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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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The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of NarniaMy parents gave me The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for my 7th birthday. I read it and liked it, but I found the witch a little frightening, and that kept me from reading the rest of the series. When I took the C.S. Lewis class in college, I read through the entire series because I had read all of the class material and I was still craving more Lewis. I spent hours in my dorm room devouring these little books, and I cried through more of them than I would like to admit. These are the most beautiful stories, and I can’t wait until I can share them with Caleb.