We are pleased to welcome Jonathan Ian Carlson to the family. He was born 21:31 10 April 2010 at St Joseph’s hospital in Tacoma, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs 5 oz and measured 20 in. May he grow up to love Jesus as his Savior with all of his heart and live for him! He […]

…or maybe just a good excuse to buy a new camera… Tonight we were out at the farm looking at the new calves, jumping into hay and going to Pop-pop’s cabin. We also went our to a well-type thing out in the field where we’d seen a bunch of snakes earlier and where Drew and […]

Well, we made it here just fine. We had a pretty good trip out, thanks to Delta and Midwest Air. The kids enjoyed the flights. It really was the first for Gavin & Fiona, at least for all practical purposes. And it was great flying with kids who can walk (no stroller) and use the […]

Last week at Awana the kids in Drew’s class were assigned to read Judges 11:34-40 and answer a question (Did Jephthah do to his daughter what he vowed to do? i.e. did he sacrifice her?). We, his parents, didn’t hear about this, but last weekend at Opa’s (Grandpa’s) house he asked Opa to read him […]

Pueblo Nuevo wasn’t the ideal place for learning to ride a bike and we never got around to getting a bike for Drew. So we were just bad parents… So when we got to Tacoma last year we found a bike (two, actually) at a garage sale and set out to teach Drew. Well, we […]

Today, walking home from taking Drew to school, I saw a bald eagle gliding over the trees just past our house. There’s one that lives somewhere near here. We’ve seen it (and another) many times. And that got me thinking about how much we’ve enjoyed being here. University Place is definitely “suburb”. It’s definitely not […]

8 hours driving time. 528 miles. 3 states. 2 time zones. 1 stop for gas and food. 2 mountain passes. 2 stops for the views. 2 snowstorms. 2 rain”storms”. 129 strong gusts of wind. 5 Adventures in Odyssey stories. 2 Thomas the Tank Engine episodes. 1 movie. That’s our trip from Boise by the numbers! […]

Well, after a full day here, we’re mostly packed, the kids are in bed (Gavin’s fall-asleep time: 5 min; Drew’s: 15; Fiona’s: 30), the gas tank is topped up. We’ll take off about 8:30 am and gain an hour pretty early on (!). Hopefully we can find a place to eat at roughly the five-hour […]

The Pipers have a back yard full of puppies here in Kuna–4 dogs and 8 puppies (they’ve sold 3 from when we first arrived). Last week Gavin and Fiona helped give the puppies a bath. Here are the results:

We got our little dose of global warming in Idaho today. Ok, maybe that’s a tired little joke, and very unoriginal, but here are some of the photos: Update: ok, strike a blow for global warming. The snow is gone and our snowmen are lonely–they’re freaking out it’s so warm! Actually it’s freezing tonight and […]