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Well, here is my crew. Miles, Carson, Sawyer and Finley. They are my busy, hilarious, loving little guys, but also each very different, which is awesome to witness. (I’ll share more about each of them from time to time, to give you a peek inside our little world.)<\/p>\n

When someone imagines four boys in the house, I know they imagine lots of chaos and dirt. Oh yeah, we have\u00a0our share\u00a0of those, but we also have quiet reading and drawing time, weekly chores, laugh attacks and serious conversations.<\/p>\n

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Each of my boys has his\u00a0own personality and preferences, and we\u2019ve learned to discipline them differently according to what works for each child. (*Putting a pin in that because that\u2019s a whole separate post.) They are amazing to me, and sometimes I can\u2019t believe we made them. I think God makes you feel that way about your children so you don\u2019t lose your mind when they take the stuffing out of the couch cushions, pour an entire box of Cheerios on the floor, or throw EVERY single Thomas the Train Engine\u00a0friend\u00a0in the pool.<\/p>\n

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I promise I won\u2019t make every post about my boys, but I wanted to kick off my launch day with an introduction of my greatest accomplishments. They make this crazy life worth it all!<\/p>\n

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I hope this blog can be a place for you to relax, smile and read something happy! That’s what it is for me–a retreat, a sanctuary, a happy place.<\/p>\n

Welcome! And thanks for smiling along with me.<\/p>\n

Love more,<\/p>\n

Dana<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, I’m singing Flo Rida\u2019s \u201cMy House\u201d as I type this and laughing at myself. Is that the most addicting song or what? (I bet you sang along as you read the title too,\u00a0didn’t you?) \ud83d\ude42 Well, here is my crew. Miles, Carson, Sawyer and Finley. They are my busy, hilarious, loving little guys, but also each very different, which is awesome to witness. (I’ll share more about each of them from time to time, to give you a peek inside our little world.) When someone imagines four boys in the house, I know they imagine lots of chaos and dirt. Oh yeah, we have\u00a0our share\u00a0of those, but we also have quiet reading and drawing time, weekly chores, laugh attacks and serious conversations. Each of my boys has his\u00a0own personality and preferences, and we\u2019ve learned to discipline them differently according to what works for each child. (*Putting a pin in that because that\u2019s a whole separate post.) They are amazing to me, and sometimes I can\u2019t believe we made them. I think God makes you feel that way about your children so you don\u2019t lose your mind when they take the stuffing out of the couch cushions, pour an entire box of Cheerios on the floor, or throw EVERY single Thomas the Train Engine\u00a0friend\u00a0in the pool. I promise I won\u2019t make every post about my boys, but I wanted to kick off my launch day with an introduction of my greatest accomplishments. They make this crazy life worth it all! I hope this blog can be a place for you to relax, smile and read something happy! That’s what it is for me–a retreat, a sanctuary, a happy place. Welcome! And thanks for smiling along with me. Love more, Dana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,18,19,55,21,54],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/KampFamily39ishBoys1.jpg?fit=900%2C1359&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7h0AN-2j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":886,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.39ishlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}