Lux et umbra vicissum…

Once again, this can’t be a long entry because there are children needing attention. Having five children age six and under is… not fun. There are moments that are fun, of course, but in general I’m splitting up a lot of fights and being called on to resolve a lot of petty issues. Most of […]

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It really started on Saturday. Charis came down with a fever with no other obvious symptoms, and the fever just kept going up. It spiked that day at 104.2, and she was doing her best impression of a dishrag. Since she didn’t have other symptoms, we just did our best to watch her and keep […]

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Vedat’s surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday, March 6th beginning at 7 AM Central Time. It’ll last 8 to 15 hours, so anyone who thinks to be in prayer during that time, your prayers would be welcome. This is an extremely dangerous surgery, but God is in control. To Him be the glory! For updates […]

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I’ll have to type quickly because Charis is just finishing up her cheerios. Once she’s done I need to take her up to bed. I’m taking Branwen to the allergist this afternoon. I just told her she would be getting allergy tests…. I wonder what she thinks that means. Well, whatever she thinks I don’t […]

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This is a test. There’s a lady who’s had a website for her church for some time and it’s not showing up on Google yet. I’m going to link to it here to try to help a bit. I’m not sure how often Google indexes my blog, so we’ll see what good it does… To […]

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Last Monday when we got home from school, Alexis managed to throw up on both of her sisters in the van before we got out. I kept her home from school the next day, but she seemed ok so Wednesday I got her ready for school as usual. We were getting coats on to go […]

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So much has been going on recently that finding time to post is quite rare. Especially since there’s so much to tell when I do post. But I think it’s time I make an attempt to bring the blog up to speed a bit. We’re still in the process of adopting from Ethiopia. We got […]

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I guess I’ll give a few adoption details since my site looks funky if the entries are shorter than the right nav bar. Right… so… where to start… Joel and I began the process to adopt from Ethiopia back in May. We’ve completed our part of the home study now (Virginia’s is rather intensive and […]

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The Potty Dance (aka Pee Pee Dance) is a happy thing when it is performed by a small child, thereby demonstrating that they’re actually trying to keep from annointing your carpet.

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Alexis starts kindergarten in a week. Branwen turns three in less than a month. Charis is 10 months old, can say three words, and is on the verge of taking her first step. We’re adopting two children from Ethiopia. More details as time allows.

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