A Daily Dose of Mischief

J was asking why asking facetiously why do people in Europe call soccer, 'football' and in the United States we call football, 'football' instead." S explained that we call it, 'football' because in football there are a lot of 'hikes'.

One year ago today we welcomed Baby B into our family. I can hardly believe it has already been a whole year! Happy Birthday to my sweet baby girl! In the Hospital Blessing Day She's a Smiler! Mischief First solid food Sitting Pretty When did my baby turn into such a big girl? Happy Birthday B! WE LOVE YOU!

In anticipation of a future service project, we drove through a cemetery today to review the extent of the headstone cleaning we will be doing. We visually toured acres of upright headstones (we couldn't read all of the on-ground headstones) engraved with symbols and pictures that helped explain the personalities and beliefs of those memorialized by them. You can't help but respect the people who came before you and ponder about what kinds of experiences they had while they were alive. It was the first time I've been into that cemetery and I was impressed with how nice it was. The cemetery sits on a hill overlooking a small lake spotted with lily pads. The opposite border is padded with a nice evergreen forest. Beautiful blossoming cherry trees guarded the front. I was thinking out loud about how nice it would be to invest in some personal real estate at a this or a similar cemetery. Shortly after a family of deer peacefully walked through the cemetery, J (12-yr-old) piped ...

The other morning our 1st grader was getting ready for school when I walked into the room. He said with a confused tone, "Dad, do you know what? When we have writing at school, [my teacher at school] says, 'take your time and do the best you can.' "...Then half way through she says, 'I want to see smoke coming out of your pencils .'"