This morning I was downstairs trying to tie a bowtie using instructions printed off of the internet. In the meantime Isabel touched a hot iron upstairs and burned her hand. Without being told anything, Aidan went to the kitchen and brought back a Ziplock bag full of ice. Later in the afternoon as we were [...]
Our family schedule has changed slightly due to the timing of the kid’s Kindermusik classes at First Baptist Church. It used to be that Pamela took the kids in the morning while I worked. Then at lunch we would swap cars with me going home and Pamela heading off to teach for Hilger Higher Learning. [...]
My car was making a horrible noise recently. Imagine shaking a can filled with a couple ball bearings. I sounded like it was coming from inside the engine and did not seem to change much between idle and acceleration. The 1994 Nissan Altima only had 134,000 miles on it and so we figured that it [...]
Pamela and I are always teasing each other about who our kids look more like–mom or dad. Actually, it is a subject that the extended family gets into as well (wink, wink). My dad recently passed on several photos of my childhood. A few of them were dated 1974. I took the liberty of scanning [...]
Like any red-blooded American family you are bound to find dishes of Hershey’s Kisses around our house. The Chocolate mint kiss is a seasonal item, available only during the holiday season. That is a good thing, because I found out the hard way that you must not mingle them with your regular, almond, caramel, peanut [...]