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to Texas & back 9 Dec 2012 | 09:31 am
Our time in Texas is over (sniff). We boarded a plane wearing T-shirts this afternoon and arrived to the chilly wind and cold of Chicago. But we also arrived to our two little girls who could not ge...
the basement of the Alamo & other sights around San Antonio 7 Dec 2012 | 11:30 pm
We are enjoying our time in San Antonio. And by enjoying I mean it rocks: wearing sandals, little agenda, being outside all day, exploring, eating Mexican food everyday, and uninterrupted time with Ja...
we split to San Antonio 6 Dec 2012 | 10:54 pm
What do you do when you have two free plane tickets, haven't had a weekend away without work with just your hubs in a year, and have an awesome and generous (and possibly exhausted by now) Bibi who wi...
our very own nativity play 4 Dec 2012 | 02:44 am
For the second day of Advent we visited dear friends and had our own little Bethlehem dinner and the First Christmas play. My favourite part was it was coordinated through crazy mama emails (you know...
the start of Advent 2 Dec 2012 | 05:23 am
Advent means "coming." We had our first night of much anticipated family Advent celebration tonight. We lit a candle, read scripture, made and ate cookies, opened the first door of our favorite Adven...
dance party 2 Dec 2012 | 01:32 am
Anni & Evy's cousin Miss Claire turned 4 and had a dance party complete with disco ball cake, rockin' playlists, and tickets! There were wardrobe selection decisions to be made in anticipation of this...
DollyWood Day 2 Dec 2012 | 12:38 am
The day after Thanksgiving the whole Engstrom clan packed into assorted minivans and took our brood of watoto to DollyWood (which I continued to called DollyWorld all day because; apparently, I am tha...
fresh air & smoky mountains 30 Nov 2012 | 01:13 am
On Thanksgiving morning we took a family hike to Clingman's Dome. It was breathtaking and before we headed up to the lookout we said a prayer thanking God for His creation, His faithfulness, His provi...
a darn tootin' time in TN 30 Nov 2012 | 01:06 am
Ah, the South. The land of Waffle Houses and slow moving customer service workers. It was a good time y'all! After a couple days in the South there was a rumor (um, it was true) that I started talkin'...
arms wide open 29 Nov 2012 | 01:35 am
Last night I got a call from a dear friend who is in a difficult, challenging, pressing situation and feeling exhausted and emotionally shot. I have so been there and, guaranteed, will be there again....
