we gave sebastien a set of three whittling knives for christmas this year. can you guess what i am going to write next? tonight he cut his finger. he came upstairs crying, holding his hand out, staring at the blood dripping from the laceration to the floor. he was horrified by the red oozing stuff. […]
Posted on December 26th, 2012 by jkh
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Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, O Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.
Posted on December 18th, 2012 by jkh
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in the car yesterday… wow, we’ve been in the car a lot lately… seb and oren came up with the avengers “band.” oren’s is more of an orchestral band: iron man on piano (because he doesn’t have any weapons except armor) hulk on drums (what else would he play?) thor on maracas (they are like […]
Posted on December 18th, 2012 by jkh
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this morning we pile into the car to go to seb’s orthodontist appointment. it’s super sunny but cold. i have to scrape frost from all the windows of the van before i get to pile in. as we’re driving i say, well oren, the day you were born it was snowy and icy and freezing […]
Posted on December 12th, 2012 by jkh
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so at dinner tonight, as usual, we’re trying to get seb to just eat cause he needs to go to a piano lesson and i remembered that at the last minute and brian got dinner together with just enough time to eat and go. it happens practically every night. not us forgetting to make dinner […]
Posted on October 18th, 2012 by jkh
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he came up with a new term. heartbreaking thunder. it’s when there is a really loud thunder and then you have your mouth open and it goes down your throat to your heart and your heart goes, “squish.” (he didn’t say squish exactly. he made a sound like your heart going “squish” though.)
Posted on August 10th, 2012 by jkh
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seb: i’m going on the front porch. oren: let’s go on the backporch. it’s BETTER! (pretty sure that oren jumps up here with his fist in the air in some sort of gung-ho-type move) seb: i’m going on the front porch. oren: oh, oKAY! (fist gesture downwards)
Posted on August 10th, 2012 by jkh
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brian stole everything i wanted to write about, so i have to improvise. we’re home, sitting at the dining room table with our laptops open. the kids are upstairs probably reacquainting themselves with their bionicles. oh how they missed their toys! it is a scene much like the night and morning before we left on […]
Posted on June 17th, 2012 by jkh
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day 16: i just took a shower. you may think, what’s the big deal, but it’s serious. this is the first shower i have had since may 31. that’s 10 days people. i could count the shower i took in the woods of our campsite 5 days ago, in the shade with the wind blowing […]
Posted on June 11th, 2012 by jkh
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after day five of our trip, the third of lounging at chez hindman in the denver area, we headed farther west to utah. the main attration of our road trip this year is rock climbing in maple canyon, about an hour and a half south of salt lake city. we arrived in the little town […]
Posted on June 5th, 2012 by jkh
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