TreasuresInTerraCotta

I love babies.  Especially when they are small and scrunchy.  Especially when they are mine.  Andrew loves the baby!  This was literally the first bottle we gave him after coming home.  Andrew had to be involved.  "Baby.  N-ilk"  What's not to love about a burrito baby! I love Size NB!  They don't last long, especially when the little one starts out at 8 pounds, but they sure are cute. Tyler:  "Where's Andrew?" Me: "Probably in the crib with the baby." And this is how Calvin has been spending his time.  

Meet Truman Nicholas Vogt Weighing in at 8# 5oz, 19.5". Strong and healthy

As the saying goes, "Use the right tool for the right job!" I always thought this was a cleaver man-saying in order to get more tools or gadgets. I never would have expected that one of the Right Tools for Homeschooling would indeed come from the garage.  Do you know what this is? It's a 165 foot tape measure!  Why do we have it? I don't know. Do we use it a lot? No, not really.  But we have used it see size and distance comparisons between the earth, moon and sun.  We stretched it out along our street to see how long the biggest dinosaur might have been (100 feet).  We measured the distance that kangaroos can hop (30 feet).  And this week we learned that the largest animal on earth, the blue whale, measuring 108 feet, would not fit in our backyard.  At least not it if was lying straight.    So what have I leaned?  The right tool for measuring long distances is a LONG tape measure.  Maybe it's just...

A few months ago a friend of mine told me a story about a local ministry. A ministry that reaches out to a population I have virtually no experience with. A population that has never even been on my "radar screen." A population that seems so far removed from me that I don't even know why God would soften my heart.  But God is softening my heart.  He is pushing me along and giving me compassion I didn't know I had.  The ministry is called Cord of Hope and it reaches out to dancers in men's clubs.  Since that brief introduction months ago, I have invited myself to be a part of this ministry.  Unfortunately, I had to miss my first meeting this weekend but God has been faithfully giving me reason to think and pray about this ministry.  Today I began to wonder about the name Cord of Hope and could only assume that the name came from the story of Rahab and how she hung a scarlet cord...