Category: Friends
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Play Date with Neighbors
We are so blessed to have awesome neighbors. Most of our neighbors also have small children, so play dates are easy to arrange. Tami recently hosted a playdough session one morning, which gave us something great to do on a gray day.
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Camp Croix!
I had the great opportunity to go to Camp Croix in Danbury, WI with my church’s teen youth group. While the youth group members sanded, white washed, and painted all of the camper cabins, I cooked for the whole gang. It was a lot of work, especially with Siri on…
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Lasting Friendships
You know that group of girlfriends, the one that lets you completely be yourself? The friends with whom you can let down your guard, say what you’re really thinking, and rely on for straight talk? I hope everyone has a group like this, because I am so thankful for mine.…
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Kids Say the Darndest Things
Some neighbor women and I were out for a walk tonight. We started talking about the funny things that kids say. This reminded us of the show, “Kids Say the Darndest Things”. Remember that one? I thought I would share some with you. If you have any of your own-…
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The Power of Laughter
Do you have a certain picture or set of pictures that makes you laugh no matter what? It doesn’t matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen these people or how old you were at the time or what other craziness was going on in your life during that moment-…
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Won’t you be my neighbor?
I love my neighbors. I don’t think I could use enough adjectives to describe them: friendly, helpful, funny, smart, loving… I feel so blessed to have such a close neighborhood.
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Sprechen sie Deutsch?
Wienke and I first met when I visited Ben in Germany in 2006. But we really hit it off when she traveled to The States in 2010 for a mutual friend’s wedding. While the boys were off doing boy things- like shooting off potato guns and ravaging the nearby Chipotle,…

