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The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate
Real Life

The Business of Getting Ready for my Baby to Graduate

ByShawni May 19, 2025

Lucy is graduating this week. And life has been filled to the brim with festivities as well as mountains of homework and sleepless nights. Some days are joyous anticipating this…

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“If ye Lack Wisdom, Ask of God” – Church History and a concert that Made My Heart Full
Faith | Travel

“If ye Lack Wisdom, Ask of God” – Church History and a concert that Made My Heart Full

ByShawni July 7, 2024July 8, 2024

I’m starting in the middle of our New England Tour rather than at the beginning. Because it’s Sunday today, and there was a concert in this tour that was pretty…

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What’s been happening around here lately
Real Life

What’s been happening around here lately

ByShawni September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

I feel like I’ve been trying so hard to catch up with the “big things” going on around here, but I want so much to remember the “little things” too!…

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the best way to see those magnificent Greek Islands
Travel

the best way to see those magnificent Greek Islands

ByShawni July 13, 2023July 27, 2023

I’ve had a map of Athens pasted up in my closet for as long as I can remember. I have been hoping to somehow manifest actually getting there some day….

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Shawni and David in front of the famous and iconic windmills of Mykonos
Travel

A Quick Guide to One Day in Mykonos

ByShawni July 12, 2023July 12, 2023

We had one day to explore the Island of Mykonos. Here’s what we did.

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We got our Lu back
Real Life

We got our Lu back

ByShawni July 10, 2023July 10, 2023

Welp, we got our girl back. Just like that, FIVE WEEKS is over, and I got to pick up my girl from her camp on Saturday morning. She has been…

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Shawni snuggling baby Murphy for the first time
Real Life

The best birth story from a grandma’s perspective

ByShawni May 8, 2023May 8, 2023

Welp, as I announced in the last post, little Murphy Jane made her grand entrance into the world last week. So now that all the hoopla and worry and awe…

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two families at a temple in Thailand
Travel

The best way to spend Five days in Thailand!

ByShawni May 4, 2023May 5, 2023

Thailand is so filled up with beauty and goodness it’s hard to narrow down what to do. This is what we did with our five days in Thailand.

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kids reunited together
Real Life

Transition Mode – a little update all the Changes going on!

ByShawni May 2, 2023May 10, 2023

We have so many moving pieces going on in this family of ours! Let’s take a minute for a little update on this transition mode we are in the midst of right now.

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