Family Life

Nothing could have prepared us for a day like today. We thought we were going to get a lot of snow, but that was the least of it. The day started off a lot earlier than we expected, with Micah, the baby, crying and screaming at about 6am. That went on for an hour, and [...]

Tonight was the work Christmas party. It was fun to go out to dinner with everybody all dressed up for the festivities. Best of all, it was our second kid-free outing of the year. It was a rush to get dinner ready early for the boys, deliver last-minute instructions to Juanita, the baby sitter, and [...]

We had invited several of our neighbours to come sing Christmas carols with us tonight. I printed up some song sheets, Debbie made snacks, we hurried the boys through their dinner and rushed around tidying up. And nobody came. I didn’t know whether to be relieved or disappointed. So we gathered our three children around [...]

A friend came around to play, and Daniel and Joel each received a small Christmas gift. Debbie had to feed the baby, so she gave the boys strict instructions to take the gifts upstairs and leave them on the gift pile waiting for Christmas. Along the way the boys unwrapped their gifts, to see what [...]

Micah has a tooth! He’s a one-toothed wonder, soon to become a two-toothed terror. If you peer at the photo closely enough, you can see his tooth. Click the picture to get a larger size. There’s another tooth right beside it, under the surface, but I don’t think you can tell in this photo. Micah [...]