Off to China: Day 0

Today, we left for China.  In some ways, it seems like any other vacation.  It hasn’t completely sunk in that…

Vacation

  The week before a major vacation is almost always stressful… packing, getting everything squared away at work, making last…

Andrew’s Birthday Part I

As Tenille well knows, having a Birthday any time near Christmas is a recipe for neglect.  (Her birthday is between…

China

We are 19 days away from blasting off to China.  4 months ago, when I first suggested that we should…

Snow Days

Seattlelites don’t have to dream about a white Christmas.  We’re getting it.  It started snowing on December 13th, which caused…

Grapes

We had an incredible harvest of grapes this year (year 3).  I made some grape juice.  Unfortunately, after I drank…

Butterflies

In our family, for our birthdays, we get to pick out our own gift.   We took Caleb to a game…