Mom, Laura, Emily and Benjamin visited with us last week. This is a picture of the only quiet moment that occurred during the visit: No one is arguing. No one is screaming. Everyone is playing quietly…. We had a great visit with them. Two older kids argued about everything that could be argued about, but that is only to be expected from bossy firstborn...

Such a beautiful family…

We went to Middle-O-Nowhere Texas last weekend for a family reunion that was held at a ranch owned by a member of the family. A great time was had by all, and we especially enjoyed all the animals. Lots of old picturesque equipment sitting around the ranch: Mom shared her drink with the VERY pregnant donkey, and suddenly everyone wanted some: This guy interrupted...

I’ve started a new blog. Actually I started it a couple of months ago, but haven’t mentioned it until now because I wasn’t totally sure what I was going to do with it. “Lumps of Clay” is a blog for friends and family for the most part. It’s never gotten much traffic (not that I cared) and I’ve never really advertised it much...

We’re visiting Mom & Dad, along with other family south of San Antonio at what has become their winter home, and the house comes complete with some toys for Jack to play with. Among the toys are some Bible action figures which I find to be rather odd.  The Jesus figure is particularly disturbing. Should we be buying action figures of the Son of God? Is it...