Birthday Weekend Begins!

Gettin' ready to party hardy this weekend

with two of our favoritist birthday people!!

A BIG shout out to Bobby . . . Happy,

happy birthday!!!  Tomorrow morning,

bright and early, I will be baking up some

VERY special birthday treats for

my birthday boys!!!

Happy, happy!!!

Come. Now is the Time to Worship.

Superdeduper proud of our Sam tonight

as he made his debut on the worship team.

A proud moment for sure for Mom and

Dad as our guy demonstrated his love

for the Lord and his commitment to 

important things playing the keyboard

for worship.

As we walk through storms and trials,

at times it is difficult to be certain

that somehow, everything is going

to be alright.  I used to ask Grampa

all the time "Are we gonna make 

it?".  He would quickly reply, "We

ALWAYS do."  

Yep.we.always.do.

BFFs.

We love these two MORE than our next

breath.  They.are.amazing.  Both of them

have huge hearts, love the Lord, and make 

our yokes light.  We have known them

forever and love them more and more and

more and more and more each and every

day.  It was so much fun to share a meal

with them tonight.  With all of our schedules,

it is difficult to sneak in time, but I am

thrilled that we were able to sneak in a

couple of hours tonight!!!  I can honestly

say that I do not know where we would

be without these two . . . they are.on.it!

We are grateful for their companionship

and so glad that they are our

forever friends.

Love.you.guys.

Halloweeny.

 You must be on the very edge of your

seat . . . I am almost done with this puppy!

 Hopefully next Tuesday I can reveal one

of the projects that I have been working

on.  Hint: It is for Halloween!!

I don't know why I love Halloween so very

much . . . but I am getting excited about

all of the fun seasons and holidays coming

up!!!

MIKE UPDATE:  We continue to pray every

day over Mike's clinical trial medication.

He is on a five days on, two days off cycle.

We are grateful that he is able to participate

in the study.  Our recent PET/CT scan 

revealed that our Dad has very large

tumors that have metastasized to other 

parts in his body.  God is in control and

we know that He can perform a miracle.

We still fight our blood pressure and the

reality of this whole ordeal.  We wonder

why God chose Mike, but he did.  We 

are ever so grateful for our wonderful

family and friends: our support group team!

I do not know where we would be

without prayer and hope!!

Onward.comrades.

A Little Celebration.

Don't knock it until you have tried it!!!

In celebration of . . . CHAPTERS 1-3

being APPROVED, I treated myself

to one of my favoritist snacks.

Sherbert, a little on the melty side,

with chocolate animal crackers!!!

I must say that it is yummy, yummy,

yummy!  It goes down even better

knowing that my IRB application

will be finished this week, in the

hands of my mentor, and then on

its way to the university . . . at which

point they will approve my application,

I can apply to our school district to

conduct research and then, drum roll,

please . . . I will be ON MY WAY!!!

Pretty darn exciting!!

Pumpkin Patch.

Pumpkins . . . Pumpkins . . . Pumpkins . . .

Yep, they are OUT!!  I was so excited to

buy our first pumpkin today!!!  I love, love,

love fall and Halloween.  I am excited 

for the change of seasons and super

excited to see what God does over the

next couple of months in our lives.

Happy, happy, Sunday.

Genius?!?

Sam's computer has been slowly tanking

over the past several months.  Sam is

our resident computer whiz and Johnny

on the Spot no matter what the situation.

He makes tons of videos, takes a trillion

pictures, and is now a college dude.

So, we made a little trip to our Apple

store.  Needless to say, all of our guys

hopped into the car to tag along . . . who

doesn't love going to the Apple store?!?

We pretended to look around and be

amazed by all of the wonderness in 

the A.S., however, we knew what we

wanted needed loooooooong before 

arriving!!  As luck would have it,

we had a marvelous "Genius" helping

us and we were out the door . . .