Welcome to our House

House of Gjertsen We were eating out the other night at our favorite seafood hangout, which has a TV in the back constantly showing The Blue Planet documentary. Valor studies it for several minutes, looks down at his fish sticks, and asks, "Are we eating dead fish?"

18 May 2013 ~ 5 Comments

Percy’s first word

Percy’s first word

Is it “Mommy?” Or “Daddy?” Or…

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15 April 2013 ~ 7 Comments

can’t stop the beat

can’t stop the beat

Sandwiched between the two theme parks was a lot of really sweet relational catch-ups with a lot of our friends. We could have stayed at least another week and still not visited with everyone we wanted to see.

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15 April 2013 ~ 3 Comments

brother friend

Abby: (notices Percy scoot around the corner into the next room) He’s off.
John: (absently) Yeah?
A: He eats paper.
J: Oh. (hurries after Percy)

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06 March 2013 ~ 12 Comments

Google Voice cracks me up

Google Voice cracks me up

You’ll never guess what’s happening in our backyard.

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02 March 2013 ~ 4 Comments

published!

Today I got another affirmation of my calling: I am now an officially published author!

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