Sad day in the Leventhal house as we said goodbye to Naiah for a month of doggie camp. We’ll miss her for sure, but it will be good for our little boxer to get trained!
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Doggie Camp
Posted in Family, Photos, tagged boxer, Dog, Family, puppy, training on February 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
What we’ve been doing the last SIX weekends!!
Posted in Family, Kids, Photos, tagged clueless, construction, Family, hammer, Kids, parenting, playhouse, saw on February 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I came home from work back on January 6th and found my son outside with some scrap plywood, some small pieces of 2 x 4 and about a thousand nails. He was heads down working on his project. Turns out he was at the beginning stages of building a playhouse & this was his foundation. [...]
Dear wifey….
Posted in Family, tagged buffalo wings, date night, marriage, wife on February 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Dear Wifey, So looking forward to date night with you tonight! You are the blue cheese to my hot wings, the spandex pants to my 80′s metal band and the frosted mug to my cold beer. Love you now & always. – D to the P to the L P.S. Thanks for sweet note I [...]
Being A Super Hero is Exhausting
Posted in Kids, Photos, tagged Buzz Lightyear, Dogs, Kids, parenting on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sweet Lilly left it all out on the field today! She loves fighting crime…and she LOVES her dog!
Lights, camera, action!
Posted in Kids, Videos, tagged adventure, Death, directorial debut, falling rocks, film, Kids, morale support, sound effects on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Daniel’s directorial debut! CREDITS Director: Daniel Writer: Daniel Producer: Daniel Hiker: Caroline Rock Operator: Daniel Sound Effects: Daniel Video Guy: Dad Lead Morale Support: Abigail Assistant to Daniel: Josh
Itty bitty glimpse into Missy’s world of homeschooling…
Posted in Family, Kids, tagged Facebook, fun things, home school, marriage, parenting, reality, stay at home mom, Twitter on January 10, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I saw that my lovely wife posted something on Facebook today in response to a friend’s comment about how we home school our five kids. The timing was interesting because I’d just read a blog post today that I felt resonated with our life. The blog post was from a site called The Better Mom & [...]
Happy birthday to my uh-mazing wife!
Posted in Family, Photos, tagged happy birthday, marriage, Raiders, SuperBowl, wife on January 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Thirty something years ago a little baby girl was born…induced a couple days early so as not to interrupt the Super Bowl which was to be played on January 9th (in case you’re wondering the Raiders defeated the Vikings to earn their first Super Bowl Championship). That little girl would grow up to be one [...]
Nine years ago today…
Posted in Kids, Photos, tagged Birthday, Dallas Cowboys, first born son, football, parenting, youth on December 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
…our first born son was born – Daniel Ryan Leventhal . It doesn’t seem possible that it’s already been nine years. Daniel – you are such an indescribable joy to me. I love your compassion and your passion I love your competitive spirit and I love the way you comfort the broken-hearted I love that [...]
One Year Ago Today
Posted in Adoption, Family, Kids, Thankful For [T4] on November 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is really hard to believe that one year ago today Missy, Abigail, Lillian & I drove to a civil affairs building in Wuhan, China and met our son – Joshua Chang Shun Leventhal, for the very first time. Getting to know this little boy has been such a joy for us…with his incredible smile, [...]
The Penn State Tragedy: A Deficiency of Love
Posted in Audio, Kids, Spirituality / Theology, tagged Cru, Jesus, Joe Paterno, Love, parenting, Penn State, Sandusky, Tim Henderson on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Like most of you I have been wrestling through the tragedy that’s been unfolding at Penn State. As I’ve read the articles, reflected on boys who have been victimized and spent time with my kids (especially my almost 9 year old son) I have been crushed. This mess has affected my physically & has been [...]

