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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living - Red Wine Sippin' - Wife - Mom of 3 - Jesus Follower- Mompreneur

December 11, 2013

Easy DIY Christmas Card Display

I love receiving Christmas cards from friends and family at Christmas time! It makes me so happy to see everyone’s pretty families. 🙂 This year I decided to display my Christmas cards on my kitchen cabinets. That way I can…

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December 4, 2013

How We Spent an Evening as the Griswold Family

Maybe my title made you wonder how my cute, classy (in our dreams ;)) little family could possibly be called the Griswolds? Well, if you had seen us Saturday night you def would have thought we were! 🙂 This past weekend…

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November 26, 2013

The Gift of Lights at Atlanta Motor Speedway

It’s back but bigger, better and brighter than ever before.  Get the entire family into the Christmas spirit by heading to Atlanta Motor Speedway and seeing how over-the-top decorating looks while being able to brag you’ve driven on the famed Atlanta Motor…

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December 18, 2012

Christmas Weekend Fun

This weekend was crazy busy but a lot of fun for the Thompson household. We started the weekend off by attending a Tacky Christmas Sweater/White Elephant Party Friday night. It was a a lot of fun. We ended up with a new…

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December 11, 2012

Giving Back This Holiday Season

Tis the season for fa la la la’s and ho ho ho’s. But what are you doing this year to share the true meaning of the season? The birth of Jesus Christ. So far this holiday season I have had…

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December 10, 2012

The Challenges of Christmas Day

Tis the season…our second Christmas as a married couple is quickly approaching! It’s amazing how time flies isn’t it? It seems like yesterday that I was writing a post about last Christmas and the *joys* (I say that both seriously…

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December 3, 2012

Holiday Tour of Our First Christmas at Our New Home

Since I have written several posts about our new home but not posted many pictures I thought it would be fun to give you a holiday tour of our new home all decorated for Christmas.  So if a picture is…

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November 2, 2012

Holiday Shopping Kickoff Time

 Well it is officially the second day of November. And I think you all know what that means. It is the time of the year to get out that Holly Jolly spirit and starting crafting your Holiday gift lists for…

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December 19, 2011

Christmas Card Displays

One of the questions I think we all wonder is what to do with all the Christmas cards our family receives each year? This year I came up with a cute, easy solution to this question. I simply tacked up…

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December 14, 2011

Holiday Spirit

One of my favorite things about being a newly wed is getting to start new traditions with the man I love! Our first holiday together (not counting Labor Day because let’s face it…it’s not a real holiday) was Halloween. Due…

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Hello! I am Chelsea. I am the homeschooling mom of 3 and lover of adventures!

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Small Shop Gift Ideas / Deals and Steals

**This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. There are so many great deals and steals going on right now. Below I am sharing a few of my…

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Oh the Benefits of Buying a Home

Buying a home is one of those monumental, exciting, life moments when you are finally able to purchase an asset which you have saved for and dreamed about for years!   As you all know, owning a home is the…

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This is How We Do Easter

In my family we do Easter big! Why? Because it’s the holiday that celebrates that death no longer has a sting and that we now have the promise of spending eternity in Heaven thanks to Jesus’ blood when he died…

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LEGOLAND Discovery Center in Atlanta

With over 2 million LEGO bricks under one roof, LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta is a LEGO lover’s dream! Come share our world of color, creativity and family entertainment. Come ride Merlin’s Apprentice and Kingdom Quest! Don’t forget to check out…

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