Highs and Lows
A big low this past week was Zeke's disappearance. I think it was Wednesday we came home and he was gone. We drove the neighborhood calling for him...nothing! Some workers were building a fence down at the corner, but they hadn't seen him. However, in our searching for him we found a trail going down to the stream next to the bridge on Ferndale cutoff just north of the Feurtados and Fletchers (the bridge is blocked off now as they are replacing it). The stream has about 12 inches of water, small fish, and crawdads. We couldn't make it to the Florida beaches this year so God just provided one for us. Grace said, "I like this beach better because it's close to home."
Then today we had an even better high. We had posted several signs in the area about Zeke missing and when we got home this evening, we had a call. A neighbor works Saturdays at the vet clinic in Ferndale and she thought Zeke was there. She met us there and YEAH! it was Zeke... the prodigal dog has returned!
And then for a bonus, Grace has been begging us to be able to volunteer at a Vet clinic and this neighbor is going to check about Grace going with her on Saturdays. There will probably be a liability issue in here somewhere, but we'll see.
Love,
Dad
P.S. There was one other low this evening...James had bought some fireworks and I gave him permission to shoot one tonight. He picked out one of his more expensive "cool" ones...it fizzled! Major Disappointment!
Baby Warren a.k.a. "Peanut"
I thought it was about time we posted Baby's first picture here. From what we were told, the head is to the left and the feet are to the right. The little dot in the middle is it's little hand (awwwwww!). You can kind of see the shape of the feet if you use a little imagination.
Baby is due January 12, and is 10 weeks old in the picture. We'll be getting one more sonogram, at the 20 week point. If we can't tell then whether or not it's a boy or girl, all of you will just have to wait to find out until you can tell with your own eyes, because we sure aren't paying for another one! :)
I'm doing great - getting a little bump, which is fun. I reached the 12-week point today - hooray! 1 trimester down! :)
I'll be getting my 12-week checkup Wednesday morning, July 5.
Helen Adams Display
This was our other BIG project. The long bar is 11 feet long and weighs over 100 pounds and the interesting part is that it is mounted 2.5 inches off the wall to hide/cover two light switches.
Love
Dad
Pat Walker Display
Well you have been hearing about the many hours we have been spending on our BIG projects and today they are FINISHED! These pictures are for a display we built for the Pat Walker Tower at UAMS. The display area is 8 feet tall and 16 feet wide. We are exicted to be finished and thrilled at how it looks!
Dad
Pay Day!!
We wanted you to get a glimpse of Mom's first paycheck!! We are excited to have reached this milestone and look forward to many more. Thanks for praying with us in our great adventure!
Dad
WEC Week/Spring Break
Well, 71 days I think until I graduate. I am about to enter a two week break from classes (chance to catch up!) One week is WEC (world evangelization conference) and the other is spring break. Both look pretty full for our family already. Desiree has a big AL meeting she is coordinating and I have to knock out my final draft of my thesis. I don't think we'll be coming up to Arkansas this break for sanity's sake. :-)
It's good to see the nice little porch the Warren's have set up and also to see Beth online on the blog! Brian and Anna - seeing your home improvement project made me soooo ready to have our own home (not apartment) again. Maybe soon ... Speaking of the future, I'm looking more now outside of the DFW area for pastoral job openings. So let me know if you know of any good opportunities where you are.
hey everyone. i have the internet at the apartment now so, i'll be on this more. i had another interview today. liked what i saw. still have more questions though. had a great talk with anna this evening. john mark, and dez-how are you guys doing? miss you guys. hopefully now we can keep in touch better. katherine and i are talking more now and that's a lot of fun. well, i'll keep everyone posted better now. pray for this job stuff for me everyone. take care everyone
