Category Archives: Family

What the Picture Sounds Like

This is probably my favorite photo. Like, seriously. I could look at this picture forever. It is such a gift to me. A good friend of ours captured this moment a couple of years ago. We’d asked her to take … Continue reading

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Excellent Play

One of the parents on our baseball team shot this video of our game action on Saturday. A routine 4-3-2 double play. And that’s my boy playing first!   

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Things I Want to Remember: Vol. 31

Yesterday Joshua hit his first over-the-fence home run. In a real game. To give his team the lead in the final inning. And it was awesome. Field of Miracles, Cullman AL – April 23, 2016

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Father / Daughter Banquet

My beautiful date to tonight’s Father / Daughter Banquet at church.    

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NFL Playoff Picks: Championship Round

Barely getting these picks in before today’s conference championship games. (These look to be fantastic games, by the way.) But first, a quick look at the leader board: Jason / Jackson: 7-1 Joshua: 7-1 Sunny: 6-2 Abby Kate: 5-3 A … Continue reading

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NFL Playoff Picks: Divisional Round

No posts this week because I was in Honduras visiting some missionary friends. I hope to write more about that soon. But on the eve of the next round of NFL playoffs, it’s time for our family picks. (As I … Continue reading

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NFL Playoff Picks: Wild Card Round

Each year, our family has a little fun by making picks throughout the NFL playoffs. It’s fun because Abby Kate and Sunny don’t really follow the league through the regular season, yet they are usually better at picking winners than … Continue reading

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One Cool Sis

I’ll bet your sister has never dissected a cow eyeball. Continue reading

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2015: Looking Back

I’m currently reading Sherry Turkle’s fantastic new book, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. Turkle contends that one of the casualties of our digital infatuation is a lack of critical self-reflection. We simply don’t take time … Continue reading

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An Intentional Family

A friend of mine is writing his second volume on the book of Proverbs. He graciously asked me to send him a statement on parenting and family that he might use as a conversation starter for one of his articles. … Continue reading

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