Pictures
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Laura Marie’s Camera Smile
There comes a point in every child’s life where they learn to “smile” for the camera. I just never expected it to happen at 15 months! As you can see, Laura Marie has developed her own special camera smile. Continue reading
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Laura Marie’s Baseball Card Collection
Laura Marie may be only 9 months old, but she’s already building her baseball card and autograph collection. Her first baseball card was a 1991 Donruss card of former All-Star Bobby Bonilla. I gave it to her to help her start her collection. She promptly proceeded to bend it and chew it, as you can Continue reading
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Separated At Birth: Inanimate Object Edition
When the local snow plows were scraping Route 50 here in West Ocean City, as usual they smashed up our church mailbox. I hope this is not becoming an annual tradition. Anyway, when I looked at the warped, twisted mailbox, there was something strangely familiar about it. Finally I realized what it was. Compare below: Continue reading
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Celebrate & Serve: A Call to Commitment
We wrapped up the series Celebrate & Serve on Sunday at CrossWay. We reviewed our mission, vision, values, goals and strategy. Then we brought it to a personal level and explained how each individual can personally be involved in helping the church achieve our goals for this year and work toward fulfilling the vision. A Continue reading
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Laura Marie’s Cute Little Face
Oops, I never posted this picture from last week’s sonogram. Here’s Laura Marie at 36 weeks: Continue reading
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Packed and Ready
Carolyn is at week 37, which means that Laura Marie is now technically considered full term. So the family bags for the trip to the hospital are now packed and waiting on the living couch for the big moment. From left to right: Daddy’s bag, Baby’s bag, Mommy’s bag: In case you’re wondering why the Continue reading
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i am second
This Sunday at CrossWay Church we’re starting a new sermon series called “i am second.” I’m pretty excited about it! It’s something that several pastors in the community have been working on for a few months. The idea came from a website by the same name. You should check it out at iamsecond.com! It has Continue reading
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The Other National Pastime
When my younger brother Dylan and I were kids, we used to amuse ourselves by taking baseball cards and doctoring them up a little bit. Recently I came across a few samples: Continue reading
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Two-Dollar Catheterizations at McDonald’s
One of my brothers refers to McDonald’s as “McLaxatives” because of the unintended medicinal value of their food products. Now they have apparently decided to expand their healthcare services. At the McDonald’s near my house, they’re offering help–and comparatively inexpensive help–for those who are having difficulties ridding their bodies of liquid waste products. Here’s the Continue reading
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Little Laura Marie’s Foot
For my latest painting I decided to paint my favorite picture from Laura Marie’s first sonogram. Here’s her precious little foot after 19 weeks in the womb: Continue reading
Surfing the Inner N8 