Category: Family

baseball

A Baseball Writer With Heart

As I have bragged before (here, here and here or when he got me a Frank Thomas ball) my little brother is a beat…

Family

It’s Snowin’ in Chicago!

I have shoveled six times in the past 24 hours! But I’m not complaining (only my back is) – it’s absolutely beautiful and why…

Family

Luke Discovers That White Stuff

Luke’s early excursions into the snow were met with suspicion and hesitation… what was all this cold stuff blanketing the world in white? He…

Family

Happy New Year from the Bastians

DOWNLOAD NOW! We were unable to do a Christmas letter this year, though we appreciated the ones we received, thank you! However, after I…

Adventures

2007 – A Year in Review

One of the best things about blogging faithfully is the gift you give yourself at the end of each year. You get to relive…

Christmas

A Christmas Eve Tradition Reborn!

Christmas is a time of traditions and memories. Some are too special to allow to fade… Every Christmas Eve I would climb on my…

Adventures

My Little Magicians Assistant

Yesterday Luke and I got to go on one of our “adventures.” (Every time we leave the house it is an “adventure” – Luke…

Christmas

Luke Loves Christmas!

I either get teased for blogging too much about Luke, or bugged for not blogging pictures of him enough… so by popular demand, here…

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Acts 20:24

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