James

Corban's figured out the best "warmers" of the house and how to get as close to the heat as possible. I can find him here or on his favorite floor vent in our room at any time of day, but especially in the mornings in...

  Several months ago, James won an auction at his work for a room at the Loews' near O'Hare Airport in Chicago. We knew right away that we'd use it for our anniversary. Our eighth anniversary, to be precise. If you've been around for many anniversaries,...

When Corban and Jaeda choose to love each other, they oooooze it on, making sure I hear every second of it. On this day, Corban insisted that Jaeda wear only the finest of clothes--his. So she sported a large I am a big brother shirt for this babysitting day....

I like to claim at least a half part contribution to the adorableness of these children. Especially to all the folks who see just me and the kids out in public and wonder incredulously where they got their red hair. I mean, come on! But for...

reading about identity in Christ with one of my favorite girls (we drink coffee, overpriced) mate has soothed my queasy stomach waves and now is essential (with friends, afternoons are saved) neighborhood friends, the Lord seems to pursue week after week there's been a new breakthrough! two neighbors have shown their care for us well by...

I cleaned out both our phones and our Nikon last week, organized all our photos on our computer (to someday be placed in a Blurb photo album), and found some long lost gems. Like these! This past winter, James led FPU again at our church. In...

Three weeks ago, we were in a parking lot when suddenly Corban cried out, "I see a plane!" Sure enough, there was a billboard advertising the upcoming airshow. We marked it on our calendars and counted it day by day by day by day by...

We live two doors down from two of the sweetest girls. They have played hours and hours with our kids, riding/running/biking/scootering up and down our sidewalks, giving them our own local Aunt Hoopie and Aunt Abby (don't worry, Aunts; you haven't really been replaced). I've...

James celebrated his golden birthday a couple Sundays ago. 30 on the 30th. I told him this is the coolest one he'll ever have. It's all downhill from here. There are so many components to this surprise, I'll try pare it down. (Yeah, right.) Sunday, we ate the traditional bunny cake. Unfortunately,...

The snow lasted something like a hundred days this winter. I've always said if it's gonna be cold, let there be snow, but shew, the length of this winter really tested that statement! We love walking through the quiet lanes in the cemetery a few blocks down. Even in...