Meet Jane Aldridge.  I have a major girl crush on her.  She has the best hair on the planet, and what I wouldn’t give to rifle through her shoe collection and try on every last pair. Beautiful.  Ahhhhh, sweet inspiration. P.S.  We’ll be choosing winners…

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  Guini stayed home sick from school today because she said her stomach hurt this morning.  I braced myself for the worst, but nothing ever came of it and she ate like a horse and happily watched tv all day, so back to school tomorrow….

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This giveaway is extra special because it comes from an amazing local author, who also happens to be our dad! Dave Rhoades has two published novels, Altar and Road Rage and is currently working on more.  He has been writing since he was young, and truly…

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This weekend has been quiet.  The kids left on Friday evening to spend 2 nights with my sister and brother-in-law at their house about 25 minutes away.  Tristan and I immediately skipped out the door to have our favorite dinner (middle eastern food – yum),…

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I had coffee with my friend Chrystal today and it reminded me that I never shared these photos that I took of her son for his 1st birthday.  And since he is one of the cutest kids I’ve ever met, I had no choice but…

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Samantha Crain++Sucré++Of Monsters and Men++Regina Spektor++Tune-Yards++David Bazan Though I didn’t write a Listening: post about all of these albums, (and most of them came out before 2012) they were definitely my most listened to music of the year.  How about you?  Any favorite music from…

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Last night we went to the hospital to meet our newest family member!  Our sister and brother-in-law are adopting a sweet baby boy that was born on January 9th.  Malakai (Kai) Hatcher Powers.  He was almost 6 weeks early – 5 lbs, 4 oz and…

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Here’s the deal.  I don’t like making New Years Resolutions.  Why?  Because I usually only stick with them for a few weeks and then I completely forget I ever made them (sound familiar to anyone else?  No?  Okay, just me then.).  So this year, instead…

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    I wanted to take unique, fun photos of my 3 kids this week, and I think I achieved it!  I used white  poster board, lipstick, tea cups, some fake reading glasses, and an ornery little puppy to create them. I love them.  The…

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A few weeks ago I took photos of my kids and nieces and nephews for a Christmas project that I was working on.  I promised each of the kids a big blue lollipop if they would smile real pretty and listen to mommy/aunt Stephie.  My…

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