Rocket Man

I don’t know how we became a rocket-launching family, but we have.

I believe it came about innocently enough: small rockets from Hobby Lobby meant to entertain Dylan.  My uncle David’s idea, I believe.

But somehow… somehow it’s evolved from that.

My dad now uses an online rocket supply company and the rockets are multi-motored, [...]

Jett Seinfeld

Fair warning: this might be a little on the lame side, but hey – it’s my three year old.  Since I posted about his joke-cracking of late, I’ve really been trying to remember the silly things he’s said or done.  So, here you go, from yesterday:

FIRST thing in the morning, and I do mean [...]

These daysThese days

Hi guys!  I’ve missed you, I’m not sure why – it’s only been a weekend – but I have.  It’s because I love you.  I really do.  I’m THANKFUL for you, too.  Get it?  Because it’s Thanksgiving week?

Some things of little importance that I’ve wanted to share:

Jude calls the dry skin on [...]

Cowboy CurtisCowboy Curtis

I used to love Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.  Remember Cowboy Curtis as portrayed by Larry Fishburne?  Yeah, me too. 

Well, this post has nothing to do with him.  It’s just the first thing that popped into my mind when I thought about our own little cowboy getting ready for his preschool program last night.

He [...]

Nicaragua x 3

By the time most of you read this, my brother Jacob will be en route to Nicaragua for the third time.  I wrote about his first trip back in March of 2008 here.

The first two times he went to Nicaragua he was with a missions team, but this time he’s going solo.

He [...]

Exercise

I’m finishing up my second full week of exercising regularly. 

It’s going well.  Really well, so far.

My friend Sara suggested the website http://sparkpeople.com and my other friend Louise vouched for it, so I immediately started an account there.  It such a rich resource for eating right and exercising!  Check it out if you’re [...]

GenerationsGenerations

Over the weekend my Great-Grandpa Clarence celebrated his 99th birthday.  Isn’t that somethin’?!  It reminded me that I’ve never shared a few remarkable and perhaps surprising family facts with you here on the public forum that is my blog.

* When Jude was born 4 1/2 years ago, he had fifteen natural and living grandparents:

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Jace at 3 months

My little baby is three months old already!

Here are a few things that he’s been doing:

Sleeping.  It’s been a few weeks now that he’s been sleeping throughout the night.  Hooray!  He had one fluke sleep-through very early on, but now that it’s been a solid two weeks at least of sleeping [...]

The Formula Incident

As I was doing some maintenance on this site recently I noticed that it’d been awhile since the last entry in The Naughty Files.  Don’t get me wrong – it’s a wonderful thing – but at the same time, I expected something to happen soon.

Friday morning the boys and I all woke up [...]

Scary!

Aren’t you glad you didn’t come upon these scary creatures on Halloween night?

Thanks, Grandma Bev, for emailing me this funny photo of your mother.

Yes, seriously, the scary mohawked dude is really my nearly 92-year-old great grandma!  And the frightening character next to her is her granddaughter (my second cousin) Teresa.

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