RickandSusanna

Investment banks have collapsed, Congress has not passed the bail out package and the markets have tanked even more. In the Presidential debate Obama said the following in response to the free market policies of the last 8 years and McCain discussing free-market health insurance: It is not a good deal for the American people. [...]

Saturday saw us heading to Lulu’s, a nearby toy store/children’s hair salon so that Micah could get his first “real” haircut! (Though Rick has trimmed the front of Micah’s hair a few times, it has never been fully cut so still qualified as a first). This place is small but an amazing, colorful oasis for [...]

I was encouraged this morning by this post. Here is a exert: And Spurgeon himself was very familiar with those ebbs and the winter season of the soul. John Piper, in giving a biographical address about Mr. Spurgeon, noted his recurrent battles with depression. John Piper writes, It is not easy to imagine the omni-competent, [...]

I am not usually fond of images of Jesus as many seem offensive but thought this story in particular, of Jesus walking on water, is powerfully portrayed through art. I remember thinking I could walk on water as Jesus did. As a little girl at our family cottage in Ontario, Canada, I would stand down [...]

Chuck raises some great questions about “The Rick Doctrine” when it comes to military policy. I will admit that I don’t quite know what to do with the subject of the military. I know there are some holes in my position that I can’t quite think through an answer. Here are my thoughts: What is [...]

No more crib! (Note Elmo snuggling with him!:)

My cousin Johannah, a gifted writer, wrote a refreshingly compassionate post about Britney Spears today. She then offered a link to the website of Michael S. Hyatt, president of Thomas Nelson Publishing, the publisher who printed the new memoir, “Through the Storm,” by Lynne Spears. Here Hyatt attempt to point out why Christians should take [...]

Rick found this picture of me as a little girl last night and started laughing. He said it looked a lot like someone we know…someone who likes to climb and get into trouble while in his bedroom!:) Mom, how did the room still look so cute, clean and orderly when I was likely in the [...]

Ellie is… Holding her head up Discovering her fists, feet, etc Still smiling and gurgling away and…drum roll… sleeping through the night (11ish-9am) regularly! (Parents less fortunate in the sleep department, DON’T HATE US!:) I have awesome fists!

This is an older video of Micah in the Spring, walking with determination to the playground!