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Just as time was running out for our first meeting at church today (it was testimony meeting where everyone can stand and share their thoughts about Jesus), Lucy stood up and headed up to the front to share her own testimony. And every time she does this (it’s been a…

We filled this last weekend up with all sorts of things. Since the weather dipped from 110 to a mere 95 (or something like that), we decided to take these guys on a bike/scooter ride to breakfast. It was one of those days where the sky is blue and the…

The summer semester ended for Grace and for Claire. Grace’s ended earlier than Claire’s, and she’s been working double shifts up there, sometimes with fun visitors: (Mini cousins Moses and Gabe.) Also reunions with dear mission friends and fun adventures with new friends: Claire’s semester ended with a bang, trying…

I got to walk around the high school running into Jonah, Aja and Elsie between classes the other night at “meet-the-teacher” night… …and I thought to myself once again, it is pretty grand to have an extra brother and his family around here. Especially one who fixes all kinds of…

We started out May finishing the tail end of a few days in Austin exploring Grace’s mission stomping grounds. We fell in love not only with that cool city, but even more with the good people who’s stories intertwined with Grace’s who she fell in love with…and they loved her…

Ok let’s get down to business and crank out a recap of January. We started out this brand new year with a little double date to the Fiesta Bowl with these two: Max and Abby were in Texas this Christmas, we missed them but got them before Christmas so we…

Boy howdy, a lot happened in December. Let’s get to it. Our sweetest ever friends knew Dave didn’t want a lot of hoopla for his bday (back at the end of November), so they figured we could just put together a home-made dinner to celebrate him. His face shows kind…

I always do a “snapshot” of how each new year looks right at the beginning. Because I like to hold onto memories like nobody’s business. And here we are already half way through MARCH and Grace is getting home from her mission TODAY, so I figure I better get busy…

I wrote on Instagram yesterday some thoughts about this Jorges Cocco painting that sits on a shelf in my bedroom (a gift from Dave that I adore). It has meant different things to me through the years, but lately when I look at it I think of the work I…

We are getting so far behind on these “little things” posts so I’m doing this one speedy-quick. Links at the bottom and intermixed in with the pictures if you want more details. Here’s how November went down…it was a nutty month I have to say! We started out with our…