Family

  • Defective Crayons and A Change of Plans

    Defective Crayons and A Change of Plans

    I don’t know of any other disability where people think it’s OK to give you an impromptu test on the severity of your condition.

  • A Toddler Can Melt Your Heart Faster Than A Flamethrower

    A Toddler Can Melt Your Heart Faster Than A Flamethrower

    Adi gets a kitten and make our big move to Ohio!

  • 100%

    100%

    As of May 20, 2019, we’re officially, really, actually, truly, legit 100% fully funded!

  • Thank God for FlapJack McStevens

    Thank God for FlapJack McStevens

    Last weekend we traveled to Pennsylvania to visit one of my good friends named Nathaniel (You may remember Nathaniel as the guy who jumps out of windows to avoid changing…

  • Wrapping Up Step 1 and Getting Ready for Step 2

    Wrapping Up Step 1 and Getting Ready for Step 2

    I’ve been meaning to write a witty blog post for some time now but whenever a free moment arises I either find a newborn baby in my arms or my…

  • Introducing Elliot Adrian Snader

    Introducing Elliot Adrian Snader

    For one thing, your wife becomes very hormonal, which isn’t her fault, really, it’s just God’s way of making up for your lack of effort during childbirth.

  • Fumbling Footsteps of Faith; The Story of our Calling

    Fumbling Footsteps of Faith; The Story of our Calling

    With no prior experience in aviation, I felt God calling me into the world of magnetos, crankshafts, STCs, IPCs, POHs, and other TLAs (Three Letter Acronyms).

  • Trials & Entitled Weenies

    Trials & Entitled Weenies

    I’d be like, “Get a life you, entitled weeny” and I’d slap some sense into that spoiled Christian.

  • Upside Down Babies, Midwifery, & Hocus Pocus Practitioners

    Upside Down Babies, Midwifery, & Hocus Pocus Practitioners

    So natural remedies are fine but sometimes solutions are a little too supernatural for me.

  • Here, There, & Everywhere

    I’m going to be honest. Raising support is tough and I’m not enjoying it much. Now don’t get me wrong, there have been moments where God has shone through the…

  • Duluth Underwear and Charcoal Toothpaste (And Other Serious Things)

    Duluth Underwear and Charcoal Toothpaste (And Other Serious Things)

    On Wednesday next week the high will be -9 degrees. In light of this, it’s important to not have holes in your underwear.

  • Benedict Arnold Appliances, Adopted Chickens, Romantic Dinners

    Benedict Arnold Appliances, Adopted Chickens, Romantic Dinners

    Where were these chickens coming from? Clearly I was being outsmarted by the dumbest fowl on the planet.

  • Lettuce Isn’t A Snack!

    Lettuce Isn’t A Snack!

    Janice does hate raccoons. In fact, her hatred for raccoons is what got us in a relationship in the first place.

  • Mr. and Mrs. Hippenhammer

    Mr. and Mrs. Hippenhammer

    We just got back from ANOTHER trip to Pennsylvania and it’s good to be home even though being at home means sitting on a crooked toilet.

  • Pregnancy Progression & Divine Firewood

    Pregnancy Progression & Divine Firewood

    I don’t know karate well enough to split trees with my hands so I needed to find a chainsaw.

  • Flying with Toddlers & the Depravity of Mankind

    Flying with Toddlers & the Depravity of Mankind

    Flying with a toddler is like pulling the pin on an old military surplus Russian grenade, gingerly placing it into a refrigerator, then climbing in and closing the door behind…

  • Moving to Michigan

    Moving to Michigan

    Although if you come over and want an authentic northern China experience, I’ll hand you a shovel and point you to a tree on the far corner of the property.

  • Some Assembly Required

    I bought a new vacuum cleaner. It’s a premium, deluxe, extra awesome Bissell that Walmart had on sale for $50. After ripping the box open, I found a motley crew…

  • Hanging Out with the Relatives

    Hanging Out with the Relatives

    It’s a good thing I married a wonderful wife who has a completely normal family history. Oh, except for that one time Janice’s grandpa thought America was going to be…

  • Hunger, Vacuum Cleaners, & Moving North

    Fasting Janice and I have begun to fast regularly. I don’t mean “fast” as in speed of motion, although Janice does drive fast regularly; I mean fast as in to…

  • Mommy’s Superpowers

    Mommy’s Superpowers

    Janice opens the cupboard, pulls out a black top hat, sticks her hand into it and yells “Abracadabra!” then pulls out a hot, nutritionally balanced meal neatly arranged on a…