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Ten Years to the Day

May 27, 2011

Do you want to know when this picture was taken? That would be 10 years ago to the day! My wife Christine and I celebrate TEN years of marriage together today. That was then. This is now. Ten years feels like it’s a short time, but when we reflect on it there’s been a lot [...]

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Merry Christmas 2010!!

December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas from me and mine! I greatly appreciate your contributions to this site via your reading, comments, or even guest posts and I pray you and yours have a meaningful Christmas celebration!

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A few things I’ve learned since having a third…

November 21, 2010

I’ve learned a few things and have had some observations in the process of having a third child.  Other things I’ve been reminded of that I might have forgotten.  Here’s a few of them: Infants smell good.  Seriously.  I love breathing in Kaelyn’s little infant aroma.  That won’t last long, but it’s a unique smell [...]

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Kaelyn’s Here!

November 10, 2010

Big happenings today!  I’m excited to introduce here my new daughter, Kaelyn Rose Virtue. She was born today (11/10/10) at 1:07pm and weighed in at 7lbs 12 oz.  What a fun day.  She’s awesome.So many highlights about the day – going through it with Christine, seeing Morgan and Colin relate to their new sister in [...]

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Something You Don’t Say to a Pregnant Woman

November 8, 2010

The great thing about being a husband to a pregnant woman is that you get to hear all the brutal stuff people say to pregnant women, but you’re removed enough to where there’s no danger of taking anything personally.  You know, the direct shot “Wow, you look big!” or the perhaps even less tactful, “Wow, [...]

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Whoa – Didn’t See That Coming

October 5, 2010

I was at a prayer gathering today and there and at some point someone was sharing and they used a metaphor of adults trying to talk to kids.  Specifically, the point was made that you can’t talk about theology with a 6 year old because all they are likely to respond with is something like, [...]

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Big Day of K

September 7, 2010

Thanks again to Eunice Lee for her guest post a few days ago.  If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do so and share in the discussion.Today was a special day because our oldest child and daughter Morgan started Kindergarten today.  We’ve had so many special moments in the last day or so and [...]

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I Love Nordstroms – They Get It (Guest Blog)

May 28, 2010

Here’s the second guest blog of 2010 here on the blog and I have to say it’s from a surprise source.  My wife Christine pulled an upset and told me she wanted to do a guest blog after being inspired recently.  She also told me that this was her anniversary present to me and she [...]

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Is There Enough Virtue In The World?

May 9, 2010

Clearly the answer is no.  And that’s why it’s fun to finally announce on this Mother’s Day weekend that there’s one more Virtue on the way!We’re getting excited as things progress in the pregnancy, but it’s a bit crazy to think about going back to square one in terms of full-time infant duty.  Christine’s in [...]

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