Family
Happy 7th Anniversary
Today was our first full day in OB, and it was lovely. It was especially wonderful as it was our 7th wedding anniversary. I am truly blessed to have Shannon. She is an amazing wife and my best friend. Shannon and Jacob went to the beach for about 2 hours today and had a blast. [...]
Moving Schedule
Packing tonight. Loading tomorrow. Driving Wednesday. Moving in Thursday. Driving back Friday to get Jacob and spend night with parents (who will have Ava). Stay on Saturday. Drive back with whole family Sunday. New life in Orange Beach Monday.
Birthday Pictures
Pictures from my birthday, including my cookie cake, Jacob’s gift to me (see if you can guess which one is his) and the party last night at AWANA.
Family Pictures
Karie, a college friend of Shannon’s, is an amateur photographer and graciously agreed to take pictures of our family this weekend. You can see the photos here off of Karie’s photography blog. It is a nice blog to add to your blog roll if you like photography. Some very good pictures of Ava and Jacob [...]
Sleeping, or lack thereof
Before you have your first child, everyone talks to you about not getting sleep during the early newborn months. I mean, everyone. The first thing they say after congratulations is something about the lack of sleep coming your way. Usually smiling when they say it. Like a freshman hazing or something. And yes, it is [...]
Moving Update
Many of the To-Do list of moving items are getting checked off. We have completed our home inspection and agreed with the buyers the repair list. Not finished fixing all of them, but none are major. Do need to get some spraying done in our crawl space and termite inspection but we several contractors to [...]
Surprised by Sadness
Today, we closed out an IRA account we had inherited from Shannon’s dad. As I looked online at the account and saw its new balance as $0.00, it brought a sadness upon me. It was a very tangible example of his and Mom Varden’s passing. It is not the same as a family heirloom, but [...]
We are moving to Orange Beach
We are moving. Orange Beach Alabama, right next to Gulf Shores on of course the Gulf of Mexico. We move May 20th. Much to say about this move, reasons behind it, etc, but for now know we are just very excited. It has been a subject of much prayer and thought for about 2 years [...]
Life with 2 Kids
I was looking back on the postings I have done on this website over its nearly two years of existence. Since Ava has been born, my postings with written content have gone diminished. I post nearly as regularly, but now my posts are far more likely to be just photos or a video with fewer [...]
Super Jacob Snow Angel and BowGirl
Last week, we had “Super Hero” night in our Wednesday AWANA program at church. When we asked Jacob whom he wanted to be, he said “Super Jacob Snow Angel”, who goes out in the cold and rescues people from the cold and brings them inside and sits them by a warm fire. It is quite [...]
