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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. [...]

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Sweet Lilly left it all out on the field today! She loves fighting crime…and she LOVES her dog!

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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

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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 & [...]

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…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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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Earlier this week Missy sent me an email that contained the image to the right. For the month of November the kids are doing a daily journal on thankfulness & on this particular day Daniel said he was thankful for me – dear old dad.  Here is what he wrote: November 10, 2011 I am [...]

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I’m thankful for another great father/son campout. This is the 3rd year we’ve gone on this campout with other guys from our church! We had a GREAT time! Highlights include: > Lots and lots of whittling (check out my Harry Potteresque wand below) > Dairy Queen > Great weather > Lots of football throwing > [...]

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7 years ago today we were blessed beyond measure by the birth of our second kiddo – my sweet Caroline!  She is such a joy to our family – so full of spunk, energy & opinions! This morning we got up and carved out some special time together.  We started off with a stop at [...]

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