The Arizona Russums

A blog about marriage, faith, adventure, and grace.

To the Mommy Bloggers: Baby Registry Essentials

Since I've already posted my favorite blogs before, today I want to give a huge shout-out to five bloggers who have helped me recently. Over the past few weeks, I have spent hours putting together...

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Saturday Snippets

Some fun weekend reading for you... XOXO! I love this hospitality purpose statement. I think if I wrote mine it would be very similar. The state of the Bible in American society... Seven Things I...

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A Favorite Photo

This is my favorite portrait of myself in recent years. Classy bride standing in a meadow with really big hair on her wedding day. I kinda feel like a supermodel here... Usually, I don't like...

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A Day in the Life

I actually decided to document a day in my life before I knew it was a prompt for the May blogging challenge. All these pictures were taken on a Tuesday, which happened to be the last day of...

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Happy.

Long, slow, quiet mornings that involve a big latte and reading my Bible at a leisurely pace Coffee shop dates with girlfriends Surprises from Micah {dates, gifts, notes... anything unexpected}...

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Dear Jaywalker, I'm Sorry I Hit You.

Dear Entitled Jaywalker, I'm sorry I ran you over in my Mazda. I was in a hurry to get to class and I didn't see you wandering down the middle of the street. I didn't notice you as you walked...

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College Days.

Lately, my mind has been drifting to memories of college quite often. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I've been watching ASU undergraduates as they wrap up spring semester. Maybe it's because...

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Today I'm supposed to "sell" myself in ten words. I really hate selling anything, but I happen to be really good at it for some reason. From top cookie sales in my Girl Scout troop to my time spent...

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My Favorite Moment

Oops. On May 8th, I never found time to blog. Oh well! It just so happens I was very busy yesterday doing other things like... putting in offers on houses to buy {!!!} and building our baby...

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Life and Death

Apparently, Blog Every Day in May means I share my thoughts on God every single day... And I'm okay with that. In fact, I really like it. Today I am supposed to talk about my greatest fear, but I...

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A Simple Life

During college I used to go to a worship service at my church every Wednesday night. I remember one time at the beginning of the school year, the speaker that evening asked us to turn around and...

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Military Wives

Tonight Micah comes home after being gone for almost three weeks. Every year during April and May, he has a bunch of annual trips - both for fun and for work - and this year he has been gone for...

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"It Defiles Everything" {a quote and some links}

If you read yesterday's post and now think I'm a homophobic hater of gay people, I promise I am not. I just really hate sexual sin of all kinds. It makes me sad when I see girls move in with their...

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Flowers Fade Friday: Uncomfortable

One of the last times I remember being truly uncomfortable in my surroundings was about a year ago. I was studying at a coffee shop in downtown Phoenix and it was growing crowded around dinner...

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The Truth about the First Trimester

Today's prompt is to write about something I know a lot about... I can't really say I know a lot about pregnancy, as each pregnancy is unique and women experience it in so many different ways....

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300 words

The first prompt for "Blog Every Day in May" is to write the story of your life in 250 words or less. I cheated and today you get 300 words. I even wrote my post in Word to watch my word count, but...

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Blog Every Day in May

I've discovered something about blogging these past few months... once you stop {or slow down significantly}, it's hard to start back up again. Because there is a rhythm to blogging. Your head is...

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San Diego

Blogger fail... again. When I went to Austin for a girls' weekend in February, I forgot to bring my DSLR camera. I didn't realize it until I was going through security with my luggage and paused to...

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In the Words of Bon Jovi...

We're halfway there! With pregnancy that is. Tomorrow I will be twenty weeks. It's seriously flying by so far, but I'm sure when it's 120 degrees this summer and I don't have a packed school...

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Our $155 Weekend...

Last weekend Micah and I had the best time. But we went into the weekend with no plans whatsoever... Then, one after another, sweet and simple plans unfolded before us and we got to spend so much...

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Saturday Snippets

So many links this week, y'all. So many. But let's be honest. It's been a crazy week in our country... so an abnormal amount of links should be expected I suppose. I'll try to throw some cheerful...

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Baby Thoughts

For the most part, I haven't been in baby mode. I haven't pinned a single baby item. I haven't decided where to register. I haven't read through all the papers and magazines that were sent home...

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Shop My Closet

Just a sneak preview... I've done a "shop my closet" sale on the blog before, but this time I'm trying it via Instagram. It seems much easier. I already sold a few items last week, but I have MORE...

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Saturday Snippets

New research on vaccines... these are the types of articles I have to read now that I'm a mother. I like this modest striped tank, although it's probably not very maternity friendly. Love Blair's...

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A Pregnancy Confession

This is me in my first ever maternity dress. But this is my confession: I bought it a year ago. Here's the thing... I hate wearing clothes that everyone else has. I run into this debacle all the...

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March {or that one time I forgot to download pictures from my phone}

Well, April is here! I could not be more excited... because the start of April means that I have just over 30 days until I turn in my final paper and kick this draining, crazy-busy semester to the...

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Trader Joe's: THE LIST!

A couple weeks ago, I wrote this post asking for your suggestions for fun things to buy at Trader Joe's. And you guys definitely came through... I just wrote down a three page list of your...

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Flowers Fade Friday: Things That Make Me Cry

I am not a crier. Not usually anyway. A few times a year, during my most stressful weeks, I might break down and cry for a few minutes. Every once in a while, Micah and I will get into a fight that...

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Spreading the news...

So now the world knows about Baby Russum {aka "Syd" or "Sydney" since he or she was made in Australia... wink!}, but this is how the news of our little one traveled very slowly from mid-January to...

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To the Mommy Bloggers: Baby Registry Essentials

Saturday Snippets

A Favorite Photo

A Day in the Life

Happy.

Dear Jaywalker, I'm Sorry I Hit You.

College Days.

Ten

My Favorite Moment

Life and Death

A Simple Life

Military Wives

"It Defiles Everything" {a quote and some links}

Flowers Fade Friday: Uncomfortable

The Truth about the First Trimester

300 words

Blog Every Day in May

San Diego

In the Words of Bon Jovi...

Our $155 Weekend...

Saturday Snippets

Baby Thoughts

Shop My Closet

Saturday Snippets

A Pregnancy Confession

March {or that one time I forgot to download pictures from my phone}

Trader Joe's: THE LIST!

Flowers Fade Friday: Things That Make Me Cry

Spreading the news...

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