…is a gift …   a high honor ….   a title not to be taken lightly …   a child’s first impression of a protector , provider , ...

I wanted to share the below article I came across written by Paul Tripp....     Parenting is all about living by the principle of prepar...

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A little girl needs her daddy To love her with manly charm, To soothe her when she's hurt, And keep her safe from harm. A little girl ne...

Any man can be a father. It takes someone special to be a dad. ~Author Unknown~

Bubbles! Airplane rides will never go out of style around our house! Jayla loves to wrestle Daddy in the morning. She thinks that if she hid...

(Practicing the follow-through) (Playing some Wii bowling) (Daddy & Jayla are the only ones who can tame the wild Mr. Mernes)

On Wednesday mornings Jake stays home with Jayla while I take JJ to his Kindermusik class. Well, yesterday when we got back I no sooner wal...

Daddy went shopping. At the Mall of America. All by himself. He picked up a new outfit. And some things for JJ. And look what he bought for ...

On Tuesday afternoon Jake met me in Ames and took JJ & Jayla home so that I could run some errands. When I pulled into our driveway at ...