Adventures in La La Land

We did it! We made it through the first week of February! Only three more to go! 1. I've been thinking a lot about success lately. Especially a Christian view of success. Working at a school has opened my eyes to the priorities some parents have about their children's education - namely that a high quality education is sacrosanct. And I can't help but wonder why. Why does your child need the absolute best of the best, top-notch education? To get into the best college? Why? To get the best job? Why? To make a lot of money and be happy? Maybe I'm just a country bumpkin, but that seems so futile to me. Don't get me wrong. I believe in quality education. I think we should be good stewards of the brains and abilities God has given us. But I think, just like anything else, we can idolize our pursuit of education as a means to success. Really, I think we tend to idolize success in general. Is that what God has called us to? Wealth, privilege, and comfort? I've been mor...

We did it. We made it through January - the second worst month. Unfortunately, that means we're plunging headlong into the worst month: February. Don't worry. You can count on me to bring the optimism and cheer! #sarcasm 1. We only had one snow day this week! When I checked the weather on Monday night, it estimated that we'd receive 1-3 inches of snow overnight, so imagine my surprise when I woke up to a school closing alert and 8 inches of snow! Libby dropped her kids off at my house on the way to work, and the boys actually spent an hour outside in the frozen tundra! I eventually made them come in because the wind-chill was below zero, and facebook was all aflutter about how quickly one can get frostbite in those conditions.  2. Despite the snow day, Lena still had her basketball game that night. The roads weren't great, but that's just become the norm since temps barely made it to 20 degrees all week. Even if the plows remove the snow, the salt/sand is ineffectiv...

Blogging is hard in the winter because I'm slogging through the doldrums, but I hate missing two weeks in a row, so I'll try my best today! 1. We've officially entered basketball season. Lena had her first games a couple weeks ago, and Levi's start next Saturday. Levi only practices once a week and has one game on Saturdays, but Lena practices every weekday and has multiple games. Her first two games were blowouts - her team tromped the other schools. Lena is, as usual, the tiniest one on her team, and she doesn't get a ton of playing time. But when she's out there, she's tenacious and trying her best! The third game was a blowout in the opposite direction. The final score was 16-2. Our team literally only scored one basket the whole game. Lol. She was supposed to have two games last week, but they both got cancelled because of the weather, so we'll see what this week brings! 2. For the record . . . it was a crazy week of weather. Temps at or below zero,...