Sure we look innocent on the outside: Clean-cut, roadschooling family of nine touring the country on a Christian music mission. But we hold a deep, dark secret. Sometimes… sometimes we set off church alarms. And …
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The Bags and the Bags

We had a few days off near Sacramento where Steve’s family lives. It was a great chance for The Travel Bags to hang out with The Stationary Bags. We prepared food… and ate food… and …
Continue readingBooks, Pizza, and Ice Cream, Oh My!

Hope Lutheran in Penryn is gorgeous! It’s a beautiful setting surrounded by trees, hills, clean air. Ahhhh. (That’s a happy sigh, not a scream, which is spelled the same way, only louder, like this: AAAAAHHHHHHH!!! …
Continue readingFan Focus: Art and Lila

Art and his wife Lila get the fan of the week award for attending two separate concerts in two distant cities. (That’s a big deal out in the wild, wild west, where towns aren’t exactly …
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Guess where we went! I’ll give you one guess. Hooray, you got it! Good job! (If you guessed anything other than Good Shepherd Lutheran in Livermore, California, just pretend you were joking. It’s the only …
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One of the wonderful aspects of our travels is witnessing how the churches and families we visit reach out to strangers in their communities. From food banks to foreign language services to dinners and special …
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Our girls sing a song called Pizza Angel, taught to them by the endearing (but potentially annoying in large doses) Larry the Cucumber of Veggie Tales fame. It goes like this: Pizza Angel, please come …
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