Wednesday, June 29, 2011

cousin Jonathan



This is kind of what I see Christian looking like in a couple of years.

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

tons of pictures

My sister Ruth drove all the way from California alone with her three young cuties to visit while her husband was away. She took some great pictures of Christian and since we don't have a camera right now, we thought we'd post all the pictures we can get of him. Sorry if the posts go on and on, it was just quicker to post them that way.

My manly man

Jacob, Jonathan, James, and Uncle Stephen

Uncle Stephen and James

James and Stephen

first swim lessons?

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

The Bowl

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Rachel and Stephen

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Thesis is off!

I've done it: I've written a thesis. It's off into the hands of my committee chair to give me any feedback. sigh. It's hard to know where to go from here: hmm, perhaps the neglected dishes.

Monday, June 6, 2011

I ran across this article a few months ago about an attempt to ban circumcision in San Francisco. This is one of those issues that quickly drives us into meta-ethical territory because it involves cultural context. Does a culture make something right that would otherwise be wrong? If not, then what is the alternative that stands above culture and common notions of the good? etc.

Whatever the case, if Philadelphia were to pass such a law it would definitely put a damper on our plans for our next child.

Friday, June 3, 2011

We're party animals . . . kind of

It wasn't his party, but he felt he could cry anyway.


but eventually he decided to let his silent type self make an appearance:

Thursday, June 2, 2011

pages to go before I sleep

Caution: Writing a thesis may be difficult if you've only written g-chats and blog posts for the past year.