THE CAPRANICA

So, Big Chris Meirose spread an infection to me by tagging me to respond to a Meme. IF I were to do this, I would certainly make quite a few people angry since I have dissed virtually every Meme with which I have EVER been tagged.
Here’s my rant: Who really has the time [...]

Mother’s Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary - Yahoo! News

Today marks the 100th Anniversary of Mother’s Day and the first official year of celebration of Mother’s Day in the Capranica Home. So, here’s my Mother’s Day Card to one of the most superior mothers I know of:
Mother’s Day has not been an easy one for [...]

Yesterday I became a father. The road to fatherhood for THE CAPRANICA was a tad different than what many experience. Our daughter was born at 3:25 a.m. January 15, 2007. A year and ten days later, I finally became her father.
Unfortunately, I did not go to the hospital when she was born. [...]

What does an ordinary pastor do on New Year’s Day?

Wake up later than normal (6:30 a.m.).
Spend extra time playing with the kids.
Pick some oranges from the tree with one of the girls so mom can make some fresh squeezed orange juice.
Read the news headlines, a few more blog articles than normal, compose a future [...]

The Capranica clan wishes you a very merry Christmas. We pray that Christ will not only mentioned but truly honored in our celebration.
This year we are humbled with the gracious gifts we have received in Brie and Josie. The entire adoption process has made us think much on our own adoption as sons [...]

Tracing one’s time is a tool I often suggest to people when they are making the first steps in getting a hold on the use of their time. I regularly suggest that one begin with keeping a record of how they have spent their time during a week in thirty-minute increments. Go HERE [...]

The Lord’s Day is my favorite and most exhausting day of the week:
3:00 a.m. Awoke to shower and dress, with one major change – Brie woke up and was ready to eat. She has been sleeping until 5:00 a.m. or 6:00 a.m. but not this morning. So I fed her, had her changed [...]

I tried to stay away from both my phone and my computer on Friday, so I did not post yesterday. I finish this evening, thinking back on the past few days.
Thursday:

4:00 a.m. Up to shower and dress about an hour later than I planned. I don’t do well to get up on time [...]

Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday are major study days for me. So here’s “tick-tock” for yesterday, Wednesday, May 2.
3:00 a.m. Awoke to shower an dress for the day
3:30 a.m. Devotional Time in my home study
3:45 a.m. Brie woke up and was ready to eat. This was a bit unexpected. She has been sleeping [...]

Tuesday is generally a day I devote to administrative issues. Because one of the areas of oversight I have on our team is the church’s finances, much of the time I spend revolves around making sure our records are kept up and are accurate – especially at the beginning of a new month, as [...]

What does a pastor do all day (and night, sometimes)? As a means of answering this question for those who know little about, would like to know more of the average life of a pastor and as a way for me to scrutinize my time (at least for one week of the year), I [...]

So, we’re being very successful at doing very little but resting and enjoying one another and God’s good creation. We found a nice little spot at Capistrano Beach cleverly called the Capistrano Beach Resort. It’s not the newest facility and shows a little wear and tear, but as for the view from our [...]

The Caps are on vacation.  I normally split up the two weeks I have for vacation each year.  By April, just after Easter, I am normally ready for a breather - but two weeks away from normality, would probably drive both Kel and I crazy - we both actually thrive on a busy schedule.  So, [...]

Enjoy a little of what Kel and I have enjoyed this past week:
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So, I’ve been remiss to blog (it’s sort-of been nice) and with that absence I’ve posted NO pictures of the baby. So, here’s some fruit of my repentance. These are pics from the past few weeks:  Auntie Allie, Mom and Dad and Auntie Courtie.  We loved the visits and Brie is growing and [...]

This morning John Piper gave a talk on Adoption. You can bet the Capranicas will be listening to this message together. We had our first visit with the county social worker. We are on track to be considered the family to adopt Brie. The process may take six months to a [...]

We had a ton of fun our first day with Miss Brie.
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We had some problems with this previous post, so I apologize for losing everyone’s comments who posted here previously. Here are the same pics, on a new post.

As some of you know, Kelly and I just recently completed certification to be foster parents. Our prayer and desire was to have a little infant. Yesterday, while I was away in Escondido studying for my Doctoral project, Kelly called me to say that we had just received a call to come pick [...]

I trust this first day of the new year has been a good one for you. Kelly and I spent the day relaxing and preparing to return to a full schedule. It is my earnest prayer that you will see the goodness of God’s providence and trust His grace day by day in [...]