God has blessed us with our third child, Madeline Ember. She was born at 3:06pm on 5/16, weighs 5.4 lbs and is 18″ long. Thanks so much to everyone who was praying for us.
Madeline Ember
May 16, 2008 – 4:20 pm
Friday Photos
May 16, 2008 – 9:46 am
Baby Time
May 15, 2008 – 10:10 pm
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Early on Friday morning I am taking Jen to the hospital so our doctor can induce labor. She is a few weeks early, but there are complications that make this necessary. All of Jen’s pregnancies are “high-risk” (I wont go into it), but we have great docs and a sovereign God. We would appreciate your prayers for Jen and the little girl she’s carrying. I was going to have Challies or Brister come in to Live Blog the whole event, but decided I could do it myself using Twitter. So for those who are into that sort of thing, you can follow my twitter at: twitter.com/joethorn
Friday Photo
April 11, 2008 – 10:02 am
Monday
March 3, 2008 – 4:38 pm
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It’s Monday. A day off to just hang with the fam. Jen and I get a lot of time to just chat, but we are following the advice of Mark Driscoll and are being more intentional with our time together as husband and wife on days like this. We’ll do most of our thing tonight. This morning I made breakfast for kids, then Katherine did her school work with Jen while Elias and I boxed for a while. He’s almost four, but is learning to keep his fists up. 
Later I took Kat to Starbucks for a little date with Dad. We’ve done this for years, and it has always been a very special time. She wanted to talk about St. Patrick (see the cookie), the Apostle Paul, and draw monsters (also her idea). Then I journaled a bit while she colored a very beautiful garden.
Jen stopped in for a check up at the docs (everything is great!), I stayed at home and read while the kids mellowed out in their rooms.
In just a few minutes I’ll be racing Elias on the PS2 and he just might school me in Crash Nitro Kart. Then the kids want to go for a run before dinner. It’s family worship before the kids’ bedtime, and then Jen and I get to spend the remaining hours together.
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2007 – 10:58 am
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Merry Christmas everyone. The fam’ was up early here - eating our traditional Christmas breakfast, opening stockings and presents, stoking the fire in the fireplace, and chasing the dog with Elias’ new remote control monster truck. It’s a lazy day for now, but more of the fam’ will pile in around noon. If you want to keep up with our Christmas snapshots, you can find them at my Flickr stream.
Special Date
September 3, 2007 – 12:43 pm
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Mondays are the best opportunities to take my daughter and/or son out for a special date with Dad. This morning Katherine and I hit Starbucks. She had a hot chocolate while drawing pictures and doing math in her notebooks. I had an “iced coffee, no sweetener, with room” while writing in my journal about Abram (Gen 12). It’s always nice hanging out like this. She really likes Starbucks and their comfy chairs, and she didn’t mind the drunk guy sitting in the corner alternately talking to himself and nodding off. I probably drew more attention to myself when demonstrating what the “chicken dance” looks like for Katherine. Here’s another shot of Kat from this morning.
Update: I didn’t leave Elias hanging too long. This afternoon we had some Father/Son hang time. Tonight we’re grilling brats, and chowin’ down on some other excellent summer food - before it gets too late.
