Category: family
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Family Update
This was our first full weekend here in San Diego. Reality is starting to set in for all of us that we won’t be “going home” to Romeo. When I brought everyone out a couple weeks back for the taste test it was gravy, this is the hard part. Here are some prayers I have…
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We’ve landed
Yesterday Megan and I made it to San Diego with about an hour to spare. Our plan worked out perfectly! We were able to drop off all the stuff from the car at the new house just in time to head to the airport and pick up Kristen, Paul, and Lovely as they arrived from…
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Happy Birthday Paul
Despite Paul’s preference to believe that he was never a baby, today is his 5th birthday. On August 8th, 2003 Kristen and I drove to Mount Clemens General for Paul’s scheduled birth. Since his sister was a big baby our doctor felt no need to make Kristen wait the typical 2 weeks after the due…
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Garage sale thoughts
The last two days I’ve been in charge of the sale department for our garage sale. So while Kristen may have done the majority of the work, she simply has no ability/desire to look at someone and say “I want $20 for that chair.” I think I was meant for a haggle-based society so it’s…
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Travels with Stoney: Join us!
View Larger Map Every once in a while I come up with an idea that is crazy enough to try. This is one of those. On August 10th, Megan and I will push Stoney (our yellow lab) into the car and leave on a 2500 mile adventure. Together, we will travel through 10 states between…
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Paul and the Internet
I’m a web geek, my wife is a (hot) web geek, and my kids are web geeks. If you don’t have young kids I don’t think you really understand what I mean by “our kids are web geeks.” So here is a visual for you. Paul, who turns 5 next week, navigates the web very…
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Life on the Raft
We are at a place in life where it feels like we live on a raft. Our family is disjointed from normal life as we’ve made the decision to pull up anchor and trust that God will take care of us as we coast down the river to the next place. While our kids should…
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The injustice of grace
Have you ever thought about what Jesus did and thought, “eh?“ I’ve been having this thought lately and I just can’t shake it: It’s a complete injustice that I experience grace. First of all, I need to be clear what I mean by grace since there are several definitions for this word… even the Bible…
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Finding a church home: Kaleo Church
Our first stop on the search took us to Kaleo Church that meets at the AMC 20 in the Mission Valley Mall. Obviously, this being the first one we’ve visited it was pretty high on our list of places to explore. And we weren’t disappointed. Parking is a non-issue obviously. The location is easy enough…
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Last day
We’re back from church. (More on that later) Today is our last day in San Diego and the family is sad to go home. I suppose that means that the week was a success. We wanted the kids to come out here so they wouldn’t be afraid to move. They’d get a part in picking…