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Goodbye 2013~Hello 2014~

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Just a quick post wishing you have a wonderfully blessed New Year in 2014~ Our family will be going through some exciting changes we can't wait to share~ Thanks for reading my blog and sharing our lives with us. May The Lord bless you all as you purpose to seek Him and His plan! Blessings~ Maudie                                                  

What Christmas is All About

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Merry Christmas Everyone! Remember the true reason for the season! Christmas should be about Jesus, not gifts or a tree! Blessings -

Smith Family's1st Annual Christmas Letter

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I hope this post finds all of you doing lovely and preparing for next weeks upcoming events. We are taking it easy as we are still regrouping from the flu! I'm hoping to be able to post more because my wonderful husband gave me an iPad for Christmas :-) I've decided to post a Christmas letter for all my friends here who visit my blog. We've been up to quite a bit this last year and I would love to share it all with you! I'm hoping to make this an annual  tradition. So here goes:             The year 2013 has been quite an interesting one.  On March 1st we celebrated the much anticipated arrival of our (this is going to be a long one) 7th child Jonas Heath, who is also our 3rd son,4th vasectomy reversal baby, 3rd tubal reversal baby, and my 7 th c section!  He is an absolute joy and has been from day 1. We are extra blessed by having him in our lives and are excited at the prospect of  such a wonderful future he has ahead of him. Shortly after his birth, we were convi

A Sad Trend.... Part 1: "Jumping Ship"

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I hope this post finds all of you doing well and getting ready for the upcoming new year. We have had the flu/cold for 3 weeks now, and as of today ( Praise the Lord!) we are prayerfully on the mend. It has been a rough road to say the least. I want to start out by saying that I can already tell that this is going to be the first of several post to come on this topic, thus the "part 1" added to the end of the title. I also want to add a little disclaimer here. I am NOT trying to offend anyone, or say I have arrived at all. Please don't take it that way. I do hope if  what I say offends you that you will think if the possibility that perhaps it is the Holy Spirit convicting you of something. That is how I try to see it when I get offended :-) A little background on my theory about blogging and real life. I personally can not understand why more women are not honest in their online writings. Especially when they are trying to encourage another lady. I can honestly tell yo