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A Bundle of Myrrh

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

Sur La Table

October 26th, 2015 by Aubri

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About a year ago Phil and I had decided that we needed to start thinking about a bigger table for our family. We knew we needed something big, but didn’t know what that meant or where we could find what we wanted.

We joked about conference tables and even poked around on Craiglist to see if any of those were for sale. They were, but they were….conference tables, not pretty kitchen tables. The more we looked into finding an “affordable large table” the more we realized;

1. It would be hard to find a nice used table that I liked.
2. It was gonna cost us if we wanted anything worth keeping for more than another 8 years.  Furniture, especially quality furniture ain’t cheap.

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Harvest Time At The Rental

October 22nd, 2015 by Aubri

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 Happy to have a friend with apple trees.

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 So are the babies, hide your wife, hide your apples!

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The Things They Say

October 22nd, 2015 by Aubri

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Gerhardt: Can we wear this for Halloween Mama?
Mama: Yes, yes you can.

Phil to Clara (at a particularly naughty moment): Watch your mouth Clara.
Clara: How am I supposed to see my mouth?

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Clara to Lily while fawning over Martha: How ’bout this is our baby. We both had half a baby. I had the head and you had the other thing and then we stuck them together.
Both: Awwww.
Solomon would be glad Clara wasn’t one of the ladies he was dealing with that day!

Mama to Gerhardt and Esther: Alright now we need to learn our letters.
Gerhardt: Nooooo, we already know those see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

The Martha Show

October 22nd, 2015 by Aubri

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Oh this fat little face in profile!

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Ok, I’m gonna go put smooches all over it now.