Happy Birthday Violet!
You’ve stepped it up this year Vi! With Kadie gone to kindergarten, you took care of your little brother and helped mommy around the house. You bring the gift of laughter into our house with your silly antics and tall tales.
Here is mommy’s famous birthday video about your fifth year:
May God bless you with courage, love, and peace for this next year!
Happy Mother’s Day!
I discovered a wonderful storytelling app for the iPad, Adobe Voice, which allowed us to quickly put together our Mother’s Day sentiments this year. I highly recommend trying it out if you have an iPad and a desire to tell stories. Check out the two we created.
Happily Nine Years After
For our ninth chapter of our “happily ever after,” we embarked on two health challenges, one ongoing kitchen remodel, and one career milestone.
My Thirty-Fifth Birthday
Coconut ice cream apple pie with colleagues. Barbeque burgers with in-laws. Chow mein with parents. Allergy-friendly apple pie with kids. LAN party with the guys. Weekend date with Jenni. The best gifts from my birthday week.
Happy 2nd Birthday Bruce!
Happy Birthday Bruce! You make us laugh every day with your contagious smile, and it’s such a joy to discover life through your eyes.
Here is Jenni’s latest masterpiece video. I’m so thankful she puts together a video to summarize each child’s year. The second year for each of our kids have been the most magical and most difficult to edit.
The Making of Vernier in Black
“You know, we’ll have to do the routine,” I messaged to Agent R1. I never got a response so I assumed he understood my joke. I underestimated Agent R1—and that’s putting it lightly.
Playing in the Crunchies
Happy 6th Birthday Kadie!
Our First 5K Race
I hate running. I still hate running after running a 5K race this last Saturday. Why did I do it?