Let The Party Begin!

August 4th, 2005 No Comments

Every other summer my family gets together for a vacation/reunion. I have 2 brothers and a sister, all older, with families of their own so we make a pretty impressive group when gathered. Plus we are spread all over the U.S. from North Carolina to Massachusetts to Colorado to California …

Closings

July 29th, 2005 4 Comments

We have had a good week. Elanor is doing really well. At her 1 week weigh-in she had regained and passed her birth weight by 3oz. She is a joy to have with us and we just can’t keep our hugs and kisses off her. The boys have done exceptionally …

Welcome Baby Elanor Celine!

July 19th, 2005 No Comments

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We are so pleased to welcome baby Elanor home and to introduce her to you all. She treated us both as well as we could have hoped during her delivery.

Melissa had begun to have contractions late Sunday …

A Time To Die

July 15th, 2005 2 Comments

Earlier this week, I finished the book Always Enough by Rolland & Heidi Baker. In the book, Heidi describes an encounter with God where she experienced the heavenly fire of God falling on her. “I was so hot I literally thought I was going to burn up and …

Merry Independence!

July 4th, 2005 No Comments


Down the Slide
We had a wonderful 4th of July. Although we are not necessarily overly patriotic, being young enough to have missed the “great wars”, we love the 4th. We are a truly blessed nation. But …

Wells and Roller Pans

June 21st, 2005 2 Comments

As Melissa and I were climbing into bed last night at 12:45 AM we realized how we have been going non-stop for almost 3 weeks. We have both been busy with long days, work, the kids, preparing our house to sell, freelance jobs and much more. It’s surprising how much …

Busy weekend, tons of blessings

May 23rd, 2005 No Comments

My mom and dad have been here for the weekend. My parents are workers, especially my dad. When they visit, or when we visit, there is usually a project or two to be done around the house. This weekend I think eclipses them all. We were able to achieve an …

Up Too Late

May 16th, 2005 1 Comment

It is getting late and I should be going to bed, but Dan has encouraged me that it is about time I contributed something to the journal page. The reality of us moving has fully set in this month as we have finally sent out the letters we have been …

Sale! Sale! Sale!

May 14th, 2005 1 Comment

Our first of numerous yard sales is going well. We seem to be getting lots of traffic and unloading stuff. That said, the tables still seem very full.
As we begin the nuts-and-bolts process of selling our possessions and raising funds for moving to Manila I do find myself getting mini …

sendusout.com goes online

May 5th, 2005 No Comments

We (mostly Daniel) still have lots of work to do on the website, but we are both very excited about having such a great tool for keeping you all informed on what the Lord is doing in and around us. Be patient with us as some of the features here …