Archive for July, 2008

When Halim, Malachi and I headed over to the local farmer’s market yesterday afternoon, we didn’t quite know what to expect – we’d heard it was pretty small, but that was about it.  We drove up and saw about eight picnic tables covered by a small tent, and it looked like people were more there [...]


The Wall

26Jul08

“Before I built a wall I’d ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offense.”
- Robert Frost, Mending Wall

Halim and I have “built” some walls in our house – they’re called baby gates.  And we are pretty clear on what they’re walling in and out.  
Walling [...]


Pop. 5880

24Jul08

So, technically, we don’t live in Austin.  Our church, jobs and grocery store all reside in Austin, but we actually live in a small rural town a few miles outside of Austin.  If you’ve recently researched the prices of real estate in the Austin city limits, you would understand why.  Now, our house is in a [...]


Shoeless Joe

19Jul08

Malachi doesn’t really wear shoes and hasn’t since he was born.  The reasons for this are threefold:
1.  Halim says that we are a “Korean household”, which means you leave your shoes at the front door when you come in.  Since Malachi spends a lot of time at home, he cannot wear shoes – otherwise he [...]


It’s been nine months.  It appears that Malachi’s hair has finally caught up with his jumbo-sized head.