Category Archives: Family
Something to brag about besides obedient kids.
Yesterday my my two oldest girls and I talked for almost half an hour. They poured their hearts out to me and each other and at one point all three of us were crying. It was one of my proudest … Continue reading
You’re All Loved the Most: A response to sibling competition
Yesterday we split the kids up for a few hours. They each got a separate experience and when they came back together they each started bragging about how special their’s was. Eden said that she got a full hour on … Continue reading
Why we moved to Kentucky…
This is a newsletter we wrote for our friends, family, and neighbors… CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE
Eliminate Tattle Taling [INFOGRAPH]
Explanation of INFOGRAPH If you are a parent of multiple children, your children tell on each other….all…the…time. It goes something like this: One child comes and tells you that another of your children broke a rule. Then our immediate … Continue reading
Letter to Dove
About 2 and a half months ago I sat in a meeting where a 55 year old mentor and and friend read a letter that he had wrote to his son 8 years earlier. It was sobering and inspiring hearing … Continue reading
Family Teams Discussion
For the last 3 years the biggest area of change in philosophy and action has been in regards to how Kami and I see family. This is a training discussion that we lead in our home with about 20 people … Continue reading
Lemonade Stand
This last weekend our neighborhood hosted a garage sale and somehow our kids got the idea of doing a lemonade stand. I wasn’t too excited about it but as the saying goes, “when life give you lemons…make a lemonade stand.” … Continue reading
It’s Not Too Late
I just passed out fliers to our neighborhood for our third annual 4th of July Neighborhood BBQ. Three years ago I organized this for the first time. It felt really weird for a couple of reasons: We are the youngest … Continue reading
The Cost of Living in Community
For the last 10 months we have had a family live in our single family house with us. I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while. This last week they moved out and I wanted to share some … Continue reading
Using Facebook to Expand your Dinner Table
I’m going to try a little experiment and I figured I would post it here for anyone that is interested. I am going to create a special “friends” list with facebook “friends” who live close and are interested in last … Continue reading
