Mishy we hope you have a wonderful time in Albania! We miss you already!
(Thank you for watching the kids last night so that we could go to a movie at the theater! It’s been SOOOO long since we’ve done that I can’t remember. It was fun, and we appreciate it. Love you!)
Love, actually, we want […]

Evie and I crossed a new bridge today: We went for our first walk together. While Daddy was at Sea World with the big kids we turned our eyes towards Mecca: Starbucks! No, not all roads lead there, but all GOOD ONES do!
It was a good walk. Evie was a wonderful girl (as she […]

Packing and more packing. Cleaning and deep cleaning. Getting the room and our living spaces in order and clean for this next week that we, uh, won’t be home. We’re up to San Diego for 5 days or so. First off getting Mishy safely off to
Albania (Hope you have a wonderful time Sis, you SO […]

Nothing beats the look on the kids faces and the excitement in the air on Christmas morning. The kids woke up very AM, Darren attended to them once and then came back to bed. By the time we got up (8:30am) we found them downstairs sitting at the table in the kitchen. Claire (French) had […]

Woke up with the kids, it was family day. The kids had a special breakfast with Daddy and played throughout the rest of the day. We wrapped presents most of the afternoon and prepared for the big day coming up.
A friend of ours invited us to eat a home-made pozole (Mexican soup dish) that […]

I like to look at a few things happening around the world on Christmas, here are two articles I chose,
The fist interesting to me because it shows, once again, that there is peace and goodwill towards men even in troubled and war-torn places at Christmas. –And I LOVE their “Free Hugs” T-shirt. I want one […]

Michael (my sister Amy’s Italian boyfriend), came over tonight. I love talking with him, he’s so cool, always has a story and always makes me laugh. Anyway he thought there was something “different” about me. Yes, maybe it was that I looked a bit tired he thought. While I was trying to think about whether or not […]

*Kids song/dance practice for Christmas events this year -shows at local orphanage (filmed for TV), Christmas meetings, etc.
*Prepare short reading/meditation on Christmas for Christmas party this weekend at our house for friends from all over town, family, and neighbors
*Finish Decorating
*Tie up work communications/email & biz for this year
*Finish Christmas shopping for the kids
*Send out a Christmas card / photo
*Set […]

…to the families of the young missionaries at Youth With a Mission in Denver, Colorado.
Although, to be sure, they are in a place receiving a reward so great for the lives that they were giving away in service to others, and joy unspeakable; it’s hard to think about what their families might be going through this […]