tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7903442258666595652024-02-06T22:08:47.050-05:00dance your way back to Ziondance if you're wounded, dance if you're torn in two, dance broken open, dance with nothing to losekristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.comBlogger186125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-56138398381988259832012-05-11T09:59:00.002-04:002012-05-11T09:59:37.346-04:00catching up<div style="text-align: center;">
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i know i've been gone for a while. i've been terribly busy with working full time, being a mommy full time, and being in the hospital. i know y'all understand.</div>
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since my last post, i've been to Maryland and back! it was a wonderful trip filled with joy and adventures. i spent time with my momma Judy, papa Don, Aaron, and adorable miss Adalynn. on Saturday evening Aaron and I drove down to Solomon's Island and ate at Stoney's on the Pier. It was beautiful and i had the most delicious crab Monte Cristo on the face of the earth.</div>
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i'm still recovering from my surgery last weekend. (my kidneys still hurt/ache something fierce) turns out that spinach (which i eat a ton of) has a ton of oxalates that my body turns into kidney stones. tea does the same thing to me. i've limited my tea intake since i started getting stones 8 years ago, but i had no idea that something as healthy as spinach could give me stones! i'm a <strike>little sad</strike> devastated that i'm going to have to mostly cut spinach out of my diet.</div>
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on that note, have a wonderful day y'all!</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-16886236243261484152012-04-30T10:35:00.001-04:002012-04-30T10:35:33.829-04:00hospital stay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i was admitted to the hospital on friday morning (after a 3 hour ER stay) with 2 kidney stones and a kidney infection in my right kidney. i've managed to pass the 5mm kidney stone in my right kidney, still waiting to pass the 6mm stone in my left. hoping to be released from the hospital soon!</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on st patrick's day, we had some family photos taken by the lovely Kathy Wickey of <a href="http://www.inspirekatephotography.com/">Inspire Photography</a>. if you're in northern indiana or southern michigan i highly recommend her!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i cant believe how big my kids are getting! moosie is nearly walking on his own now, and isaiah's vocabulary is increasing at such a rapid rate! i've been teaching the kids some simple sign language, and eleanor signs all the time now! it's so wonderful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">saturday evening i stuffed over 150 plastic easter eggs. i "hid" them outside on sunday morning and brought the kids out to find them. Zay and Nona went wild collecting eggs, boxes of raisins, boxes of nerds, smarties...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i set moosie down by a tree that i had piled a bunch of eggs around and he right away started putting eggs in his basket. he didn't stop until his basket was full. afterwards, we went inside, cleaned up and ate a snack.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Mike took the kids to his uncle dan's for easter dinner. i drove up to portage and stopped at Brann's Steakhouse for a burger. they had the tigers game on the big screen (they were playing boston...and WON) after that i hit up Barnes and Noble, bought an ASL dictionary, and some coffee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i hope your Easter was wonderful, loves!</div><div align="center"></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-76751249618427783942012-04-03T08:00:00.002-04:002012-04-03T08:00:09.697-04:00winners!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427101_10150573363751957_8529136956_9341877_1696261590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/427101_10150573363751957_8529136956_9341877_1696261590_n.jpg" width="355" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">tshirt winners:</div><div align="center">Matthew</div><div align="center">Olivia</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">tote bag winner:</div><div align="center">Deanna</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">button pack winner:</div><div align="center">Lea!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">please email me your selections at:</div><div align="center">dancetozion[at]gmail.com</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">what are your plans today? the kidlets are on spring break this week, so i think i'm going to take them to the park and let them run off a bunch of their energy! i also think a sack lunch picnic is in order!</div><div align="center">happy tuesday!</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-61615019609900346182012-04-02T09:55:00.000-04:002012-04-02T09:55:12.660-04:00sketched!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYP_xiDDjxu7pLO5UC6eP_s3yg1JyVgiP5XnD6Ko29e0Z0qRlSFOXy26Ebrn1T1fKmQVD29mO45sCT-BH4BUSeWI-pbSjaCw6wP6l2AUfuuNoi7keHjzcSyaLpKl7Y7f7hSghh124CHI_/s1600/krista1.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYP_xiDDjxu7pLO5UC6eP_s3yg1JyVgiP5XnD6Ko29e0Z0qRlSFOXy26Ebrn1T1fKmQVD29mO45sCT-BH4BUSeWI-pbSjaCw6wP6l2AUfuuNoi7keHjzcSyaLpKl7Y7f7hSghh124CHI_/s400/krista1.bmp" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">i seriously have the coolest friends ever.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">thank you jonny! <3</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">today is the LAST DAY to <a href="http://danceyourwaybacktozion.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-write-love-on-her-arms-giveaway.html">enter the giveaway</a>! you dont want to miss it!</span></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-40929094002489542392012-04-01T08:30:00.000-04:002012-04-01T08:30:45.435-04:00session 2 {jonah half sleeve}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb6UKrhHi5CDBgINj6EfyCjVYV2ZAxFJpbfvbu6g7HVGLd_9c0XtGaEJGT6mIKSEupEDQzlQkTvSxebop7SplLif-g-uE9kaR8dkjEtLxLXZO06GWBK6-E-7YzRYnqys5O0SVzkfEEUST/s1600/jonah2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWb6UKrhHi5CDBgINj6EfyCjVYV2ZAxFJpbfvbu6g7HVGLd_9c0XtGaEJGT6mIKSEupEDQzlQkTvSxebop7SplLif-g-uE9kaR8dkjEtLxLXZO06GWBK6-E-7YzRYnqys5O0SVzkfEEUST/s400/jonah2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i went and saw nate for another session a few weeks ago. we had a 6 hour session, where he re-inked the water and touched up the anchor. he also added what will eventually become a map with Ninevah, Joppa, and Tarshish. we talked a LOT during the session, which was wonderful. the last two hours, we had what must have been the irish drinking music station on pandora cranked all the way up. (i could feel the music it was so loud)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ps, don't forget to enter the <a href="http://danceyourwaybacktozion.blogspot.com/2012/03/to-write-love-on-her-arms-giveaway.html">TWLOHA giveaway</a>!</div><div align="center"></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-20485348537116935542012-03-30T16:30:00.000-04:002012-03-30T16:38:53.022-04:00To Write Love On Her Arms {GIVEAWAY!!!}<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563291_3284127034133_1596341777_32655321_1377636875_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/563291_3284127034133_1596341777_32655321_1377636875_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
today i wear "LOVE" written on my arm. for my sisters, brothers, friends, myself.<br />
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We often ask God to show up. We pray prayers of rescue. Perhaps God would ask us to be that rescue, to be His body, to move for things that matter. <strong>He is not invisible when we come alive</strong>. I might be simple but more and more, I believe God works in love, speaks in love, is revealed in our love...<strong>We are only asked to love, to offer hope to the many hopeless. We don't get to choose all the endings, but we are asked to play the rescuers. We won't solve all mysteries and our hearts will certainly break in such a vulnerable life, but it is the best way. We were made to be lovers bold in broken places, pouring ourselves out again and again until we're called home. </strong><br />
{from <a href="http://www.twloha.com/vision/story">renee's story</a><strong>} </strong><br />
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<strong><a href="http://www.twloha.com/">To Write Love on Her Arms</a> is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">TWLOHA is very dear to me. my sisters and myself have all struggled with depression, self injury, addiction and suicide in one degree or another. we've all come out the other side, although the fight is never over.<br />
today marks the 6th anniversary that a TWLOHA shirt was worn for the first time (by Jon Foreman of Switchfoot) so it's only fitting that i give some away (and it's my 26th birthday, today!! YEAH!!)<br />
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two people will win a TWLOHA t-shirt of their choice<br />
one person will win a TWLOHA <a href="http://twloha.zambooie.com/products/detail/TWLOHA_Button_Pack_1437">button pack</a><br />
one person will win a TWLOHA <a href="http://twloha.zambooie.com/products/bags%20and%20totes">tote bag</a> of their choice<br />
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to enter you must follow this blog via GFC and leave a comment telling me your favorite TWLOHA tshirt. you can see them all <a href="http://twloha.zambooie.com/">HERE!</a><br />
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additional entries can be made by:<br />
blogging about this giveaway<br />
blogging about TWLOHA<br />
tweeting about this giveaway- feel free to use this: i just entered to win #TWLOHA merch on @dancetozion 's blog!<br />
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**please leave an additional comment for each entry with a link.<br />
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giveaway will be open until midnight on Monday, the winners announced tuesday morning.<br />
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rescue IS possible.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-29131597472980929822012-03-25T14:20:00.000-04:002012-03-25T14:20:52.169-04:00BFF day! (matching tattoos and body modification)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6niUGaIXXmpZHUsvbluESWMcPazIhG6X_EG9rCy_pNBH-9EKZLDzD459aANaJ2NMI426-PSGd7cFJpcVZloufzvWiBJDvIsYrXM3vTpfmj19a1GpjZ_msEZKFRyg8B_ODbxq4vqVQniz/s1600/dermals2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6niUGaIXXmpZHUsvbluESWMcPazIhG6X_EG9rCy_pNBH-9EKZLDzD459aANaJ2NMI426-PSGd7cFJpcVZloufzvWiBJDvIsYrXM3vTpfmj19a1GpjZ_msEZKFRyg8B_ODbxq4vqVQniz/s400/dermals2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my newest bod-mod.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">4 dermals in my back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these are permanent piercings (they can only be removed by making a small incision in the skin, and pulling the jewelry out)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i also got matching tattoos with my BFF jenn yesterday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wjFTzVLl__1nY84gb0NIXSzzOADeEWuOeNIeaQZX16_jCX1CvdsWNL0XyAg_9-KjwPi09e9F-y3EeiFZO2HF5mpokneqeKckSTUgBu0feb2UTrv4N-nxKKiiBE-PYnVBnIm17SwUpezg/s1600/anchor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9wjFTzVLl__1nY84gb0NIXSzzOADeEWuOeNIeaQZX16_jCX1CvdsWNL0XyAg_9-KjwPi09e9F-y3EeiFZO2HF5mpokneqeKckSTUgBu0feb2UTrv4N-nxKKiiBE-PYnVBnIm17SwUpezg/s320/anchor.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="center">i had such a wonderful time spending the day with jenn. we went out for brunch, stopped at f21, ate the most amazing burgers, got tattooed, and then went and saw the hunger games!</div><div align="center">hope your weekend was as wonderful as mine! <3</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-71668367250856189032012-03-11T14:40:00.000-04:002012-03-11T14:40:39.169-04:00where did the time go? (jackson turns 1!)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207598_1796757970836_1596341777_31740536_6094999_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207598_1796757970836_1596341777_31740536_6094999_n.jpg" width="320" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207910_1796749850633_1596341777_31740521_6269039_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/207910_1796749850633_1596341777_31740521_6269039_n.jpg" width="320" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206782_1796750250643_1596341777_31740522_1926971_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/206782_1796750250643_1596341777_31740522_1926971_n.jpg" width="265" yda="true" /></a></div><div align="center">{jackson, 9 days old. all photographs copyright of <a href="http://www.jodibakerphotography.com/">Jodi Baker Photography</a>}</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jackson Henry-</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this year passed way too fast. you get bigger and bigger every day. (not to mention louder!) you're very much growing into your big personality.you're passionatley curious, which i love. every new sound, color, texture is a new adventure. you're teaching me that i need to slow down. savor the little moments. they're passing quickly, and they won't come back. i love your smile. your giggles at 2 am. seeing you dance. the way you squeal with delight when you're eating. your little warrior heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i love you, sweet moosie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">oh so much.</div><div align="center"><br />
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{you can read jackson's birth story <a href="http://danceyourwaybacktozion.blogspot.com/2011/03/jacksons-birth.html">here</a>.}</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-83730601177497116682012-03-05T22:37:00.001-05:002012-03-05T22:45:03.512-05:00relaxing!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFycJz0s9j4QRIZVs3GLnESHj2hjJK6YmEe8xfNR5JQaHQxRl-8VNxt9D-jfHasb8UFa41B2rMaSIq2_Op-2klwWflV7hMINpOCcwjhw9RT5RHxgheTzWETo7YZ-QIU0RL5f5JA3K5jZ84/s1600/mommaswap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFycJz0s9j4QRIZVs3GLnESHj2hjJK6YmEe8xfNR5JQaHQxRl-8VNxt9D-jfHasb8UFa41B2rMaSIq2_Op-2klwWflV7hMINpOCcwjhw9RT5RHxgheTzWETo7YZ-QIU0RL5f5JA3K5jZ84/s400/mommaswap.jpg" uda="true" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i had a long day at work...really long. i stood staring at a computer screen inputting scripts for like 6.5 hours of my 8 hour shift. i got off and my feet hurt...and i had a killer headache. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that wonderful little package (pictured above) is just what i needed to see after the longest day of work in quite a while! a super huge thank you (and HUGS!) to my momma swap partner Nikki who blogs over at <a href="http://www.ificouldonlyfindthewords.blogspot.com/">If I could only find the words</a>. she encouraged me to make time for myself, and sent me a Glamour magazine and goodies for a mini pedicure. seriously love that girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after work i raced home to grab the gifts i'd picked up for my BFF Jen (who gave birth to her 4th baby, Isaiah Stephen, last night) then drove 40 minutes up to the hospital.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">i got to snuggle my newest "nephew" for an hour whilst Jen and Anthony ate dinner. then i handed him off to their newest visitor and headed home. (aunt kristance will see you again soon, little man!)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">i got home a little while ago, and i'm about ready to indulge in some "me time" courtesy of Nikki and listen to my Ryan Adams album that also came in the mail today.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">life is good, y'all.</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-44742564783535865562012-03-01T21:44:00.000-05:002012-03-01T21:44:36.398-05:00the ocean<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHA1WfB-ZchFqasCO_dqQaDuodXVt9zpvNtFZDJEIwsEV0sKP13QmsNVoIXPnRwPXPrQSEGSMwluYsrCq7q_MEfDU2DejJqvJ2HNSGXzv3I8jc3WFxosTe-PQ5AynDRSW8P4gbBLDZbQei/s1600/IMG_3326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHA1WfB-ZchFqasCO_dqQaDuodXVt9zpvNtFZDJEIwsEV0sKP13QmsNVoIXPnRwPXPrQSEGSMwluYsrCq7q_MEfDU2DejJqvJ2HNSGXzv3I8jc3WFxosTe-PQ5AynDRSW8P4gbBLDZbQei/s400/IMG_3326.JPG" uda="true" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i spent my last day in NY with my best friend Matthew. he took me to the ocean, as he knows i've never been, and it's #30 on my bucket list. it was really cold and windy, but i still kicked off my toms and walked barefoot in the sand. matthew helped me find a few shells, then we walked out onto the jetty. i stared out into the endless display of water and listened to the waves hit the rocks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">glad that i spent the day with matthew. he is such a gentleman (opening car doors, helping me into my coat, holding the door open, paying for dinner) why? <em>because that is the way he was raised</em>. i seriously need to write a note to his momma and thank her for the way he turned out. he has such a beautiful heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hope your weekend was wonderful.</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-45494359013472845502012-02-22T23:18:00.000-05:002012-02-22T23:18:47.166-05:00on life and spontaneity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427519_3041794255965_1596341777_32560327_519165027_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" lda="true" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/427519_3041794255965_1596341777_32560327_519165027_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">life lately has been crazy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jackson had an ear infection and a ruptured ear drum, and isaiah is just now starting to get over his bronchitis that he's had for almost 2 weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i just finished working 10 days in a row (because one of our techs quit with no notice, and we all had to pick up extra shifts) crazy, yeah?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm going to new york this weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i decided to go on saturday...i bought my ticket that day too...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i fly out on friday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm pretty excited.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm also excited to be mailing out <a href="http://ificouldonlyfindthewords.blogspot.com/">Nikki</a>'s stuff tomorrow!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">((i'm so excited about Ashley's <a href="http://thebigwhitefarmhouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/friendship-now-what-letter-gift-ideas.html">mommy mail swap</a>!))</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm going to catch up on all y'alls blogs..and drink mass amounts of coffee.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">love!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-7574770866197931772012-02-16T09:00:00.001-05:002012-02-16T09:00:13.836-05:00thankful thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/144115256795352716_USyAAS3A_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640px" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/144115256795352716_USyAAS3A_c.jpg" width="398px" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795352716/">source</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">count your blessings, my friends.</div><div align="center"></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-90675779184419318012012-02-15T21:44:00.001-05:002012-02-15T21:47:02.801-05:00braver, stronger, smarter, beautiful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/144115256795356140_aXvaIBkk_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/144115256795356140_aXvaIBkk_b.jpg" width="309px" yda="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795356140/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">{source}</span></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">...because i've needed to be reminded of this just as much as you.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">you were created for a purpose</div><div align="center">you are beautiful</div><div align="center">you have value</div><div align="center">the Lord delights in you!</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-41072597266037447422012-02-12T21:13:00.000-05:002012-02-12T21:13:39.515-05:00birthday party themes<div align="center">jackson will be turning 1 in a month. yes, 1. i can't believe it either.</div><div align="center">i was thinking about what his birthday party theme should be (Isaiah's was pirates, Eleanor's was princesses)</div><div align="center">i want to do a unique party for him. he's my last baby after all.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">now, we've always called him "Moosie"</div><div align="center">and we LOVE Laura Numeroff books in this house...</div><div align="center">((do you see where i'm going with this?))</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/161214861630507214_IoyC5sAK_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" sda="true" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/161214861630507214_IoyC5sAK_c.jpg" width="388px" /></a></div><div align="center">{<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795744192/">source</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/127226758192694371_cgMxebT3_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" sda="true" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/127226758192694371_cgMxebT3_c.jpg" width="350px" /></a></div><div align="center">{<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795744175/">source</a>}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/247486941992324864_qQlnw0yv_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" sda="true" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/247486941992324864_qQlnw0yv_c.jpg" width="298px" /></a></div><div align="center">{<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795744418/">source</a>}</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">if you give a moose a muffin.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">this is going to be the most adorable party ever.</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-85670010578769172462012-02-11T20:16:00.000-05:002012-02-11T20:16:30.924-05:00session 1 {jonah half sleeve}<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the story of Jonah has always been my favorite Bible story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's such a beautiful story of redemption.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i've wanted to have a half sleeve for a few years. yesterday, i started that journey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this was session 1 of 3. my sleeve will have an anchor, plant, ship, stormy sky, jonah, whale and a few other things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">more to come later.</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">please check out Nathan's work at <a href="http://www.nathanunderneath.com/">http://www.nathanunderneath.com/</a></div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-70758449226906553402012-02-07T22:46:00.000-05:002012-02-07T22:46:54.812-05:00the crud<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NjoJKjpqTyGre2XrnTZv2HoStzrCktN4_9JyvREaRJ6_7GjitRfBYl8vfTmlFke8DBZ-aY-VFv7g5bQUra5AT2UANJfEj8cgvPvQPVB1t64IZu3QVTdPuPK6K0jy4SOow4x1gNqw-qDK/s1600/moosie7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NjoJKjpqTyGre2XrnTZv2HoStzrCktN4_9JyvREaRJ6_7GjitRfBYl8vfTmlFke8DBZ-aY-VFv7g5bQUra5AT2UANJfEj8cgvPvQPVB1t64IZu3QVTdPuPK6K0jy4SOow4x1gNqw-qDK/s400/moosie7.jpg" width="300px" /></a></div><br />
</div><div align="center">we're battling the crud at our house. i had to pick up isaiah sick from school twice because of it. zay and nona are coughing, and their noses are a continuous faucet of drippy snot. it doesn't seem to slow them down any, which i guess is a good thing. moosie is cutting teeth, so he is also a drooly, snotty, rashy mess. but he is happy all the time! unless it's bedtime. then he throws a screaming fit whilst rubbing his tired eyes.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">hopefully we'll be over that soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">happy mid-week!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-20885134389031237842012-02-04T12:34:00.000-05:002012-02-04T12:34:41.672-05:00eleanor at 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXeAulXjXF6y4FqT2qbBBZDk78neWvRRKlc0pCciS6SyDSB7hxbur4zHvWA8abSqu-O2MQzkSIb-WoymmSkxO7R5PdsMGyFtlWlw3W8bcwLxgbdvR34LHFrcdDg_RFpXhsCJoPmzAjbyr/s1600/nonababy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXeAulXjXF6y4FqT2qbBBZDk78neWvRRKlc0pCciS6SyDSB7hxbur4zHvWA8abSqu-O2MQzkSIb-WoymmSkxO7R5PdsMGyFtlWlw3W8bcwLxgbdvR34LHFrcdDg_RFpXhsCJoPmzAjbyr/s320/nonababy.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208694_1796737930335_1596341777_31740490_7325889_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212px" sda="true" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/208694_1796737930335_1596341777_31740490_7325889_n.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43-Iu4ELojWzSIEtplXSVCbDiDWeYRhCA2AkIzrjl0vFXRNUKPlb9HgnG965tVzQ_OBt99bGAJwCoOGktRJQ6FMsXbaXHQa_Hyk3EBkUFhKGqEYgzcwOQqcn1KLNDMXfrsO06aKRkuLBd/s1600/nonabirthday2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi43-Iu4ELojWzSIEtplXSVCbDiDWeYRhCA2AkIzrjl0vFXRNUKPlb9HgnG965tVzQ_OBt99bGAJwCoOGktRJQ6FMsXbaXHQa_Hyk3EBkUFhKGqEYgzcwOQqcn1KLNDMXfrsO06aKRkuLBd/s400/nonabirthday2.jpg" width="300px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{eleanor zao jean at birth, 1 yr, 2 yrs, and 3 yrs}</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nona turned 3 on thursday, and i'm would be lying if i said i didnt cry about it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when did my 8lb 11oz black haired baby turn in to a high energy blonde haired toddler?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these years have flown by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nona bear:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i wrote you <a href="http://danceyourwaybacktozion.blogspot.com/2011/02/letter-to-eleanor.html">this letter</a> last year about what beauty is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it's still true. every word.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i absolutley love being your momma. (yes, even when you sass me) you're very vocal about everything, even when you perhaps shouldnt be. you get that from me. i try to set a good example for you, but sometimes i don't feel like i do a very good job. i get frustrated when you won't stay in bed at night, and when you don't have your "listening ears" on. i'm trying to do better about that. i want to set a good example for you. i want you to grow up and say, "i want to be like my momma"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cheese is still your favorite food, you want to eat it as much as you can. you wont go to bed without at least one of your barbies, and you love to get dressed up. you're in preschool now, and you get excited every morning to go play with Miss April. you're always very proud of your art projects that you bring home. i always put them on the fridge. you love to dance, and i will always stop what i'm doing to put music on for you. i love to see you laugh. it's one of the things that bring joy to me every day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i love you nona, and i'm proud of you. more than you know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-32749565966602248972012-02-01T21:24:00.001-05:002012-02-01T21:25:01.865-05:00just a thought<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/60939401177572468_GArjivzs_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" sda="true" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/60939401177572468_GArjivzs_c.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/144115256795576336/">{source}</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">happy wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-26178595942191243792012-01-31T09:00:00.001-05:002012-01-31T09:00:01.238-05:00tasty tuesday {baked brie}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Jt-mmO0Mvnj6jn4ohb2HWwpVED8B0V3b0rv_SKkdnuV2C90li6Cj_p_-iSahP29M1urhyphenhyphenJa9c1FaQBhIp_OHuywNEwHMVGyRMd5vSp0S5XeI9OEVwSCO7ioO8TH9afVD52CLU9odkMfU/s1600/brie1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="240px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Jt-mmO0Mvnj6jn4ohb2HWwpVED8B0V3b0rv_SKkdnuV2C90li6Cj_p_-iSahP29M1urhyphenhyphenJa9c1FaQBhIp_OHuywNEwHMVGyRMd5vSp0S5XeI9OEVwSCO7ioO8TH9afVD52CLU9odkMfU/s320/brie1.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div align="center">you'll need:</div><div align="center">8-10 oz of Brie, rind removed and cut into cubes</div><div align="center">8oz of sundried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped</div><div align="center">2 cloves of garlic, minced</div><div align="center">1 heaping tsp of dried thyme, or 3/4 tsp of fresh thyme</div><div align="center">fresh ground black pepper</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">preheat oven to 325 degrees. in a small bowl, combine everything but the cheese. place 1/3 of the tomato mixture in a small baking dish. layer with 1/2 of the Brie. repeat the steps, ending with the tomatoes.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">bake in the oven for 30 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.</div><div align="center">((you may need to stir 15 minutes through to combine the layers))</div><div align="center">serve with bread or crackers.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-42764556500758391152012-01-28T09:00:00.001-05:002012-01-28T09:00:05.987-05:00daughters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyhIzmPm4C3LnQshpsZZIE4l-MueH6jSxTcxdmN65Zn7xf4-voP38Q0x_wM79HtfCG7g_9asim0PSaZTw5V1-HaJawnip5cOxOUl0CDQcvCLHtSQur-Ex3oB62Zy_niwOOmxjEwdTk76Y/s1600/nona5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="640px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikyhIzmPm4C3LnQshpsZZIE4l-MueH6jSxTcxdmN65Zn7xf4-voP38Q0x_wM79HtfCG7g_9asim0PSaZTw5V1-HaJawnip5cOxOUl0CDQcvCLHtSQur-Ex3oB62Zy_niwOOmxjEwdTk76Y/s640/nona5.jpg" width="480px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">miss eleanor will be 3 on thursday. THREE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">her birthday totally snuck up on me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she is such a little mother.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">always taking care of her babies and barbies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they have to be tucked in...with her horse blankie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the same horse blankie that she would not go to bed without</div><div align="center">...under any circumstances.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">funny how things change when you have "kids" of your own</div><div align="center">suddenly they come first.</div><div align="center">i'm happy that she sees that example at home</div><div align="center">and that she's living it out.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">have a wonderful weekend.</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-21648621716486853622012-01-24T09:00:00.002-05:002012-01-24T09:15:28.590-05:00tasty tuesday {granny b's pecan pie}<div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvUQjpC-ERE5Uf_Xd_uFwdpwBm54CwkV51xM1d9C94kmVm_vN64jvg61ETRYvdsRV51UBUn_OT1HEQ0YEuP9z8VUy9QSbGVfQO_ibtYjNEaI5oTfHwO0RNH779wPc2ore1WolurTGfQun/s1600/pecanpie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrvUQjpC-ERE5Uf_Xd_uFwdpwBm54CwkV51xM1d9C94kmVm_vN64jvg61ETRYvdsRV51UBUn_OT1HEQ0YEuP9z8VUy9QSbGVfQO_ibtYjNEaI5oTfHwO0RNH779wPc2ore1WolurTGfQun/s400/pecanpie.jpg" width="300px" /></a></div><br />
</div><div align="center">let me be clear: i have NEVER liked pecan pie. shocking to those of you who know me, because i love pie something fierce. pretty much more than anything. not so with pecan. i have a vague recollection of being forced to eat pecan pie when i was younger, and have held a grudge against it ever since.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">remember <a href="http://danceyourwaybacktozion.blogspot.com/2012/01/matthew-thomas.html">Matthew</a>? (he gave me that wonderfully awesome collection of recipes) he has raved about this pie a few times, and his taste in food pretty much mirrors mine..so i figured i'd end my 15 year grudge and bake my first one..(ok, so i baked two of them)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">the first forkful was absolute heaven. it evoked blissful sigh, after blissful sigh. my eyes rolled back in my head and i nearly went into a coma from pure awesomeness.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">dangerous pie. how i love you.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Granny B's Pecan Pie</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(makes one pie)</span></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><div align="center">one pie crust</div><div align="center">1 cup chopped pecans</div><div align="center">1/2 cup light corn syrup</div><div align="center">1/2 to 1 cup of sugar (depending on how sweet you want it) i used 3/4 cup</div><div align="center">2 eggs</div><div align="center">1 tbsp flour</div><div align="center">1 tbsp butter-softened</div><div align="center">1-2 tsp of vanilla</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">beat eggs until they are lemon in color. add sugar, flour, and corn syrup. mix. add butter and vanilla, mix, fold in nuts. pour into unbaked pie shell and bake at 300 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">so simple. so sweet. so nutty.</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">so nom.</span></div></div><div align="center"><br />
</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-61923970409856517022012-01-23T19:40:00.000-05:002012-01-23T19:40:12.693-05:00weekend highlights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmW1Fy2pLi8omB7WadPkfLTmxNP-3TqaLrun3ccxc__1mfN_DO_woBg_sNSg1kHNB975cJUB9UVSlHB4Nvjo0M-uQZULUXEdZbug3w6ISilyLoshbqiCaa9PliYuQDu9jSaWavAiZcTpF/s1600/weekend3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmW1Fy2pLi8omB7WadPkfLTmxNP-3TqaLrun3ccxc__1mfN_DO_woBg_sNSg1kHNB975cJUB9UVSlHB4Nvjo0M-uQZULUXEdZbug3w6ISilyLoshbqiCaa9PliYuQDu9jSaWavAiZcTpF/s400/weekend3.jpg" width="400px" /></a></div><br />
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</div><ol><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">putting on makeup and going out with my BFF jenn saturday. we went thrifting, stopped for coffee twice, stopped at Sephora (where i snagged a free sample of Taylor Swift's "wonderstruck". OMG y'all. you HAVE TO GET SOME!)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">wearing my yellow heels out in the snow</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">jenn and i stopped for lunch at Pancheros where i had the most delicious gigantic burrito ever.</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">having a mommy date friday at pizza hut with Isaiah for lunch</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">having Isaiah show me this awesome stick person he drew on the inside of a gift box (it even has eyebrows! how awesome is that?!)</div></li>
<li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isaiah's latest progress report from preschool (they send one home every day, he's never gotten any red!) it's amazing to see how far he's come since we put him in a smaller class that is designed to meet his needs!</div></li>
</ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">happy monday. (:</div>kristance!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12966200875029470773noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-790344225866659565.post-83508694875417255362012-01-20T21:54:00.000-05:002012-01-20T21:54:14.142-05:00good enough is the new perfect<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm sitting on my kitchen counter right now. (yes, you heard me correctly.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">one hand typing, the other scooping forkfuls of pecan pie into my mouth.</div><div style="text-align: center;">all of my kidlets are in bed. the dishes are done. the laundry is sorted. dinner is cleaned up and leftovers put away. there is still so much that i need to be doing. but honestly, <em>i don't care.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my house doesnt need to look perfect. yes, there are cheerios and cracker crumbs surrounding my table. yes, my kitchen floor needs a good scrubbing. yes, every inch of the playroom is covered in toys. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i used to think my house had to be perfect. when i did, i was frustrated and exhausted.</div><div style="text-align: center;">all.the.time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">why? because i didnt have the time nor energy to work nearly full time, come home and be a mom full time, and do the majority of the housework on top of that. i started to think about what my priorities are.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my children.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(next to my relationship with the Lord, which is my first priority)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so yes, i put off vacuuming in favor of playing barbies with eleanor or trains with isaiah. yes, the dishes sit on the counter while we read Bible stories. yes, the laundry sits unfolded while we dance to david crowder band in the livingroom or sing our ABCs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i don't have to have a perfect. i'm content with "good enough"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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