Sherwood Family Nonsense

Monday started out pretty well.  School started on time and everyone worked steadily enough that I got done with teaching forty-five minutes...

Things are thankfully calming down here in Dushanbe.  The 'bad guys,' as the boys call them, are being hunted down out of the mount...

A few weeks ago, my doorbell rang.  I put on my orange Croc knock-offs and shuffled through the bright afternoon sunshine to my gate.  I pul...

Eleanor loves  shoes.  Any time she stumbles (or crawls) across a pair of shoes, or just a shoe, she stops to put it on.  I heard her scr...

After waking up from my Sunday afternoon nap, I went downstairs to cook dinner.  Brandon had been up at 2 that morning for an airport run pi...

Friday morning, Brandon and I exercised.  We make a habit of exercising, and because we have five children and a job, we exercise before the...

We've now been back for a little over a week.  All of the suitcases have been unpacked (including the one that showed up four days late)...

Eleanor has been late to just about every physical milestone possible so far.  She didn't bother learning to sit up until six months.  ...

Yesterday we arrived back in Dushanbe after 19 hours of flying, 17 hours in airports, and a whole lot of crying from Eleanor.  At one point ...

Dear Grandpa, how are you?  The letter you sent was hilarious.  The picture of Joseph was the most striking. Here’s something funny we will...