30 Years – Father’s Day and Arrival in Big Fork

 July 13th, 2026

    Father’s Day! While we were gone on our trip, our oldest child and firstborn son Dalton turned 25. That made Father’s Day the 25th anniversary of “being dad” for Clint. In honor of the day, he received this amazing t-shirt from Dalton’s wife. He loves the shirt and says it’s the nicest tshirt he’s had in years. This from the man who wears clothes from a different century regularly. He wouldn’t buy himself a new t-shirt if we were in a hurricane far from home and the one on his back was ripped to shreds. He would figure something out. The kids and I took him Father’s Day shopping after an out-of-town swim meet (it was a … read more

30th Anniversary Trip – Deadwood

 July 3rd, 2026

      Every good road trip deserves, maybe demands, top tier snacks. And decent fuel prices. All good midwesterners know what this means: Sam’s Club. (Sorry Costco people. Do they do fuel?) Before we left Missouri, we made a Sam’s run. Our favorites are their lunch meat, specifically the roast beef, and Boulder potato chips. We try to cut out seed oils as much as possible, and Boulder cooks their chips in avocado oil. Clint found a box full of mini bags and got a little excited: there were BBQ and salt with malt vinegar mixed among the bags of plain salt chips. This … read more

30 Years – Let’s Burn This Candle!

 July 1st, 2026

        We’ve had a spectacular June.  Charlie turned 20, Dalton turned 25, and Clint and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary.  For anyone keeping track, other milestones this year were Michaela turning 15, Nathaniel turning 10, and Maggie turning 5.  Luke, Mary Caroline, Daisy, and Silas are sprinkled throughout, but without fail from our 5th anniversary to our 25th anniversary we welcomed a baby every five years.  We haven’t taken very many “destination trips” as a couple.  Obviously, this is the first milestone anniversary that we weren’t welcoming a baby. … read more

The Result of Individual Redemption on a Nation

 September 12th, 2025

September 12, 2025, 7:05.  Silas will be 7 in another ten minutes.  We lay in bed longer than we should have this morning, remembering that day seven years ago.  Seven.  There’s something biblically significant about that number. In the Creation account in Genesis, it signifies rest. God’s rest from all His creation work on the 7th day.  In the Law, centuries later, in Leviticus 25, that idea of rest is revisited. Verses 1-12 recount the instructions. “The LORD then spoke … read more

Training Pumpkin Vines

 July 5th, 2024

I’ve been helping Michaela start her gardens this past month.  This particular garden has a variety of pumpkins on the cattle panels, cucumbers and winter squash on the white frames, flowers on the outside borders, and a large space where we’ll add our fall cabbage crop.  We like running our pumpkins, cucumbers, and squash vertically. This is only the second summer we have grown them this way, but they’re absolutely beautiful once the cattle panels and trellises are full. But … read more

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