Blueberries + Pancakes

Yum.

Mike

What is Belgian Toothpaste?

www.belgiantoothpaste.com

Quilts for GSO

A local paper ran an article this week about an orphanage our church has been working with for a couple years.  The relationship has meant a lot to our family.  The kids happily accepted a mini-sized Christmas last year when they knew they would be helping other children.  The GSO leadership and the children are constantly in our thoughts and prayers.

This week, the orphanage's founder, Dr. Mbinda, visited us at our home.  Our friends from AFC joined us for the evening as well.  You would think that a conversation centered around tackling herculean socioeconomic issues would be dry if not downright depressing.  Quite to the contrary, we had a great time discussing the various ways we can make a difference in the world.

Mike

2008 Geocaches

2008 Geocaches at EveryTrail


All (37) of the geocaches we've found this year. I still can't find an easy way to log all of these finds with geocaching.com, however, since the Garmin treats them like waypoints.

Mountain Bike Geocaching

Mountain Bike Geocaching at EveryTrail


Rockburn Branch Park has several well hidden geocaches. Seemed like a great way to keep a few kids busy for a few hours. There's still a multi-stage cache we didn't get to. (The first cache contains clues for finding the actual cache.)

Including the ride to/from our house, it was almost 7 miles for Ben (and 1600' of climbing to boot)! When I told him, he asked if I would give him a prize. :p

Mike

"Can we make a leaf pile?"

It's just us boys at the house this weekend. :)

Mike

I've just got to be mii

We got a Wii this year. You get to design your own 'mii' (character). We all drew characters that looked (we think) like us.

For holloween this year, Ben asked if he could be his 'mii'. One of the easiest requests you'll ever get from your kid - to dress up like a characture of themself. Ha!

Mike