Ezra's 1st Soccer Game

Solomon Hosea Black

Solomon Hosea Black was born at 4:39 AM on Saturday morning. Mom and baby are doing well and the big brothers are excited for the boy to come home...unless he cries a lot.

Lesson Learned

Name recommendations?

Greetings Kids! Many of you know that we have a baby coming any time in the next month. We know that the baby will be a boy. We are looking to you all for name recommendations. We don't know what to name this child...so please help us!

Submit your name recommendation to us in the comments section.

*We have a name picked out. Your recommendation is for your own satisfaction. Thanks for playing.

Young@Heart

Last night we watched the documentary Young @ Heart. I'd recommend it. Coldplay, the Clash and Jimi Hendrix will never sound the same once you've heard the Young@Heart chorus, a group of Massachusetts senior citizens who thrill audiences worldwide with their unusual -- and unusually poignant -- covers of rock songs. Stephen Walker's humane and heartwarming documentary follows the elderly ensemble as they prepare their new show.

Check out THIS VIDEO from one of the performances. Fred Knittle, the man who sings the song in this video, died in January of this year.

Trip to FTC...good.

Kirsten has been keeping up with pictures on her blog. Check out pictures there...if you are interested.

This is what student loans are all about...

Riding a bike with St. John

Riding a bike with St. John from Family of Blacks on Vimeo.

Yes, that's snot.

That is snot and dirt.  You can read why this mixture has occurred HERE.

Birthday Bowling

We went bowling on Ezra's birthday.  The shoes were sweet and so far none of us have any foot fungus.  

Ezra Jude - 5 years young!

Five years ago our first son came into this world.  I cannot believe it has been 5 years.  He is by far our favorite oldest son!  

May 11, 2004

May 11, 2009

NEW at The Town

There are a few new things on The Town blog.  

1. We will be posting our prayer updates (Tuesday for The Town) every Tuesday.

2. I have started a new series called "A Walking Tour of Old Town."  I will post information about the businesses on College Ave. to help us understand our future home and mission field.  

Things I never expected to say...

Context:  Asher is sitting at the table eating a peanut butter and jelly samich.  He drops peanut butter on his sock.  I look over and see him doing something and I say:

"Asher, please don't lick peanut butter off of your sock."

Another one

We found out on Monday that our newest child will most likely be a boy.  We also found out that he has a face and a foot.  We have pictures below to prove it.  My wife is a good woman.  She has to put up lots o' Black boys (me and the dog included).  

Great Gadgets!

I recently found a neat little gadget that makes days like today great! It is a one cup coffee masterpiece.

Step 1. Grind enough coffee for one cup and place it in the filter.
Step 2. Grind more coffee and place it in the filter.

Step 3. Place gadget on top of a mug.

Step 4. Pour hot water over the mound of ground coffee.

Step 5. Remove gadget and prepare yourself for yummy goodness.

Step 6. Stare lovingly at the product of the gadget - the yummy goodness that is coffee.