Archive for December, 2006

Christmas at the Park

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

This is a belated “Thank you!” to Matt and Kara for being our photographers at our family photo shoot a few weeks ago. We already knew they were capable of taking great pictures; they also had great attitudes and a lot of patience with the 3 babies and the surprisingly cold evening.
Here we are at [...]

The Innkeeper

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Scott blessed us a few weeks ago by reading one of John Piper’s advent poems, The Innkeeper. It is a beautiful story to read at Christmas, as it makes us think about what it cost to house the Son of God, and it reminds us to rejoice in the fact that Jesus has overcome death [...]

Big Smile

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Helene has become quite the charmer, and will do much for the attention of her father(me). Here is her big smile, which is accompanied by a snorting sound from sucking air through her nose at the same time.

Yes, that is a tooth. Finally, we can assume our daughter will not go through life [...]

By popular demand: Helene’s Birthday Cake!

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Everyone has been asking if Helene made a mess with her birthday cake or not. Just as we expected, she was very cautious at first. She stuck her finger in the frosting, then gave me a yucky face…she did not like the texture. After I broke it up into chunks for her, and she saw [...]

The new retirement plan for Moms and Dads: Kids!

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

A recent poll in Money magazine found that 39 percent of high schoolers expect to be millionaires by age 40. Currently, 1.2 percent of American adults are millionaires.