Happy Birthday Sonya!

Today is Sonya's birthday. So leave her a comment letting her know how much you love her ;-)

We've known eachother over ten years now and each year keeps getting better and better.

Sonya is like a fine wine that grows more enjoyable as it ages, while I, am like a soft cheese, that grows more stinky, yet somehow desirable.

I hope your day is a lot better than this blog post.

Love you sweety!

A queen and 2lbs of bees

On March 19th I set up my first apiary. One of Sonya's co-workers keeps bees. One day he brought some in to her work. I got to see them, and it sparked an interest in me. I talked with Sonya's dad about the bees and I guess he got interested too, because now he's got a hive at his house that I look after.

Tomorrow will mark 1 month for the bees. This is their fifth week. The eggs that the queen started laying the first week should have hatched by now. From this point on the hive should start to grow in numbers as we progress into the honey flow.I'm excited. They're fun to work with and watch. They're so productive as well.

I'd love to go into lots of detail, but I think I'll save it for another post.

B-day Party

This is a pic from James' recent birthday party at our house. We had a great time with everyone. And as you can see the old roomies were reunited - soon we will all be wed :-)

Sickos

A co-worker pointed out to me that our blog was not getting updated as often as he'd like. Unfortunately the pictures that I would like to post are on a different computer than the one I'm using, so I have no appropriate photos and comments to post. So...

Yesterday my wife and I were talking in the car about how there are a lot of sickos in the world. She was referencing a particularly horrible article she read in the N&O, but I think this picture speaks volumes on the subject.

Puppy mistreatment by monkies has been going on for too long in the country where this picture was taken, while on-lookers just...look...on. It's so sad to see a puppy whose energetic free will is sapped by the choke holding strength of necklace wearing apes....Sonya please post something soon.

Ladies and Gentlemen, He's a cook!

Can I encourage any of you that may happen accross this blog to check out the life of C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield. While I personally have not, I am wearing a t-shirt paying tribute to this fine american gentleman.
http://www.stubbsbbq.com/stubbs/stubbs_about.htm

Visitors!

Our great friends Steven and Allegra and their two wonderful children recently moved to Va. because he was recieved a pastorate there. The Lord was gracious in giving their family this opportunity to serve his church but we have missed them dearly- about 2 weeks ago the whole family was in town and came over to have dinner with us - we all had a great time together. Baby Josiah is one of James' favorite babies (i think because he is "sturdy" :-)

Calf. Baby Man

In late Dec. the Lord blessed my family with our first baby. Stasha (my sister) gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Andrew. Stasha and Roger live in LA so the family wasn't able to be around for his birth. But in mid-Feb. mom and got to see him for the first time. We babysat while Stasha worked - he was a great baby and it was so fun to see him.

The Message? What?

There are several reasons why I don't like the book about the Bible called The Message. Here is one of them. For Proverbs 3:3-6 they put,

"Don't lose your grip on Love and Loyalty. Tie them around your neck; carve their initials on your heart. Earn a reputation for living well in God's eyes and the eyes of the people. Trust GOD from the bottom of your heart; don't try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for GOD's voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he's the one who will keep you on track."

What if I slip and cut the bottom of my heart while I'm carving the initials of Love and Loyalty in it?