happy 5th birthday to Caleb!
5 years ago our son was born. it seems so long ago, and yet it has gone by quickly.
he is such a big boy now, growing and changing quickly. as Michelle noted in our prayers for him this morning, even at a young age it seems that he has a heart for God, for which [...]
| a strange dream
I don’t often remember my dreams, but this is one I can’t forget. this is how I remember it, two days later:
it was something of a scene out of one of CS Lewis’s space trilogy books. it was dark out and I was swimming in a murky green sea, with little floating islands all around. [...]
| new stuff
if you’ve read the last couple posts, you may have discovered that Michelle is now on board (again) and we’re planning on having this space be a place to record some of our homeschool adventures. we’re all quite excited. I’ll still post some obligatory milestone updates on the kids and such too.
speaking of: Selah is [...]
| First Day
| Homeschool!
Tomorrow we kick off a new phase for our family, school! I (Michelle) will be starting some of our homeschooling, so its out first day of school and we’re excited. Caleb and Alice are very eager to learn and excited to be starting school. We’re using the Sonlight curriculum and super excited about the read [...]
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Caleb’s Christmas Present
I made a few Christmas presents this past fall but am only just now getting to think about posting them. I think I’ve got a good excuse though and she’s the cutest little baby ever. We are so enjoying Selah. I love just sitting and snuggling with this little one. I look at her and [...]
| Sweet Gifts
Here’s my snuggly baby girl wearing a hat made by my friend Christy, a sweet little sweater from my friend Linda and wrapped up in the blanket that Sara made for her. I love them all.
| Handmade Baby Gifts
On thanksgiving day I received my first gift for this new baby from my good friend Sara. She handknit this baby blanket, its simply beautiful. I love making gifts for people and realize how much I love receiving handmade gifts too! I know the love, thoughtfulness and time that goes into making them. Thanks Sara!
I received [...]
| They crack me up
Overheard this morning at breakfast and it just cracked me up:
C: “Alice, when you be a mama then you will like gluten free too.”
A: “Yeah!” “And take showers too!”
C: “Yeah, and sometimes daddys take showers.”
A: “Yeah and grandmas and pop-pops take showers too.”
Well they’ve got it all figured out don’t they? I couldn’t bring myself [...]
| Princess Cake
Alice will be 3 in a couple of weeks but we had a princess party for her 2 weekends ago just in case this baby comes early! We had all the little girls dress up as princesses and had a blast doing girly girly things. A good friend came and painted the girls nails and gave [...]
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jam night
one nice thing about the guitar class I took is the jam night that’s flowed from it. it started with me and another guy who lives here in our neighborhood, just swapping songs we’ve written and hanging out. now it’s whoever would like to come and pick a little, so if you’re around here let [...]
| Wintersong songwriters workshop
This past weekend I was able to participate in Wintersong, a songwriting workshop here in Chattanooga. first of all many thanks to Michelle for spending another day “on the job” with 3.5 kids so I could take all day to go to this. she was kinda sick and very tired, so I’m thankful she would [...]
| Hole in my Heart (finally, a new song)
in 2008 I wrote a bunch of songs pretty much all at once. I started this “music journal” to keep track of stuff, and everything was lovely. but then for some reason I didnt write songs for a good while, even though I was trying. I guess the inspiration left, or I was distracted, or [...]
| guitar class
this past fall I was able to take in a flatpicking guitar class at Folk School of Chattanooga, which was great! I took the Guitar II class with Matt Evans, who is a very capable and friendly teacher. there were 4 of us in the class so we got to know each other a bit, [...]
| prater’s mill report
I never did give a report on our experience at the Prater’s Mill Country Fair last fall. it was a good time to play with Michelle and Mitch, and I think we started to sound pretty good if I dont say so myself. the audience was small but appreciative, and I’m glad we got the [...]
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