Thanks!

Well now that I know there are people out there reading my blog I will keep it up.  Thanks for responding everyone!  And just so you all know I read yours as well so keep them going.  Rob has begun his own blogspot so if you want to read "Rob's Thoughts" you can click on the link on the right.

This is a Test

I was just wondering if anyone really looks at this blog....  so if you do can you let me know.  I'm starting to feel like I talk to no one!  ;)

Turning 6!

Abraham turned 6 today!  We had a small party in the middle of the day for him since Rob had to work in the evening.  We are so blessed by our little guy.  Who is getting so big and is not very little anymore.  As I think about how we so wanted a child and have prayed and prayed for children I am so grateful that the Lord chose to give us Abraham - he is a miracle from above.

He got a tool belt with real tools from Grandma and Grandpa.

Don't Mess with Texas

For Memorial Day weekend we traveled to Texas with a short stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma on the way.  Teen Mania was having a reunion for alumni who served their internship while the ministry was still in Tulsa.  We stayed with our friends Heath and Alisa.  We had a great time reconnecting with some people we have not seen in years and getting to meet their spouses.  We spent about 36 hours in the car - it was well worth it.

On our way home we took a slight detour to go to Southern Indiana (Evansville) to see Rob's sister Lona.  Lona and her family live in Kazakhstan and they were leaving in a few days.  We were able to help with some last minute packing and cleaning.  It was good to have one last chance to see them before they leave.

At our friend Heath's house, he gave rides on the wagon

Us with Ron and Katie Luce

The reunion group

Dad in Town

As I said in my last post my Dad surprised us the other day by driving to IN. from North Carolina (after visiting my brother). In the picture above Abraham is showing the gift my Dad and Ginger bought him for his birthday.  It's a slip and slide with a blow up Shark head that you slide through.  It has been such a fun weekend having him here.    It makes me realize how much I would love having my family live closer to us.  He got to see Abraham play tee ball and Rob play his first softball game in 7 years.  We had a great weekend!  Thanks Dad!  Love you so much!

More Family Time

This past week Rob's sister Lona and her family were in town.  They normally work in Kazakhstan, but they have been home since July to visit family and have their twins!  It was a fun week with them here.  This will be there last trip here to Leo before returning to K-stan on the 27th.  They left Leo yesterday.

Then this morning at around 9am I looked out the window and saw a Subaru coming down the driveway.  I thought  I don't know anyone with a Subaru around here so I thought it was for my in-laws.  Then I realized the car looked just like Ginger's car and I thought I would look again.  As I looked outside I realized it was my Dad surprising us!  I was so shocked!  What a great surprise.  I was just telling Rob the other day that I wished we lived close enough to my family that my Dad could just drop in sometime the way he does with my sister who still lives in NY.  So this really blessed me.  He is going to be here through the weekend.

Baseball Time

My sister Liz told me I needed to update my blog - so now that Abraham had his first day of Baseball I feel like I have something to talk about - here it goes....

He is on the Red's team. He did really well and seems to have a good baseball sense.  Maybe it's because Rob and I have been teaching him the game since he was about 18 months - we're not overbearing though!  :)

Since it's tee ball they all hit and they rotate positions.  He started at 2nd and a lefty got up and hit right to Abraham.  He fielded the grounder and threw it to first.  Then he was on the pitchers mound.  At one point he went for the ball which probably should have been the short-stops, but then again just about the entire infield was going for the ball.  He stopped the ball but then for some reason could not remember what to do - so he left it there and another kid picked it up and threw it to first.  Then he proceeded to cry - Rob was out on the field helping so he calmed him down and he did great the rest of the game.

All in all he did really well - it was fun watching all those kids trying to figure out this game!  

I am playing softball on Monday nights and Rob is going to play on Sunday afternoons.  So that means we will have games for our family from Sat

urday until Monday!  Fun times!