PARKER & OLIVIA:Bird stained glass (Olivia ( Read more... )

Parker
•Mario Kart 8
•Patristics/CS Lewis books
•Hario v60

Parker is always pretty easy. Books and coffee and video games do the trick every time. It’s been crazy watching him mature as a husband and dad. His heartbeat is for his family and his faith. I couldn’t ask for more.

Peyton•Gentle & Lowly/Exegetical Greek ( Read more... )

This year we went back to our old school format of not asking the kids for ideas. They didn’t really like giving them, and Jeff and I really prefer being able to have a date night where we discuss the kids and choose gifts we think represent their year of interests or their general personality. We headed out for Mexican one night and got it all ( Read more... )

It makes me sad that I haven’t kept Major life events updated on here. If for no other reason than my kids being able to read them later. Facebook has everything, but not my personal thoughts and feelings. Anyway, I figured it was way past time for one of those posts that gives a bit about each of the kids.

PARKERFive years ago, when we were in a ( Read more... )

I meant to actually post about the wedding before it got to Christmas... but we received the pictures just a week ago and I haven't had time to narrow down what to put here and how to tell the story. So we skip that and move right to the annual logging of the gifts!

PARKER:1. ManasaMade ( Read more... )

Parker: He turned 21 this month. What the heck. He's doing SO great at Regent. He's a junior and on track to graduate next year with his Biblical Studies degree. He's looking into grad school in Portland; I find that equally exciting and scary. I mean, what if he gets out there and wants to stay? I don't THINK he would. Mostly because Olivia is a ( Read more... )

Sat down with Peyton and Māb for the purpose of allowing them to divide out the chores together. Except for neither wanting the litter box, it was easy. Here's the run-down, I think the formatting will stay MOSTLY intact ( Read more... )

There are things we do in our family that everyone KNOWS need to be done, but the timing is random and people get caught up in their favorite activities that cause them to forget the basic necessities. We also often run into "I thought so-and-so was gonna do that" or "I did that last time; it's someone else's turn". In my quest to streamline and ( Read more... )

Parker: So, the previous post told all of his Big news, but here I'll focus on more general information. Like, he's so stinkin' talented. Jeff said last year that he felt Parker was a better guitarist than he is. I don't know if that's true, but they're awful close. It's been amazing watching him grown in this area. For me, though, my heart sores ( Read more... )

What a strange Christmas it was this year! From forgetting to grocery shop and having to scrounge around in the kitchen for food, to sleeping in until nearly 11:00... it was off-beat BUT fun. We've just enjoyed having all the kids together. This is the first year without Parker and holidays are when we get to feel like our old selves again. Now... ( Read more... )