Tag: Avery

  • On a So-Called “Black Friday”

    It’s amazing what a day will do. You go from happy, fun Thanksgiving to this intense, maddening holiday rush where sleepless people wait all night to save $20 on a big screen. I was a little sad to be out the States yesterday, but I’m not missing “Black Friday” at all on this side of…

  • Avery’s 3rd Birthday Party

    We enjoyed a wonderful celebration today of Avery’s little life and were blessed by many friends joining in the fun. As I wrote yesterday, Avery’s birthday is actually next Saturday but with Thanksgiving and traveling many people weren’t going to make a party the weekend after the holiday. So instead of trying to make that…

  • Prepping for a Party

    Even though Avery’s birthday is a week away (Nov. 29), we’re having a birthday party for her tomorrow. Bethany has been hard at work today getting things ready or tomorrow’s special day. As I write Bethany is meticulously cutting colorful paper into pinwheels. You know…she’s making the party pretty. That’s why you see the flowery…

  • Our First International Team Meeting and an Avery Update

    It’s called “iTeam.” No, it’s not the new Apple product that launched today, but it’s still something amazing. The International Team (iTeam) is the team that Bethany and I are a part of with Josiah Venture. This is a group of people who are broken down in to small teams but provide support and care…

  • Avery’s Ouchies

    The doctor is not in. That’s what Bethany, the kids, and our friend Kristin found out this morning after they walked to the pediatrician. The door was locked and there was a note explaining that the doctor was on holiday. Another doctor’s hours were posted (shown above), but of course that doctor didn’t hold hours…