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God bless us, every one!

Indeed, we do feel very blessed! We’ve had a wonderful year watching our little girls grow up, bit by bit; every day they’re exploring and learning new things. We are very thankful that for the most part, they’re very happy little girls — and they bring us great joy as well. Since they’re 1½ now, […]

Solidarity

After we had finished dinner tonight, the girls were scampering about and playing, bringing us shoes or toys, and telling us with their eyes whenever they wanted a hug. It was a pretty normal evening. A nice evening. And then something really funny happened.

Elizabeth reached up and grabbed one of the remote controls off […]

Pumpkins!

We took the girls to Joan’s Farm and Pumpkin Patch yesterday. Now that the girls have passed their first birthday and we’re doing things the second time around, it’s interesting to reflect back and marvel at how much things have changed in the past year. If you’re interested, you can find pictures from last year’s […]

Ice Cream Catastrophe

A horrible tragedy occurred in our household last night.

Yet the evening started out so well — Janet cooked the best homemade pizza I’ve ever tasted, we took the girls out for a nice walk around the neighborhood in the stroller before putting them to bed, and then we watched some TV. Around 7:15 PM, […]

Family Vacation

Last week we joined my parents and my sister and her family for our annual Family Vacation. Over the past several years we’ve spent wonderful weeks in places like Bend, Lake Tahoe, Lake Almanor, etc. (My first geocache was found with my Dad’s GPS while on a family vacation in Idaho!) This year I wanted […]