Family Photo Shoot
Sunday, August 30th, 2009 Posted in Family, Personal Pics | No Comments »Way back in June we did a family photo shoot with Barbara O'Brien at her White Robin Farm in Wisconsin. It was a beautiful drive out there (I think I missed a turn and took a longer, more scenic detour) ...
Overcoming Hate with Love
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Posted in Society | 2 Comments »I have a hard time appreciating just how incredible the American Civil Rights movement was. I just watched this video, how to defeat the KKK, and then did minimal research on Wade Watts and read this story about his interactions ...
Parenting is Not Always Awesome
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Children | 2 Comments »I post a lot of funny stories, quotes and random slices of life with my kids on Twitter. From all that hilarity you might get the idea that being a parent is a cakewalk. You might think that being a ...
Is That the Gospel?
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in God, Church & Stuff | 4 Comments »Last week I couldn't sleep and started writing the following to express the doubts and frustrations I was feeling. I'm not sure if any of it makes sense or if it's accurately communicating what I'm thinking, but I wanted to ...
We’ll Take Any Newborn
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Adoption, God, Church & Stuff | 2 Comments »A few weeks back I pondered the difficult question of adoption and abortion. I asked the church why adoption isn't standard practice in the face of abortion. Well, one church has answered. Pastor Vic Pentz of Peachtree Presbyterian Church in Atlanta ...
Summer is Over
Monday, August 17th, 2009 Posted in Children, Daily Grind | 1 Comment »School started for teachers today, so my wife is back at work. Just like that, summer is over. I'm back to hanging with the kids full time during the day, relegating the paying work to the evenings and any time ...
Lexi in Times Square
Friday, August 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »So yesterday we went on an impromptu trip to New York City. We took Lexi to the Hershey store. A store of chocolate. She wanted a rubber ball. We took Lexi to the M&M store. An entire wall covered with pick-your-color M&Ms. ...
