We got a tree today -- our first one in years. The house smells wonderful. The strange part, though, is that we shopped for a tree in t-shirts and shorts, and while we were getting all the Chrismahanakwanzaka decorations out...
When I put Fuller down for the evening it was with the promise that tomorrow his friend Luke would be coming to play. And later I got an email from Esther that Luke is ill and we will have to...
Have you seen WebUrbanist? The urban photography blog has become one of my favorite sites in the last few months. The posts tackle the gritty elements of urban life and portray them in a holistic manner. (more…)...
Caleb simply loves the new PBS show Super Why. He’s always headed off to the bookclub and talking about Super Why doing this or that. So in keeping with this year’s Christmas present theme for the kids, homemade gifts, I...
A few weeks ago we spent some time at UTC watching the end of a First Lego League competition. Some friends of ours had kids participating (I think it was grades 3 to 6), so we went to see what...
Today was our 7th wedding anniversary. Unfortunately, I had to go to work today. We had our Christmas party and also because our unit is being deployed, we had the family briefings that go with that. ...
Holiday Greetings to each of you! Probably most of you have seen snow this month. Here, we have had an overabundance of rain, but in quantities that have not, as yet, washed out the road. Schools are recently finished for the...
Driving home today with Liliana we were watching the sun and clouds. She says "Papi, those clouds over there, they are all yellow the way the were in Jesus day" Hmm.. "So were the clouds yellow when Jesus was born?" "No Papi,...
Voters stepping into Mike Huckabee's corner are more excited about their candidate than any other Republican front runner, and that will pay dividends on election day.When you hear the words "likely caucus goers" or "likely voters," just know that Mike...
I was going to just append this to my previous post about The Golden Compass, where I've already added a couple of articles with others weighing in, but was surprised to see that the entry was almost two weeks old...
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