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Fun Foto Friday #51

Fun Foto Friday #51

Turning ALMOST 30 last week caused some nostalgia/where-did-the-time-go/I-can’t-believe-my-20’s-are-almost-over moments. That’s why today is all about pictures from BEFORE I even turned 20. Ha! So young… 2004. Visiting my (then) boyfriend in the USA after not seeing each other for almost a year. This is one of my favorite pictures of my handsome (now) husband 🙂 […]
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Fun Foto Friday #50

Fun Foto Friday #50

This time, I have a good reason for posting a Fun Foto Friday on a Saturday (again). Today’s my birthday! Or, as Judah claims, our shared birthday (“Mama, please share your birthday?”). Okay, fine. He got a piece of my cake. There. I’m now 29 years old… as a friend on Facebook put it, “the […]
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Fun Foto Friday #49

Fun Foto Friday #49

“Maaaaaamaaaaaaaa!” Judah runs as fast as his little legs and light-up Spiderman shoes can carry him across the soccer field. His face shines with a wide grin as he races toward me and gives me a hug that would make any mother-heart melt. Elias is not far behind as he half-runs-half-stumbles while chanting the one word that […]
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Fun Foto Friday #48

Fun Foto Friday #48

It’s Tuesday and time for a very late Fun Foto Friday! Here are some pictures of birthday presents, dog love, and precious faces. 1. Judah’s two favorite birthday presents: his Spiderman shoes and his Ninja Turtle shirt. He wants to wear both constantly, day and night (literally!). He’s never even seen any superhero movie but […]
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3 Years Ago…

3 Years Ago…

3 years ago, our parenting journey started. 3 years ago, our Baby Blueberry was born on a mild January night. 3 years ago we instantly fell in love with our chubby, Asian-looking, wrinkly, screaming baby. Happy golden birthday, Judah! Judah has become an independent preschooler who dearly loves his friends, has an imagination as big […]
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Fun Foto Friday #47

Fun Foto Friday #47

“Happy birthday, Baby Jesus!” Judah thoroughly enjoyed singing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus. He enjoyed opening presents on behalf of Jesus even more. The Anyan Christmas was filled with laughter, scavenger hunts, wrapping paper, Christmas cookies, and noisy chaos! Just how it should be.   Alles Gute zum Weihnachtsbaum (as John would say in German) 🙂
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A List of Lasts…

A List of Lasts…

Our last week of our final semester brought many “lasts” with it… A last small group with leaders and fellow students whom we’ve grown to love and cherish as part of our everyday lives…     A last get-together with our dear friend (and a sweet goodbye present for Judah). Praying for a reunion with […]
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Fun Foto Friday #46

Fun Foto Friday #46

Which is easier: 1. Enter text and hit “Google translator” OR 2. Do a thorough text analysis of the source text by researching the communication situation and discourse genre, dividing up the text according to grammatical and semantic cohesion and boundaries, separating the grammatical structure from the semantic structure, removing all skewing, and breaking down […]
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Fun Foto Friday #45

Fun Foto Friday #45

“Where’s our Merry Christmas tree?” Oops. The fact that we didn’t have room to stuff any kind of Christmas decoration into Noah (our van) when we moved over here is starting to get noticed by our inquisitive Judah, who just happens to love anything that has to do with Christmas: Baby Jesus! Advent calendars! Lights! […]
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Fun Foto Friday #44

Fun Foto Friday #44

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I have to say that we are so thankful for some wonderful childcare workers here on campus who nurture, manage, train, and love our boys and many other children day after day. Because of them and their creative minds, Judah came home with a “Thanksgiving Bag” on Tuesday that not […]
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