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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kids’
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 »
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
A reminder that there are many who are waiting….
Posted in Adoption, Family, Foster Care, Kids, tagged Adoption, foster care, gospel, Kids, parenting on November 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
T4: A Full Quiver
Posted in Kids, Photos, Thankful For [T4], tagged 1000 Gifts, Family, Kids, parenting, Psalm 127 on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Behold, children {whether biological or through adoption} are a heritage from the LORD, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with [...]
T4: My Welcome Home Committee {Video}
Posted in Family, Thankful For [T4], Videos, tagged 1000 Gifts, Family, Homecoming, Kids, parenting, travel on October 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I spent a couple days out of town this week & this was what greeted me upon my return: I sure am thankful for this motley crew of kids!!
T4: A great year of 2nd grade
Posted in Kids, Photos, Thankful For [T4], tagged 1000 Gifts, Family, home school, Kids, parenting, The Covenant School of Dallas on May 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today is Daniel’s last day of 2nd grade. He’s now a 3rd grader & as was the case with Caroline yesterday, we have so much to be thankful for around this year. I am thankful for Daniel’s wonderful teacher – Charme Thongsavanh. This was Charme’s first full year teaching and I’d say that she hit [...]
T4: A great year of kindergarten
Posted in Kids, Photos, Thankful For [T4], tagged 1000 Gifts, Family, home school, Kids, parenting, The Covenant School of Dallas on May 26, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Today is Caroline’s last day of kindergarten. She’s now a 1st grader. We have so much to be thankful for around this year: I am so thankful for Caroline’s amazing teacher – Laura Mountjoy. Laura knew when to push…when to pull back…when to encourage…and when redirect. Caroline has thrived under Laura’s teaching (as did Daniel [...]
T4: Sun Warmed Benches
Posted in Kids, Photos, Thankful For [T4], tagged gratitude, Kids, sun on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We finally got some nice Texas spring weather today – temps in the 70′s! After an hour or so of fun play in the yard little Lilly found a nice warm bench to get some rest. Loved that I was able to grab a picture of our youngest enjoying the warmth!
A properly incentivized 7 year old will do just about anything…
Posted in Family, Funny, Kids, Videos, tagged awesome parenting, crickets, frogs, Kids, motivation, pets on September 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
You think I would have learned by now that with the proper incentive my son will try just about anything…..go ahead and submit my name for dad of the year. You might be asking – why did he have that cricket anyway? Well, he & Caroline caught a couple of small frogs (toads?) in our [...]

