Crazy Love Parents

Just trying to figure out this life thing, with God as our anchor!

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Published on February 19, 2017 in Haters gonna hate, hate, hate…Full resolution (1006 × 1330)

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Quiet for a few seconds and I hear a little birdie singing me a song!!!! #singingbirds🐦🎶

#trampolinefun #parkfun☀️ #waterfun💦 #surprisevisitfromgrandparents #loveit

Friday Family Fun! #smores #familyfun #ilovemykids #run #play

Sun came out and ended the night with a family game of kick ball! My favorite when I was kid and we played with the neighborhood! #kickball #familyfun

Rainy day fun! #indoorsmores

We are getting there!!!! 🤗🤗🤗 #almostdonewithschool #workhardplayhard

Last week of school! I think we can, I think we can! ;-) making clouds and ice cream for science! #homeschoollife #homeschoolingrocks #sciencefun

Lovely Sunday #familyfunday

#truth

Happy Birthday to my oldest daughter! How can she be 23?!?! Love her soooo much! #23yearsold #howisthatpossible #happybirthday

Funny birthday cards from kids to Dad and singing him happy birthday! #happybirthday #homemadecardsarethebest

The next Master Chef! 🤣 #masterchefjunior #pretendplayallday

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My kids LOOOOOVE this on a hot day! The oldest figured it out for us last summer and it has been a hit ever since. #trampolinewaterfun #watermakeseverythingbetter #justjump

Memorial Day weekend is the anniversary of my oldest brother’s death. He passed away a few months before my 11th birthday. He was much older then I, and he was almost like a second father to me in many ways. He often took me to his apartment on weekends, was the one to take me to my first rock concert, and the person who finally brought me to get my ears pierced. He would often take me on motorcycle rides, and unfortunately, it was that motorcycle that eventually led to his passing (to no fault of his own). At the time I was so young and so hurt by his leaving our family, that I decided at that tender age that I no longer believed in God. I clung to that belief well into my young adulthood. I couldn’t understand why a loving God would take my brother from me and allow so much pain into our lives. WHY? I still can’t exactly answer the “why” of it all. However, I have a firm belief that I am the woman I am today precisely because of that dreadful day. I firmly believe that I have the compassion and empathy that I have today because of the grief I went through and watched my family go through at such a tender age. I firmly believe that the Lord took the bad and eventually used it to draw me back to Him in such a powerful way that perhaps would not have happened otherwise. I firmly believe that God CAN use the ugly in our lives to bring about good. So today, I am thankful for all those who have gone before us. I am thankful for a God that is bigger than any box I can try to fit Him into. I am thankful for my parents who modeled how to survive the loss of a third child with grace, dignity and togetherness. I am thankful for God allowing tragedy to draw my family closer together, with a bond that can’t be broken, with a deep knowledge that I KNOW they are ALWAYS there for me, no matter what. And I am thankful for a God who is also there for me, ALWAYS, no matter what. Even when I pushed Him away. Even when I said I didn’t believe in Him. He patiently waited and continued to draw me towards Him…Thank you, Father, for continuing to work all things for Your good. And Mikey---can't wait to see you again!!!!!!!!! Romans 8:28. #romans828 #truth #loveyouforever❤️

Hot enough for a water balloon fight! #waterballoon #hotdays☀️ #bbq #familyfun

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Love my kids!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ #playingoutside #kidsrock

Last day of homeschool co-op!!!! #homeschoollife #welovehomeschooling

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