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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Emery Lin

Remember the Weldon Family? I wrote about them a few months ago asking all of you reader to reach out to their family. Well, they finally met their baby girl a few days ago in China!! Thank you all who contributed to helping this family bring home little Emery. They will be in China for 2 weeks and then travel home to their two boys who are awaiting their little sister (and boy do I mean little). This tiny girl is the most precious thing I have ever seen! Angie (her amazing mama) writes in a way that makes you feel as though you know Emery and the emotions of each day just as they experience them. I could not be happier for them. They have waited so patiently for 3 years and God blessed them with the most amazing daughter. Please take a minute and read their blog...I promise it will bring a smile to your face, but be prepared...some "happy tears" may come too :)

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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"Love until it hurts, then love more."

I've been busy....

...busy traveling to PA. Busy missing my husband. Busy taking care of my pup. Busy spending time with my sister and preparing her nursery for her little baby coming in October. Busy caring for my sick Grandmother. Busy enjoying the little things in life. Busy meeting up with old friends. Busy eating dinners outside and frozen yogurt in cute little towns. Busy training for our marathon (9 miles on a treadmill due to 104 degree heat is NOT ideal). Busy making and eating too many gluten-free sugar cookies. Busy relaxing ;) Busy getting a tattoo...

This is my second tattoo. My first says "compassion" in Hebrew on my wrist. I've always wanted a second one and finally got it this past weekend. It says "love until it hurts, then love more" (my favorite Mother Teresa quote) in Ancient Greek. I love it!

What have you been busy doing?

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Blueberry Pancakes

Yesterday on Facebook I posted the status, "Why can't I ever stop eating blueberries once I start?" I ate a huge carton of berries and gave myself a belly ache. You would think after all of those blueberries that I would take a break for a while....nope, not me! I woke up this morning and made myself some blueberry pancakes :)

I used a great recipe from Smitten Kitchen to make these! I'm not going to post the ingredients and recipe because if you go here you can find everything you need.

Jeff likes blueberries but doesn't love them (crazy), so decided to just make regular boring old pancakes for himself. I still love him, though. He has class at 1:00 on Mondays and Wednesdays and I have loved being able to spend the first half of the day together this summer!

After about 5 minutes you have yourself some amazing pancakes-full of fresh berries! I topped mine with peanut butter and pure maple syrup.

I have lots to do today. In about an hour I'm heading to the gym for a 4 mile run. We are up to 9 miles on our long run and right on schedule to be ready to run 26.2 miles in November. Still seems impossible but each run we feel a little bit more confident runnnig. After the gym I'm off to Trader Joe's then visiting the family I nanny for tonight! Hope you have a great day :)

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