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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, 2006

Why I’m Voting

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

For the record, I’ve always voted, but this year I will be voting for different reasons. I have a little boy now, and that leaves me with a lot to think about. I suddenly have a lot more invested in the future of this world. And while I find that my values [...]

Giving Wisely

Friday, October 20th, 2006

I recently ran across a very cool site called Charity Navigator. This site gives you TONS of information about charities from all over the U.S. One of the more important factors our family considers when giving to a charity, is the percentage of donations that actually go to help the cause. I [...]

One Night at the Movies

Sunday, October 15th, 2006

On Friday night, my wife and I had the rare opportunity to venture out and see a movie. So, we looked at what movies were showing at our local theater, only to be disappointed by the terrible movies that were showing. Then, I saw a movie that I had not heard about nor [...]

The BIG Update

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

I know, I know… I haven’t posted anything for about a month, so I thought I would just cram everything into one big update. Here goes nothing…
Well, the biggest news of all is that my brother-in-law got engaged! He took Lindsay on a hike and surprised her with a proposal at the top [...]