Formative Experiences Fishing Lessons I take my kids fishing and wax eloquent about the two main types of misery.
Raising Children Saying Hello To Postpartum, Diapers, & Sleepless Nights We welcome a beautiful baby girl into our family! Adi is very happy because, in her words, “Now my children will have an aunt.”
Papua New Guinea It Was A Relief To Drive A Car That Didn’t Complain About My Driving We return from Papua New Guinea and begin our furlough.
Family Experiences Elliot Has A Birthday Party Elliot turned six today. He’s pretty excited about it. I was pushed into an existential crisis, just like last time he had a birthday.
Pregnancy Another Tax Deduction It's hard to hide a pregnancy when you live in a little compound. We're not ashamed to be pregnant but sometimes it's nice to have something you don't have to share, even if it's only information.
Being Sick Anyone In Their Right Minds Know That Animals Don't Use Toilets We eat antibiotics like Tic-Tacs, we try not to curse the world, and Elliot gets new underwear.
Christmas Our First Tropical Christmas Sweating while caroling and other strange ways to spend Christmas.
Pets Other Than Children Common Cockroaches & Exotic Marsupials It can be an unsettling transition to go from sipping coffee to having a marsupial in your hair without any time to get used to the idea.
Raising Children Do Fish Even Sting People? Because of the sun’s death rays we’ve been spending a lot of time at the ocean.
Christmas Cement Blocks In My Emotional Dryer Christmas tree ornaments are hurled around our house like boulders from an invading army’s catapults.
Teaching Boys to Become Men Getting Things We Don't Deserve That time when God provided for our MTI training, Elliot learned to ride a bike, and Adi started a brand new life.
Being Sick Medical Procedures, Feather Pillows, Allergic Reactions, & Wailing! That time when Adi had an allergic reaction, Janice had gallbladder issues, and I got some cysts removed.
Pets Other Than Children Taking The Bunny Out For A Casual Sunday Stroll Bunnies prefer walking under pine trees, logs, thorn bushes, and parked cars which are all very hard places to walk.
What Doesn't Kill You... My Problems Are Fine Everyone always has problems in life no matter what. And if I had to pick problems to have, I'd say mine are fine.
Holy Matrimony! Bunny Husbandry & Strange Talents A good engineer wouldn't let a little bunny pee on the porch stop him from persisting until he beat a bad design into a poor one.
Raising Children Introducing Oliver Quinn Snader Once again I realized that, in theory I know how birth works, but I still have trouble believing it does.
Raising Children Lest By Her Continual Coming She Wearies Me There's a real possibility that by six years of age my kids will realize they're smarter than me and will move out on their own.
Airplanes Adi Sends Posts, Elliot Runs Wild, Family Goes to AirVenture If we give away all our spoons, we'll have to eat soup with our fingers.
Raising Children The Fears Of A Father No matter where you are in life, there's something to worry about.
Lectures From My High Horse The Ketchup Conviction The best way to cover up hotdog taste is by covering it with corn syrup, red dye, and a bit of tomato juice. It's a substance commonly called ketchup.
Videos Video: Interview With Adi, Delightfully Dizzy, & More Not all that captivating, just a couple minutes of kids being kids.
West Virginia Trash Cans, Preschool, Engine Overhauls, & Family Vacay Instead of compost, we were producing weapons grade mustard gas.
Raising Children Slugs, Haunted Houses, & Indecisive Children It's bad enough having tenants that don't pay rent, it's even worse if they're the evil, metaphysical kind.
Raising Children Gutter Gardens Not that I'm opposed to gardening. Why just the other Saturday I was weeding my gutters.
Raising Children New Apprentices, Dirty Toothbrushes, Nice Dentists Janice shrieked, ran across the ceiling, and yanked the toothbrush out of Adi’s astonished hands.
