happy birthday brother

my little brother to whom i look up to. keep up the good work. happy birthday my brother. i love you.

houston. we have a problem.

“do you smell that? it smells like something is burning.” “i do smell that. is it the shredder? or the light? it smells like a burning motor or something.” well. it turns out it was worse. that burning smell was some smoldering wires behind the...

alone

in the loneliest times i’m reminded that joy is found in the destination and not in the journey.

12:50 – december 11, 2010

our gramps passed away. it was bittersweet. i’m reminded that our joy is found in our destination and not in the journey. the journey is filled with happiness, but our true joy and peace can only come from Christ.

thoughts

it’s december 7th. it has been a crazy day. our gramps is currently in the hospital suffering from a massive stroke. the outcome does not look good as he may not recover. on the flip side i was able to clothe a homeless man and his wife. this could be a new...

time

can someone tell me where the time goes? it is december already. what is up with that. so, for the funny story. we are at church last sunday and heath says outloud, “that man is getting so feeble.” to which kenz replies, “what? that man is...

dinner funnies

for those of you who know our daughters, you will read this and instantly know which one i am talking about. most nights at the dinner table we try to talk about something decent. discuss what the day brought on, what we learned, who we hung out with. but tonight,...

k squared

—> still watching the crazy dog, “paws.” —> achilles is still on the mend. thankfully i have hayashida and associates. —> ayso is still taking up a lot of time, but oh so fun. —> dreaming of fixing up the fixie. —> great lunch...

real good

been spending a lot of time with my parents lately. if you know us, you know what i’m talking about. God has blessed our family with amazing parents. they show our girls what it means to love like Christ loves us. they support us in all that we do. from...