There is a friend we love who sometimes calls at odd hours, and though we rarely answer our phones during family time or at work or after work (we really rarely answer our phones I think!), when he calls at these strange times we nearly always pick up. We answer, because when he is calling, […]
Some fun things … 1) the runaway bunny i opted to fill kaya & hudson’s easter basket with books rather than candy this year. i bought this one on a whim and it has become a new favorite! if i’m going to read a book 48582939 times for kaya and another 9488503932 times for hudson, it’s […]
Silly and young. A dreamer, a friend, a little rough around the edges. Seeking fun, adventure, Jesus… He was the first friend I met as a freshman in college. His “bad attitude” exemplified by a piercing put our group of friends on the outside of a professor’s favor…for a time. He drank a half gallon […]
…notice most of these shots are very close up? That’s because most of our house is a disaster right now. A cheery disaster – but a disaster nonetheless. A yummy, cheery, disaster! We (and when I say “we” I most definitely mean “I”! ~ Nels had out of town drill this weekend) made Lemon Bread, […]
Autumn at our house is a fresh venison meal made by the hunter himself It’s an evening spent on the porch with a fire and guitar, singing “Knowing You” together. It’s a fall piano-scape with flowers from the mother in law… It’s a sleepless night with a crying baby whose first tooth is arriving… And […]
I am getting freaking good at apologizing… ….frankly, I am sick of it. Letters, phonecalls, “sit downs”, coffee dates, e-mails. I’ve tried to make things right via just about every means possible in the last few days. I can only hope I’ve finished for a while…but I’m not convinced. In the mean time, for the […]
Getting ready for pre-marital counseling this morning…it’s gettin real! Feeling rather accomplished – all my homework is finished for Christian Doctrine I this morning! I feel like such a scholar just carrying around my huge systematic theology book. It kind of inspires me to lifting weights as well. Without my daily cup of coffee I feel like […]
