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I married my wife Leslie in 1979. I was 20 and she was 21 (we're nine months apart). We had dated in high school and continued the romance into college. We now have eight children, six girls and two boys.

The first seven kids were all two years apart in age, the most recent addition came seven years (to the month) after the next youngest. All of the girls are right handed and both boys are left handed. Leslie is right handed and I am left handed.

Spring 2005 Pictures

The first seven kids were all born on a different weekday, that is, one on Monday, one on Tuesday, one on Wednesday, etc. The newborn was also born on a Tuesday. She is the first child of ours to be born in the 21st century. She is daughter #6, born in the sixth month (June), and is our eighth child, born on the 8th day of the month.

The newborn is the first of our children to be born on an "even" year, 2004. Here's a listing of some statistics...

First	Middle	Day	Date	Weight	Location
Rebecca	Nicole	Wed.	April 17, 1985	8, 10-1/2	Hospital, Redmond
Andrea	Noelle	Fri.	Sept. 4, 1987	8 10-1/2	Hospital, Redmond
Melissa	Danielle	Sat.	April 8, 1989	7, 7	Hospital, Redmond
Ryan	Franklin	Tue.	Feb. 12, 1991	9, 13	Hospital, Redmond
Jessica	Michelle	Sun.	Feb. 14, 1993	11, 2	Home, Brier
Amanda	Carolynn	Mon.	April 3, 1995	10, 0	Home, Brier
Nathan	Robert	Thu.	June 19, 1997	11, 4	Home, Brier
Karissa	Elisabeth	Tue.	June 8, 2004	9, 0	Hospital, Edmonds

We thoroughly enjoy church and ministry life, we also like camping, swimming, biking (we have 25 bikes), the Pacific Science Center, music (except me), singing (except me), weightlifting, reading, history, and lots of other activities. We also learned a lot and saw a lot on our 8500 mile RV trip. We've been to a lot of states also. Check out our 9,750 mile RV trip.

Our kids are also homeschooled. You can read about our philosophy on that by clicking here. We also publish a Family Gazette.

This page has some photos of the family.

To maximize my time with the family, as well as participate in the various activities of interest to me, I have chosen to high-return activities that involve the entire family. We own a private camping membership and had a modern camping trailer that we used 12 times in 2003 but with the new baby only used twice in 2004. This gave us time together for a week or a weekend. We also have a membership at the YMCA. There we swim, play basketball, and lift weights. We own a covered utility trailer that holds a dozen bicycles. We can rapidly hitch up and drive down 5 minutes to the Burke-Gilman trail and enjoy an hour or two together riding bikes with no hassles. In 2005 we traded in the travel trailer for a 29-foot long mini motorhome and promptly went on a 9,750 mile trip. These investments are worth the quality family time they return. In the past we've also purchased family memberships at the Pacific Science Center. That provides time watching the I-MAX and enjoying the displays.

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This site was last updated 03/16/10