King or Queen of the Hill?

    Mom and Dad were able to come in Tuesday Evening (early Wednesdaymorning).  We had to hide them in their room and hide their car in the garage so that Molly wouldn’t see them before she left for school.  She probably would have had a rough day knowing that Papa and Grandma were playing with…

Bowling With Jesse

I didn’t have the luxury of being present for this event; but one day, while at work, Linda and Jesse (while she was still visiting a couple of weeks ago) took the kids bowling.  I have never imagined our family as big bowlers.  Big . . . Yes! but not big bowlers.  When I came…

My 12 String Martin

        In the past couple of years I have grown to love the guitar. My appreciation of the instrument is much greater than my ability to play it though. While I have been striving to grow in my ability to play the guitar, I have learned to appreciate the different aspects and…

The Birch Run Zoo

A friend of ours from Wisconsin came and visited us a few weeks ago.  We had heard about a little zoo up in Birch Run, so while she was here, we went up to check it out.  We had a pretty fun time with the kids.  For a fair price, we all were able to…

Crowded Ship Wordled

I came across this site a few months ago from a theology blog.  They had wordled most of the New Testament.  I have since then used this site to wordle some of the New Testament and use them as notebook cover pages.  I think they are kind of cool.  They often are very close as…

The New Deck is Finished . . . Mostly

Probably about a month ago, we were able to primarily finish the deck.  We were thrilled with the process and proceeded to call the inspector for the final inspection.  Little did we know, although we probably should have, that the railing around the deck needed to be at least 36 inches above the deck.  As…

Potty Training

Preface . . . Yes, I realize I haven’t posted in almost two months.  I went through tonight and figured out about 7 posts that I should have posted, and those should be coming out in the next week or two . . .  What do stickers, gumballs, suckers, charts and toilets have in common.  You got…