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A “mii” is an avatar on the Nintendo Wii. The other night, Colin brought his Wii over, and Karianne made a mii for our friend Barry. It’s a pretty good match! And for those of you who just check this blog for baby pictures, here’s one of Kaeta with her new friend Amelia:

On the radio program Issues, Etc., the host occasionally plays a sermon and analyzes it using the following criteria: How often does the sermon mention Christ? Is Christ the subject of the verbs? If it mentions Christ, and He’s the subject of the verbs, what are those verbs? In a Christian sermon, Christ should be […]

In my first month living in Pittsburgh, I remember driving a carload of friends from school down to the [insert unpronouncable Indian name here] river to go rafting. On the way home, I realized that my fuel gauge was way below “E,” and there were no gas stations along the 50 mile drive back to […]

The dog came home! His name is Marty, he’s a miniature Schnauzer, and he’s 7 weeks old today. Here’s some video of him from the past couple of days: [Download Video, 2.1Mb] We also posted some photos of him here. Kaeta loves playing with him, although she sometimes acts a little jealous of the attention […]

Today is “Fat Tuesday,” the day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the season of Lent in the church. Fat Tuesday is also called Shrove Tuesday, or (in the UK and Australia) Pancake Day!1 In French or Catholic areas it’s called Mardi Gras, which is French for “Fat Tuesday.” Apparently in the ancient […]

Until a couple of weeks ago, I estimate I had only completed around 3 crossword puzzles in my life. I don’t know why, I just never thought I could do them. But then my friend Johnathan, inspired by the movie “Word Play” (a documentary about crossword enthusiasts), decided to make his own crossword. I worked […]

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Okay, so the cat (er, dog?) is out of the bag. Meet the new Kurth! Isn’t he adorable? He will be coming home with us in a few weeks, but for now he is still too little to leave his momma. These pictures were taken last weekend when we first met him. We’ll post more […]

Surprise! There will be a new addition to our family soon. More details to come, but for now, please post your guesses as to whether it will be a boy or a girl, and your guesses/suggestions of what the name should be. Extra points if we pick your name. 😉

Well the ice has all melted and things are pretty much back to normal around here again. Looking outside now you would never know that just a few days ago the entire area was covered in nearly an inch of ice. The whole experience *almost* reminded us of what our life was like back when […]