I’m living with my in-laws. My family is still in “transition” so living with the in-laws is a good thing. (Have I ever mentioned I have great in-laws?). Honeybun and Sunshine are still living in Colorado while I’m here in New Mexico until we can make it work to move them down here. So for [...]
Great day yesterday. Started just hanging around the house. One of our bushes plays host to a number of ladybugs. Bailey loves catching them. Afterwards she was giggling over how they tickle her fingers. We had been looking forward to taking Bailey to see fireworks for the first time. The weather wasn’t wanting to cooperate [...]
Friday mornings are gym class. One of Bailey’s favorite activities there is swinging on the rope over the foam pit. I put her on the rope and let her swing out. This is normally met by her calls of “Higher!”. She has been getting as high as I can boost her for a few months [...]
Another Bailey Laugh
Continue reading about One of my favorite sounds in the world
Honeybun bought me guitar lessons for Christmas. I had my first class on Monday night. Turns out that today is the 50th anniversary of the Day the Music Died. I was practicing a bit in our basement today. Judging from Honeybun’s response, I can’t say the music is really dead, but I seem to be [...]
Happy anniversary Honeybun. Thank you for 12 great years.
The Duggars are expecting their 19th child. I have seen a number of Catholics commending the Duggars for their openness to life (I know, the Duggars are not Catholics but there are many Catholics who celebrate their example). But as their family continues to grow, my unease about their decision to have as many children [...]
Baileyluvudaddy
This evening my wife hosted dinner for some family and friends at our house to celebrate my completion of graduate school. After dinner, Honeybun gave me a graduation gift: the Michael Parkes stone lithograph “An Angel’s Touch.” I first saw Michael Parkes’ art on our honeymoon. The gift shop of the hotel we stayed at [...]
So Honeybun and Bailey got home Sunday night after visiting my in-laws for a couple of weeks. I was helping unpack and took some things downstairs to put away. Of course Bailey followed me. While I was putting things away, she climbed onto the desk chair in front of the computer. The computer was off, [...]
