Posts by: Noel

Moments as Molecules

By On Sunday, 10 July 2011 · 1 Comment

I love the face of the guy when his son spills the bowl of spaghetti on the floor. I have so been there. Actually a lot of the points in this video really resonated with me today. After a long night with Cooper last night, I was feeling dejected about parenthood. (I really thought he [...]

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Summer Loving

By On Tuesday, 21 June 2011 · 4 Comments

Hope you got the most out of your longest day of the year. We took advantage of the extra daylight and went on a family bike ride to get ice cream. Happy first day of summer!

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Curmudgeonly tendencies

By On Monday, 9 May 2011 · 2 Comments

I just went for a quick walk outside. It is such a nice day out. Sunny and a bit breezy. Warm, but not too warm. It kind of makes me sad to be inside working. The strangest thing happened while I was out there too. A skinny kid (maybe 14) on a skateboard with too [...]

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By our powers combined…

By On Friday, 22 April 2011 · 2 Comments

Happy Earth Day! Since I know only one other person besides us went and watched the really awesome documentary I posted yesterday, I’ve made a list of some of the easiest and most effective things we all can do to use less energy in our very own homes besides things like unplugging [...]

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Power Surge

By On Thursday, 21 April 2011 · 2 Comments

I hear this is a great documentary on the state of clean energy innovation. It’s tone more hopeful that you might think. Just wanted to give you something for your viewing pleasure to gear everyone up for Earth Day. Below is a 30 second preview.

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Cooper sipping the sippy cup

Breakthrough

By On Tuesday, 29 March 2011 · 11 Comments

After months of expressing no interest in learning to crawl, lo and behold:

He has also been sipping from the sippy cup on his own. We are so proud.

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Our little artist

By On Sunday, 23 January 2011 · 3 Comments

Cooper really likes to play with the iPod. All the colors and moving pictures can keep him quietly busy for several minutes, which is especially convenient at church. We have an app that essentially turns the iPod into an expensive etch-a-sketch, allowing you to draw with your fingers on the screen and shake [...]

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Because I couldn’t help it

By On Saturday, 11 December 2010 · 5 Comments
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The flambouyant matador’s most unusual chili

By On Sunday, 31 October 2010 · 9 Comments

Happy Halloween! We went to our church’s Halloween dinner/chili cookoff/spooky dessert contest/game night/trunk-or-treat/costume parade last night. Naturally we had to put in our efforts in the food categories. Although Audrey’s double layer pumpkin cheesecake didn’t win any official prizes (Audrey wants it clearly noted that there were no awards based on taste for the desserts), [...]

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Carol Jean Mitchell

By On Tuesday, 31 August 2010 · 8 Comments

Friday morning I awoke to NPR as I do most mornings. They played a segment from the Story Corp project that really tugged at my heart strings. The clip was of a man [...]

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