I want to be a missionary now…

The last month has just felt like waiting waiting waiting for Rae.  She put her papers in the very first day she could, her call came quickly, but her start date was 4 months away.  We were all glad that she got to make the move to Indiana with us, and she and I are...

Notre Dame Football. Go Irish.

You know, we aren’t really football people.  Come to think of it, we aren’t really spectators of any sports.  I mean, we enjoy watching a game now and again, but when it really boils down to it… who really cares?  How does it affect our lives one way or another which team wins any sporting...

Blue Gills and Happy Girls

Ever since we moved here the little girls have been eyeing our lake, silently hoping that their dad would help them go fishing.  Okay, not silently.  The opposite of silently.  Too bad for them mom has been keeping dad busy with projects around the house: helping me build a kitchen island, building a new bed...

Look out Pinterest

So, there are things I love about this house, and there are things I don’t really love.  The kitchen falls in the latter category.  For such a big house, the kitchen is TINY.  As in, two people trying to work in there together gets very annoying.  And the “eat-in” dining area of the kitchen is...