<br />
i'd love to see your finds if you want to link up in the comments. :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-9883319202136448662013-09-24T15:00:00.000-05:002013-09-24T15:00:21.553-05:00i'm a tv star, basically.i've been wanting to tell y'all about something really fun that i got to do a few weeks ago.<br />
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okay you know, the duggars, right?<br />
the big ol' family on <a href="http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/19-kids-and-counting">19 kids and counting</a> on TLC?<br />
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well they live right down the road from us.<br />
michelle is friends with my friend, kathy, who i work with at<a href="http://www.rhealana.com/"> rhea lana's</a> {the children's consignment event that i work at a few times a year}.<br />
michelle and her girls have shopped at rhea lana's many times and they have also volunteered at our events.<br />
anyhoooo.....<br />
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we got to help them out with a special project a few weeks ago and were <i>filmed </i>for an upcoming show.<br />
so yeah, super fun and nerve wracking at the same time!<br />
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a few of us girls from the rhea lana's leadership team worked with the duggars on a big event to raise money for arkansas children's hospital.<br />
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this pic is after a long, <i style="font-weight: bold;">hot</i> day of working outside so we are sweaty and dusty, but we had to document it. :)<br />
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aj brought the kids up for a little bit to visit me and experience the extravaganza of the event. :)<br />
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i can't share any details since the show hasn't aired, but i wanted to tell you so that you could watch on <b>October 22 </b>for our episode which is also the season finale for 19 kids and counting.<br />
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i hope i don't look like a total goober but i'm pretty sure i will.<br />
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also, i have to say that the duggars are <i>the sweetest</i> people you'll ever meet.<br />
seriously, so genuine.<br />
i loved every last one of them.<br />
it was such a pleasure working with them and getting to know them. :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-90506774939751026952013-09-23T10:41:00.002-05:002013-09-23T10:41:43.618-05:00hello, monday. hello, fall.<br />
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we are having a lovely, windows-open, candle burning kind of fall morning.<br />
yesterday was the first day of fall and it actually feels like it.<br />
high's in the upper 70's is pretty perfect in my book. :)<br />
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i do love how cozy a house feels in the fall.<br />
i pulled down my few fall decorations yesterday afternoon.<br />
i still <i>need </i>to get a mum and some pumpkins for the front porch.<br />
does anyone know how i can <i style="font-weight: bold;">not </i>kill a mum?<br />
seriously, i have a black thumb.<br />
i need your tips.<br />
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these are phone pics so they're not profesh, but you get the idea.<br />
it's fall up in here. :)<br />
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ruby actually sat still for a few minutes and cuddled with aj while he was watching football.<br />
his dream come true. ;)<br />
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one of our favorite traditions is homemade pizza on sunday nights.<br />
i use <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2010/10/homemade-pizza-you-will-thank-me.html">aj's mom's recipe</a>...it's simple and yummy. {p.s. i like the packets of pizza crust yeast}<br />
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a pretty nice first day of fall, i say. :)<br />
i'm ready now...ready for pumpkins and hay rides and yummy food.<br />
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want to get in the fall spirit with me?<br />
<a href="http://www.penandpaintblog.com/2013/09/free-fall-printable.html">lindsay at pen & paint </a>has a cutie patootie <i style="font-weight: bold;">free </i>fall printable.<br />
thanks lindsay! :)<br />
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happy fall, y'all!<br />
<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-2009253440231133512013-09-09T17:00:00.002-05:002013-09-09T17:02:13.988-05:00us {in photographs}my sweet, sweet friend, <a href="http://www.nikkitothphotography.com/">nikki</a>, sent me a message a while back and offered to take pictures of our family.<br />
she is just starting her photography business and she specializes in story telling photography.<br />
of course i was thrilled to say yes!!!<br />
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oh. my. goodness.<br />
what a <i><b>priceless gift </b></i>she gave us.<br />
she captured, <b><i>us. </i></b><br />
how we are....in our home.<br />
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she gave us so many amazing photos, i had a hard time narrowing them down share with you.<br />
so i'm sharing a lot. :)<br />
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i know.<br />
i could not love them more.<br />
we were pretty much beside ourselves when we saw them.<br />
there are not enough words to thank nikki for capturing this moment in time for us.<br />
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if you're local and interested {i'm sure you are :)}...check out <a href="http://www.nikkitothphotography.com/">nikki toth photography</a>. :)<br />
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from her website:<br />
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"<span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'eb garamond'; font-size: 15px;">My passion is photographing everyday moments and making them magical. I want to capture your family's story and help you remember those details that are so easily forgotten. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: eb garamond;">love her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: eb garamond;">thank you a million times, nikki. </span></div>
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oh mercy.<br />
little sis is growing right up.<br />
somehow, my little baby girl is two years old.<br />
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we celebrated with a really low-key backyard breakfast party.<br />
i used some of the decorations from <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2012/08/rubys-first-birthday-party-lots-of.html">her first birthday party</a> so it was super simple to put together a sweet little party for our girly girl.<br />
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we had chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, pigs in a blanket, donuts, pink fruit snacks, juice, milk, coffee....and about half way through the party i realized that i had forgotten to put out the fruit.<br />
typical.<br />
i had planned to serve strawberries, cantaloupe, peaches, & blueberries but i totally forgot to put them out!!<br />
we put the strawberries out about half way through.<br />
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she's a carb and protein girl through and through.<br />
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fruit loop bracelet making station to go with the breakfast theme. :)<br />
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we put her tea set out in the yard for another activity option.<br />
she loved it. :)<br />
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kids ate on quilts on the lawn.<br />
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strawberry cupcakes with homemade frosting....i learned all my cupcake skillz from my friend, jenny.<br />
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we had such a sweet morning celebrating our ruby jane.<br />
she was adorable opening presents and kept saying, "birtday! birtday"and "yay! yay! yay!" and waving her arms.<br />
such joy. :)<br />
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happy birthday, my ruby jane.<br />
looking forward to celebrating you always. :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-68709572862100572022013-08-26T15:23:00.000-05:002013-08-26T15:23:08.683-05:00their scalps are still pink have y'all run a color run?<br />
that looks so fun.<br />
i really want to do that.<br />
except i totally quit running since my <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2013/04/instas-lately.html">last race.</a><br />
i reeeeally need to get back to it.<br />
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guess i should take <a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2012/10/running-tips-from-non-athlete.html">my own running advice </a>and sign up for a race.<br />
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anyhooooooo, i am getting off on a running tangent but i wanted to talk about color.<br />
specifically color like they use in color runs or the festival of colors in india.<br />
that also looks super fun b.t. dubs.<br />
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our friend,<a href="http://chelsjorjann.blogspot.com/"> chelsea</a>, was home from india this summer and she brought our boys some india color.<br />
they have been dying to do it, so on a chill evening, i said ok and we busted out the color.<br />
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it is pretty fun actually and i probably should have been a really fun mom and joined the fun, but i opted to keep my distance and take pictures. :)<br />
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i love their giggles and sweet, simple joy.<br />
they are easy to please and that is one of my favorite qualities about these kiddos of mine. :)<br />
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so i really hope to go through the hundred some odd pics i took of ruby's bday and share them sometime this week. oh my they are girly.<br />
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until then....have a great day y'all. :)Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-17801378611521930892013-08-21T16:05:00.000-05:002013-08-21T16:05:08.013-05:00first day of school 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i have <i style="font-weight: bold;">loved </i>scrolling through instagram the last few days and seeing everyone's first day of school pics.<br />
so. cute.<br />
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i was telling the boys how i vividly remember my first day of 7th grade.<br />
i had a matching purple shirt {with the side in a t-shirt clip no doubt}, ruffly skirt and scrunchy.<br />
pretty sure i had matching socks and fake keds as well.<br />
i remember standing in front of the mirror in my room, admiring my outfit and my side pony tail and thinking how cute i looked.<br />
never mind the fact that i always looked about 2 grades younger than i was.<br />
i'm sure i rocked it. ha. ;)<br />
....and suddenly i feel super old.<br />
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yesterday was our big boys' first day of 5th and 3rd grade.<br />
yeah. they are crazy old. it's nuts.<br />
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the boys wear uniforms and we are dorky and like to all wear school colors on the first day. :)<br />
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if you're reading and saying to yourself, "hey i thought she homeschooled??"<br />
i do. part time.<br />
our boys go to a college-prep, university model school which means they attend classes at the school two days a week and i home school them the other 3 days.<br />
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avery and his buddy sawyer {aka, big sawyer} rolling their ginormo bags in {a necessity for bringing books back and forth to school}.<br />
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this crazy cat <i>needed </i>to wear his pretend head set.<br />
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me and my twin. :)<br />
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i love that finley's teacher is funny and sweet. :)<br />
i think he'll have a great year.<br />
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by the time i got to avery's class, they had already started so i just snapped a quick picture at his desk.<br />
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after drop off we have a tradition of heading to chic-fil-a and letting our little ones play while we decompress from all the craziness of getting everyone ready for the first day.<br />
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all of our first born boys are in the fifth grade together so we give each other lots of moral support. :)<br />
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it's <i>always, always</i> sad to see summer go, but we are thrilled to have our boys back at providence.<br />
knowing that i will still have them home 5 out of 7 days a week makes it so much easier to start back to school.<br />
plus we got our homeschool done early today and headed to the pool so that's pretty sweet.<br />
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yay for living in the south and having plenty of warm days ahead. :) :)<br />
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<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-64171153680311158032013-08-08T07:22:00.000-05:002013-08-08T07:22:05.604-05:00Thrifted Thursday {with a link up}hi y'all. :)<br />
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i have loved having a flea market booth for the last 9 months.<br />
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with my crazy busy life, full up of taking care of four kiddos and all that comes with that, i was a bit nervous to add anything<i> extra</i> to my plate.<br />
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it has turned out to be exactly what i hoped it would be....easy, fun & profitable.<br />
yay. :)<br />
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the only hard part has been that it is on the complete opposite side of town from where i live.<br />
that wouldn't be a huge deal, but i literally have nothing else going on over there so it just feels like i'm driving out to half of forever to get there.<br />
always had to make a special trip.<br />
every time i drove out there, i would pray that God would open something up closer to me.<br />
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so a few weeks ago i was standing outside talking to my neighbor friend about all this and she told me that she saw a sign for a new place opening up.<br />
!!!!!!!!!<br />
yay! just what i'd been praying for! :)<br />
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anyhow, i got right over there and signed up.<br />
i cleaned out my old booth a few days later.<br />
it was hard to leave that place since they had been so good to me but i am so excited about the new place.<br />
it's really close so i should be able to just stop by when i'm out and about. :)<br />
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sooooo, if you're in northwest arkansas, it's called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FayettevillesFunkyYardsale">fayetteville's funky yardsale</a>, and it will be open august 15. :)<br />
i think it will be a great place to shop...it's huge and there are some great vendors that i know of already. :) yay.<br />
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okay...so since this <i>is </i>thrifted thursday, i want to show you a fun little project.<br />
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so this really cool frame isn't technically thrifted but my mom brought it back from my grandpa's house earlier this summer.<br />
it's old so that counts. ;)<br />
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i knew i wanted to do something fun with it.<br />
then when i had my annual college girls' weekend, my friend jackie, gifted us each with a 1corinthians 13 art print so i knew that would be a great piece to use with this frame.<br />
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i had a spray painting party in the front yard and gave the frame a few good coats of teal.<br />
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thankfully the print fit perfectly and gave that old from a new life. :)<br />
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i love having scripture on the walls and i had been wanting to have this particular verse up for a while.<br />
the kids and i refer to it often. ;)<br />
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have y'all been thrifting lately? show us your scores!<br />
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we had a lovely weekend.<br />
we had a good amount of family time and a good amount of time with dear friends.<br />
<a href="http://joynindia.com/">dear friends </a>who moved off to india to do some life changing work.<br />
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thankfully their work with <a href="http://joynindia.com/">joyn</a> & <a href="http://dehradunguitars.com/">dehradun guitar co.</a> bring them back every summer, so we keep connected.<br />
our boys have the best time together and look forward to it all year.<br />
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these goofy boys love a snow cone. </div>
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we went to a nearby lake that i grew up going to.</div>
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<i>why </i>do we not go there more often?? so crazy.</div>
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i am on a mission to change that. it is so beautiful out there and so fun.</div>
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it's also really peaceful and perfect for our nature loving family. </div>
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okay, so the lake is not the cleanest thing you have ever seen but it was like just dandy for folks who live in india. ;)<br />
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our boy fisherman was in heaven.<br />
amazing how that full of energy kid can fish for hours. love him.<br />
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well, this month is<i> packed full</i> of activity.<br />
fighting my natural tendency to get way overwhelmed.<br />
taking deep breaths and one day at a time.<br />
want to navigate it with joy and grace. :)<br />
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blessings today, friends. :) enjoy your monday and have a second cup if you need to. :)<br />
<br />Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-15071186802772547712013-08-02T15:05:00.000-05:002013-08-02T15:05:51.400-05:00snap shots of summer<b>hello</b> friday.<br />
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we are living it up, summer style.<br />
feeling that angst that comes with the end of summer drawing near.<br />
trying to soak up every moment.<br />
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every week has seemed full and not full at the same time.<br />
always something going on but also lots of hanging around the house with nothing on the schedule.<br />
lovely. :)<br />
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trying to gear my kids up but it's hard when i'm not ready either.<br />
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<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Sara Neufeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03517295803452245389noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2594057868341300591.post-2087949111856386132013-07-30T14:51:00.000-05:002013-07-30T14:51:18.025-05:00good thing she's cute.okay, so miss ruby has a bad habit.<br />
my makeup.<br />
she wants to dig in it constantly. :/<br />
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on one hand, i think it's cute and girly that she even cares about makeup....but seriously, it's getting out of hand.<br />
and i have never let her play in my makeup, she just sneaks into my bathroom or my purse when i'm not looking.<br />
all. the. time.<br />
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so this is our morning....fun craft time at the kitchen table....<br />
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crayons. glue. playdough. markers. the works.<br />
i love my children being creative but then when we're done, i want it all cleaned up.<br />
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so we get it all cleaned up, wiped down & swept up and i'm feeling really good about the state of affairs.<br />
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then i had that sinking feeling that i hadn't seen ruby in a while.....<br />
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she used the. entire. jar.<br />
and of course, not on a wipeable surface.<br />
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yes. she wiped it all over avery's shorts and he didn't even notice!!<br />
what in the sam hill?!!<br />
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she <i>coated </i>the charger. like in every crevice.<br />
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why not throw a little bronzer in there too?<br />
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and here's the truth.<br />
i cried so much.<br />
like seriously, couldn't stop.<br />
kind of ridiculous actually.<br />
but i just did not want to spend my day cleaning all this up.<br />
and had no idea <i>how </i>to even deal with it.<br />
and i was ready for us to walk out the door to run errands so we couldn't do that what with ruby being covered in makeup and all.<br />
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and bless my sweet boys' hearts, they didn't know what to do with me.<br />
sawyer went and spread a quilt on my bed to make it pretty for me and finley went up to the attic to try to find another blanket for my bed.<br />
so so sweet.<br />
they are going to make great husbands, by the way.<br />
they've had to deal with all of my emotions, they'll be able to handle anything. ha! ;)<br />
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anyhow, i just put my comforter in the car and we took it to the dry cleaners to see what they could do with it.<br />
i'm hoping that i got it there fast enough that it hadn't set in yet.<br />
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ruby and avery's clothes are currently soaking in hot soapy, oxicleany water.<br />
i worked on the carpet for quite a while and now it's soaking with spot shot.<br />
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i know it's just a comforter, and so silly to cry over, but i love it and it's pretty. :)<br />
so that's my shallow post for the day.<br />
me crying over "stuff" that doesn't even matter.<br />
oh sigh.<br />
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p.s. AJ met us for lunch and to give me a big hug and all was right in the world. :)<br />
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taking a break from<a href="http://www.itsgoodtobequeen.net/2013/07/thrifted-thursday-4.html"> thrifted thursday</a> this week to share photos from our recent trip to the <a href="http://wildwildernessdrivethroughsafari.com/">wild wilderness safari</a>.<br />
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it was so.much.fun.<br />
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we have been wanting to take the kids for a while and i'm so glad we did!<br />
we all loved it.<br />
it was AJ, sawyer & ruby's first time to go and the big boys didn't really remember it so that made it extra fun.<br />
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there are four big areas where you can go in and hang out with the animals, pet them, pick them up, chase them, whatever you fancy.<br />
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i just loved those cute little piggies.<br />
there are all kinds of animals roaming around together, it was crazy!<br />
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there were<i> tons </i>of peacocks.<br />
i think those peacocks like each other because they were<i> everywhere</i>.<br />
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this kangaroo had a giant baby in her pouch.<br />
more like a toddler.<br />
it looked painful!<br />
big legs sticking out everywhere.<br />
i think i'd be giving that baby the boot.<br />
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the safari is so much more fun that the zoo {i think} because you get to be <i>in the pins</i> with the animals.<br />
you do feel like things could go terribly wrong at any moment.<br />
we like to live on the edge.<br />
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this peacock seemed to be giving his lady a show.<br />
he kept following her around shaking his feathers at her <i>the whole time</i> we were there. <br />
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wow. God's creativity right there.<br />
so fun to talk about with our kids.<br />
how God is <i>the </i>most creative of all and how He created every color every imagined and he provides for his creation with defense mechanisms. so amazing!!!<br />
we spent the whole time amazed at God's handiwork.<br />
also, that peacock there....the blue of his head was amazing.<br />
the deepest cobalt blue but shimmery. breathtaking, really.<br />
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the monkeys put on a big show for us. so fun!<br />
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so fun to be <b>this close</b> to giraffes!<br />
how beautiful are they?!!!<br />
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it was one of those mornings that i wanted to last forever.<br />
you just want to stop the clock.<br />
it is so peaceful out there.<br />
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ruby got brave enough to feed the goats.<br />
she loved it!<br />
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after all the petting and looking in cages, we went on the drive-thru part which took like an hour.<br />
it was awesome!<br />
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the animals came so close!<br />
seriously we were all giddy, exclaiming over every animal.<br />
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such a great morning....if you're local, i <i><b>highly</b></i> recommend it.<br />
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yay for summer!<br />
summer foreverrrrrrrrr. :)<br />
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we have had a mostly laid back, super summery week around here. </div>
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finley has had swim lessons in the afternoons this week.</div>
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he is loving it and the others have done really well with watching him every day.....which amazes me because it's blazing hot and they're staring at a pool but i guess they're just used to it. thankful. </div>
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sno-cones are my favorite summer treat. </div>
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i love their excitement over every little thing....it makes life so fun! :)</div>
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