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Truthful Thursday – Psalm 7
Posted on: August 6, 2009
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“I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17
Anniversary Extravaganza 2009!
Posted on: August 4, 2009
Well, in tradition of the last four year, we’re sticking with the Extravaganza theme, even if things aren’t as extravagant with 2 kiddos. 😉
Thursday night we had dinner at Devotay in downtown IC. It is delicious! We went last year and it has become a favorite place for special celebrations. The funniest part, for two people who like to try new things, we each got the exact same dishes that we got last year. Says a lot for the place. If I get the same thing twice, you know it’s good. Aside from the food, we had a wonderful time reminiscing and daydreaming about the future. After dinner, we walked around and spent some time browsing through Prairie Lights (yet another Windham favorite).
Friday Jonathan came home early from work. We spent a good amount of time outside building our pergola. Then we went to dinner (maybe that’s where the extravagance comes in – dinner out in two days!) and a party with the girls. Later we ended the night hanging out with some good friends.
Saturday we woke up early, got some coffee and took the girls for a long walk. They both fell asleep (yeah!) and we got some good time alone talking about life and other sweet things. Afterward we headed out to Wilson’s Apple Orchard. We wrapped up the day with doing more pergola work, dinner and a night just enjoying the fall like weather in August.
Sunday we spent family time shopping at Wal-Mart and Kohls (woot-woot), where I scored a very good deal on some new tennies. Jonathan finished off our pergola and I took my first post-Hannah run.
All in all, we had a really great weekend. Our anniversary is becoming less the extravaganza it was the first two years, but I like sticking with the theme all the same. Makes it seem more extravagant to me. 😉 And who knows, come our 25th, there might just be a true Anniversary Extravaganza (Hawaii anyone?!).
I got me a good man
Posted on: August 3, 2009
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Southern Living does a personal/fun story on the last page of their magazine every month. July’s issue was “What Southern Women Want in Men”. There was a list of 15 things Southern women like/want in men (not just their husbands, but all men). I’d say with the exception of one (something to do with college ball) I agreed with all of them. Somewhere on the list was “the ability to build things, i.e. homes, home renovations, etc”. And ya know what? This Southern gal really likes that her man can build things. In the last two months, Jonathan has renovated our basement and then this past weekend he built this:
Pergola
With the help of two friends, Jonathan constructed our pergola. It is a beauty! I sat outside for part of this afternoon and the porch is nearly completely shaded. It’s wonderful. Kinda like Jonathan. 🙂
A mind of her own
Posted on: August 2, 2009
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We’re an on-the-go family, so it should come as no shock to me that Julia is the same. If that girl could stay outside all day, playing, running errands, meeting new people, or just doing anything that isn’t requiring her to be still, she would.
Thursday, our friend, Matt, babysat Julia so Jonathan and I could celebrate our anniversary. Apparently, he asked her what she wanted to do. She led him outside, up the hill in our backyard and started say “Belle, Belle, Belle”. For anyone who doesn’t know, Belle is a daughter’s friend that lives behind our house. Matt obliged and took Julia over to Belle’s. One small problem. It was 8 at night. Aside from my child, most kids are in bed by 8. And Belle was for sure. I don’t know the full details of what followed, but apparently Julia was less than happy about not being able to play with Belle.
We have some friends that live five doors down from us. They have two little girls that are 17 months and 1 month older than Julia. She loves these girls and get really excited whenever we go over there. For the last week, we can’t go in the front yard without Julia taking off down the sidewalk to their house. The entire way she just repeats “D, D, D” for the youngest girl.
It makes me laugh to see how she already has a mind of her own. She knows what she wants and how to go about getting it. I love that she’s pretty out going (unless strange men are involved) and loves being around other people. She’s a Windham after all! 🙂
A Wife Loved Like The Church 
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