Category Family

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

While Mom and Dad have been out West the past two weeks, I have fully enjoyed taking advantage of all my ’empty-house’ nights and days, through hosting and being hosted. First up, was dinner with an amazing, brilliant single lady…

The Good Recession

For the past two weeks, our senior pastor, Josh Harris, (www.joshharris.com) has led our church in a mini sermon series called “The Good Recession.”  It has been insightful and encouraging, to say the least.  Josh’s essential question has been, “How…

GOING OUT WEST

Going out West tomorrow!  That’s right.  Our second, “annual” Thanksgiving trip to Phoenix.  Mom and Dad left at the crack of dawn this morning.  Peter, Brett, and I will follow tomorrow.  We will all share our Thanksgiving meal together next…

FAMILY PORTRAITS

:: The Jansen Family, October 2008 :: Photography by Janelle Bradshaw One of our gifts to Mom for her 50th birthday was to update the family album, so to speak, by doing a family photo shoot.  Janelle’s wonderful photos arrived…

Bachelorette Pad

As of October 6, I will have a new roomate.  Timarie Lambros from Tucson, Arizona.  Timarie is the younger sister of one of Nora’s best girlfriends from Gilbert: Becky Ross.  This past March, when I found out that Timarie was…

Remember When?

Does this house look familiar, anyone? The beaches of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have always been a relaxing haven to our family over the years, and this past week, our family was once again reminded of how much…

Mother's day and "Jansen" time!

So, we had a fun time with the “Jansen” relatives this weekend.  My cousin Matt Jansen got married yesterday, so Uncle Bruce and Aunt Barb flew in from CO for the special day.  It was great to catch up with…

the april fools day of my childhood

Happy April Fools Day. Can’t tell you where this holiday came from, but I CAN tell you a little story about how it got the better of me. Our family had just gotten home from church. It was an April…

a FAM kind of weekend

this weekend is a weekend to celebrate life, grace, and gifts in our family. Nora is here, very cute and pregnant, and ready for her baby shower tomorrow!  We are rejoicing with her and Travis in this precious season of…

A Terp at Heart

Catherine Conrad (my friend from USG in the COMM program) and I at the Terps football game, 10.07 Me and Dad, UMD vs. Clemson, 3.2.08 Terp: Short for Terrapin, a kind of turtle, and the University of Maryland’s team mascot.…

Worship Music Recommendation

yesterday, our church experienced a unique worship service. Keith and Kristyn Getty–Irish musicians who are currently touring the US with their worship hymns and songs–came to Covenant Life and led us in our singing time together. They are most well-known…