Deep Dish Pizza!

I know.  I’m spoiled.  I have a husband who loves to cook.  And he usually voluntarily takes over meal preparations on the weekends.  And we always eat very well!  Today he decided he’d like to spend his day off learning how to make from-scratch sauce and crust …



for deep dish pizzas!  Wow.  Delicious!  And already gone! J

Run for Mukhanyo 2014

Today Luke, Emma, Ruth and Robyn (and Henry and Hazel to some extent!) participated in the Run for Mukhanyo.  Morgan Lewis, a young lady from our church, has organized this run for four consecutive years and this is our family’s third time to participate.  Morgan’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rettig helped to found Mukhanoy Christian School for orphans and other underprivileged children in South Africa.  When Mrs. Rettig passed away on Columbus Day 2010, Morgan wanted to do something to honor her grandmother’s memory and to support her vision for Mukhanyo School.  She also wanted to find a way to use her passion for running to get local children involved in helping those across the world from them.  Here are just a couple of shots from today.  Click on any image to see the whole album (and some video!).

Ommmm ...

We were playing a board game with “amulet” tokens.

Ruth: Is it AM-ulet or OM-ulet?
Mama: AM-ulet.
Ruth:  Oh, right.  An OM-ulet is something you eat.

Growing Up

Robyn: I want to grow up because I want to have kids and pick the videos and have cupcakes.  But I don’t want to grow up because I don’t want to have kids and all that trouble.