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Friday Photo: Discarded or possibly napping

Matt — Fri, 15 May 2009 05:11:38 +0000

Springston sleeping – whether sadly or soundly, no one knows.

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Friday Photo

Matt — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:00:55 +0000

Found Jaimes sleeping like this tonight

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Friday Photos

Matt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:00:03 +0000

Took an evening stroll with the girls and snapped a handful of grainy pics of the neighborhood.

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Sugar Photography

Matt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:47:32 +0000

This spring we were privileged to take part in an adoptive families photo shoot conducted by the very talented Jennifer Weintraub. She just posted a gallery of the images. And no – I don’t look that good in real life. Not even close.

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Selling the 4Runner

Matt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:08:36 +0000

See more pictures on flickr.

We’re selling our 2001 Toyota 4Runner. My parents bought it brand new and sold it to me two years ago. It’s a great SUV.

-106,000 miles
-Good condition
-Tow package
-Leather
-6 Disc factory CD changer + cassette + radio

$13,000

Comment or contact us if you’re interested: donovan [dot] house [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Sevyn turns one

Matt — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:50:41 +0000

Sevyn Grace turns one year old today! We have a rich tradition in our home of eating birthday cake for breakfast. Not some kind of breakfasty coffee-cake – no, we eat a full-on cake-cake, smothered in gooey frosting. It’s a fantastic way to celebrate life.

Yesterday our agency delivered a stack of cards Gracie’s birth-mom had written for her. One of them was a birthday card in which she included the candle shown in the photo. She asked that we place it in her cake on her birthday.

Again, I am reminded of how far-reaching adoption is. It is so much larger than hour household. My experience of what “family” is has changed forever. My hopes for our children and for our home have broadened considerably.

What has been most apparent is my own selfishness and laziness. The other night Jaimes I was sitting in the rocking chair with Gracie – just totally dog-tired. Jaimes was entertaining us (as she’s prone to do) by dancing around like a fairy princess while making up a “princess song.” She asked me to do a princess dance. That was the last thing I wanted to do, much less peel myself out of the rocking chair. I went back and forth with her about it for a minute or so and finally conceded to performing an interpretive fairy princess dance.

Not only should I have recognized she needed that attention and interaction from me and jumped right up at her first request, I should be proactively seeking ways to serve my kids. Not only should I gladly entertain their play no matter how silly it makes me feel, I should plan some play of my own. Intentional, imaginative, Christ-focused play.

It’s very easy to make this adoption, at best – all about Gracie, and at worst – all about me. I want to constantly remember that adoption, parenting, and family are about seeing God – not serving myself.

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Friday photos

Matt — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:32:53 +0000

Hotel Montgomery

we wait

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Friday Photo

Matt — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:03:52 +0000

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Friday Photos

Matt — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:16:27 +0000

It’s been a while, but I finally have some Friday Photos to share. I’ve been wanting to do some self portraits in front of this wall in our bathroom for a long time.

wha?

Mr. Furious

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Rentglass.com

Matt — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:49:10 +0000

Whoa - thanks to Naz, I just got really excited about rentglass.com. Continue reading →