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A Bundle of Myrrh

"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13

Archive for December, 2015

Preparing for Christmas

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015

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The last days of Advent are here. Christmas is at the door and as exciting as it is, I feel the crushing weight of Christmas preparation. I strive to keep up with the daily as I long to prepare ahead of time what I want to have done for Christmas.

Freezer meals during Advent isn’t going to happen, the baking to have ready to enjoy Christmas day, probably not going to happen either.

But I so wanted the decorations ready to go cuz that’s the fun part of preparing. I keep saying, I’ll get them done just after I sweep up this mess.

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Wash the kids clothes.

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And deal with this house! Well, it’s not all going to get done before, so I try to do a bit of the Christmas fun and preparations in between all the not so fun parts.

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Ice Skating

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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Ice Skating or Wall Crawling?

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Our First Trip to the ER

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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It finally happened. I guess I’m just surprised it hasn’t happened earlier. Last Tuesday night poor Essie fell and hit her brow. We knew right away it would need stitches. We couldn’t figure out how it happened since all the babies had different stories of what went down, but thankfully we don’t suspect foul play. We just know she fell somewhere around our table. I think she must have hit one of the kitchen chair legs.

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However it happened, she was left with a bad cut that required 5 stitches! She’s been a brave little girl and I believe a little bit proud of her wound after all the attention it got at church.

I sure would like this to have been our first and ONLY trip we’ll have to take to the ER. Maybe it’s time for those padded rooms I’ve been dreaming about.

 

Carolers Come to the Rental

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015

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December 13th was the a day packed with festivities. After the kids Christmas program at the German Am. Society, Phil whisked them off to join some of our church members for caroling.

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