A couple weeks ago, a little purple plastic gun showed up at our house. I actually recognized it, so when I saw Corban playing with it, I thought it was a boy reunited with his long-lost toy. But when James noticed it during supper that night,...
Well, I started this post exactly two weeks ago. Then I took a break to blink and just opened my eyes today! Actually, I started working on a book I officially wrote in college and forgot all about photos and blogs and funny stories. After...
Last week was an emotional week for me. To be fair, I hear that pregnant women are more emotional in general. But if this has been my most puke-filled pregnancy, it's also been the most tear-filled. After three days of tears, we climbed into bed and...
Have you ever been given a gift so big, so extravagant that you could only cry in response? Could only stare in shock, no words to break the moment? Could only think, Surely, this is not from man but from the Lord! We just did.
We haven't...
These two little rascals are some of the sweetest siblings we know.
They're also some of the dirtiest.
And they're preparing themselves to love and dirty another little rascal this February.
P.S. Just as a confession, I always nod along when the doctors say, "Oh, yes, there's the _________."...
Grace College started a formal mentoring program Fall 2012, pairing girls at the school with older girls in the community. (I almost wrote "women" but that makes us sound more mature and wise than we surely are;) Mary and I were partnered, and if I...
Thankfully, our basement once looked like this with very little effort.
Sadly, it no longer does.
Thankfully, last Thursday we had a giant rainstorm, signifying the coming end of a long winter.
Sadly, much of the rain and melting snow found its way in our basement.
Thankfully, James had...
As we reflect on 2013, lots has changed! Jaeda learned to walk, run, talk, play, and fight with her brother. She's had her first encounters with discipline and is figuring out what is expected of her. Corban had many accidents (maybe that will never change??),...
A couple months ago, our life group had our annual fall camping discussion. (Yep, it took that much advanced planning to get us all in town on the same weekend!) But now that we're Shaffer-less (miss you guys!), we have a whole lot less motivation...
