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Ninja Turtle Night

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They fit their respective Ninja Turtles perfectly. They ARE the characters from the show/movie. It was only fitting that they all go as such this Halloween. If you know anything about TMNT, consider yourselves familiar with each of our boys.  Oh and they gained a new baby turtle :)   (the descriptions below are actual descriptions from TMNT…read  and know that it might as well be about our children (and if you actually do know our kids very well, be prepared to be astounded at the similarities) I think I actually birthed the Ninja Turtles) Mikey aka Josiah funny, the jokester, free-spirited, loving, M.C., class clown, stylin, and even has the favorite color orange, youngest turtle Raph aka Eli The rebel, fearsome and fearless, fighter, strong-minded, questions authority, has a temper and has trouble mastering his emotions, likes to be alone and have space Donny aka Titus brainy, creative, inventive, problem-solver, talker Leo aka Justus The

Even when He says, "No"

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We Christians say it all the time. "God answers prayers!!!" or of course, "God is good!" It is so right and good to say those things, but why don't we also shout it from the roof top when things don't go as planned?  We didn't get the house we wanted! "God is good!!!" Our house still hasn't sold!! "God answers prayers!!!" Today I want to tell you why I still feel like those things are so true even when things aren't going the way we thought they would be going. We made an offer on a house that we thought was the one. This house had a huge backyard, was on a golf course, had secret hideaways, hidden rooms to play in, a large downstairs, and even a full-sized refrigerator and freezer side by side in the kitchen, not to mention the giant pantry (what more could a family with 4 boys ask for?!!) Well, here's the thing. It was at the top of our price range, and while we could afford it, we would have been living

Pumpkins and Pictures Galore

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haha I love Josiah's face! (not a fan of the pumpkin goop) But definitely a fan of the tools She couldn't take her eyes off of Umple Jack's SCARY costume!! I think this was pre-cry. Hamming it up :) A little football of course!