It has been an awful long time since we have had a family fun night, I have been reminded of this by my children. A lot. So, I decided this was the week to start! Only I decided this at about 3:00 yesterday afternoon. Given the limited time to plan and limited “stuff”, since all [...]
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SDFFN: Pajama Party
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family, family fun night, family time, fun, kids, pajama party on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh, Charlie…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dog, obedience training, pets, stress on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, about a month ago, we moved from our nice little townhouse to a new home that offers us much more space. More space requires the purchase of things to fill the space, right? One of our very first purchases was this:
Meet Charlie. In a sponaneous moment of complete, total and utter insanity, I decided [...]
Mexico 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mexico, mission trip, video on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This summer Jason and I had the joy of returning to Chiconautla, Mexico for our second missions trip. Chiconautla is such a special place to both of us and we love the people there like family. Here is a little recap of our time there:
Where has the time gone?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, dog, moving, time on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
— Dr. Seuss
Man was I shocked to revisit this and see I hadn’t posted since July! Time sure does fly. What [...]
Beach Night
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a day of rain, we were ready for some outside time this evening. Toria was sleeping over at a friend’s so it was just me and my boys! We biked to the beach and hung out there for the night.
It was an awesome night. Until…
Camp Arbor
Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I took the kids to Kid’s Camp at Arbor Lakes, something a local shopping area does every summer on Tuesdays. Today was sponsored by a local nursery and the kids got to plant their own flower.
And here are the beautiful results!
Then we waited in line for about a HALF HOUR to get Toria’s face [...]
SDFFN 4
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged family fun night, kids, pictures on July 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was Blindfold Night! The kids wore blindfolds throughout dinner. (The adults got a pass to help out where needed.) The kids were silly and we had lots of fun, but it also provided an opportunity to talk about people with “different abilities” and the obstacles they overcome. It also was a good chance to [...]
FDF: Catching up
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged forty day fast on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’ve gotten behind on the Forty Day Fast links, so instead of trying to get them posted each day, I have put them all in a box in the sidebar. Just click on the name to be connected to their post. Check back each day to read the posts!
FDF:d12
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, there is a post about SIFE, Students in Free Enterprise, which is a really cool organization that allows students to use the skills and knowledge they are learning and teach people who, for whatever reason, face barriers that prevent them from stepping into a free market economy. Today’s second post comes from LeslieBrooke.com and [...]
FDF:d11
Posted in Uncategorized on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today includes a post from Steven at steven.russell in which he discusses the vast difference between the haves and the have-nots in our country. It includes a video from the guys of Under the Overpass, (a book you should definitely read if you have not.) The second post for today comes from Sarah and she [...]