James

father & son ::man talk outside:: mom & daughter ::oh sweetheart, we can't wait to meet you!:: mom & son & daughter ::this is as cooperative as he would be:: mom & son & daughter: take II ::you can't tell I forced that hug, can you?:: ...

I grew up a baller. A basket-baller, to be precise. So I dribbled quite a bit. However, when James and I had a babymoon a couple weekends ago and we left Corban in the care of my family, they had multiple soccer games that he attended and apparently learned from. Take...

We took a refreshing babymoon in Holland, MI, a couple months before Corban arrived to spend some dedicated time reflecting on our current lives, the pending changes, praying for our new child, and sleeping. (Haha!) Well, this weekend, we did it again, only we did it...

SENIOR FLUTE RECITAL Several weekends ago, we drove down to OSU to watch Erin's senior recital. It.was.incredible! We always knew we had a great performer in the family (James' mom is a fabulous flutist as well!), but this recital just blew us away! Corban did well listening and...

Though not my (James) proudest running moment, the race was bitter sweet. Bitter in that I ran nearly 20 minutes slower than I did two years ago and sweet because finishing a half marathon is a fete in and of itself. With 30,000+ runners the race...

We had a nice blustery day this past weekend. So James pulled out his most beloved kite and shared one of his favorite pastimes with his son. Corban loved it! He didn't even know that the wind wasn't completely cooperative. (I'm sure Murphy was involved in some capacity. Ugh.) ...

Where are my boys? There's a happy face. And the happy puller. /pusher. Whheeee! He had a great time (for the most part). I think James may have had even more fun, though. Ready for a big push. Now a running pull! Go, boys, go! And theeen, James put him in the snow. Snow angels are...

Literally! Oh, Corban darling. When will you stop spitting up?? We've been reading with Corban since he was an infant. Sometimes I would read to him when he was screaming and I had run out of words to say to soothe him (shocking, I know). I would...

The evening of April 16th a most wonderful thing happened at Christ's Covenant Church. A celebration of art (aka Art Gala) was hosted in honor of Chris and Evie Jones leaving to carry the gospel to an unreached people group in Papua New Guinea. James...