4Runners

Last night was one of those teary eyed, proud mama moments as my boys crossed the finish line in their first competitive race. There was community event last night for a 1 mile cross country course (in the rain, which they didn’t mind a bit). We didn’t know what to expect as far as participation …

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29 Week Bumpdate

It’s that time again to gawk at the rapidly growing baby bump and to hear the scoop about what it’s like to carry ONE baby at 29 weeks versus four.  As my youth group leader, Marie, would say, “Fasten your seat belts” (and then she would wait for all of us to click our pseudo-seat-belts). …

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Our Sure Signs of Spring

The soundtrack of backyard wiffle ball, basketballs bouncing on the driveway, competitive laps around the house, and soccer goals being scored Neighbor kids congregate in our backyard and in our driveway A rising water bill with required frequent showers Countdowns for school ending Mud clods accidentally tracked inside First tastes of shaved ice for the …

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Gender Reveal: Quadruplet Style

18 Weeks Today! FINALLY we’re ready to reveal what we’ve known for the last 5 weeks!  I know a lot of you are #TeamGirl. The boys have been strongly in favor of #TeamBoy for sure.  We’ll let THEM tell you what we’re having. Here’s the video of them finding out if their sibling is a boy …

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9th Birthday Eve

It’s the last day of eight. It’s been such a good year with these dudes, and I’m so thankful for another year of life for these four. Birthday Week I usually get very nostalgic and emotional about how far they’ve come and all that we went through to get them here safely, but currently (subject …

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Colorado 2015 Part II: Our Favorite Hotel for a Large Family + Colorado Springs

Start Here: Colorado 2015 Part 1 Warning: Picture Heavy Post #SorryNotSorry After chatting with friends and checking out our options, we decided to stay in Denver for our short duration in Colorado. It was a central location to our “must-sees”, close to the airport, and we found a brand-new Drury Hotel in the Denver metro …

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Murrays Meet Mountains

My boys have begged to fly on an airplane since they could talk. We used to take them to the airport just to give them a taste, but they’ve never had the feeling of the power of a take off, or being in the clouds, or traveling at 500 miles per hour. In fact, we …

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Eight

  birth… one… two… three… four… five… six… seven… EIGHT     You are growing up before my eyes. You made me a mama on this day eight years ago.  Happy Birthday, Henry, Brooks, Clark, and Isaac. And I cannot put it into words how thankful I am for your lives I get to share with …

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