“Attacked” by an alligator

I’ve been taking an annual 4th of July trip to Minneapolis for about four or five years now, but it’s gotten quite exciting ever since the Haggards have been introduced into the family. 
When I say exciting I mean this: last year Jason almost burned Linda’s house down.  And this year we were attacked by an [...]

I think Borgie knows what she is talking about

Last weekend we flew to California, where we met Bill & Becky and Tiffany & Kate at Jason’s grandma’s house (just outside of Fresno). While there we went to the Sequoia National Park, had a small family reunion, hung out with the babies, and just enjoyed each other’s company.
My favorite part of the [...]

Mother’s Day weekend

The Francis people and the Haggards hit the open road this weekend and headed to Coeur d’Alene. This was Jordan & Elysia’s first time in Idaho so we had to make it worth their while. We hope we did.
We left Thursday afternoon and didn’t arrive at Mom’s until late that evening because we [...]

Keisha’s piano

This is Keisha’s piano.
It has many stories. Many of them I don’t know, but I will tell you of the ones I do.
I met Keisha about three years ago and our friendship grew quickly because we both love stories. One conversation over email turned into longer ones spread out across many Monday afternoons in [...]

Yard Work Day

Yesterday some friends came over and helped us clear our backyard–Jordan, Jon, Dallas and the three Tims (Harmon, Stiles and VanOss). Tim Harmon’s sons Gary and Vegas came, too, and got in on the muddy, rainy, very dirty event.

(Comment on photo: I think Jordan is impersonating a rabid neanderthal and Jon is trying to [...]

Tiffany and Kate

We’ve been busy the last week because Auntie Tiffany and Baby Kate have been visiting from North Carolina.
The above picture was taken at Cupcake Royale in Ballard where we stopped for coffee on Thursday.  Since then both babies have been a bit off in their napping schedules so we’ve spent quite a bit of time [...]

The sequal: super flying cat

Welcome to the family

Name: Murray the Cat
Age: 5 months
Place of Residence: Mother Teresa’s compound (as of a few weeks ago)
Something You Probably Didn’t Know About This Guy: He was found with his brothers and sisters at night on the highway. His mom had been hit by a car and the kittens were huddled together in the middle [...]

Merry Christmas from the Haggards

We hope the reality of Christ’s birth brings much joy to you this season.

We thought both 2006 and 2007 were jam-packed with meeting each other, getting engaged and married and moving, but as as you can see from the newest addition in the picture above, God has decided to pack in even more in 2008 [...]

A Francis Thanksgiving

Here we all are at Thanksgiving (and Jordan’s birthday)–Jordan, Mom Francis, Elysia, Jason, me, Mom and Noe. Yet another celebration with the Francis people.
Jordan got a new camera for his birthday and this is his attempt at using the timer feature. As you can see, we’re all showing our true and weird colors. [...]