A Time for Sunscreen

I believe God made hot sunny days for boat outings and picnics, don't you? And that's certainly what we did a week ago when the sun shone brightly and the thermometer on the window was getting much higher then it had all summer. Quinn's cousins Mat and Brianna (and their three adorable children: Clover, Juniper and little Oakland) were up all the way from Wisconsin to visit us, so we had to make...

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An Anniversary - Part 2

Day two of our anniversary camping trip dawned rather rainy and gray, but how calming it was to hear rain pattering on the roof in the early hours of the morning. Breakfast was english muffins toasted over a welcoming fire, with candles and our kerosene lamp burning brightly to banish away the dark clouds carrying rain. Soon we were dressed and setting off in the canoe again to explore the rocky...

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An Anniversary - Part 1

Tuesday, July 12th, Quinn and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary.  How very short and very long those two years have seemed, yet still God has been beside us (even when we were not beside Him). Though it's much easier to look back and see the hardships we have faced together, I am determined to remember the good - which is always a much better outlook, don't you agree? Quinn is always...

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