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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Our Family Mission

Posted by Casey on Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Mary Beth and I sat down last night to design our Family Mission Statement together. It took us a while to come up with an idea, but Mary Beth was the one who decided to use verbs to define how we wanted our family to be. We both sat at the computer for [...]

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Archive for October, 2005

The Astros win the Pennant!

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

I was never much of a baseball fan growing up. I spent most of my energy playing and watching basketball as a kid. Of course, just like most other kids, I would occasionally go watch the local major league team play. For kids like me growing up in Houston, TX the team [...]

TV on an iPod?!?

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Apple just released their new video-enabled iPods today. Along with this big news, they also announced that you will now be able to buy TV episodes (maybe movies too?) from the iTunes Store using iTunes v6.
Wow! This could really change the way that entertainment content is distributed. Just imagine if you [...]

The Screwtape Letters on Stage

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

On Friday night, Mary Beth and I went to see a theatrical rendition of C.S. Lewis’ book: “The Screwtape Letters.” It was a very good performance by a group called Mustard Tree Arts. I had read the book before and after seeing the play I was reminded that not all of my thoughts [...]