Archive for '.family.' Category
.my proverbs 31 woman.
9 September 2008last week for oleah’s birthday we went to the top restaurant downtown per a colleague’s recommendation. the top has now become one of our top 5 gainesville restaurants–great food, amazing selection, great service, funky ambiance, fair prices. will definitely go again sometime. in honor of continuing to celebrate my wife, i found this parallel that i […]
.a beautiful woman to celebrate.
4 September 2008today we celebrate my beautiful wife’s birthday. i’m so thankful for the wonderful person that she is and how she is being perfected every day. (philippians 1:6) i’m so blessed to be married to her for six years. this morning i bought her “the finest muffins and bagels in the land” (kudos to you if […]
.how they make movies.
31 August 2008from the mouth of my oldest. “first, the actors pretend. then the cameramen record. then they make the dvd. and then they make the case. that way we can watch the movie.” she came up with all that herself. i’m impressed.
.husbands & wives.
26 August 2008this weekend i officiated over two very special weddings. officiating weddings is one of my favorite honors and privileges as a minister. lots of detail (’meticulous’ is my middle name!) go into such a special and momentous occasion. the first wedding was that of dan and sereen on saturday. the ceremony and reception were both very elegant, and […]
.teppan yaki, florvag, and dhosai.
11 August 2008what do those three have in common? all have something to do with our 6-year anniversary last weekend. it’s hard to believe it’s been six years since we were married! i remember the wedding day like it was yesterday. oleah really has been the perfect complement to my inadequacies, and i’m so thankful for that. […]
.date night revolutionized.
1 July 2008last week, we traveled to st. louis, missouri, and tan-tar-a resort at the lake of the ozarks for a pastors conference. it was a wonderful time to get rejuvenated and encouraged scripturally and have many examples of godly men and women around us. the theme of the conference was “the joys and trials of a […]
.new dishwasher.
30 June 2008our dishwasher has been broken for a couple of weeks. we now have a new dishwasher which is much more efficient. the new dishwasher does not wash knives or large pots and pans, but she does a great job with everything else. although the new dishwasher is 4 years old, i’d much rather have this new one because […]
.>1 laugh/kid/day.
15 June 2008in honor of father’s day…the past several months i’ve been trying to maintain a very simple, practical way to foster great relationships with each kid. my goal is to make each of my children laugh at least once each day. it’s not that hard at all since they’re so playful and fun. since my time […]
.what’s in a name?.
11 June 2008i was “rummaging” through my old electronic files today and came across this gem, written shortly after #2 was born.
we decided to name her, in the language of the Old Testament, “house of praise.” Additionally, in nerdy terms, her initials are hv (which is planck’s constant times the greek letter nu, which looks like a “v”), which is […]
.first recital.
7 June 2008#1 had her first dance recital last night. she plays a cute little ladybug and her costume is adorable! the theme of the recital is the seven days of creation. i was impressed at how evangelical the whole evening was. this was the first recital from that studio we’ve seen, so we didn’t know what to […]