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March 20, 2022 (Timewarp story from February 21, 2022) Boy Hair Day Every so often, Lucas decides that when Daddy gets a haircut, Lucas will also get a haircut! This day was one of those days. Lucas’ hair was long enough for a ponytail. Louis says, “hey, want a big [...]
Dating Decisions Part 3: Discovering Real Life and True Love [...]
Learning the focus is on me: Dating Decisions Part 2 [...]
Not this weekend, but still a good story! (I’ve saved up some stories from my month of not writing on here.) Becky and Dad thought it was okay to watch Jaws with Lucas. (WWHHAATT??!!) Exactly. Thank you. This screams through every mom’s head when you have a boy who likes [...]
May 10, 2020 Culture: The Importance of Family Imagine you are raised a young woman, married a few years with two children. Your family is part of a group sojourning in a land with people hostile to you. In your family’s culture, women are to obey their fathers and later [...]
April 28, 2020 Bike For My Longer Legs! Lucas has a unidirectional purposeful mind when it comes to what he wants. As a three year old he told us for over six months that all he wanted for Christmas was a bike. That was it. Nothing else. He didn’t break [...]
April 12, 2020 Movie Review: Onward As a family, we got to watch a new movie called “Onward” (Disney/Pixar) recently. Curled up on our couch, eating tangerines instead of popcorn, we also got to discuss this movie during the end credits. I was pleasantly surprised at this movie. (Spoiler Alert! [...]
October 10, 2019 Big Brother Blessings Sometimes God blesses you with an awesome gift and you totally know it! From the time I was pregnant with Thea, Lucas was totally in love with his little baby. It was “my baby.” Lots of people tried to get him to choose “new [...]
May 2, 2019 The Big Boy Bed The girls shifted their beds around so that the Playroom is now the sleeping quarters for Kimberly, Jaquline, and Jillian and the Barracks is sleeping quarters for Christina, Becky, and Primrose. This shift was so that the barbies, legos, and small toys like [...]