Demographic Winter. Demographic Bomb

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One. Cool. Dude.

Only a guy this uber-cool

isn't embarrassed by his own drool.

Happy Gus...

Causing Gusper to giggle is a favorite pastime around here. Watch, as we catch Bep
calling him a hobbit and playing peek-a-boo with him!

One sure way...

...to get Gusper to sleep:

The boy LOVES music!

The absolute satisfaction of radishes!

What is this?

(Members of my family may not answer!)

Independence Day weekend...

So much to blog. So little time.

But apparently Kei has had plenty of time today, so if you'd like to see the marvelous, wonderous times that we Engstroms have had lately, check out her blog!

Something to consider...

John Piper, bless his humble heart, wrote this post recently that really grabbed my attention...

Why I Don't Have a TV and Rarely Go to Movies
John Piper, June 25, 2009

Now that the video of the Q&A at Advance 09 is available, I can look at it and feel bad all over again. Here’s what I regret, indeed what I have apologized for to the person who asked the question.

The first question to me and Mark Driscoll was, “Piper says get rid of my TV, and Driscoll says buy extra DVRs. How do you reconcile this difference?”

I responded, “Get your sources right. . . . I never said that in my life.”

Almost as soon as it was out of my mouth, I felt: “What a jerk, Piper!”...

Continue to the rest of the article...

Just a word...

...from John Calvin.

(We'll resume our hey-we're-back-and-this-is-what-we've-been-up-to! posts soon...)

Erik and I found it interesting that even in the 1500's, women were mocked for rejoicing in their roles as mothers and wives. Read what John Calvin wrote:

John Calvin on Women Rejoicing in Their Role as Homemakers

All the chastity they [Nuns] pretend is nothing before God, in comparison of that that he hath appointed, that is to say, that albeit it seem but a vile thing, and a matter of none account, for a woman to take pains about housewifery, to make clean her children when they be arrayed, to kill fleas, and other such like, although this be a thing despised, yea and such, that many will not vouchsafe to look upon it, yet are they sacrifices which GOD accepteth & receiveth, as if they were things of great price and honourable.

Therefore let women study this lesson day and night that first of all they may play the housewives: and if women were the most negligent in the world, yet is there here matter enough to awaken them, and to correct this idleness. And how? If we take pains, we serve GOD, and not men. Again, when a man seeth his wife employ herself all the day long to do her duty, let him also consider whereunto God hath called him, that he also for his part may do his duty. For a man is not born to idleness, nor a woman.

Therefore...let women cast their eyes hither, for there is occasion enough to correct their slothfulness, when they shall see that the question is of serving God. And how? When they fall to kneading (as the proverb is) and apply themselves to good use, & flee not the subjection which God hath set them in: for this is to strive against GOD, when a man doth not follow his vocation, which is our true rule, that is to say, that that we have to do, & what God appointeth every one of us, according to the state, whereunto he is called. Therefore let women have this mark to shoot at, & say, well, although the world have no regard of me, yet must I find myself occupied here, for so God commandeth me. And thus much touching the first, how women have to take occasion to be diligent: and moreover also they have to consider, that when they do their duty and execute their office, God accepteth well of it, although men despise it.

And if men say, “What is this? A woman playeth the housewife, she spinneth on her distaff, and this is all that women can do.” As in deed there are a number of fools that when they speak of women’s distaffs, of seeing to their children, will make a scorn of it, and despise it. But what then? What saith the heavenly Judge? That he is well pleased with it, and accepteth of it, and putteth it in his reckoning.

So then let women learn to rejoice when they do their duty, and though the world despise it, let this comfort sweeten all respect they might have that way, and say, “God seeth me here, and his Angels, who are sufficient witnesses of my doings, although the world do not allow of them.”

More catching up...

Over the past couple of months we...

Played with the baby...ON the baby???

And he never woke up throughout his brother's "fun"...what a good little boy!

We took lots of great pictures of Gus...

We went to a "Tea Party"...

We dressed up and played outside a lot!

We enjoyed our church family and times of fellowship and encouragement...

PapaPyro turned 39, and we celebrated with him. Children, do not try this at home! If Mr. E gives you one of these great birthday "candles", do NOT pretend to blow it out!

We worked hard to get our veggies started...AND got our garden planted!

We (well, some of us anyway!) came down with the Chicken Pox!

(Pickle sleeping off some of the Pox-bug!)

Hello World

We're back from our media fast, refreshed, challenged, and ready to face the virtual world again with caution and joy. It proved to be very good for all of us, and we're so glad we did it. I hope to get some new photo-posts up...the picture above is EONS old (Gusper was just a little babe there, and now he's grabbing for things and pulling hair and becoming more and more a part of our world!). We can't wait to share what we've been up to...So stay tuned!

Bless you all, anyone who might still be out there!
Karen