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The First Challenge Is Starting – The Love Habits

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Wow, your response to the new direction of our blog has been overwhelmingly wonderful. Thank you! The Love Habits In case you missed us talking about our introductory challenge we call The Love Habits then click here. Adding The Love Habits to our daily routine had such a positive

22 Days of Loving On Your Spouse More

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We have been so thrilled with how many people have been excited about our new direction over at Dollars and Roses. In case you missed me talking about it about 900 gazillion times (sorry - not sorry) just check it out HERE. My hubby and I are going to be sharing how YOU can make your marriage

Romantic Weekend Away Giveaway

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We are so excited about the new direction of Dollars and Roses. We thank you in advance for all of your support and we truly hope that this "new" site will help others gain more out of their marriage. To celebrate the launch of our new direction and our new blog we thought it would be fun to award

When You Finally Listen To The Nudge

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You know that feeling when you get a nudge to do something. Maybe it's to start a new business or to take that photography class you've always wanted to take. Or to go on a weekend getaway with your husband (WithOUT the kids). Except even though you get the nudge? You ignore it. Maybe it's

Pumpkin Patch 2014

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Oh the pumpkin patch. It gets more interesting every year. Mostly because it used to be all cute....like - "Look at my sweet boys with the pumpkins" and now it's all like - "PLEASE DON'T THROW PUMPKINS AT EACH OTHER!!"

Local Peeps – This Is For You

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I'm sure you've seen me talk about my friend Tonya from Love of Family and Home. We are not just online friends, we are real life friends first. We met at church a few years ago and became super close...especially since we both were bloggers and could relate to each other! Last week Tonya turned

A Hard Decision

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Last week we got an email from our adoption agency in Minnesota telling us that ICAB (the Philippines government officials) were COMING for a visit on October 17th...yes, TODAY. To be completely honest with you, I was so excited because we have been waiting for them to visit our agency for months.

How To Talk To Your Kids About Adoption

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It's been one of those questions that I get asked over and over again. "What do your kids think about you adopting a baby?" Most of the time I respond with the usual answer, "Our 7 year old is old enough to understand and be excited, but the 4 and 3 year old are too little to know what it

Why We Eloped

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Jeff and I met in 2002 when he moved in next door to me in college. To say that my roommate and I weren't all like, "Heyyyyy hot new neighbor boy!" would be an understatement. A dark complected, fit, overly nice, sweet talking, SINLGE guy? What more could you ask for in a neighbor. Problem was? I

The Importance of Slowing Down So You Don’t Miss This Moment

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From the moment I jump out of bed I immediately start processing all of the things that I have to get done for the day. It's like my brain is a human list of to-do tasks. Most of which I'd rather stab myself in the eye than complete. Any moment that it isn't sleeping...it is thinking. Do y'all

Saved by Grace

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There was a time in my life when Jesus was the last thing on my mind. In fact, I wasn't even sure I believed in God. Not that I didn't, and not that I did. But I didn't have enough knowledge to understand what believing in God actually meant. You see, I grew up with amazing parents. An only