Cinnamon and Sassafras

September 25, 2015

Mom’s Birthday Bash

My mom just turned 60, the day before Silas turned 5. She decided to just…

September 24, 2015

Five seems like such a big age, you know? I’m having a hard time wrapping…

September 6, 2015

I took Silas and Petra to Long Island a few weeks ago to visit my…

September 2, 2015

The kids and I were talking about picking Chinese names, because we’re about to welcome…

August 22, 2015

I’m normally not a fan of summer. But this one has been mild. We even…

August 21, 2015

My favorite part is when they say, “Happily ever after.”

August 20, 2015

Our church, along with six other congregations in the city, has begun participating in a…

August 19, 2015

Petra is doing a lot of arting around lately, too. I don’t know what she’s…

August 16, 2015

This spring, the Valley Mennonite Brethren CrossRoads Heritage Center (yes, that’s a mouthful) invited me…

August 15, 2015

Silas seems to do better when I lay out what we’re doing in a particular…