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the latest from my garden

A Duvi-boy update

playing with Landon in the yard

look at those swimmin' muscles!

Lindsey has requested a recent picture of our little buddy. so, here i took these a few minutes ago! We LOOVE him! He'll be one year old on May 5. so we're pretty sure he's 'bout full grown.

Happy Birthday!

Courtney took me to a place in the mall to paint pottery for my birthday! It was so much fun! This is a picture of Courtney with her plate.

what kind of coke would you like, miss soda pop?

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so.... what do you say?

Landon (OBVIOUSLY) says "coke". i'm not sure what i say. i used to say "soda pop", but that really annoyed landon - not sure if i still say it or not.

Spring came knockin' at my door

see the progress of my "garden" compared to a few weeks ago!


our yellow house makes it even spring-ey-er

BUY ONE GET ONE TREE

Just a reminder: If you buy a pair of Chaco's April 25-27 the arbor day foundation will plant a tree in our national forest. click here for participating retailers

Landon in New York

We have had an exciting weekend! Landon's parents came into Chicago to spend time with Justin and Anna and their boys (and us!) as Justin was presenting a paper at a philosophy conference in Chicago. At the same time, Landon flew up to New York to present a paper to a conference put on the The Society of Christian Philosophers at Niagara University. .

It was a very short trip and he says his paper went really well. He brought home some neat pictures of Niagara Falls!

Spending time with family is WONDERFUL!!! Our adorable little nephews grow so quickly and develop such unique and precious personalities. Wow, we just love them so much! and it is wonderful to be with loving family. i am grateful for our relationships with justin and anna and Charleen and Mike - they are such an encouragement in our lives and also really challenge us. I am so grateful that they love God and love us! We are so blessed!

april in africa

just thinking of africa a lot lately. especially that april is such an important month for the kenyans that we love. i've been reading through the blog we kept while we were there, and i miss africa. i miss the children.

the perfect morning

i like days that start like this. and over 60-degrees outside, with brisk winds but lots of sunshine. and a home-made caramel macchiato with colossians. hm....

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