Timmy was five months old when we moved to our property “in the middle of nowhere.” It’s been pretty obvious how he has grown and changed over the last five years, culminating in his new adventures in Kindergarten this fall. He grew, learned to walk and talk, figured out how to climb trees and keep...
Category: Family & Marriage
Timmy Starts School
It’s been a busy few weeks (thus my absence from the blog) filled with hosting a wedding in our backyard and surviving our first year at the fair. And I’ll have more to say about both of those events later this week. But today, the most significant story I can tell you is about...
Tuscora Park
My first coherent thought this morning was, “I should take the kids to the park today.” I saw Tuscora Park’s website months back and thought I should try to take the kids this summer. And today, I did. I actually did it. Despite all my normal issues about doing something I’ve never done before,...
Something on Sunday
I don’t actually have anything to say today. I suppose that’s okay…it’s hard to write every single day. But here’s the recap of our regular Sunday: Church was good this morning. Every so often, we do what Pastor Geoff calls a “multi-voice” service where people share what they’ve got to share. Today Geoff shared...
Saturday Progress Report
With just short of one month until the wedding in our backyard, we are slowly chipping away at the to-do list. Today, Eric (with Alan’s help) put up the last two courses of the retaining wall, which means the giant stair/wall project in the backyard is about 2/3 done. Probably 10 more steps to...