My mom gave the Spouse this cartoon last week as she laughed and laughed about how accurate a portrayal it is of our life. (Except for the fact that the cartoon has three young children in it. We’ve just got two, and I promise there’s no hidden message in here). Well, the Spouse thought it…
As we were driving down the interstate yesterday, the Preschooler asked this pressing question: “Is God allergic to anything?” You know what? At this point in the summer when the days are long and the heat index is reaching the triple digits by noon, I’m not really on my A-game with fielding questions of this sort….
Amidst the hustle bustle of the season and our continuing attempts to get the house in order while keeping the girls from harming each other, we’ve had a l-o-n-g week. So… in no particular order, here are a few random highlights as captured in pictures from my phone. I really thought that last year would…
Last weekend the Spouse and I tried to make some good use of the warm weather to begin our spring cleaning of the garage. This will, unfortunately, be an ongoing project the whole season, but we did at least get a jump start on it. Historically, we only tackle projects of this nature when forced…
Over the weekend we took the older two girls to see an ice skating show here in town. This was a benefit event hosted by Scott Hamilton to raise money for cancer research. A group of world-class skaters, including Katereena Gordeeva and Paul Wylie ~ the big names I recognized from the Winter Olympics of…
This past Sunday would have been my dad’s seventieth birthday. It’s hard to believe how much life he has missed in the almost ten years since he’s been gone. With each year that passes it gets harder to remember details, so I always enjoy it when the girls ask questions that trigger vivid memories of…