Entries from February 2008

February 20, 2008

In Memory

Yesterday my parents took our childhood dog Tipper to play in the backyard in the sky. My sisters and I knew this was coming and that it definitely was time, but it didn’t make it any less sad.
Tipper was definitely an unusual dog.  In her 16 years she never fully behaved like a dog. When [...]

February 15, 2008

About

Dirk and I decided to change our ‘About’ page a few days ago, and I just wanted to let you know. Its hard to do your own bio in one paragraph and try to encapsulate all that you are, and so we didnt. I think we both just wrote what came to our mind at [...]

February 10, 2008

New Laptop

About 3 1/2 years ago my dad graciously offered me one of his old laptops that he was not using any longer so that I would not have to purchase one for seminary use.  That laptop has been a great asset and my workhorse for the last three years.  Unfortunately laptops have more moving parts [...]

February 10, 2008

Pictures for you!

I thought I would go ahead and post up some more recent pictures of Josiah. I have learned that–at least in Josiah’s case–that you cannot make too many gerneralizations about a child’s personality. Up until he could crawl we thought of him as peaceful and serene. When he started getting mobile, we added that he was patient [...]

February 4, 2008

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today I celebrated my birthday with Josiah. We comemorated this day by not doing any laundry, or packing any boxes. While Josiah napped (for 2 and a half hours!) I read blogs and Robinson Crusoe without any guilt. Then after he woke up and hand lunch he graciously accompanied me to a local used bookstore and [...]

February 2, 2008

Birthday Date

Last night(Friday) Dirk and I went on a fabulous date to celebrate my upcoming birthday on Monday. My parents were so kind as to let Josiah have his first sleepover at their house, and we went off to live it up in the Woodlands. We first went to Kirby’s Prime Steakhouse where we had some wonderful, [...]