Category: Life

Extending Kaylee’s legacy

When we lost our daughter last year, we were supported by hundreds of people, many of whom we barely knew or didn’t know at all. We ended up with gift money totaling over $700, presumably to either do something nice for ourselves or cover expenses related to Kaylee’s passing. Our expenses for Kaylee ended up [...]

Thursday September 20th, 2012 in Grief, Kaylee Hope | 5 Comments »

Keeping commitments

Towards the end of last year I determined to post on this blog every day. I kept it going for a few months before scaling back due to the demand on my time, lack of ideas for posts, etc. But since I started this blog, I’ve always posted at least once a month. Which is [...]

Friday August 31st, 2012 in Life | 1 Comment »

Meeting Milt

I take the kids for a walk around our neighborhood 5 or 6 nights a week. There are 9 city parks with playgrounds within a mile of our house and we’ve been to every one. (If that’s not enough play equipment, there are 2 elementary school playgrounds within a mile as well, and if you [...]

Saturday June 30th, 2012 in Burnsville, Life, Relationships | 4 Comments »

Goal-setter

I tend to be a “live for the day” kind of person. I’m not really given to setting goals and then putting together a plan to accomplish them. I can think of a few goals I’ve set out to accomplish before. Here are a few, in chronological order: Win the State Geography Bee (placed 2nd) [...]

Thursday May 31st, 2012 in Life | 3 Comments »

Testing our marriage by playing cards

Jamie and I were at a church retreat this weekend, which was pretty awesome because not only were we with a bunch of great friends, but we were also without all 3 of our kids for the first time since Cameron was born! My parents are awesome! While at the retreat, we played cards twice. [...]

Monday April 23rd, 2012 in Life, Marriage, Relationships | 5 Comments »