I have an app on my phone that tracts my pregnancy entitled "I'm Expecting". According to week 19, this little bun in the oven is the size of a mango. (I sure do love mango!!) A few fun and exciting things happened during the 19th week to make it memorable. My parents, and their boxer … Continue reading a picture of 19 weeks
thankfulness
family selfie
Just a little family selfie for you to enjoy! No particular reason but that we were enjoying a lazy Saturday afternoon. Three of the four of us had just awoke from a lovely afternoon snooze, so if we look a bit sleepy-eyed, that'd be why. (To give you a hint, it was all females who … Continue reading family selfie
beginning the same
the M family on the first day of the year Each new year that comes brings with it the feelings of new beginnings. It is a fresh start, a chance to try again, an opportunity to improve. Many make resolutions, promises to themselves to go the distance. However, sometimes those resolutions are blown away by … Continue reading beginning the same
together
Once a month our church takes five minutes during its Sunday gathering to focus on marriage; it's called the "marriage moment". Our friends Dale & Susie do a great job each month to share tidbits to help husband and wives grow deeper in their marriage. A while back they were looking to incorporate some others … Continue reading together
hatcher
One of the first places my little family went to on our first trip to Alaska over five years ago was into the Talkeetna Mountains. We drove up into Independence Valley. The road travels along the Little Susitna River as you enter the valley and then begins its short, steep climb up towards an abandoned … Continue reading hatcher