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House of Gjertsen Welcome to the new face of the House!

It’s a new time and season for us in our new home in New Bern, NC. Spend a few minutes with us and see the big and little ways that God is showing off his grace in our lives.

Abby ~ 14 July 2010 ~ 3 Comments

69 seconds of fame

69 seconds of fame

Valor’s Superman video was recently featured on our friend Jen’s new blog, EPBOT. He shares the post with his young ninja friend, Isaiah (or “Mister I”) who used to come play with us once a week. Step back in time a moment and remember how… Those buddies used to laugh together… Cry together… And recount [...]

Abby ~ 06 July 2010 ~ 7 Comments

leaps and bounds

leaps and bounds

After a month or two of backing up, Valor passed the 10-month mark and sprang into action, developmentally speaking. First, he was able to sit up by himself (from a lying down position). I walked into his room after his nap one day and found him sitting up. Then a week went by before he [...]

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John ~ 19 June 2010 ~ 10 Comments

up in the air

up in the air

Patient readers have endured my rambling about wealth management and Abby’s meditation on Dora and aging, and you are thinking: where is the main attraction? I will try to remedy this. One of the fun things about the small town atmosphere is the variety of small town things to do. We already wrote about Fiddle [...]

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Abby ~ 18 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

touch of grey

touch of grey

“The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.” –Proverbs 20:29, NIV In December 1962 my father rode home from a hayride with three of his best buds. They all fell asleep and the car hit a tree, hurling my dad through the windshield (no seat belts back then). [...]

John ~ 12 June 2010 ~ 14 Comments

what John’s been up to

what John’s been up to

Wow. It’s been over two months since I wrote a blog post—how neglectful! Well, my excuse is that April and May, even when they aren’t compromised by a sudden relocation to another part of the country, are really crunch-time for CFA Candidates preparing for their exams. That’s the Chartered Financial Analyst program, for those those [...]