Our Daughter: The Writer

We mentioned awhile back that an online magazine called Mindflights had bought the publishing rights to one of our oldest's short stories. Since then, they also bought one of her poems. And now, both of them have been posted on the Mindflights website.

So go here to read about the Vegetarian Dragon





Or here to read a short poem called Fey Stranger

You'll notice that she has used a "nom de plume" which is made up of a name based on her initials and part of our town's name. Quite creative, actually.

Anyway, we're pretty proud of her and just wanted to shout out the news to all we can.

Thanks, Mom!

You know how you get embarrassed when mom pulls out the photo album and starts showing those old baby pictures and things. Well, my mom was nice enough to put it on the INTERNET!! She's been doing a lot of work on our family tree over at Ancestry.com, and told us to go check it out.

Actually, it was pretty cool. She's traced us back to the 1600s in Ireland on one side, and in the midst of that tree is a genuine hero. Lt. James McGuire, my great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather on mom's side, fought along side Daniel Boone in Kentucky. In fact, he was killed in action during the Battle of Blue Licks, KY, considered to be the last battle of the Revolution. There's an historical marker with his name and everything.

But, anyway, back to the original topic, the kids were looking at the site with me and we started going through the pictures Grandma had posted. And lo, and behold, this comes up.

That's right, Me, at two months old with my big brother, Mark. Right there (and now right here I guess, on the Internet). The kids loved it. So thanks, Grandma. I'll see if I can dig something up to pay you back with!

The Homeschool Family

Thanks to Terri at the Back Deck for pointing this one out. This is fantastic!!

Vacation/Family Conference

Our family just returned from a week in Branson, Missouri. And while part of it was dedicated to fun and games, the primary reason was to attend the Defending Your Faith Family Conference, sponsored by Answers in Genesis.

In the next few days I hope to have some fun pictures and things here, but for the serious reviews of the conference, go to Dad's site here.

Aaarrrgghh!

I’m not so sure that pirates and four-year-olds are the best mix. But ever since the Veggietales movie “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything” back in January, we’ve had a little buccaneer in our house. And he requested a pirate birthday. So, being the overindulgent parents that we are, that’s what Kaptain K got. On the bright side, Cheryl had the opportunity to try out her creative cake making skills. Personally, we all think she did a pretty good job. Bottom line, we had a pretty fun birthday and Kenaniah was overjoyed.

Happy Birthday, Kenaniah!!