It's wedding season

I think that it's wedding season. We have a wedding today for an old co-worker and then next week is our youth pastors wedding. It seems that everyone at work this weekend was going to a wedding.
We have been trying to find a dresser for the babys room. We went to several Goodwill's last weekend. We want to get a real wood dresser, something that will last them. I did find a cute little wooden chair, we need to strip it, stain it, and change the fabric on the cushion but for $10 it's way cute. We have our next ultrasound on the 28th, then we find out what sex the baby is. I can't wait, I want to decorate or at least think of decorating. It's hard to look at baby stuff because there is not alot of neutral cute stuff. It's all blue or pink.
Kris got a great compliment. One of our neighbors came over and said he had liked what we did with our front porch and wondered if Kris would like to work on a rental house he has. Kris and Robbie are over there now taking measurements on what they would need. We have no clue what you would charge for labor. We are looking into getting a business license and start flipping houses. I am excited about picking stuff out for a house, i find that kind of stuff fun.

Long time no blog

We haven't blogged in awhile. We have been rather busy and when we are not busy I am sleeping. I have been really tired but that's what happens when you are using so much energy to grow another living being inside you. We are 16 weeks along. The baby is about 5 1/2 inches long and weighs about 3 ounces. It can swallow! It has toenails and can move its eyes although there is not alot to see in there. It's amazing, the baby's growing so fast. I haven't gained any weight so far but my weight has shifted to my belly. My pants are not fitting so well anymore. Right now I have one pair for work that was too big before but fits now.
This is our first weekend home in last three weeks. We went to Vevay IN and Carrollton KY to visit family one weekend. The next weekend we went to Branson MO, it was a short visit. We left Saturday morning at 5am and got back at two am Monday. It was not pretty getting up four hours later for work. Last weekend we took some of the junior high youth group to a paintball tournament in Michigan where we camped out for the weekend. They had alot of fun. They played three games and got last place. They were the youngest team by far out there and they played agaisnt pro sponsored teams. Johanna and I were in charge of making all the meals, it was fun, but there was alot of down time for us, next time I'm bringing a book. Here is a picture of them.

My grandmother

Hello all, My family needs prayer. A little background info first.
My grandfather passed away in Feb. of this year. It was pretty sad and amazing at the same time. My grandfather was a retired pastor and during worship service on a Sunday night he was dancing at the front of the church, then he went and sat down, his mother turned to give his bible; he took it and then just lay down in the pew. The doctor's said that he had a massive heart attack. My great grandmother said it was so peaceful. It is always sad when someone dies but to know that he was worshiping here and then seconds later he was worshipping in heaven is so awesome. His funeral was amazing. It was the biggest visitation that the funeral home had ever seen. My grandfather had touched so many lives and the funeral was about salvation, just the way he wanted it.
My grandmother, his wife, was just diagnosed this week with lung cancer in stage four with spots on her brain. She is in the hospital and they are giving her radiation this weekend. My prayer is for her pain of course. Then the second part is for her three daughters. In the last five years our family has lost my dad, two aunts, an uncle, a great grandmother, and my grandfather. It has been tough especially for the unsaved people in the family. Death is so final when you are an unbeliever. I am sad but I know I will see these people again. So that's my prayer request today.

Nothing new

Well it has been awhile since our last blog. We are now 10 weeks and two days along. We have our next appointment in two weeks. Nothing really going on, I had a bug this last weekend that we are passing around the family. Kris has been helping our aunt and uncle put up a playground for thier grandkids. I am just really tired, all the time. I am looking forward to some more energy in the second trimester. Work has been ok, a little stressful at times. We are going to take a trip in about three weekends to Branson, Sue is moving back and we are picking up the pop up camper. The weekend after that we are going to Michigan because Kris is playing in a paintball tournament with his team. He is majorly excited about it. I think they will do really good.

Baby's first picture

Here is our first ultrasound. We are 8 weeks and 4 days. The baby is about the size of a grape. We got to hear it's heartbeat, 169 beats per minute. Everything looked great and the baby even flipped around during the ultrasound. The arrows on the picture indicate the arms and the legs.

The Explorer

Here is our new car! It is a 2006 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer edition. We just picked it up.

My family

I took this picture off our friends Jim and Kristie's blog, thanks guys. I just thought it was such a great picture that I had to share it. When you get married it is such a new wonderful experience. I am grateful that I married into a family that I like. I know that sounds crazy but I have met so many people that don't like thier in-laws. Kris' family is alot smaller than mine which at holidays is kind of wierd but then again you get to talk to everyone. One thing that I had to realize when we got married was that Kris and I were a family. When I thought of family I thought of my grandparents, my aunts, uncles, cousins. Kris keep trying to get me to understand that we don't have to spend every holiday with family because we are a family. I finally got the concept but being from such a close nit family that is so big and getting bigger it was a hard concept. Any way I love my family but wish they were all within an hour of me.