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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 June, 2006

Home Sweet Home

Thursday, June 22nd, 2006

My dad is finally back home! He was released from the hospital this morning, and he sounded very glad to be out of there. He’s still on the feeding tube, but at least he can relax in a comfortable setting.
A nurse will come by everyday to change out his fluids and check on [...]

JELL-O Time!

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

Well, on Saturday in the middle of the night my dad pulled out the drainage tube in his nose. He must have done it in his sleep because he said that he didn’t remember doing it. They also had him on some other medication that made him a little “loopy” so that might [...]

Slow and Steady Progress

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but we’ve been pretty busy going to and from the hospital this week. The doctor has confirmed that my dad has an obstruction in his small intestines and that’s why he was so sick at home. He performed two surgeries on Sunday to remove some of [...]

Two steps forward, One step back

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

Well, my dad’s back in the hospital. He has been really sick and unable to keep any fluids or food down, so we finally just decided to take him to the ER last night. He’s currently at North Side hospital and we’ve been visiting with him there today.
The doctor seems to think that [...]