Grass-free Walkway

I got Milly up this morning, fed her, then, when Amanda got up, I mowed the lawn.  When I finished mowing the lawn I decided to start pulling up some of the grass that was growing over the walkway in our front yard.  I had poured boiling water on some of it before, and that […]

No Hurricane Earl Worries

Hurricane Earl continues to not worry me in the least.  I’ve heard all kinds of chatter about it on Facebook and such, but look, people, the storm isn’t going to hit Wilmington.  Wind will be in the mid-teens and it will rain a bunch tomorrow.  Friday there will be a little less rain and no […]

Nick and Amy Return

It’s been a while since we’ve hung out with the Warkentiens, through nobody’s fault, of course, except that our family and theirs both had a lot going on over the last month and some change.  So today Nick called us about all going to the Children’s Museum downtown, but they ended up taking a nap […]

Eli’s Purple Shorts

There was a small group leaders meeting tonight.  Amanda went while I stayed home to watch Eli for Nick and Amy, who were also going, and Milly.  The Millster was napping when he was dropped off and he entertained himself for a bit so I was able to do a little work.  By the time […]

Felix Day

Joel dropped Felix off at about 8:30 this morning and Mia picked him up at about 3:30, so Amanda and I got a small taste of what it’s like to have two small kids.  It wasn’t as hard as we thought, but then again, it was only seven hours. Joel and Mia both had to […]