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GUM
Today at an outdoor shopping mall I was walking a short distance behind a 3-4 year old girl, and 2 women (I'm guessing her mom and her aunt) who were chatting away. ALL of a sudden, the little girl bends down and grabs at a huge gob of fresh blue gum stuck to the...
It’s fun to let your hair down
Our fun and also awesome friend Terry Goldman can dish out teasing and take a fair amount too. He turned us on to this fun website where you can insert a picture of yourself into hairstyles from the 50's through the 90's. Ian and I tried it out and came up with...
“Make it pretty”
"Make it pretty" is the comment I have heard from Lucy for quite a while now when it is time to fix her hair. Lately, Eli has become interested in this task, and the activity of making Lucy's hair pretty captures the attention of both children for up to 30...
Update!
We had a meeting this last week to talk about the transition before we leave for Africa...how to manage once Ian's sweet county job ends the 1st of December, details of what him working for Orphans Overseas here in the States will look like, and speculation over...
A reminder is always good…
So, I've been reading the book, "The Shack" and just finished it this afternoon. While there were many good thoughts, I was reminded about these thoughts that I have pondered and agreed with over the years: We are created in God's image...which means to be in...
The Waiting Game
So, we've begun this new adventure in our life--moving our family to Africa--but we don't have a set departure date, and that makes us feel like we are living in limbo. A few years ago, during my graduate school days, I took a course on the process of change. It...