Family Life

We were driving home this evening, about a mile from home, when Joel, 2, spoke up: “I can see our home!” We spent a minute trying to convince him that he couldn’t actually see home from here, we were too far away. But he kept insisting, “I can see our home!” He was pretty pleased [...]

We have three handsome, intelligent, funny boys. We love them very much. Today Debbie took the two older ones out grocery shopping while I vacuumed. It’s amazing how easy it is to get stuff done when there’s only one to look after. I put Micah in the snuggly and carried him around while I worked. [...]

We were sitting at the dining table one day when Daniel exclaimed “Oomil!” By the tone of his voice, this was an exciting discovery. After a few questions, it turns out he had read it off the side of a cream carton sitting on the table. I turned the carton around and around, but there [...]

When I was a kid, I read an article about Niagara Falls. There were lots of pictures. For a moment it transported me away to a world of imagination. What a marvelous sight that would be. And in such an exotic, far-away place–Canada! But I was a kid, and Niagara Falls was far beyond any [...]

This is how Daniel was sleeping last night–with his head stuffed inside his pillowcase. It was a hot night, so it’s not like he was trying to keep warm. Our first reaction was alarm: Can he breathe? It seemed like he was in no distress, so there was time for some quick photos. For posterity. [...]