a pastor in Austin
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When our oldest daughter turned five, we gave her money to loan on Kiva to begin teaching her about poverty and generosity. Her first loan was to a woman named Nkechi to help buy supplies for her paint shop in Nigeria.
That loan was repaid about a year ago, so last January, Macey got to [...]
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One of these days, we might once again have a place we can call our own.
Last week, the same day we left Seattle, someone looked at our house. They liked it enough to put an offer on it. After a few shenanigans, we reached an agreement at the end of the week. Monday, we [...]
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I made it.
Monday afternoon, I dropped the rest of my family off at the airport, and my dad and I started driving toward Texas. We finished the 35ish hours of driving late tonight (Wednesday).
My butt hates me.
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One of my favorite times of the day is when I get to climb on the bed with my two older kids for storytime. (Sometimes Max joins us too, but his newfound urge to grab whatever is in front of him can get a bit distracting.)
I have discovered that there are some completely uninspired [...]
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Some thoughts from our final day in Austin:
We had lunch with John Berryhill from the Emerging Church Network. I met John in Austin a few years ago as he was helping to develop smaller faith communities throughout the city. I love his heart for cultivating churches that are meaningful for
those who aren’t followers of Jesus. [...]
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6264 air miles traveled
7 nights in a hotel
398 pictures taken
4 theme parks visited
40 rides and attractions
8 naps taken by Ellie (she’s perfected the stroller nap)
1 nap taken by Macey
3 length in hours of nap taken by everyone but me the day after we got home
29 characters met
0 days of rain
169 times that Macey [...]
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Our delightful Macey turns 5 today. She is a typical preschooler who can be a rabble-rouser at times — like just now, when she stole a ball from her sister. But, one of the things we really appreciate is the big heart that she has. We want to help develop that in whatever way we [...]
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I would like to introduce you to that tiny little speck in the middle of the picture. Right now s/he is only 3 millimeters long, but will s/he will grow about 20 or so inches before bursting on the scene in mid-November.
Mommy & Daddy were a little surprised at first…they quickly got excited.
Macey was really [...]
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For over a year, Macey and I have been having existential debates about which of us loves the other more. (They probably aren’t really existential, but that seemed like an important enough word to capture the importance of these discussions.) These discussions go back to the great “as big as I am” debate of September [...]
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Our family blog was pretty much dormant for the fall until we finally added a post a few days ago. Hopefully it will be active again in the months to come as I think I’ve finally found a setup that will work for Sherri to post without having to jump through a bunch of technical [...]
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(Sherri posted about this picture over on our (newly resurrected) family blog.)
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Our family drove up to Austin this afternoon to hang out with the Marlow family. It felt just like we were back in Seattle with them again…especially since it was overcast and rainy all day.
(Before we met the Marlows we were able to get some ice skating in at an outdoor rink at Whole Foods. [...]
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