You would think that living just a block from the ocean would mean we swim in the ocean all the time. We don’t, as a matter of fact. The coast in town is rocky and polluted with motor oil and trash. So! When we want to swim the ocean we drive about twenty minutes outside of town […]
For many years we have felt unprepared for Easter. It just seems to leap up out of nowhere and last year I decided enough was enough. We intentionally prepare our hearts and homes for Christmas and so we want to equally prepare our hearts and minds for Easter, arguably the more important of the two […]
Ray and Willa are a full year older now, but not feeling much taller (according to Ray)!!! Their birthdays hit right at the tail end of our first COVID experience so it didn’t quite look as we expected, but we had a wonderful weekend. It started last Friday as Willa turned 7. The team drove […]
“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.” J.R.R. Tolkien (The Hobbit) I have waited eight years for the moment we would crack open this book with our kids, and this week it finally happened. Falling into this story as a family is akin to […]
Hepi Krismas from PNG!!! We are delighting in the traditions and rhythms of our life here played out during all of December. I’m going to keep my words brief and simply let the pictures speak for themselves so that I can go soak in the twinkly tree with the girls for our evening listen of […]
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