Last night the girls wanted me to read them a book as part of our bedtime routine. The book was called, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible , No Good, Very Bad Day.” It was 100% negative (although funny). So this morning I told the girls we’re setting out to have a Wonderful, Excellent, Totally Good, […]
The Wytsma’s are headed out to Portland today so that I can get the shots I need to go to Uganda… and we’re staying through tomorrow so that we can take the girls to the zoo!! I’m really excited about a little family trip before Mary Joy starts school in two weeks (yikes!!)
Today we baptized 16 people in the Deschutes River… It was one of the most meaningful ministry events that I’ve ever been a part of. On top of that, Tamara and I get a night on the town tonight. We are heading out with the Reynold’s and the Bittner’s to Greg’s Grill and then to
Click here to go to the Shutterfly photo album that Kim just loaded up from Family Camp. There are some spactacular pictures that people are going to want to order!! Thanks to Greg, Tamara, Gary and Kim for capturing the memories!!
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We’ve been working on a little experiment in the Wytsma home by putting Sara in with her two sisters in their bedroom – all three girls together. There’s been a lot more playing than sleeping the last two nights!! Sara is on cloud 9 and reminds me of the kids that would never go to
Today is Esther’s 4th birthday. I woke up thinking that I really wanted to do something special for her… and then I got to thinking that I don’t even remember my 4th birthday (or 5th birthday for that matter)!! It kind of seems strange… work hard to do something special that won’t be remembered. Oh
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A couple of little video clips from the rafting trip… make special note of the “Garial” — the famous Gary “arial” feet!!
I’ve been out of the blogosphere for a bit while taking a guy trip. I went with some friends (Kyle Beall, Gary Christenson and Brandon Groza) to camp and raft the North Umpqua. It was a solid time all around and left us with some pretty stellar memories… like the hilarious one of Brandon hitching
A little Wytsma family milestone… Spurred on by their desire to get some necklaces that Kim Hunt made for them, for the first time Mary Joy wrote out her numbers from 1 to 100 and Esther wrote out her ABC’s!!! I’m pretty proud of my two little valedictorians!!
Tamara and I had a sitter for the kids and were able to hike around Suttle Lake today. If you’ve never been… there is a beautiful 3.5 mile trail around the lake.
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