The front porch of our house is a favorite place for me to read and pray and the best times to be out are either early in the morning or late at night. A few weeks ago, I was preparing for a Sunday sermon and one by one, the girls came out and said good […]
Weekly Emails
Pain is a threat to hope! Think back to a time in your life when pain had all but extinguished hope…perhaps even the thought of better days seemed impossible. This was the story of one woman who at age seventeen, failed acceptance into the college of her choice. At age twenty-five, she watched her mother […]
On Monday, we celebrated Labor Day with a work project—go figure. Of course, it didn’t start out that way. In fact, as an optimist, I was thinking it would take just a few hours and then we would go to the pool to relax and enjoy the sunshine. Boy was I wrong. We are helping […]
Twice a year I take our three boys on a camping trip with our New Life men. In the spring, we go on a float trip and in the fall, we go to a camp. The boys absolutely love to get out in the woods and camp. They run until its dark then they put […]
Leigh-Ann is a very good cook and recently she made meatballs for dinner. Most of us thought they tasted great. There was one of our boys, however, that did not like them. He took an initial bite and within a few moments, made a sour face and a very bold statement, “I hate this.” Well, […]
Our boys love to play kickball and once they get started, it seems like they can play forever. Last night after a soccer practice, they talked several of their teammates into sticking around for a pickup game. I helped them set up the field and then they divided and started to play. All but one […]
Several weeks ago, on the drive home from New Hampshire, we decided to visit Niagara Falls. It was only about thirty minutes out of the way, so we put the destination into Google Maps and drove. Since none of us (except for Leigh-Ann) had ever visited Niagara Falls, we weren’t sure about what to expect. […]
A week ago, we had a few minutes to kill before going to a wedding so I decided to take the boys out for a scooter ride around the neighborhood. One at a time, we made a loop that probably totaled a mile or two. I was down to my third boy when the scooter […]
Swimming is something we love to do as a family…especially when it’s painfully hot outside. Water is refreshing and can provide some awesome entertainment…especially when you play tag or keep away. One thing about water is that it can change our perspective. We can go from feeling super hot and within an instant feel cool […]
Our four soon to be five year old has a birthday coming up towards the end of the month. Since we have a large family, we alternate years for large birthday celebrations and small celebrations. This year, Ian gets a small one…two friends. So at the dinner table last night we discussed the upcoming birthday […]