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Happy Birthday Hannah and David!!!

05.03.12

In our family we have two sets of birthday twins! Hannah and David share a birthday, and Josiah and Timothy share a birthday! May 1st was Hannah’s 20th birthday, and David’s 17th birthday. We had a special meal and dessert which they requested (did I mention that we are pretty much off our diet now, but just being careful to stay healthy??). We had a wonderful celebration as a family!!!

We love you Hannah and David!!!

Spring ~

03.27.12

“I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise unto my God while I have my being. My meditation of Him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord.” – Psalm 104:33-34

I Have to Go to Work!

02.22.12

In our Raising Entrepreneurs conference, one of our topics is building a work ethic in children while they are young. With Timothy for some reason this has been unusually effortless. He says so many times every day, “I have to go to work!” or “I have work to do!” Whatever we are doing, he wants to be doing it too. Whether donning an apron and sawing away at a couple carrots with his child safety knife, or spreading free mulch with the big kids, he wants to WORK! And it has to be “REAL WORK” too! One of the cutest things is when Dave is going on a trip, Timothy talks for days about how he is going on a trip for work too, (usually to India or some place far, far away!) Until recently, this was always just talk (determined and resolute, but just talk nonetheless.) Well, yesterday we were all busy helping Dave and David get everything together they needed to depart for Verity Institute today to speak to the students on business and selling, etc., when my Mother said, “Timmy is packing!” We kind of ignored him for a while in our busyness. We noticed him digging through wash baskets of unfolded clothes, and coming in from the garage with his rubber boots, etc. but we were too busy to really get the full picture of what was going on. Finally, after about an hour and a half, we were ready to head upstairs and wind down for the evening, when Timothy came lumbering down the hall with a BIG suitcase! Can’t you just see him staggering under the size and weight of it? He was so cute in his determination. As I intercepted him just outside his room this is what I saw:

He had taken his whole bed apart, gotten his sleeping bag and bedding folded up, picked out and neatly folded some clothes and filled his little backpack with important work “stuff.” He even got his shoes and put a pair of socks in each shoe. He had also changed into his church pants, a polo shirt, and church shoes (he knows business men need to look professional!) I tried to tell him he could not go with Daddy and David, but he ignored me and proceeded to lay the suitcase down unzip it and stuff his sleeping bag in the outer compartment. I called out to Dave, “Uh Dave…I think you better come here and see this…I think Timmy needs a little Daddy time with some instruction and comfort.” Dave came around the corner and I could see his heart melt as he realized his little son wanted to “go to work” with him and “be a man.” They had a special father son time in the rocking chair in our room. Dave praised him for his desire to be a man and do meaningful work. He complimented him on his great packing, his care in folding everything so neatly, and not forgetting anything important. He told him Daddy needed him here at home helping Mommy and the others. Timothy was disappointed but not heart broken. He took comfort in the future hope of packing for our trip to the ATI conference in Nashville. The next task was to convince him that it was OK to remake his bed and put away his things because the Nashville conference is months away

Christmas

12.25.11

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ~

12.18.11

A Project Accomplished

09.24.11

Daddy and David have been working together for a while, to build a much needed bookshelf for the office! They love working with wood to build beautiful things, and why not make a father-son project of it?!!!Last week they completed the final details, and we were able to switch out our smaller one. Bethany and I had so much fun putting the books and decorations in order. What a joy it is to see the shelf in place at last…the dark wood makes the room look so nice!

Family projects = team work = GREAT LASTING MEMORIES!

Buddy

09.10.11

Today was one of those beautiful days…clear bright skies, crips cool air, and brilliant sunshine. Some of the family went biking, and the rest of us opted to visit the local park just 5 minutes away. On the way home, we saw a sign for free puppies, and stopped to pet them. (Timothy adores puppies ). We found one that we decided was our favorite, but since we weren’t planning to get another dog, we visited a few minutes longer and then returned home to fix lunch.

Well…about 45 minutes later when the bikers returned home, we decided to take a quick trip back down…the quick trip turned into an hour…and we came back with plans to look into the cost taking care of a free puppy…

We decided it was going to be affordable…Bethany agreed to help train it (she is our dog lover)…Jack (our dog) would like a companion to play with…and everyone was excited about the whole idea. No way! We were going to get a German Shepherd puppy???

We quickly jumped into the car and made a third trip back down to the puppies, hoping our favorite one was still there. Sure enough! There was Buddy, sitting quietly in the truck with some new puppies that hadn’t been there before – looking adorable as ever!

And that is how Buddy became ours! I don’t think he’s ever received so much attention in his life…

Keeping Busy…

07.02.11

This past week our parents attended the third ATI Regional Conference of the year, in Sacramento CA. Daddy spoke to the adults, as well as to the young people in Student Sessions, and Mommy was able to go along! We kept busy and had a blast! Pictures tell a story well, so here are lots of them from our week.

Yes, we had a great time together. Being with siblings is so much fun…but we are very glad to have our parents back again after a long and busy week. Welcome home Daddy and Mommy!!!