Sleep Over

Sleep Over a photo by Joe Jon! on Flickr.

The boys had a couple of friends over for a sleep over tonight. It's loud in this house.

Current Pipe and Tobacco Collection

Current Pipe and Tobacco Collection a photo by Joe Jon! on Flickr.

My 12 favorite pipes in the rack (http://www.twocousinspiperacks.com/) along with a few pounds of tobacco.

The books, bottom to top: ESV Bible, Westminster Confession of Faith with Larger & Shorter Catechisms, The Valley of Vision, my personal journal, two separate/topical journals.

Working Together

Working Together a photo by Joe Jon! on Flickr.

A recent warm day made for great weather to get a little yard work completed. Our two labs Bailey (Chocolate) and Brady (Yellow) seemed to enjoy it, too.

Caden and his Ring Pop

Caden and his Ring Pop a photo by Joe Jon! on Flickr.

He loves his ring pops.

Found this Morning

From Last Night's Storm
Originally uploaded by Joe Jon!

From Last Night's Storm. A 40' tree fell from the woods beside our house into our yard. It was an old, dead tree, so last night's wind toppled it over fairly easily, I'm sure. The storm looked a little crazy for a while. With Ethan, for scale. (Cell cam photo.)

January and February have been so busy, but hopefully things will begin slowing up now that March is here. The Upward Basketball league is finished and the boys had a great time. Hopefully that will free up some time to focus on some things we need to work on.

We had planned on doing some camping in our travel trailer, but with gasoline expected to approach or surpass $4 a gallon, we may be staying home much of the spring. It's one thing to burn $35-40 in gas to get there and back. It's another to pay more for gas than the camping fees and food/entertainment for the weekend. Maybe we'll splurge for one trip, just to say we did.