*this week was VBS at our little local church. this was the 4th VBS that the older two boys have gone to there, and it was adam’s 2nd year. as usual, they all loved every minute of it. i’m glad that the older two don’t feel that they’re too old for something like this. i
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one night last week, we did what every other american family does on a coolish spring evening…we got ice cream and went cemetery walking! before you think we’re the next Addam’s Family, let me explain with a little history. longtime smithical readers will recall the folklore of hauntings in our house. if you don’t, you
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i found myself contemplating motherhood for the umpteenth time the other day. perhaps it was coming across old pictures of the boys as toddlers/babies and wondering just how i made it through the stage of “3 kids 3 and under” for so long…and just how quickly they have become grown boys now (5, 7, and
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(Click on pictures to see larger view) You can refer to this post to see more “before” pictures, but here is a reminder of some “before” photos of the old laundry room…fake paneling on a wall, decades-old smelly cupboards, and white beige linoleum flooring with “enlongated” hospital grade toilet: And two “after pictures” to show
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