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Family Alive: Brian, Kristine, Analise, and Josiah Toone

Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12

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Kristine, Analise, Josiah, and I gladly welcome you to our family website! We are settled happily into Birmingham, Alabama. We had another awesome Christmas in the Great White North with the Cardwell family in Wisconsin. Here is our family picture from the trip.

Read about what's going on in our lives here. Below is a preview of the latest ten posts. You may view all posts here. Alternatively, you may view comments only here.

Wild Week! (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-23 21:31 That's what it's been! Brian and I are both teaching at our church Vacation Bible School. ... continued
Awesome photos of my kids!! (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-23 20:49 My dear, sweet friend, Robyn, just sent me some photos she and her husband, Scott, took of Analise and Josiah while we were together for a bike race in Stillwater, MN. We had a fun, crazy lunch at a little outdoor cafe, and Analise ended up riding her little bike in circles around the tables. Robyn & Scott do wedding photography, too, and you can see more of their AWESOME photography at ... continued
You know you are in the South when... (2 comments) posted by Brian Toone on 2008-07-21 14:37 You know you are in the South when... it's 86 degrees in the kitchen and nobody has even been cooking anything! Fortunately, the rest of the house is a "pleasant" 80 degrees. Outside is a bit warmer at 99 degrees. ... continued
Surviving swimming, a bike race, and another road trip! (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-19 22:38 The week FLEW by... swimming went pretty well.  There were some tears and whining, but we made it through all 5 days, and Analise did fairly well.  I won't say she can exactly SWIM yet, but she's definitely more comfortable in the water, and we're well on our way to swimming.  Somehow we were super busy all week long with storytime, school, playing with friends and errands.  And naptimes were huge, as we were all tired from running around and swimming :)We celebrated Brian's dad's birthday last night - Happy 62nd today, Tom! - and we got up really early (before ... continued
Life is going swimmingly today... (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-14 12:33 This morning has been busy!  Analise started swimming lessons with a friend of mine.  She's been hot and cold about doing it, and I was really worried she'd be too teary and not do what she needed to do.  There was some crying, but Miss Rena is super patient and just kept swimming her around.  She did really well.  4 days left, and I think it's going to be a good investment!  I, personally, can't handle the two of them in a pool unless Analise gets more comfortable in the water and learns to do some things herself.  Hopefully, these lessons will make us able ... continued
Sunflowers for Kristine (0 comments) posted by Brian Toone on 2008-07-11 17:00 Kristine picked these up at the store today because she knew that those would be the ones I would buy for her if I didn't ride my bike everywhere! ... continued
Link love... food and photography... what could be better? (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-11 13:31 No explanation needed for this website.  It's just the perfect blend of pretty food photos, yummy recipes and new content stuff added like every couple minutes.  It's my favorite place to click for mindless surfing.  I've found countless new recipes to try.  Without further ado..Tastespotting.comAnd my favorite link that was on this morning... Strawberry Pretzel Ice Cream dessert ... continued
New hip hair (2 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-11 13:26 I had a morning to myself on Wednesday, and so I jumped at the chance to get my hair cut. I was really pleased with the stylist and how she did it. I love that it's short. And Brian liked it, too... he called it "hip"! ... continued
The State of Affairs (now that my hubby's home!) (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-10 21:33 Yep, Brian got home safe and sound at 1:30am on Tuesday. It's sure nice to have him home! Nothing too exciting has been going on here. Analise got over her Sunday fever in 24 hours. Just when I was thinking we'd passed the chance of Josiah getting sick, he started feeling hot when he woke up from his nap yesterday (Wednesday). Sure enough. Motrin kept him cool at 4hr intervals, and this afternoon he was back to his lively self. Someone emailed asking how Analise's shots went last week. She was so worked up for the doctor's visit. She cried all the way in, cried through th ... continued
He's on his way home... (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-06 22:25 Brian's heading home. He's got a long journey ahead of him, and I don't expect to see him until the middle of tomorrow night or Tuesday am. His race went well today. He finished 71st in the huge main group sprint, and ended up 55th overall. ... continued
To the Movies! (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-05 21:45 Life continues quietly here. We're still - always - missing Brian, but he's doing great in Massachussets at his big race... all the gory details on his cycling blog: http://toonecycling.wordpress.com. But we're one day closer to him coming home on Tuesday!Analise was at Toone's last night (lucky for me... she was up at 5:15! Josiah slept in until almost 6:15.) Josiah and I got up and out of the house early for a long-anticipated trip to the farmer's market. We've not been in town on a Saturday in weeks and week ... continued
Happy 4th of July from my little Firecrackers (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-04 20:30 Bedtime is too early for the fireworks around here, besides the fact that Analise would probably be scared of the noise. But we had a great dinner with the Toones and danced with Uncle Sam waving our flags. And we made our own fireworks craft! Hope everyone's had a great restful holiday! ... continued
Link Love.. (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-03 23:23 If you asked me what my favorite daily read was - after I named all my dear friends and family who I check in on far more often than they know - I'd point you to Rocks in my Dryer.  I found this amazing blog a couple months ago after clicking through some links, and now it's one of my favorite places to go.  Just this evening, I sat down to find a couple of my favorite posts to share, and I've been completely drawn in by her witty stories, quiet faith, tender thoughts, and honestly fall-off-your-chair-laughing m ... continued
Managing happily on our own... (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-03 11:12 We're still hanging in here.  Yesterday was 100% better than Tuesday.  Good sleep makes all the difference.  We were busy, too, as Analise had school, Josiah went to Grandma's to play, and I got to run around doing errands all by myself.  Lovely.  Listening to my own music - a brand new Passion CD, God of this City - instead of "Signing Time with Alex & Leah" on repeat, over and over and over again.  I found a big box from RedEnvelope.com on my front porch.  It was the anniversary present Brian had ordered!  What a surprise!&nbs ... continued
Counting the hours and minutes until naptime (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-01 22:49 Yes, it's me again. Just some random thoughts from a weary mom. It's been one of Those Days. ... continued
On my Own (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-01 21:45 So Brian left this morning at 5am for his week-long trip to Boston for a bike race.  It's a pretty big event, and he was invited to ride with another team.  There'll be lots of details on his cycling blog soon, I'm sure.  He's driving up with a couple other guys, but most of his expenses are being picked up by the team, so this is really a low-cost race trip for him.  Sweet!Anyway, he took my laptop, which will actually be good for me.  I'll have to go downstairs and use his computer when I really need/want to, instead of the too-frequent email/web checks t ... continued
A Little Link Love... (1 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-07-01 13:10 After I shared some of my favorite random links, Corrie asked to see what I read regularly.  Since I'm embarrassed to post the whole list, and you'd be overwhelmed and not get to appreciate ANY of them, I decided I'm going to start posting one link a day.  Hopefully, that'll let me share more of them, and you won't be distracted from whatever you're supposed to be doing. :)  Not that you're supposed to be doing anything other than reading our blog, but let me tell ya... I'm always in the mood to click-click-click, especially when I've got laundry to fold!I, of course ... continued
Home, at long last, for a good long time (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-06-29 22:25 Well, at least *I* am home for good. Brian's off to Boston on Tuesday to race with another team in a 4-day race. He'll be gone for a week, and we'll miss him TONS. ... continued
Happy 4th Birthday, my little Princess! (2 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-06-29 08:08 Beautiful family photo by Corrie Haffly.  She's taken photos of some of the best moments in our lives!Four years ago we were beginning a long, long day. I don't remember much of it, but I know your Daddy was stressed and tired. But at 10:35pm, you burst into the world and all was well. We've all grown so much since then! Right before our eyes, you've grown in ... continued
5 Sweet Years... (0 comments) posted by Kristine Toone on 2008-06-28 21:40 Five years ago right now, Brian and I were being cheered away from our reception with sparklers waving and hundreds of little gold hearts blowing from our a/c vents. ... continued

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