The Barker’s World

Here’s a great video for all you family guys out there. I wouldn’t trade my family for anything and thank God each and every day for them.

I have not been looking forward to this time, but knew it would eventually come. Our great friends, Harry and Kristie Hansen, are PCSing to Virginia. They will be flying out tomorrow, so in honor of that I put together the below slideshow/video for their last night at the chapel last night.

Being part of an [...]

Most days, we get some pretty good traffic in our quiet neighborhood:

We’ve lived here for over a year now, but I still love watching the sheep wander around the roads. It is amazing to see how timid these creatures are (and really, really stupid), but how well they know the voice of their shepherd. There [...]

Here’s a little clip of how we put Gavin to bed at night:

Okay, so maybe not really…

Yep, that’s right – I couldn’t be prouder! Tristan came home today playing “Mary had a Little Lamb” on his recorder. Pretty cool, but we all learned that in school, right? What made me really proud was HOW he played it. Nothing better than listening to your son play the recorder through his nose!

In December, when our household goods arrived and were unpacked, Gavin decided it was time to ride his bike without training wheels. It wasn’t dad that taught him (we tried before in Germany, but he wasn’t ready yet), but his big brother Tristan. Nothing like having a big brother to help you out. This is [...]

Really, I was just wanting a chance to test out Flickr’s new video service. Just a little morph video showing how much Tristan has changed since we moved to Germany.

Ginger got an email with a link to this awesome video:

What would you do if you saw something like that?

I found another interesting video ala YouTube today (thanks to ThinkChristian)

I love how they did this; very interesting.  Any thoughts?

I got a link to this video in my email today and just had to share it.It is a recording of a young boy who called a Houston radio station recently. The message is perfect for this season (and any time else,really!) Somebody is really raising this kid right!