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Psoriases, Puke & Pretty Girls {and Other Bedtime Stories}

Mercy, it’s been a wild week.  Wild and fabulous. Dish: My hubby and I recorded a little video interview of ourselves for something ridiculously cool that we’re applying for.  It was fun.  And awkward.  And sweet.  I’d tell you about it, but then I’d have to kill you. Deadly: I poisoned my entire family the day before Easter.  Just doing… Read More

Complete nonsense, Daily Life

The Naughty Cookies {viewer discretion advised}

The cookies you are about to see are not intended for your grandma’s consumption.  Nor are they intended for your 5 year old’s lunch box.  Any resemblance to actual curves or derrières or bosoms, living or dead, is by no way coincidental. These sugar-infused representations of actual body parts were crafted “purely” for the purpose of bridal shower enjoyment. Or… Read More

Complete nonsense, Designs, Food, Keepin' it Real, Marriage

All in a Week’s Whirl

It’s been delicious madness around here lately.  Between fun and food and friends and farting children and family {please notice the pause between children and family} and…fesign fork…I haven’t had a moment to sit down and tell you all about it in mind-numbing detail, as I am accustomed to doing.  {Clearly there’s no way to get ‘design work’ to start… Read More

Complete nonsense, Crafts and Activities, Daily Life, Designs, Family, Frugal Living, Keepin' it Real, The Kiddos

Bugging Out!

We’re celebrating a little lad who’s been {heart} medicine free for over a year! {smile!} And the fact that he’s so stinkin’ cute it makes my cheeks hurt.

Complete nonsense, The Kiddos, Videos

Pinterest: The New Crack

There once was a young mum of two Who knew she had too much to do No time to show interest In the drug known as Pinterest {that gloriously sweet visual stew}   But when it started to woo She got sucked right into the glue Now there’s passionate interest in that blissful crack: Pinterest {I’m ridiculously in love.  How… Read More

Complete nonsense

Ramblings & Us {Through the Ledford Lens}

I’ve had a deliciously full week; opportunities to connect with girlfriends I don’t get to see even remotely often enough, dinner with a wonderful friend I haven’t seen in over 7 years, an out-of-town conference with my hubby {which boasted paradigm-shift-inducing teaching by Carl Medearis…he rocked our world}, and was sprinkled with precious family time {my favorite type of “busy”}…. Read More

Complete nonsense, Daily Life, Family, Home

Baby Smooches

I’m home.  The retreat was fabulous {or at least I thought it was…and I didn’t put anyone to sleep}. Our 1st annual church harvest party was a blast…we broke in our new fire pit, took 17 people on a hayride behind my hubby’s sexy tractor, taste tested 8 different pots of chili, sipped hot cider with entirely too much whipped… Read More

Complete nonsense, Friendship, Motherhood, Photography

The Pierced Bean, An Escape & Other Such Nonsense

Meet Bean.  The Rockstar. Sporting jeans, a tutu, and cowboy boots, and rocking the glittered hair, tattooed arm and pierced nose, she was quite the sight to see, riding along on her preschool “Little Rockstars” parade float.   She rocked!  And I was one proud mama. Speaking of piercings and pride, miss Bean got her little earlobes pierced on Saturday. … Read More

Complete nonsense, Daily Life, Home, Marriage, The Kiddos

When in Saginaw…

Why not try your hand at milking a fabric cow? Or sit on a giant tongue inside a massive set of teeth. Or simply serve up some plastic ice-cream! Saginaw may be one of the most dangerous cities in the Unites States, but I do believe we’ve found a sweet spot {in the shape of a Children’s Museum}. Now that’s… Read More

Complete nonsense, The Kiddos, Travels

It’s {almost} Boot Season

And it would appear that I am not the only one in this house who is excited to don them…

Complete nonsense, Cute Stuff, The Kiddos

Excuses, Updates and an ATW Guest Post

Contrary to what a lack of posts for almost a week may depict, I’m alive and semi-well.  Emphasis on semi. Our wee babes and I are all fighting colds, a sinus infection and an ear infection {nicely distributed between the three of us}.  Life is peachy!  Speaking of peaches…our little tree is dropping gorgeous, juicy peaches daily and I’ve been… Read More

Complete nonsense, Daily Life, Family, Guest Post, Photography, Quotes and Scriptures

Poppin’ Up!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled {thoughtful} post… to bring you this {rambling} drivel: In addition to the massive quantity of squash we have poppin’ up in our veggie garden, there are a few other fabulous thing-a-ma-bobs poppin’ up around here. Namely… The first 4 of 125 giant wind turbines nestled nicely into the fields of the farming communities near us…. Read More

Complete nonsense, Daily Life, Home

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It took me 6 months to walk into the gym… and 6 ye It took me 6 months to walk into the gym…
and 6 years to realize how much God would use it to shape me.

This episode isn’t about fitness,
it’s about formation.

🎧 Episode 024 | Stronger Than I Thought
  What God Is Teaching Me Through CrossFit

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"Then you will call upon me
and come and pray to me,
and I will hear you."
:: Jeremiah 29:12
What do you do when you know God can… but you don’ What do you do when you know God can…
but you don’t know if He will?

This week on Oh, Good Grief, Monica Kaczynski shares her journey through cancer, surrender, and learning to trust God in the unknown.

This conversation is honest, tender, and deeply grounding.
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In this deeply personal episode, Joy sits down wit In this deeply personal episode, Joy sits down with Monica Kaczynski as she shares her journey through pancreatic cancer with raw honesty and steady faith.

From years of infertility and surrender, to the unexpected joy of motherhood, to a life-changing diagnosis just months before her son’s wedding, this is a story of courage in the middle of it all.

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Using ONE WORD, let us know how we can be praying Using ONE WORD, let us know how
we can be praying for you today.

He knows the details, we don't have to.

And if you pray for someone else here,
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let them know you prayed for them?

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"Then you will call upon me
and come and pray to me,
and I will hear you."
:: Jeremiah 29:12
The enemy tempts us. Then shame convinces us to hi The enemy tempts us.
Then shame convinces us to hide.

But God’s first response to human failure wasn’t condemnation.
It was a question: "Where are you?"
Not because He didn’t know.
But because healing requires that we name where we are,
and freedom comes as we choose to bravely step out of hiding.

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