Category: family
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Kristen Dances in Public for the First Time
OK, so in order to really appreciate this video you need to know that Kristen has no moves whatsoever. She loves music. She actually likes to dance and clap to music. But the poor woman… well, she has no beat. And this has long held her back from sharing her dance-worthy moments with the general…
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Summer update
Summer officially began on Memorial Day, 5 weeks ago. A whole hodgepodge of things have happened. Lisa has been here for just over a month. So far that has pretty well. She does fit into the flow of our house… so it really hasn’t been hard at all. Finding volunteer work for her for the…
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Celebrating Marriage
Why 13 years? I think the conviction to host this party was born one day last fall as I was stumbling through the Old Testament. Over and over again I saw the phrase, “remember the things the Lord has done.” And as I read that it just kind of hit me… when was the last…
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Staycation Success
We did it! It feels good just to say it. “We had a successful vacation.” Last night, Kristen and I went for a walk in our neighborhood and this was really the summary statement of our week in Carlsbad. It was nice to get away while only traveling about 40 minutes from our house. I…
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J.R. Organics Farm Tour
We’ve got this crazy idea that we want to know where our food comes from. It’s odd for me to think that oranges grow in my backyard but an orange I buy at Vons probably comes from Australia. Walking through your grocery store there are literally foods from every corner of the globe. Supporting local…
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3 Ways to Celebrate My Birthday
So, today I turn 34. Dang I am old. Here’s how long I’m going to lament about getting older. (One mississippi, two mississippi, three mississippi.) That’s enough self-pity. I feel better now. Now back to being bossy. I’m not much of a birthday guy. I like other people’s birthdays. I love my children’s birthdays. But…
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Coronado Beach Day
It was fun to just relax at the beach yesterday. We all got a bit too much sun. The water was frigid. (57 degrees!) But we found a good parking spot and set up… and just did nothing. You’ll see in the pictures that the kids had a blast jumping off and playing on a…
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Bringing May to a Merciful End
I am thankful for Memorial Day weekend. A beach day ahead– but that’s not why I’m so happy it’s the official start to summer. I’m just happy to get May out of the way. The last 45 days have sucked for us financially. Like, literally, there has been a vacuum attachment having its way with…
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The Baby-god Myth, part four
In part four of this series, I’ll offer some conclusions and solutions for reversing the trend of deifying our children. To catch up on the series, check out part one, two, and three. Where do we go from here? This is the important question. Hopefully you’ve read through this series and reflected on the situation,…
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9 Things I Love About Megan
Today Megan, my oldest child, turns nine. To celebrate I thought it would be appropriate to share nine things that are awesome about Megan. She is beautiful but not in a girly, make-up, gotta have the best of everything kind of way. She has a crazy fun friendship with her cat, Lovely Gorgeous. She is…