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Celebrating 8 years of blogging with the family at Downtown Disney.

8 reasons why you should be a blogger

This month will mark eight years of blogging for me, EIGHT! I rarely share blog posts about blogging. The reason being, even with all that experience by no means do I consider myself an expert. However, I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate my 8 year blogiversary. Here are 8 reasons why […]

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Want some fun freebies and discounts on your birthday? Lifestyle blogger Justine Young at Little Dove shares a list of 30+ places to visit during your birthday month!

30+ birthday freebies to celebrate all month long

My birthday is coming up and I love it. I can’t help it, I just love any excuse to celebrate! Whether it’s celebrating my kids, my husband, or myself, I think birthdays should be a big deal. I haven’t yet reached the age where I just want my birthday to pass by without a fuss. […]

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Mom and lifestyle blogger, Justine Young at Little Dove, shares a back to school letter for her kids.

a back to school letter to my children

A few weeks ago I was shopping with all five little ones in tow. We were doing the annual trip to get some back to school shopping done. As we were filling our cart with great buys from Arizona brand and a.n.a. I was thinking about how quickly my kids are growing up. The fact […]

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In Defense of Large Families, family size

in defense of large families

Talking about large families has been on my mind for awhile. It’s something I have been wanting to say but am so afraid of being the cause of one of my wonderful readers feeling angry or hurt, especially since I recognize that family size is not always up to you, that ultimately it’s in God’s hands. […]

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Halloween undead makeup tutorial

Halloween makeup ideas and a real-life horror movie

I wanted to share some easy Halloween makeup so thought I would do something a little different for today’s post. One of my majors in college was Theater Arts and one of the required classes was stage makeup. That was such a fun class! Well, with Halloween just around the corner I wanted to share […]

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