As you know we watched the boys for Nate and Evan this past week while they took the Go Deep Youth to C4C and had an amazing encounter with God! For the boys it was week two without mom and dad as we had all gone to the CUFI Washington Summit the week before. They [...]
Here we are almost at the end of our 5 days with Matthew and Samuel. We have had the best time playing with and praying with and just hanging out with them!! Today we decided to do a family fun day and took the boys to the River Valley Nature Center over in Fort Smith [...]
Wishing everyone a happy and safe 4th of July!! We are spending it with our kids and grandkids of course. But in addition Jess and Jonaie’s parents and their brother Jordan are also joining us, along with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Piersiak. (This is their first 4th of July married and we get to have [...]
In a few weeks we will go where we’ve never been before. We have agreed to watch our two grandsons for the entire week of C4C Youth Camp AND Trent and Jess’ new puppy all at the same time! Matthew and Samuel are the best boys and always make us laugh. They also have a [...]
I love children. I love their perspectives on life and I especially love to have conversations with them. They just say what’s on their minds. They aren’t interested in impressing anyone or in political correctness. They possess no tact whatsoever!! They just say what they feel in absolute candidness and at the same time innocence. [...]
I have a confession to make. One of my favorite things in the whole world to do is to mock my husband. There are just certain times I REALLY find joy in it. It’s almost euphoric. Before you get all defensive on his behalf let me explain.
I have the deepest respect for Kevin, for his [...]
As many of you know by now we had our first and LAST encounter with a skunk. We were in the midst of a very busy weekend. I had just arrived home only minutes before our overnight guests were due to arrive. My plan was to quickly let our two English Springer Spaniels out to [...]
Well as soon as the Pot Blessing in over at church and we get home and packed, we’ll be on our way to Branson. Typically Branson isn’t one of those places I would be chomping at the bit to get to except we are staying a couple of days at Big Cedar Lodge for Kevin’s [...]
Last night we had a progressive dinner for some people at our church. I’ve heard of progressive dinners but never had participated in one, let alone planned one before. When you have a church full of truly wonderful people it isn’t hard to pull off a great evening though, so it was still a success. [...]
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