exhaust me. It’s been a difficult month (see previous post)… but life keeps rolling. Rolling. Rolling. Swim lessons, for example. The mothers keep taking the kids to swim lessons. I too keep taking Lucy. The kids keep life rolling. Lucy has a love/hate relationship with water. She has been known to ooze, “I love you [...]
Family
My Father-In-Law
My precious father-in-law passed from this world into the hands of his beloved Heavenly Father on September 15, 2007. There is sadness and joy – sadness for those of us who want to talk with him more… giggle with him more… But joy in the knowledge his body is free from pain – and that [...]
Joel
Comic Relief
In the midst of our sorrow – the kids give us relief from the burdens that adulthood bring… On Sunday we saw a baptism being done near the spot our ferry was docking. Olivia was full of questions and comments about this thing called “BATHtism“. :) Also on Sunday Joel made a comment about Handy [...]
Mental Pause
I miss being a kid…
Your dollies don’t poop on the floor. You don’t have to clean up “Dolly’s” poop off the floor. Your clothes don’t have to match, or be clean. You get fed and watered and carried to bed. Your lists are scribble… nothing really needs to get done. You don’t have to moisturize every night. Your greatest [...]
Jenny Jen-Jen
Words from the Wise
Since I have nearly gone a full week with braces, I can now impart words of wisdom to those who will someday also have to endure this primitive art of reshaping irregular tooth patterns. Wisdom Bit #1: The pain is not only from the rough metal against the softness of the inside of your mouth… [...]
General
Happy 8th…
Joel, buddy! How on earth did you get so big so fast?! 8! 8? When I was dreaming of you joining our lives, I never really imagined the “big boy” part of your life, it was all about diapers and burp cloths and crib sheets. NOW it's all about Nintendo DS Lite, Star Wars, and [...]
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