Parenting Quadruplets Everyday Adventures with Extraordinary Boys,
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Read Jen’s Fighting the Mom-Guilt Battle Post first if you have not already… Jen recently wrote a post about her battle with mom-guilt. I thought it was a vulnerable and truthful look at her struggle in this area. It helped me to better understand what I already knew was a difficult and ongoing trial for [...]
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(Written by: Brad) Routine. Repetitive. Unremarkable. Unmemorable. Ordinary. What words would you tend to use when describing the day you are about to begin? Do these words describe most of your days? I woke up early this morning and it started like any other day. Shower, get dressed, pray, and going to the Word of [...]
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Most people plan an organized trip to our Nation’s Capitol filled with tours, sightseeing, museum visits, and other Kodak moments. However, when we faced with a less than 2 day trip to plan in a little over twelve hours, we were forced to sightsee by the seat of our pants. We didn’t have time to [...]
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What a whirlwind of a trip to our Nation’s Capitol! If we didn’t have the pictures to prove it, we might have thought it was all a dream. In less than 24 hours, we booked airline tickets, hotel, arranged a night in Annapolis with a friend, and found 3 sets of babysitters for our [...]
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Have you ever caught yourself being overly critical of your spouse? Have you found that you tend to hold them to a higher standard than anyone else in your life? Do you hold them to a higher standard than even yourself? I began asking myself these questions a few weeks ago because of a very [...]
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Recently Jen showed me something on Pinterest that really got my attention. You see, its been very hot and dry for Indiana this past month, and we were looking for new ways to allow the boys to play outside in the water. I personally thought this idea for a homemade sprinkler made out of PVC [...]
This post is in: boys will be boys, Brad, outdoor fun, photography, summer
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(Post by: Brad) I love being a Dad… When Jen was in the early days of her quadruplet pregnancy, my mind was always racing about what my new life was going to look like. There was always the nagging concern our children would not survive the pregnancy at all, but beyond that, I had many [...]
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Hope you had a wonderfully sweet Mother’s Day weekend! Mine was as sweet as this Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Butter Cream frosting that I had on my date over the weekend. A great weekend with those I love. There are several things to catch up on after a bit of a whirlwind couple of days, [...]
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It’s spring in Indiana, my favorite time of the year. After an unusually cold and snowy winter, it was really refreshing to see the flowers, leaves, and warmth of spring emerge. The spring always brings a flurry of new activity with it. Gardening, mowing, fertilizing, and cleaning are typical for most of us. At our [...]
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