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Dear Spring,

March 20, 2010 by Sara Haynes 4 Comments

Welcome! We’ve been waiting for you and LOVE having you here!
Please stay awhile….

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Beauty in Brokenness

March 19, 2010 by Sara Haynes 16 Comments

This week Chris asked me to pull out all the papers that we needed for our taxes.
As I began this “fun adventure” I decided that I might as well go through ALL our files and re-organize them. (I blame the spring cleaning fever I seem to have caught!)

So, I sprawled out the entire contents of our filing cabinet onto the dinning room table and began making piles.
Papers to toss.
Papers to shred.
Papers to keep.
I made new folders and re-organized the old ones.

In the midst of all the papers I found a copy of an old email that I had received from my pastor a few years ago. Words that touched me back then…. and were like a gentle whisper to me again….

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Freedom

March 17, 2010 by Sara Haynes 5 Comments

Where do I even begin…. I just spent the last 40 minutes crying (no, scratch that-sobbing) my way through chapter nine of the book “So Long Insecurity”. This chapter is written as a prayer, a prayer giving up insecurity and actually receiving our security and dignity back.

And I am exhausted. My heart is so overwhelmed by Him right now I can barely form a coherent sentence….. but I am also very excited, boy, am I ever excited!! YA!

To describe what I am feeling right now is impossible. To describe the time I just spent with my Healer is impossible. I just can’t find the right words.

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Handmade Bows

March 7, 2010 by Sara Haynes 4 Comments

I am addicted.
After seeing Denise’s cuteness, and how easy the tutorial looked I just couldn’t help myself.

They are so easy to make, and really, just make me feel super proud for making them myself 🙂

After deciding that I had to try them I went searching through the house for a magazine. Sadly the only one I had on hand was a “Self” magazine that my almost three year old had decided to rip the front cover off while waiting in line at the grocery store a few months ago. Fun.

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Ok friends! This is your personal invitation to ju Ok friends! This is your personal invitation to jump in with me to read through your Bible in a year. I know that for me, the years I’ve had a “plan” have been the years I have most consistently spent daily quiet time with Jesus. 

The plan I’m following has a portion of the Old Testament, Psalm, Proverb and New Testament to read each day. And it’ll be the best 10 mins you spend each day! 💗 You do not need the specific bible I’m using, I’ll have the readings posted so you can use whatever you have! 

If I’ve learned anything in 2020 it’s that I long for community. Yes, I can read through on my own this year.... but how much richer would it be to do this with friends. The bible tells us “As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” 

I know I have experienced God in amazing ways through the words & experiences of friends. We were made for community! 

SO-I’ve created a private FB group for us to have the space to encourage, share and find accountability as we dig into God’s word in 2021!

Would love for you to join me. 💗
Fav crew right there. Fav crew right there.
Me no likey the fog. 🤦‍♀️❄️ Pretty to Me no likey the fog. 🤦‍♀️❄️
Pretty to look at, sure, but I like to see when I’m skiing. 🤷‍♀️
A brand new bible for a brand new year. Chris and A brand new bible for a brand new year. Chris and the kids all use YouVersion for their bible plans but I am partial to a physical book- just something about feeling those pages as I read. 
If anyone wants to join me please send me a message! I’d love to spend 2021 in the word with you! 💗
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Ellie got an instax mini camera for Christmas and Ellie got an instax mini camera for Christmas and she’s been busy documenting all the important things. 
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Our first Christmas together in the mountains. ❤ Our first Christmas together in the mountains. ❤️
This moment. I look forward to it every year. Ever This moment. I look forward to it every year. Everyone else is in bed while I sit here in the dark- with only the light from the tree. My heart is so full of anticipation. Wonder. Joy. 

I always think of that first Christmas night while I sit here by the glow of the tree and see the gifts under its branches. I think of all those years ago on that eve of our Jesus’ birth. I imagine how all of heaven must have felt the same as I do tonight- KNOWING the gift we were about to receive on that wonderful night. Dear friends, may all our souls feel their worth tonight as we remember who HE is. 
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Oh holy night
The stars are brightly shining
It is the night of our dear savior's birth
Long lay the world in sin and error, pining
'Til He appeared and the soul felt it's worth
A thrill of hope, the weary world rejoices
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn'
Fall on your knees, oh, hear the Angels' voices
Oh, night divine, oh, night when Christ was born
Oh, night divine, oh, night, oh night divine
It’s been a fun month with our guy Candycane. I It’s been a fun month with our guy Candycane. I think I will treasure these sweet days of fun and excitement forever. #ourelfcandycane
Merry Christmas Eve ❄️🛷 Merry Christmas Eve ❄️🛷
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