Daddy Joel

Love this shirt!

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:33:01 -0700

Daddy's hand is BIG! Or are my feet small?

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:41 -0700

So peaceful

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:32:31 -0700

FLOOD!!!

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:25:29 -0700

For more details, see our family blog at www.thesearbys.net

FLOOD!!!

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:24:43 -0700

For more details, see our family blog at www.thesearbys.net

Illinois Winter 2001 by Suzanne Bishop

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:39:43 -0700

joel_headshot

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:12:54 -0700

jen_joel_jeb

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:07:15 -0700

Jen and I with Jeb. He really is a good guy.

11.22.06 Bellflower 010

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:27:31 -0700

Hometown of my amazing wife, her family and of course, the famous "Me N' Him."

Jodi !!!

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:07:36 -0700

Gma and Gpa P

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:07:14 -0700

Jake !!!!

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:06:45 -0700

Jen and Shawn

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:00:40 -0700

Jen and Jen

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:55:49 -0700

Bye Jen :(

Jen and I at Satchel's

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:53:25 -0700

Yeah, Satchel's is the best pizza in the WORLD!

Jen and Amanda

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:44:10 -0700

missing you

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:21:20 -0800

Missing you. It's your presence. Not the smell of you or the crying. I don't necessarily miss the busyness. I can do without the dirty diapers. But you two, I can't do without. I miss you. And you. Just being here, that's what I miss.

authenticity

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:03:40 -0700

Are we even capable of being truly authentic? This is a question that has been nagging me lately. I am feeling pretty inauthentic. It's not a meltdown or depression. It's simply busy-ness. It's being too busy to explore the deep life of my soul. So I rely on pat answers and churchy expressions among fellow Christians and lean on pop-culture references and the news in conversation with pre-Christian friends. How pathetic. Whatever happened to passionate, authentic, transparent living? Have you ever felt this way? Like you lost something you had once and you don't even know how? That's where I'm at. Now the hard part: figuring out how to reclaim it. To live authentically and passionately and out loud and openly. I want everyone who knows me to know the same person, not workjoel, churchjoel, daddyjoel, husbandjoel. Just joel.

need video camera

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:10:04 -0700

yes, i need to get one. convince my wife we need one at www.thesearbys.net. you'll see how cute our kid is and you'll know what i mean.

The Balancing Act

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:33:55 -0700

It is truly a challenge to balance your life with a new baby. It's not as if you didn't want to be home when it was just you and your wife. Rather, the stakes are just that much higher. You fear your son not knowing you, growing up thinking his dad is a workaholic, all that stuff. It really is difficult. All the while there's this little voice telling you, "he's too little to know if you're around or not, get a lot of work done now." Of course I don't by that and perhaps more importantly is the fact that Jen deserves a break and to have me around. So I'm trying to take lunches at home as often as possible (the office is six minutes from home) and to limit my late nights. We just happen to be in a special election right now and have several large projects pending too. November and December should be pretty quiet though and I plan on enjoying it.