Category: family
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10 Years Ago
On June 21st, 1997 Kristen and I got hitched. Hard to believe that we’ve gone a decade and are still going strong. Since we already had our big anniversary trip, tonight isn’t going to be that special. But if you see her… tell her thanks for putting up with me for 10 years. 10 years?…
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We gave in
I made a big decision for the family this afternoon. I turned on the air conditioning. We had been trying to hold out as long as possible. But with temperatures here in Romeo climbing towards 90 again the ambient temperature in the house is finally too warm to be comfortable. Up until this point the…
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New members of the McLane family
Yesterday the kids finally got their kittens. We answered an ad in the paper and found a family who had a litter from a cat that adopted them. (People in rural areas know how this works!) So we all went over there and the picking began. At first we wanted two of the same sex.…
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Happy Birthday, baby
Today is Kristen’s birthday. (I’m 5 days older than her) This may be controversial… but I’m not giving Kristen a gift. I’m not even taking her out for dinner. In fact, I’m leaving her for the weekend! You see, I just "gave her Ireland." People keep asking me, "What was the best thing about your…
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a favorite spot for my summer
This will come as no surprise to my family, but I am loving our front porch. There is nothing quite as nice as enjoying a cup of coffee/tea on the porch as the morning breeze rolls through or just chillaxing and watching people as the sun goes down. Plus, I get a great wireless signal.…
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Stoney and the Squirrels from Hell
As I’ve been documenting, Stoney (our 4 year old yellow lab) is tormented by the many black squirrels who call our backyard home. For months he has been going jogging with Kristen work on his speed and agility so that one day he will catch, kill, and dismember his tormentors. (They are too evil to…
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Annoyed
It’s now been 2-3 months that our yard has been torn to shreds by our local government. Before the work began we got a nice note letting us know we’d be selected as the lucky ones with the manhole cover in our yard who would have workers camping out in our yard. Kind of like…
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long (GREAT) day
Ppppphhhhffffttttt. BBalalalalalalalabbbbb. That’s kind of how I feel right now. We got up early this morning to head the Detroit Core training event. Marv Penner did a great job painting the picture for how our ministry should/could better serve hurting kids. I loved the training… though I can see how a training event like that…
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Back to work… for a few days
It took yesterday off. I know, it’s unheard of to sneak in a day off the week before I begin a 10 day vacation. But I needed it. I’m exceedingly human in that regard. I get tired even though everyone wants me to do "more" from every direction. There was stuff I probably could have…
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2 Family Videos
A couple of unedited videos grabbed off of Kristen’s camera worth sharing. Here I am proudly following Paul around the football field at the Easter Egg hunt last month. Here is Megan at her very first soccer game. She is in training for the 2020 Olympic games. Though, she may be a little too for…