Family Life

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 [...]

Yesterday it wasn’t my idea to go outside and play in the snow, and yet I enjoyed it. So this afternoon, at lunch, I declared my intention of building an igloo. We had lots of snow, it was just below freezing (so the snow was easy to pack without being slushy), I had the whole [...]

With so much snow outside, Debbie thought it was a crime to spend a Saturday cooped up inside. Funny, I thought exactly the opposite. What better reason to be warm and dry indoors than when it’s cold and snowy out there? But she would not be reasoned with. She shooed all the boys out the [...]

We had snow overnight, and it was a beautiful day. The boys went out to play, all bundled up in their snow suits. Not me. I was at work, thank goodness, safely tucked away in my nice warm, dry office. I’m not terribly fond of the outdoors, particularly when it’s cold. Tonight I went out [...]