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Here’s a math question for you: if a struggling student passes a class, how loud will his dad cheer?

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You can imagine how excited a 10 year old child would be after getting the news that he was getting to get to go to Walt Disney World in Florida! Instead of letting your imagination run wild, I'll relay to you what his mom said, "He ran around the house yelling, 'We're going to Disney World'!" Cade continually asks his mom how much long until we get to go? Now I'd say that's excitement!

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I'm sure we've all been invited to a surprise birthday party, they're really great when they're pulled off right and the surprise is just that, a surprise! However, I'm sure we've been to a few parties where that surprise was ruined because the word accidentally got back to the one being surprised. Well, this past weekend I witnessed a surprise party where the recipient had no clue to what was going on.

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Thirteen years ago, I participated in the 63rd Annual East Texas Yamboree as a visiting Duchess from White Oak High School. The beautiful young lady pictured, Meredith Cappel, reigned as Princess. The East Texas Yamboree is one of the oldest continuous festivals in Texas was established in 1935, and is held annually during the third weekend of October.

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Kidd's Kids Day 2013 on Mix 93-1 is Wednesday, October 23rd. Kidd's Kids Day is the one day out of the year that Mix 93-1 and Kidd Kraddick in the Morning set aside to raise money to help send kids with a chronic or terminal illness to Walt Disney World.

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It seems like overnight the holidays have been thrust upon us. Maybe it's the cooler weather, but it's time to start the holiday shopping. You're in luck it's time once again for The Tyler Rose Festival Arts and Crafts Fair.

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Can you imagine having 19 kids?! Well the Duggars can and do! The Duggars will be speaking at Green Acres Baptist Church on Oct. 27. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, co-authors of two best-selling books and parents of 19 children, are coming to Tyler to help promote National Orphan Sunday.

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The Christmas tunes will be filling the air soon and children all over East Texas will be dreaming about receiving their favorite toy under the Christmas tree and having the best time of their lives. Kids wish for the world when it comes to receiving gifts and in reality, some kids will not receive anything this year because of difficult times or other situations.

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Engagement season is here, and it seems like at least once a week I encounter someone who has just become engaged, or women who are in the midst of planning their wedding. Yesterday I shared my feelings about the surprise wedding, and today I stumbled onto an interesting story of a second-hand ring.

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There is an incredibly sweet proposal video going viral online where Ryan Leak made his girlfriend of five years' dream come true. Amanda Roman had dreamed of getting engaged and married on the same day. Immediately Ryan and Amanda's story reminded me of an article that I stumbled across last week about how our culture has become obsessed with engagements, but as I watched the video I began to identify with their story and longed to have my own dreams become reality.

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In honor of what would have been founder Harmon Dobson's 100th birthday, Whataburger invites fans to enjoy an original Whataburger for just $1.00 plus tax today, Oct. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. when you dine inside.

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Planning a wedding is a big HUGE task. You've got to figure out the specifics for the date, time, venue, music, photography, marriage officiant, wedding party, food, flowers, guest list, the wedding dress, the tux, and countless other details to make your day absolutely perfect. Usually, the couple has at least a few months between the proposal and the wedding day to get everything ready for the big day - but can you imagine trying to make all of this, from the proposal to the actual ceremony, happen in ONE day?

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