The dream of any person who has a love for Scripture is to travel to the land where it took place and much of it was first documented. We have long dreamed of doing so, but only recently through some creative planning and thrifty budgeting we are able to actually chart out our own course on a trip of a …
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Thanksgiving season is not over. It is just the launching to the rest of the year of being thankful for what God and others have done to benefit our lives. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CWRPgoItmN4[/youtube]Paul sure is growing and doing his best to learn how to walk. He is almost nine months old. While on our way to a graduation of some friends, …
Visiting D.C.+Josh & Anna Duggar
We have been wanting to visit Josh and Anna in their new home and see Marcus for quite some time, but it just did not seem to work out. Recently, when we had a free weekend, we made a dash for DC. We have spent a lot of hours on the road throughout the summer. Josh Duggar has accepted his …
A Broken Nose, Seeing Family & Canada
As many of you may have realized by now, we really enjoy the outdoors and being active in whatever comes our way. Once in a while, there are some price tags. A few weeks ago, David was invited to join some friends to play some soccer and volleyball. Wanting to burn energy right off the bat, he chose the pick …
Grandmas Visit
Throughout Scripture grandmas played an important role in the lives of their children, and grandchildren. It is hard for us to realize just how much their families were benefited with the multi-generational influence each family took on. One vivid example is that of Timothy who was raised by his mother and grandmother to become not only an assistant to Paul, …
Vacation
A great vacation does not have to cost a lot of money. It does not even have to consist of weeks away from work. They are not built by exotic locations or special events. A life-changing vacation is based on love and love is demonstrated by giving. I think back to all the times that meant the most to me …
Florida Family Fun
This past week, we took a fun trip for some vacation down in Florida at the home where Priscilla grew up. Whether playing tennis, going to the Kennedy Space Center or playing in the mud with the ATV, we enjoyed a wonderful week with her parents and brothers. One afternoon, while Priscilla and her mom were enjoying some time chatting …
A Year & A Half
This week we celebrated a year and a half of married bliss! Wow, time flies. We kicked off our anniversary by having an early morning date. We had to drop a friend off at the airport leaving our house at 3:30am. Since David’s family has been staying at our home this week, they kept an ear out for Paul while …
Trip to California
Recently, we had the opportunity to go to help with our third Regional Homeschooling Conference. This time, it was out in Sacramento, California. Looking at the many ways to travel out there with the twenty or so staff needed to run the conference and noticing the price hikes in all the flights out there, we decided to take a bus …
Marathon in Duluth
Heavy fog, a light drizzling rain, in 42-55 degree temperatures was not an ideal Saturday for most people in Duluth, MN, but for the thousands of marathoners gathered, it was great weather for breaking new time records. For us, it was simply a miracle that we were attempting to run the race. Both Samuel and David sustained sports injuries which …