Just a quick note to let everyone know we’re back. We shared precious time with two of our immediate family units who are heading off to the mission field this month. So it was a bittersweet time as saying good-bye is always hard.
Then we had to take two kids to the doctors (seems to be [...]
I’m away spending some time with my family before several of them go back to the mission field. I’ll be away from the blog for a time. I wanted to wish all my online friends a Merry Christmas. Here’s a recent picture of our four girls, Emily (5 1/2), Megan (almost 4), Amber (almost 3), [...]
Tuesday was our youngest daughter Rachel’s one year old birthday. It’s been a busy month as we celebrated my wife’s birthday last week, and just returned from South Dakota this Sunday. We’ve been battling sickness as well (strep, pink eye, and the cold), so it’s been a roller coaster few weeks.
Sorry about the dearth of [...]
Yesterday we sent our oldest child to kindergarten. Today she rode the school bus to school. These are big changes for us, but we’re happy about this new chapter of life. Emily is excited about her school, and we trust that she will grow into the woman God intends her to be. [...]
I just found out that, Larry Lawton, a regular commenter on my blog, passed away this Sunday. He was a close blogging acquaintance and online friend. He frequently commented over at Sharper Iron.
He leaves behind a wife and young son (2 years old, or so, I think). His obituary is here. [...]
I’m back.
15 states, 4500 miles, and many an hour with someone crying in the car. Thankfully it wasn’t too many hours of crying.
We traveled to my sister’s college graduation in Florida, and reunited with my parents (who are missionaries on furlough from Africa). We spent some time together with family in a cabin [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!
This Thanksgiving, I encourage us all to spend time thanking God for more than just the food on the table, or the football on TV. So often we sing generic songs of thankfulness for harvest come, and forget to be specifically thankful for God’s working in our lives and [...]
Rachel’s First Night with Us
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Click here for another video, and stay tuned to my family photo blog, for more photos, updates and videos concerning the newest member of the Hayton family.
The arrival of…
Rachel Charity Hayton / born 10-21-2007
6 lbs. 5 oz. / 20.5 inches long
Mom & baby are healthy. Click here for some pictures.
Happy Memorial Day, everyone. I thought I’d post about some of what’s been happening around here.
Thursday, our oldest daughter (Emily), turned 4 years old. That is quite amazing to us. Our daughter is not a baby anymore. School is little more than a year away. And this was the age [...]
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