Cookies
For what it’s worth… I like chocolate chip cookies — the kind that are greasy and filled with tons of chocolate (no white chocolate allowed!!) Outside of that, dessert really means nothing to me :)
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Like my dad
Have you ever had that realization the older you get that you are more like your parents than you thought? My sister sent me an e-mail today saying that she is a lot like dad (in reference to one of his primary virtues). I’ve been having the same experience lately about feeling “like dad.” Here’s
So Cal
So this is how Justin (Antioch’s new Worship Pastor) showed up to go skiing at Bachelor on Sunday… in flip flops! Kim, Tamara, the Hardin’s and I had a pretty fun time watching him try to put his boots on while standing in 4″ of snow with bare feet :)
Snow Day
So today was my daughters first “snow day” where school was cancelled (it snowed 8 inches last night). I think it’s a milestone…
Monsters
I was praying in my study this morning and my oldest daughter Mary Joy came in terrified because of a nightmare about monsters. Have you ever thought about monsters? I don’t know what Freud would say, but it seems like everything scary in this world is a twisted picture of what is whole and complete.
I’m cold
It’s like 50 degrees in our office… Have you ever felt like you just needed to whine and complain to feel better? :)
Congradulations Linda!!
Linda, Antioch’s Middle School Director (and close personal friend), got engaged last night on New Year’s Eve to her boyfriend Travis at just past midnight. The whole clan jumped in the car this morning when we heard the news and went down to Starbucks where Linda was working to see the ring and hear the
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Happy Meal
Our youngest daughter, Sara, often gets the short end of the stick… so yesterday I took her out all by herself to get her first ever very own “Happy Meal” at Wendy’s. She road in her big sisters car seat, drove in daddy’s car (something she kept reciting over and over as we drove down
Made It!!
2 days of driving… 1 night in a Best Western with a funky smell… 1 In N Out burger… 20,000 potty breaks with 4 girls… and we’re now in Pasadena for a little Thanksgiving rest and relaxation :)
Esther’s Surgery
Our middle daughter Esther had abdominal surgery this morning. There were a lot of emotions that went through my head as we talked to Esther before surgery, as we waited in the waiting room during her surgery and then as we tried to comfort her after the surgery. Here’s the main emotion… I’m glad that