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I just read an article on the Fuller Youth Ministry blog about the middle 70%. Their contention is that the thriving 15% get a lot of attention and the struggling 15% get a lot of attention, but the middle 70% don’t get much attention. There are most likely right about that, and I’m not sure…
Saturday was one of those days. The details were great. We all woke up early, but we were settled into a pace that didn’t press us. I made pancakes and bacon for the family, which it turns out I love to do. We had a couple of things to take care of for the morning…
I have seen a lot of people doing these and thought it would be a good reminder to me and whoever reads this blog. I could go into my best and worst movies (Kung Fu Panda, The Dark Knight, The Spirit, etc.) or favorite shows (Heroes and Lost) but instead I will mention what really…
We have lots going on for the weekend before Christmas at the Martin house. Heading into the weekend, I set up a new theme for Cathy’s site, Lillyeth. It is basically a portfolio type of theme and it highlights her art a little better than the previous theme. She was recently featured In Flower Magazine…
I am really lame. To start with, the first app I downloaded to my iPhone was the lightsaber. Not particularly useful, but impressive. Proof in the pudding is that when people see it, they don’t care about all the other really cool things it can do. So here I am one afternoon entertaining my girls…
Quite an eventful day at the Martin’s. Elizabeth is potty training which makes the rest of the house extra sensitive to her dance. She has actually done quite well with one BM (Boomer if your from western PA) and two more viscous outbursts actually making it into the potty. We did have two accidents, though.In…
Today, I pick up Cathy at the airport and end my time as a solo Dad. I had a really great time and learned a lot. So here are my lessons learned. 1. Jane is a Pirate, Elizabeth is a ninja – We have said it before, but it was proven again this week. Little…
As a mother’s day gift, I encouraged Cathy to take some time and spend it with her friends and let me keep the girls. So, yesterday morning Cathy flew down to Orlando and my weekend with my two daughters began. What a bittersweet time. I really love my wife and we affectionately call ourselves Team…
I don’t talk a lot about Jane on here, and I realized that I really should. She is just this really sweet girl with a big heart. She loves her family, as evidenced by the picture, and she is generally just lots of fun. Jane is also very spiritually tuned. She often says things that…
Today we ran the gamut of experiences in the Martin household. We awoke to a fine layer of powder this morning that some Alabamians would call “snow”. Having lived in Pennsylvania, (or PA as we call it) I would refer to it as little more than hard frost. But I took some pictures anyway. The…
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