“And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,” (Ephesians 4:11-15, NASB95)
Monday, October 06, 2008
Our 14 year old dog Sayrah has had bone cancer and a broken leg for over a month now. She's hanging in there. I took her to another vet recently and she said I'm doing the right thing to not do the amputation, just keep her comfortable, on pain killers and let her enjoy things as they come. We took her to the park yesterday and she hopped around, sniffing things and just enjoying the change in scenery. I recently posted some photos that we took with her.
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See any similarities?
Here we asked Matthew to put his head real close to her.
This is very typical of Claire to get excited and bang on something. But isn’t she just adorable when she’s doing it? Oh yeah, we should discourage this behavior. Oops, I was distracted by her cuteness. 
Family,Thursday, October 02, 2008
Jenn always wanted a sweet daughter to love and nurture. What she didn’t expect was to get a generous amount of spice. Here’s a photo of Claire with the infamous grab the brother’s face move.
Sometimes Matthew grabs her and because she’s just starting to walk she can easily fall over and get hurt. Sometimes we hear her crying and we come to see the aftermath, but we’re not quite sure what happened. Here’s a photo of a precarious situation. Looks lovely and sweet, but it’s really an unstable situation. We just hope Claire can survive her brother’s hugs.
Oh, okay, here’s that sweet girl that we signed up for. This is what makes every bad moment worth the trouble. 
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Family,Thursday, October 02, 2008
Jenn is taking some photos these days. Some of them sat on her point and shoot HP camera for nearly a year. Here’s a photo of Matthew and I at his 2nd birthday party. Yeah, it’s old considering he’s now 3 years old. So it’s actually amusing to see how different Matthew looks. There’s also some photos of Jenn while she was pregnant with Claire.
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News,Wednesday, September 03, 2008
My wise wife has always been on my case about grapes and not giving whole grapes to our children when they are too young. I resistively followed her advice, cutting grapes into quarters whenever we would serve them. On most grocery outings we would skip the grapes altogether because Jenn just didn’t want to have the stress of knowing that a stray grape might be left under a couch for Clarie to choke on.
Currently we struggle with my mother, who still insists on giving cherry tomatoes to Claire. Well, very recently, a young boy choked on a grape in San Jose and is has a severely damaged brain as a result. Read the story at the Mercury News and tell me if your not now convinced that foods like grapes, hotdogs, popcorn, cherry tomatoes can be a severe choking hazard for kids.
Baby Boy Chokes On Grape
Consider, it’s one thing to cut them up, but also consider that if you have older kids even though they may be old enough to eat them whole, it’s very easy for the parent to be distracted, leave the older child to eat his grapes, and then find that the older child had left the bowl of grapes on the floor and the younger one is crawling to get them!
To alleviate the stress of having to keep track of where individual grapes, etc may roll, you may find Jenn’s position easier. Don’t buy grapes until all your children are old enough that they are not a choking hazard.
Family,Tuesday, September 02, 2008
My brother Mike started a new blog where he describes daily experiences as a “fractional pilot”. His life involves spending an entire week flying the country and then an entire week back at home. So a fraction of his life is spent in the air, at airports, hotels, and interesting cities around the country and some of the nearby vacation islands.
He’s a pilot for a private jet company that provides private jet service for people able to pay the huge price tag. So he’s often in nice vacation spots and interesting small airports, describing his experiences. His latest experiences include hurricanes, secret service agents, mexican cola, huge yachts, and more.
For someone who probably barely passed English courses in high school, he has a very nice writing style too.
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