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Raising Our Wild Things

Southern Living -Wife - Homeschool 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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How to Make Your Wedding More Personal

One of our main goals during wedding planning was to incorporate as many people close to us as possible in our wedding. Josh and I felt that it wasn’t just our day and really wanted our nearest and dearest to be…

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Happy New Year!

Can you believe it…another year has come and gone and it is officially 2017. Although I did not set any “resolutions” for 2017 (not a huge fan of resolutions since I typically abandon them by week two or three) I…

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Green Ribbon Gems Giveaway Winner

A HUGE congrats goes out to Jan Messali, the winner of the Green Ribbon Gems $25 giveaway! Thanks to everyone who entered and don’t forget to enter to win the other two awesome etsy store giveaways currently going on for…

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