Family Life

This morning dawned sunny and clear. Not warm enough for shirt sleeves, but positively balmy when I recalled the foot of snow covering the ground at home. My feet protested when I stepped out of bed, still sore from yesterday’s hike. Better get used to it, feet. There’ll be a lot more walking today. Breakfast [...]

Stephen I (Istv

I took the boys to the Auto Show today. I went with Daniel last year and he really enjoyed it. He’d been looking forward to it again this year. I wasn’t sure whether to take Joel. Daniel had been talking about it for weeks, but Joel hadn’t even asked if he would or could go. [...]

Last weekend I attempted to make an igloo. It turned out more like a castle turret, but it was fun to build. In the intervening week we’ve had a partial thaw followed by more snow. The thaw melted most of the remaining snow in the back yard. There hadn’t been much left anyway, after building [...]

We hosted a Valentine’s Dinner at church tonight. We’d planned it, sent out invitations, decided on the menu, assigned tasks, shopped for groceries. Replies trickled in during the week, and yesterday it looked like we’d have a small group. Only a dozen or so guests. We’d planned for more and shopped accordingly. Oh well. There [...]