IT IS JUST STUFF
SOME DAYS DON'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED This seemed like any other Tuesday morning. Shawn was on the phone with a client, which meant Katie was left to ready the children for school. Just another normal Tuesday morning. Katie decided to leave EV (the baby girl) at...
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VACATION IS OVER
We spent a wonderful week in sunny Florida. Katie's dad lives in Florida, so we had a free place to stay, a pool where the kids could splash around, a boat for fishing, and Jetty Park close by. Everything a family of 7 needs for a little rest and relaxation. But by...
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synchronous fireflies in the smokies
We won the lottery. Each year the Great Smoky Mountains National Park holds a lottery to distribute the required parking passes for the Synchronous Fireflies. And in 2016, we were lucky enough to win a parking pass. The Deets Synchronous fireflies (Photinus...
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THE CREATION MUSEUM
Yep. We are one of those families. The kind of family that visits the Creation Museum. (Insert stereotypical idea of what we must believe here _______________) But it has Dinosaurs, Artifacts, a Planetarium, & a Petting Zoo. That sounds like a good time. This...
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THE LOST SEA
This is where our adventures started. The beginning of 2016 was difficult. We had thousands of dollars of medical bills that were piling up from the birth of our 5th child to the ongoing financial burden caused by treating MS. Our dream of taking "THE BIG TRIP OUT...
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