Author Archives: Sonja

About Sonja

I am a wife, a mom, a homeschooler, a Christian, a scrapbooker, a cook, a baker, a reader, and a thinker. I am many other things, too, that are not so easily defined. Right now, God has been calling me to be faithful in what He has given me to do – to be the best wife, mom, homeschooler, friend, etc. that I can be. In essence, He has told me to “bloom where I’m planted”.

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Peggy Noonan rocks! How come we forget so easily the character of Americans? How is it that we have come to be known by this character? I don’t know if we are thought of in the same light so much … Continue reading

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Book Fair!!!

We’re heading up to Auburn tomorrow to go to the book fair. I went earlier this year with Michelle & it was fun. This time I am taking Jef. 🙂 It is a huge warehouse with TONS of books and … Continue reading

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Conversation with Nicholas

We were in the van tonight, driving home from McDonald’s (we’d gone and had supper there to help support the American Cancer Society. They had a “take over” at McDonald’s.). Earlier in the day, Nicholas had been corrected for interrupting … Continue reading

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Daniel practicing soccer.

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Daddy & Jonathan watching StrongBad e-mails on Handy (Jef’s PDA).

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new quilt

We’ve been married 12 years now, and haven’t had new bedding since we were married! This summer, when we went camping, our fitted sheet ripped. 🙁 So we didn’t have any sheets for our bed. God blessed us with some … Continue reading

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Jonathan’s new do

Jonathan decided his hair was “too messy” and he wanted a flat top. So we finally got him to the barber shop when it was open! Here’s his new hairstyle – he was showing how big the burger was 🙂 … Continue reading

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Battle for the toy box

The Battle for the Toy Box Contest!I entered the Battle for the Toy Box Contest on the HSB Company Porch.I hope to win over $100 worth of Tales of Glory, Bible-based toys from one2believe!!

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Why isn’t this all over the news?

We’ve been following a story for a while now about global warming. There is a new study out that shows that 1998 was NOT the hottest year of the century, rather, Dust Bowl year 1934 was. NASA is downplaying the … Continue reading

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a huge dahlia

On our anniversary, we went to the Rose Garden at Point Defiance Park. The dahlias were in bloom & absolutely gorgeous! We found this one, and I made Jef take a picture because it was AS BIG AS MY HEAD!!! … Continue reading

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