Our First Attempt

This is my first attempt at a family blog. I am hoping that this will serve our families by helping them feel connected and also allow us to follow our children's progress in life. I've never been good at scrapbooking (all my pics are on a harddrive somewhere) and photo albums don't seem to exist in my vernacular, but words have always been my friend. I like writing and detailing history and events, especially when it comes to my children! They are a never ending fountain of material! Funny and trite, spiritual and emotional, truth and jokes...it all seems to flow forth from their mouths. Didn't the Bible say "out of the mouths of babes"? It was definitely true!

Nathan and I are both "talkers"; just ask anyone in our families. There is a story, often told about me, in which I shocked and "out talked" my aunt who was the chatty Cathy in our family then...and I was 4. Nathan loves to communicate with words. He likes to find the perfect word to communicate his feelings, needs, desires. He revels in a well turned sentence. He will spend hours pouring over his business communications to ensure they are precise and professional, honing words and sharpening sentences here and there. It really is no wonder, then, that our children are professional talkers already! I have heard that men/boys use about 15,000 words per day and women/girls use 30,000 per day. At our house I think those totals have to be doubled!

So, needless to say, a blog is the best expression of our family in my opinion. If I get wordy at times, please excuse me...but I find so much pleasure in words that I will tend to get carried away! Feel free to skip ahead at times, if you must, but please enjoy our blog.