By: Ashlin Hair If you’ve had kids, or siblings, or even babysat, you probably know the indescribable pain of stepping on a lego. Pain isn’t even an accurate word, really. Somehow the very corner of it just happened to be sticking out of the carpet waiting quietly to attack its next victim with searing nerve […]
Talk! We’re a soccer family. It’s our sport and you’ll find our family on the sidelines cheering for our team and our player a number of times each week. I can admit that sometimes I get a little animated when the referee doesn’t make the right call or makes no call at all. What is […]
Yes, it is true we are expecting our 12th child near the end of May, 2017. So, I’ll go ahead and answer one of our FAQ’s; “Do you have a birthday inside every month?” Answer: Nope! May is a “new” month for us when it comes to family birthdays. Here is the run down of […]
We’re expecting…Great things! Over the past several weeks we’ve been quietly building a new thing that we have officially titled Love Ministries. This ministry is something we feel God has been laying the groundwork for nearly all our lives. We’re not being dramatic in saying it that way. We truly see this new experience in […]
When I wake up, Todd has usually been up for about 20 minutes already. The house is filled with the smell of coffee, the lights are dim and it is still. He is sitting at the table preparing my oldest teen girls to head out into their day with a word from God. I get […]
It is day six in our journey through grief and healing after miscarriage. We are so grateful for the many prayers and practical things people have done to help us through and show us God’s love. Among the many sincere expressions of condolence came one special gift. It is a link to a song titled […]
Little One Loved. Wanted. We had a place for you in our home. Our hearts had already included you from the moment we discovered you were here. Love has a way of expanding in an instant. We thanked God for you. We prayed for you and blessed you. So why did the knitting together cease […]
Our kids love to play outside. One of their favorite places to play is our long black top driveway. They love to create chalk designs and ride their bikes together out there. It’s a fairly long driveway, as driveways go, but it probably seems quite long to our littlest boys who are two, three and four years old. […]
I (Todd) have fed 11 babies now in my career as a dad. It is always fun to see their reactions to new tastes and textures. Overtime I have learned that the temperature of the food and thickness s are also important factors in a baby’s response to food. One funny (and kind of embarrassing) […]
Moments ago I (Todd) said goodbye to our two oldest daughters as Tami drove away with them for their “first day” of high school. I’m not too manly to admit that a wave of emotion came over me as I realized it was my oldest daughter’s last first day of school. Somewhat surprised at the […]