Category: family

For months now we’ve been talking to a church family about taking their play structure and moving it to our house. Well, today is the day! In a few hours we’ll be going to get it. This is very exciting for the kids as they’ll have their own swings and something to climb on and…

Well, it’s begun. I spent a little time yesterday doing the front yard and a lot more today working on the back. The lawn has been mowed, the weeds wacked, and if I could get the leaf blower working correctly, that would be done too. It was pretty fun to use our family "team work"…

As I’ve recorded in the last day or so, we’ve been travelling to my hometown for a family funeral. It was amazing as we left Mishawaka and headed for Romeo. There is a lot of emotion involved with going "home" and even more in returning to our real home. While we’ve only been here for…

I’ve just gotten back from a whirlwind trip to my hometown for Grandma McLane’s funeral… I’ve got so many observations to record. Grandma McLane died with 3 kids, 12 grandkids and 13 (+2 in the chute) great grandkids. In 29 years, I only ever beat her once in a game of 500 rummy. Against me,…

I just learned that my grandmother, Alice, has passed away. She died where she would have wanted to at the family cottage in Southwestern Michigan. I’m not 100% certain on her age but she was in her 90s. We’ll be headed home to South Bend for a few days, leaving Thursday morning. While it’s always…

I don’t really have much on the agenda today. After the mission trip last week I have to admit that I’m pretty whipped. If the rain stops and it warms up a bit I have a couple of outside plans. But other than that, today will likely be a "rest" day. Megan and Paul seem…

Last night Kristen and I went over to Amanda Moore Elementary and registered Megan for kindergarten. It’s a very nice school and we were extremely pleased to meet her teacher. We are really hopeful that the teacher we met will actually be her teacher in the fall. She seemed like a great lady. They also…

I ran across this article about the Gospel of Judas over at Christianity Today. It’s worth reading. Here’s a portion. Well, that sure would change things. If it were true. This "news" isn’t what makes the Gospel of Judas significant. Rather, thanks to this text, we can further confirm what we already know about Gnostics—those…

Well, we are home. Every time I go on vacation and it ends I catch myself humming the old tune "Back in the Saddle Again" and I found myself doing the same thing this morning. Yesterday, sunny and 85. We walked Hollywood Beach and collected sea shells as the waves tickled our toes. Today, rainy…