We picked Jake up at the St. Louis airport yesterday at 2pm. As I predicted to Mr. Tom, Jake didn't let any grass grow under his feet--he was holding her hand before we were out of the airport and he's hardly let go since.

They both look very, very happy!

We bought a new (used) van today! (Well, yesterday. I fell asleep on the couch and it's after midnight ( Read more... )

I woke up this morning inspired to tackle this house! When all the Christmas clutter gets layered on top of the accumulation of regular, daily clutter, in addition to the "revolving flu for three weeks" clutter, well, that's a lot to tackle ( Read more... )

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We have an astounding amount of snow. (We're on the "near Kentucky" end of Illinois, not the "near Wisconsin" end.) The kids are at a fever pitch ( Read more... )

I met a lady last Saturday night who has fourteen children. She's from Wagga Wagga, Australia. One of her sons works with my husband and she's in the States for a visit and came to the company Christmas party. She had her first child at twenty-one and her last at forty-seven. No multiple births. Her youngest is now sixteen ( Read more... )

Yes, a child can cry for an entire two and a half hour car ride ( Read more... )

I was thinking this morning about all the wonderful things our church family has done for us. I decided it was something I wanted to post on that could never fit in one post ( Read more... )

The cable modem was just turned off ( Read more... )

We can't seem to get well. We've either had a few different bugs work their way through the herd or just one tenacious one that morphs from one symptom to another. Naomi and Nathan have fevers this afternoon and Tom and I still feel sick off and on. The only person who hasn't been sick is Shawn, something for which to praise the Lord since he ( Read more... )