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I was recently asked to speak at IVCF at CMU on the topic of Christian view of success and vocation. I am supposed to talk for 15 minutes, which will probably go very fast, so I need to be more concise than I usually would be. Our topic for this Large Group is the Christian view of success... (More)

Posted by jondaley on September 14, 2007, 1:43 am
Category: Reviews

Scripture Memory

Hide 'Em In Your Heart scripture memory CDs by Steve Green gets my hearty recommendation for anyone with or without children who wants to memorize scripture in a fun and easy way. We heard about them from our pediatrician (who is a Christian father of young children) and got the first CD from... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 15, 2007, 2:11 pm
Category: Jonathan, Reviews, Bible

New Skills

At the Maggie P, Jonathan learned how to tie knots. Now he ties ropes all around the yard in a great booby-trap for potential robbers (or mail carriers.) He can also put a pillowcase on a pillow without assistance. And finally (to my slight sadness - isn't motherhood weird?)... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 15, 2007, 1:55 pm
Category: Jonathan

Walking Down Stairs

Noah just walked down from the third floor to the second facing forward, holding the railing, all by himself! This railing is lower than normal, I noted with Jonathan that it's a great way to start learning. On another note, Noah has another word, "go." (More)

Posted by joyful on August 11, 2007, 8:33 am
Category: Noah

Vacation and Back, Plus Random

We're back from a lovely two weeks at the best little house in the world. I'll save time (so much to catch up on!) by linking to Janet's first post and you can proceed through all five entries. The boys absolutely loved the sand and water and freedom. It was... (More)

Posted by joyful on August 6, 2007, 10:41 am
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah

Taking His Name

" Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain." Exodus 20:7 (KJV) I've been thinking more recently about what this means. I grew up thinking that it pretty much just meant don't... (More)

Posted by joyful on July 16, 2007, 8:53 am
Category: Bible

Macintosh / Core Fun House

I started a new IT job recently, and the majority of the people there have Macs, so I have been bringing one home in order to learn more about them. They have come a long way in 20 years, when I used to play on a Macintosh SE (with three floppy drives, a nice bonus so you didn't have... (More)

Posted by jondaley on June 24, 2007, 9:10 pm
Category: Reviews

Snowballs in June

The Carnegie Science Center has a promotion that if you bring a snowball in on the first day of summer, they give you free admission. Although this was the first year I'd heard of it, everyone else in Pittsburgh knew about it, too. We'd planned on getting there when it opened,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 22, 2007, 7:38 am
Category: General

Noah's Visit to the ER

Yesterday, Noah poked a coat hanger into his eye. All is well now, but I wanted to post the adventure. My mom wrote up the story after my phone conversation with her, so I'm going to paste that here to save typing. I'll interject where I want to add details or... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 14, 2007, 4:07 pm
Category: Noah

Strawberry Picking

This is the weekend for strawberry festivals and several local farms have pick-your-own fields. Last year, when I was about 39 weeks pregnant, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jonathan and I picked 14 lbs of strawberries at Trax Farms . Jon is on a business trip, but I wanted to get at least some fresh,... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 10, 2007, 5:58 pm
Category: General, Jonathan, Noah

BCF Orchestra Concert Pictures

Our new church has a youth orchestra that Jon has become part of. They did a few concerts at local nursing homes last weekend and I got some pictures and videos. The main reason for this post is to explain the videos. Our camera isn't primarily a video camera, so it... (More)

Posted by joyful on June 9, 2007, 7:27 pm
Category: General

The Report: Jonathan "Drives" A Backhoe

Just before 7:00 this morning, I thought I heard some sounds, so looked out the window to see a pickup truck but no backhoe. The backhoe arrived just after 7 and Jonathan watched out the window while I got ready for the day. Daddy said we could go out to look before breakfast since... (More)

Posted by joyful on May 24, 2007, 2:04 pm
Category: Jonathan

Chef Jonathan

While cooking our breakfast on Saturday, I saw that Heather had put the potatoes on the counter, meaning that we should eat them soon, and not forget about them in their normal storage place. I asked Jonathan how we should cook the potatoes for dinner, and he said that we should make... (More)

Posted by jondaley on May 6, 2007, 8:48 pm
Category: Jonathan

It's Worth Finding A Good Pediatric Dentist!

Last month, I took Jonathan for his first dental checkup and cleaning. He did a great job, asking lots of questions and generally having a good time. But they did discover two huge fillings. The regular dentist doesn't do fillings for kids, so she had us make an appointment... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 30, 2007, 11:40 am
Category: General, Jonathan

Climbing, Writing, Quotes

March 20 - Jonathan climbed over our chain link fence all by himself. March 22 - He was pretending that his cereal was "vitamins" and counting them out to himself, "It's Saturday [eat one]...it's Monday [eat one]...it's Wednesday [eat one]...it's... (More)

Posted by joyful on April 10, 2007, 8:57 pm
Category: Jonathan