• 7 year-old Hard to believe it but our little girl is seven now. It was her birthday on Friday. We had a nice low-key day. It was their last day of school before…

  • 7 year-old

    Hard to believe it but our little girl is seven now. It was her birthday on Friday. We had a nice low-key day. It was their last day of school before the ‘ski…

  • Ski de Fond au Clair de Lune Last Friday night I went on an evening ski trip with a bunch of guys from the French church that we partner with plus three of…

  • Ski de Fond au Clair de Lune

    Last Friday night I went on an evening ski trip with a bunch of guys from the French church that we partner with plus three of us from our church.  {tip of the…

  • Elevation

    It’s cool and rainy here today. Well, at least it is here at our house, it’s snowing just a little bit up from us. That difference is one of the things that struck…

  • Elevation

    It’s cool and rainy here today. Well, at least it is here at our house, it’s snowing just a little bit up from us. That difference is one of the things that struck…

  • Learning quite well

    The other day Micah and I were driving home having dropped the older two off after their (two hour) lunch break. As we approached the village boulangerie he piped up from the back…

  • Learning quite well

    The other day Micah and I were driving home having dropped the older two off after their (two hour) lunch break. As we approached the village boulangerie he piped up from the back…

  • There is a new type of train service here in France.  They have decided – it would seem – that riding on the regular old TGV is no longer cool enough for 18-35…

  • How did we get cover the nearly 1200km for a round trip to Paris and still make it worth while to only be there one day. This is how. The TGV. Train à…

  • iZap

    There is a new type of train service here in France. They have decided – it would seem – that riding on the regular old TGV is no longer cool enough for 18-35…

  • Train at Great Speed

    How did we get cover the nearly 1200km for a round trip to Paris and still make it worth while to only be there one day. This is how. The TGV. Train à…

  • Paris

    We had a very quick trip to Paris – it was a mere 24 hours and 8 minutes from the arrival of our train on Friday – until our train pulled away from…

  • Paris

    We had a very quick trip to Paris – it was a mere 24 hours and 8 minutes from the arrival of our train on Friday – until our train pulled away from…

  • l’Opera The reason we went to Paris this weekend was for a chance to see my cousin Nathan singing the role of Achilla in GF Haendel’s opera “Giulio Cesare”.  When describing this opera…

  • l’Opera

    The reason we went to Paris this weekend was for a chance to see my cousin Nathan singing the role of Achilla in GF Haendel’s opera “Giulio Cesare”.  When describing this opera Le…

  • Today What did we do today? Well I’m glad you asked.  It started with Matea getting on board the vommit-express at 3AM  (which had stops every hour on the hour) and not giving…

  • Today

    What did we do today? Well I’m glad you asked.  It started with Matea getting on board the vommit-express at 3AM  (which had stops every hour on the hour) and not giving that…

  • I am powerless in this situation. So (as previously discussed) our car is an Opel Zafira.   Opel is a German manufacturer – which is good – because that’s about the only positive…

  • I am powerless in this situation.

    So (as previously discussed) our car is an Opel Zafira. Opel is a German manufacturer – which is good – because that’s about the only positive thing this car has going for it.…