March 2, 2007

Well it's definitely been a while since I updated this, so I apologize!

Oh... guess what? It's Noah's Birthday today!!!! Happy Birthday, honey! Yep, he's turned the big 2-6-... I only get to call him an old fart for another 3 months and 10 days, so I'm enjoying it.

Here, There and Everywhere
We've been really really busy around here lately. Noah started his second class towards his Masters Degree and is not really enjoying it. It keeps him busy on Tuesday and Thursday nights. He also helps man the sound board at church with the media team, which he enjoys. And finally... last but not least, he is going to get his pilots license this month! He's shooting for the weekend after St. Patty's Day.

I'm still involved in the meal ministry at church, which has been very busy lately. The lady that helps me lead it and I really are blessed to be able to serve others this way. :) For March and April, I'm also leading our worship team at church, which is a huge undertaking. The guy that normally does it is awesome, but is not able to be there on Sundays, due to his temporary job at the moment. So he passed it along to me. I'm enjoying it and learning a lot about what it takes to be a leader in that kind of environment, coordinating people, etc. Whew!!!

AND... yes, there is something else. I'm getting involved in the Womens' Ministry too. We'll see where that goes, but for the time being, I won't get too involved because I have a lot of other things going. I was sort of volunteered to speak for 15-20 minutes at our first official meeting of the year, so wish me luck! It's in a month, so hopefully that will be plenty of time to prepare.

We Welcome the John!
The day is finally here... our bathroom downstairs is officially (almost) FINISHED!!! The only catch is that we need to paint a second coat on one of the doors and put the new door knobs on. But that's it. Our guy is not helping us anymore... we are finito!!!! YAY!!! I will be posting some pictures as soon as I get that door painted and we get some door knobs on.

In Like A Lion
You know the saying, March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb? Well that's exactly what it did! We had tornado sirens going off here all morning yesterday (3/1) and 70 mph wind gusts, downpours like you wouldn't believe and hail. Some places reported quarter-sized hail, and they said 31 tornadoes were reported yesterday in conjunction with the storm system that stretched from northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to Texas, Alabama and even Florida. I talked to my manager yesterday morning and we were just staying put until we were sure it was all over. I ended up going to work at 10:30am. Someone said there was a report of a funnel cloud about 5 minutes away from my work... pretty scary.

Well, I think that's it for now. Just wanted to update ya'll! We're safe and sound and bracing for more crazy spring weather. Hope all of you are doing great and hopefully we'll see you soon. Sending lots of love!