Abel and Aunt Georgi

This is a picture from this Sunday at church of Abel and his Aunt Georgi. We're so happy to have the Andersons living near us and going to our church.

Tank Update

I realized I haven't done an office tank update in forever. I'm not even sure I updated from when I upgraded my tank from a 5.5 gallon to a 10 gallon. Anyhow, things are going pretty good in my tank. I'm finally getting a little more happy with it. The corals are all growing really well too.

For Grampi

Thanks for the great party.

One Year Baby!!!!

By God's grace our sweet boy turns one year old today. I can't believe how much our little man has grown and changed, we rejoice in every day we have with him and ask God for many more.

One Month
Two Months
Three Months
Four Months
Five Months

Six Months
Seven Months

Eight Months

Nine Months

Ten Months

Eleven Months

ONE YEAR!!!!

Happy Birthday "Aunt" Becky!

happy 29th birthday "aunt" becky! hope you are having a great day watching the storm pass by.
the only gift i could think to give you is this toothy smile...i actually have 5 teeth!

New Light!

I got a new light for...well it was a really great deal. You can't even tell anything by this picture, but I'm just really excited so I wanted to post.

-James

The Lake

A few weeks ago we went to visit some friends in Virginia, and got to stay at their parents' lake house. We had a great time and were so thankful for a refreshing little vacation. Abel wasn't too sure about his life jacket
but he loved these sweet shades from his grandpa.
We had alot of fun on the tube.
The family we visited had a wonderful pontoon boat so we could all go out on the water together, even the little ones!

Getting Close

Well, I've made some good progress. I can almost see the finish line but there's still a lot to do. Sonya, Abel and I are going to visit friends in VA this weekend, so the tiling (and I) will get a break.

Happy Birthday Curtis

Before Abel went to bed he wanted to give a shout-out for his Uncle Curtis's birthday.

This is a very exciting day.

It makes me laugh just thinking about it.

He's how old?!?

I love you Uncle Curtis.

Getting Tired....

Ryan came over last night and helped james with the floors, they made some great progress. We hope to have all of the "whole" (non-cut) tiles finished soon.

And for all of you out there wondering how we are living without a kitchen, here it is. :-) The fridge, stove, washer and dryer are all parked in our living room. But thank goodness my favorite appliance, the DISHWASHER, is still in use (we are not tiling under it) :-)

To Grampi, Love Abel

Abel can't wait to be a big boy and ride in Grampi's sweet, I mean, sick hot rod.

Just Keep Working, Working, Working

James has done a great job working on the kitchen almost every night. We are making some good progress and are excited to see the finished product (one day) :-)

Progress!

Last night we got some great help from both Trent and Josh, so the laying of tile could finally begin. Overall, things went smoothly and they made some great progress.

Flooring: Days 1 & 2

On our long "holiday" weekend we decided to finally start a home renovation project we had been putting off for awhile - tileing our kitchen floor. James gave me this "gift" for Christmas, but we just hadn't found time to get started on it. So, on Thurs. after James got home from work and Abel went to sleep we started the demolition. We tore up the linoleum and the quarter round and started cleaning the plywood floor.

This is a "before" shot
the quarter-round is off
and the linoleum comes up too.

Stay tuned for more updates...

Flooring: Days 3 & 4

Days 3 and 4 of the flooring project consisted of laying the Dietra (orange stuff) underlayment down. This step went pretty smoothly with the help of our great friend Trent :-) The next step should be measuring and laying out where to begin laying the tiles.

10 months?!?

We can't believe that our little boy is now 10 months old! He has been changing so much lately and can now pull up, crawl and clap :-) We continue to praise Christ for a healthy, happy, handsome little boy. Hope you enjoy some recent pics. 4th of July watermelon, Abel LOVED it!

Abel with our friend Hannah
Crawling!
With Great-Grandma
With Great-Grandpa (on the golfcart :-)

For My Dad, Love Abel

Hi Dad! Just wanted you to know mom and I miss you alot and can't wait for you to come home soon. In the mean time, I thought you would enjoy these silly pictures of me. This silly face was just for you!

I love you too, dad

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Oh My Goodness! My Aunt Georgi is one year older today! (my mom said I shouldn't reveal a lady's true age:-)
Aunt Georgi, I just wanted to say "Happy Birthday," and that I can't wait for you to live close to me soon! I love you!