Long Time - No Post!

Oh my goodness! Where has the time disappeared too? I guess an update into our lives is in order! Let's see, since I last posted, Jackson has gained another tooth (front bottom) and another is very near showing itself. Our little guy just turned 10 months old. He is growing up so quickly and getting into everything as he is now mobile and wanting to explore!

A few things that he has discovered:

1. What toilet paper all over the bathroom floor looks like (as well as what mom's face looks like when she stumbles upon this sight!)

2. How easy it is to get into the bottom drawer in the kitchen where the paper plates are kept and how easy they are to spread out onthe kitchen floor.

3. Leaves and twigs outside in our yard.

4. What fun it is to ride facing forward in a grown-up's lap on a 4-wheeler, golf cart and boat!

5. Our cat, Hobbes, is not as sensitive as mom and dad thought and will tolerate numerous tugs of the tail or pulling of hair!

6. Things always look better on the floor (stuffed animals in crib, food, sippy cups, etc.) and I love to see mom or dad pick them up!



My mom came at the end of Aug. and visited for about a week. It was really good to have her here and see her spend time with her grandson! I'm so happy for the ease of travel that we now have to and from our cities! While my mom was here we celebrated my brother's birthday. He is now 25! We boated to Big Cedar and enjoyed a wonderful meal and a sunset on the way back home. Little J loved the wind in his face and enjoyed "driving" the boat!






Both J and I have really bugan to see finances in a new light as God is teaching us daily how to manage them. We have been involved in a financial study in our small group and have been so blessed to see God's hand at work in our provision. We have listed our car and TV to meet personal convictions about our financial situation. Praying that they sell and we are able to use this money as God sees fit.

Another of God's blessing has been my ability to contract fly with J's company. This ability has not only been a financial blessing, but an emotional one as well. God truely knows the desires of our hearts and has blessed me in such a way that I can't help but praise His name! GOD you are AMAZING!!!!