Despite this house’s state of perpetual mess, I have decided that it really should not hold us back in having people over.  So, we invited over our youth pastor and his wife for dinner tonight. With everyone off of school (though Ane was off studying for the impending finals week), this meant that the Webmaster […]

This is becoming an annual tradition at youth group – the ugly Christmas sweater party! Both Ane and Tad had outgrown their previous Christmas sweaters, so I went shopping early for Tad, and Ane ordered a new one for herself over a month ago.  They were totally prepared for this party. Yes, those are caroling […]

Sometimes, those spontaneous get-togethers are just the best. I got a text on Friday evening from Danny’s mom, asking if Tad and I could meet them at the Christmas lights at our church.  We weren’t doing anything important, so why not? Tad and Danny are standing under the snow machine, which goes off every 20 […]

The Christmas lights are up at our church!  The youth group was serving there on Sunday evening, which meant Ane was working… but this year, Tad was there, too. I told Ane that it would be wise to give Tad a very specific job – so they made him a greeter and gave him a […]