Gratitude journal after 2017 Oregon RV trip

2 minute readThis was mostly written while heading to the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Stuff I’m grateful for: • no rv troubles • no car accidents (although there have been a number of other accidents for the children) • no arguments; and loud chewing and smelly foods have mostly been kept out of the rv (or at least those sensitive to […]

Protected: Malcolm's Fake Dog

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Protected: Amanda's Rat Can

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Celeste's first temple trip

3 minute readHere’s a point-form synopsis of this last weekend’s trip to Vancouver, primarily to visit the LDS temple in Langley. Amanda, Danielle (3 years old), Celeste (9 months old) and me went. We could have tried to do a day trip and left the girls with grandparents, but Celeste is still nursing and the last time […]

My Experience of Parenthood

8 minute readI’m not sure if I really knew what to expect before becoming a parent. I’m the youngest sibling, and didn’t have much experience with kids otherwise (I babysat once or twice). I mostly become a parent because Amanda and I mostly felt good about it, and were given the impression from church that it’s one of […]

Why do we get into family history anyway?

3 minute readI’m not sure if I’ve quite caught the bug, but I do feel some desire to know about my ancestors. But that feeling is certainly not shared globally, and I hadn’t always felt that way. What motivates me to do it: I can visualize my own descendants, and think of myself as an ancestor. I […]

Fortunate error

< 1 minute readYesterday was Labor Day, and Amanda was looking for things to do with the kids while I worked basically as normal (really everyday is a holiday working from home, so most of us don’t usually take holidays off). She thought about taking them to “Tumble bums” (an indoor paid playground) in Langford. So she looked […]

Dishwashers? Where we're going we don't need dishwashers

< 1 minute readClearly, using a dishwasher and putting dishes away is too difficult for most college students. The best technologies, like good friends, accept you for who you are and work with that. I don’t want to get up and put dishes into the dishwasher, don’t have enough dishes to merit another wash-cycle, and don’t want to […]