It is spring on the prairie. With spring comes my urgent need for some new spring clothes. I have spent the past three years pregnant or breast feeding so I did not buy new spring clothes as I have been living in maternity clothes, elastic waisted shorts, capris and oversized shirts. The year before that was 2006, Nathan and I…
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Amazing Grandma Carol
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Today is Grandma Carol’s birthday. She does not want you to know that but I am telling you. It is her day to be featured on the Pinke Post whether she is thrilled about it or not. Carol is my mother in law that quietly works behind the scenes for us every week. When people ask me “How do you…
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Happy Wednesday!
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Our middle child is our early riser. Last night she was the last child to bed and is always awake first but the fact that she most always happy and smiling in the morning creates fun and joyful mornings. Above she is running onto the porch to wave “buh bye” to Daddy. Then we have dash through the house to…
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Baby steps on the farm
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No, our baby is not walking. But our two year old, Uncle Jim and I did witness some first steps today on the farm. After church and family dinner at the farm, Miss E wanted to go check cows with Uncle Jim. It also seemed like a good excuse to delay nap time. Great-Grandma Nola is also pictured above but…
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Thankful for rural healthcare
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Down the road and around the corner from our home is our local hospital and clinic. Built in 1954, it is a 24-bed critical care hospital with three facilities and four satellite clinics in outlying communities–all from a town of less than 1000 people. I have driven past the facility almost every day for the past three years of living…
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