Getting close on the sermon. Sarah has been a great help with it during the tiny windows when we get to have intelligent conversation. There’s still a bit of clarity that I want to nail down, but I think its getting there.
Tomorrow morning we’re going to go back out to the property, [...]
Up late, trying to finish off the notes for a sermon. I’m teaching at church again on Sunday, and Troy and I are getting together tomorrow morning to talk it over.
I’m pretty excited about the sermon, but then I’m always excited when I get to do this.
The late night thing has actually [...]
Not sure how to write about this without sounding whiney… Just dive in, I guess, and explain later.
Having four kids is really hard.
Yeah, I’ve said it before, and you’re like “Um… duh. And you’re the one who was crazy enough to do it, so like… um… quit your whining, okay?”
Okay, you probably [...]
The kids were hoping to catch a Leprechaun, so they made a trap last night.
It was pretty good. It had a trap-door in the middle that we cleverly disguised. We were hoping to lure them inside with yellow and green M&M’s.
Also the Cowboy’s clever signs, which said:
Welcome Leprechauns!!
and
No Leprechaun Traps Allowed!
We woke [...]
Went up to the property for the third time this week. Lots going on and tons of questions to answer. Hard questions too, like the exact way to build the stairs, what we want to do with the ridge beam for the center part of the roof… My head hurts!
The good [...]
It was a good trip, if somewhat hectic. I mean – what do you expect? Four kids. That’s a lot of kids!
Had our first “lost kid” experience. Heavy took off into the crowd at the aquarium and got about 50 feet away before I figured out where he had gone and caught [...]
So okay, here’s those house pictures. First the garage in its current state… You can see the middle part of the attic, which is all storage – or possibly a workshop area. Whoo hoo!
And here’s the Sparky shot of what the house looks like right now.
The crew is coming back on Monday. [...]
Went out to the property this morning to see what they got done this past week. Wow! We were blown away by how far they’ve gotten. I took some pictures, but don’t have a ton of time to upload them today. I’ll try to get them up tomorrow.
In the mean time, [...]
Its been an odd couple of months. We’ve become somewhat insular I think – not on purpose, more by necessity. We’ve not made it to church much between being gone on some weekends and sick on others. Neither of us is seeing friends very often either – there’s just no time right [...]
So are you watching Idol?
We tend to skip the Thursday show – too much boring and not enough interesting – but the others have been pretty good. Didn’t catch all of last night but it looks like there were some really good performances.
I heard (or read or something) someone saying that part of the [...]