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		<title>“I Love the Pumpkin Patch!” by Elliot Fennema</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Mommy and Daddy took me to the pumpkin patch. I sure did have a good time!


		
It was cold and rainy but I did not mind. Every now and then I stopped to shiver, but then it was off to check things out. I ran non stop around all the pumpkins.


		
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		<title>Mini Van Miracle</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/mini-van-miracle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt like there were just so many things going on that you could not handle that one extra, very small in comparison, little thing. In a future blog we can fill you in the chaos that has been our life lately. That is why the following story should not be a big [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=741&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back!</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/im-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know everyone was wondering where I have gone since I haven&#8217;t written in a while.  When life happens, usually its the blog that is the first to fall by the wayside.
I found some time tonight to be able to update the blog.  Stephanie and Elliot are asleep, but I&#8217;m not tired enough [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=732&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Only what&#8217;s done for Christ will last</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness He is not finished with me yet.   I recently read two books, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Waste Your Life&#8221; by John Piper and &#8220;A Chance to Die&#8221; by Elisabeth Elliot.  First of all. I highly reccommend both of these books. I also think it is so cool when God uses multiple ways to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=728&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elliot Turns 1!</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/elliot-turns-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time&#8230;It doesn&#8217;t seem like a whole year has passed since Elliot was born.  I could have sworn that we were just driving up to Georgia from Florida.  It doesn&#8217;t seem like an entire year ago.  But then again&#8230;so much has happened in the past year.  I can&#8217;t believe all the things [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=708&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elliot Walks!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to skip the usual apology and excuses about not posting in a while&#8211;although we are sorry&#8211;because this video is just far too exciting!  These are not his first steps, but they are the first ones caught on tape!  Everyone says that our world is about to change now that he can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=700&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Much Needed Break</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/a-much-needed-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephanie, Elliot, and I got some much needed time away today.  We&#8217;ve been very busy lately and just haven&#8217;t had time to connect.  A very gracious family from our church (thank you Umsteads!) allowed us to hang out at their lake house today.  We left home just after Elliot&#8217;s breakfast and got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=692&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Am I suffering? (Must watch Video!)</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/am-i-suffering-must-watch-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 19:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Am I suffering for the sake of the Gospel? Or I am I just another middle class suburban christian who thinks that suffering includes missing a meal or being on a budget. Oh Lord don&#8217;t let me miss out on Your amazing plan for my life.
We were convicted by this video and by the overwhelming [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=686&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The time is drawing near&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/the-time-is-drawing-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mfenne34</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three and a half hours.
That is how long I have before the most dreaded experience of my life.  (Forgive me for being a little overdramatic&#8230;)  For those of you who don&#8217;t know, I will be examined tonight and tomorrow morning.  If all goes well, ordination is looming around the corner.
These last couple [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=676&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to Baby Wise</title>
		<link>http://mikeandsteph.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/ode-to-baby-wise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I sit hear in the quiet after my sweet child cried for twenty minutes after 45 minutes into his morning nap I continue to keep the long view in mind.   Mike and I have participated in &#8220;parent directed feeding&#8221; since Elliot&#8217;s birth. (For more info read Babywise by the Ezzo&#8217;s). It seems that people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mikeandsteph.wordpress.com&blog=3607067&post=674&subd=mikeandsteph&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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