An old post and a brief update UPDATED
I'm gonna do the thing that bloggers do when they are really, really busy but they want you to know that they haven't died, and that is that I will post one of my favorite posts from the past with a teeny update. Here's the teeny update: I'm finally over my cold. And...
read moreA quick question about Jesus
Hey guys. I have a quick question about Jesus. It doesn't matter what your religious orientation is, because I think we can hopefully all agree that he was a great man who taught a lot of good principles, so I'd love to hear your input. To some of us, like myself, He...
read moreLesson in obedience–aka sometimes FHE doesn’t go as planned…
The other night during Family Home Evening: Lolly is giving a lesson on obedience. Anna: Ouch! Tessa [our one-year-old] is pulling my hair! Lolly: Tessa, no! We don't pull hair. The lesson continues. Tessa pulls Anna's hair again. Anna: Ouch! Ooooouuch!!...
read moreA Patriotic Unicorn Post by Lolly
Hey y'all. This is Lolly. Last Sunday an idea for a post came to me. I told Josh about the premise and I tried to get him to write it, but he thought I should write it myself. So you're stuck with me for this post. I wanted to share some feelings about America and...
read moreThe Shoe Story: A Treatise on Conflict in Marriage
It has to be said: Lolly and I fight. I've gotten comments from some really sweet people who have been following our story saying things like "watching your marriage from afar and seeing the connection between you and Lolly makes me feel deficient in my own...
read moreMuch Ado About Nothing + a video of Tessa + a FAQ answer
I had one of those "duh!" moments yesterday about the whole forum vs. Facebook thing. I was really into it--reading thoroughly everybody's input about why a forum would be better than Facebook or vice versa (which by the way, thanks so much for that, I wouldn't have...
read moreThinking–and a question
Lolly is out walking with some friends, and I'm sitting here, reflective. If this were one month ago, I would be trying as hard as I could to think up some funny or awkward moment of my life to transform into a humor post. Today, I'm allowed to actually speak. I...
read moreWhen Nightline comes to visit, your kids WILL be awkward.
Oh man. Okay, so last post was a philosophical discussion about being "gaymous." (Did you see what I did there?) The comments on that post are absolutely beautiful, and they helped Lolly and me immensely. I went to the temple yesterday morning, and several of the...
read moreExhausted. Worried. Nightlined.
I wrote this post last night (Wednesday) and then fell asleep before posting it. And now it's really late Thursday. But it's talking about Wednesday. Even though it's Thursday right now. I'm really good at clearing up confusion in dates, huh?...
read moreConversation Snippet: Tessa’s birth (UPDATED with a discussion about comments)
Putting Anna to bed. Anna: Daddy, I want to tell you about when Tessa was born. Me: Okay, sweetie. Anna: Well, Mommy was pregnant. And her tummy was really big. Me: Uh huh. Anna: And little Tessa was saying: "It's time for me to come out...
read moreA tooth fairy story and an update on how we’re doing
Howdy folks. Well, we've been pretty swamped here at Weed Central. Today was probably the first day we felt any kind of "normal." We had Viva's co-op pre-school graduation, and then we hung around and talked to the other co-op parents, and it was really nice....
read moreNotes before we head home (And answer to the question “When will you tell your kids?”)
You guys. You guuuuuuys. This really crazy thing happened when I outed myself on my blog, and I'm not sure if you noticed, but it blew up everywhere, and now it feels like my life will never be the same. Let me just take you through a few of the new experiences that...
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