Alyson's picture is on the front page of today's Muncie Star Press. Of course, you can't see her face, but that's OK.

Alyson thinks she's a star now.

We had a guest speaker in church yesterday. We invited him to talk with us about a ministry effort called the The Amazing 80. Their purpose is to make an impact in Liberia, which is slowly emerging from a years-long civil war.

Early in the service, we showed a moving video (you can see it on the Amazing 80 link above) about the people they are ( Read more... )

Tuck the Guinea Pig


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They say that pets tend to know these things are going to happen before they happen. I've heard several stories of dogs & cats waking people up right before the quake. Ours didn't. Neither one of them. This can only lead me to conclude one of several things:

1.) They don't care about us and would rather see the house to crash down around us.
2.) ( Read more... )

I just can't get going today. I've tried exercising. I've tried taking a nap. I've tried eating some fruit.

Nothing.

I'm just in some kind of fog today. And I need to get out of it. The church is having the last Soup Supper of the season tonight, and we'll be there for a little bit. But I need to leave early  (I'm usually there the whole time: ( Read more... )

I had the kids fill out brackets this year. Let's see if you can figure out Alyson's selection method. You might have to click on the team names to view some more information about them.

South Alabama
Siena
Pittsburgh
UConn

Finals:
UConn 90
Siena 10

You can see Aiden's here.

Christy took Alyson to school with her today. While Alyson was resistant last night, she was very excited to be going with Mommy to her class this morning. She was excited that they're going to learn about animals today and she gets to hang out with Mommy during lunch and gym time ( Read more... )

Aiden standing on top of a rock: I'm the king of the world!
Alyson: No he's not. Jesus is king of the world.
Me: Good point, Aly.
Alyson: I wonder who the queen of the world is.
Me: silent - trying to think of something profound to say & I got nothin'
Alyson: Oh, I know! Maybe it's Mrs. Jesus!

I was working on something in our bedroom this afternoon when Aly brought Bella in.  She told me (quite nonchalantly) that Bella had caught a rat.  I thought 'OK, she's making something up.  I'll go check it out in a minute.'  Since this was coming from the girl who makes a big deal about bugs being in our house (although she loves to play with ( Read more... )

Christy and Alyson have begun a family tradition for the Christmas season. They get all dressed up and go see a local production of The Nutcracker (I talked about it once here). We originally thought it wasn't going to happen this year because Christy bought tickets to go this past Saturday. That's right - the Saturday that it was supposed to ( Read more... )