Fixing a Broken Promise

Kids are incredible.
Last night Katherine was being quite hyper, jumping and running and bouncing off the walls. It might have something to do with Christmas being so very close, but we still have to keep a tight rein on that kind of noise out of respect for our tenants. Yes, I know… our tenants are [...]

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Katherine the Matchmaker

I have some bad news. Apparently nearly six years of marriage is all Courtney and I get.
Yep, Katherine came home from a long weekend at grandma and grandpa’s house to announce that she was a matchmaker. She then took Courtney aside and started getting her ready to be “matched.” Courtney protested that she was already [...]

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Katherine’s first calling

Katherine got a calling last night.
For about a year now, she’s helped our ward organist post the hymn numbers in the chapel on Sunday, and the ward music chair showed up last night to offer Katherine the calling of Ward Music Number Person. It’s a completely made up calling of course, but the ward music [...]

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Turning 5

I find it incredibly hard to believe, but Katherine is now officially 5.
I kept trying to think of something clever or witty to write for her birthday, but I just don’t know what to say beyond a heartfelt “I love you.”
She’s such a special person to me, and I’m wrapped around her finger even more [...]

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The Huns are Coming

I had to capture this little gem before it got lost in memory….
A few days ago I came home to find Katherine in full princess regalia; crown, jewels, dress, slippers… the works. She had a very stern look on her face, and it was obvious that something very important was happening. She had in one [...]

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A parenting breakthrough

Courtney and I have been seeking for ways to be better parents. We’ve both spent a lot of time praying, reading, studying, practicing, talking, and doing countless other things to try and be better. It’s not that we’re bad, but we really feel a strong need to become better, especially for Katherine.
One of the things [...]

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Favorite Katherine Sayings

Katherine says some of the greatest things, and I’m realizing that I haven’t recorded a lot of them. Before I forget them, here we go:

One of the cutest, and one of my favorite things, that she says is something she does each time I come home. She’ll often run up to me, wrap her arms [...]

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Teaching a child to eat

More a request for help than an actual idea.
Katherine refuses to eat supper. Most nights it ends with her half-finished plate getting dumped in the trash and her saying she’s hungry 15 minutes later. It’s infuriating, and I have no clue what to try next. The thing that frustrates me the most is that we’ve [...]

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But I want to fly

We’re seriously hoping that none of our friends call Child Social Services on us. We promise… we didn’t do it.
Last Sunday, we went over to Nosurfgirl’s house to enjoy a Father’s Day of games and food. Katherine loves it over there because they have two daughters close to her age (soon to be four daughters). [...]

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Chutes and Ladders

Our neighbors had a garage sale on Saturday, and I stopped by to be supportive and see what they had. They just happened to have a real old copy of Chutes and Ladders. I’ve been looking for that game for Katherine for about a year now, but I’m not willing to spend $15 for it. [...]

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