Yep, come the beginning of January Bibles4 will become Bibles5!  So far this little “surprise” bundle of joy has not kept me puking day and night like the girls did. Perhaps a boy? We’re just praying all is well and that the baby stays safe and healthy.  So far exhaustion has been the number one symptom, but we’re still in the first trimester so this is to be expected. It seems we’re expecting around January 9th, which for us usually means a week later! ha ha ha… so no extra tax deduction for this year ha ha ha… but that’s ok with us.

I’ve been quite delinquent at blogging.  We’ve had a bit of a crazy life this last three months or so with just adjusting to combined household living.  There’s not been a lot of exciting news other than the baby news I just gave.  So my creative juices have not been flowing so well for the blog.  Sam’s done some revamping to make it look more “me” but we still need to get photo sharing back up here too, cause I don’t see that option anymore   The other thing is the enrollment into FaceCrack, I mean, CrackBook, I mean Facebook! MAN talk about sucking up all my time!! It’s a bit addicting keeping up with everyone who’s on there! It’s been fun though.

I’m in the midst too of helping plan my 20th Class Reunion.  I can not believe I am that old!!!!! Goodness Grief!!!  It has been nice though already catching up with some of my classmates at planning meetings. Its amazing to see how different all of our lives have turned out!

I’ve been enjoying taking part in the church Ensemble. Our music pastor has been trying to do a choir/ensemble once a month at church and it’s been great fun for me to be a part of it. I sooooo enjoy corporate worship and there is nothing better than actually singing with people who can sing (thankfully they tolerate my amateur vocal chords!) Easter was incredible! It’s my favorite holiday to reflect on all that the Lord does for us and how He seeks relationship with us, even though we don’t always give Him the time that is due him. It saddens me to see people going through the motions in their faith. Easter and Christmas always make me a bit sad as it is sometimes the only two days out of the year that some people come to church and seek the Lord. They see it as a requirement or a “good thing to do” instead of the joy that it is to know we are free from sin, we are forgiven and we are able to relate with the Lord personally on a daily basis, without pomp and circumstance, without intercession and ritual, without performance or works… just as we are, with needs and all. This Easter was especially poignant for me as we think about time after life on earth. Sam’s cousin Jeremy is very ill. He has an aggressive form of brain cancer, and while we still pray and believe the Lord could give us a miracle at any moment, it of course has us thinking about the end of this life. It’s exciting and scary to think about!!! Even as believers, when we know that we will go to heaven and be in the presence of the Lord and other loved ones who have believed and gone on before us… I guess it makes you think, Do I Measure Up? Will I make it? Scripture is clear that the “road is narrow” and that not everyone who is a “good person” makes it. It’s hard to understand that… thankfully the Lord is a perfect judge, who can judge each of us as individuals, on our hearts, and our faith that He knows even better than we do. I’m so very thankful that He came to earth and died on the Cross to give us forgiveness of ANY sin… that’s sooo amazing to me ANY sin is able to be forgiven, no matter how heinous! Even the Charles Manson’s and Ted Bundies of this world could be forgiven if they just accept the gift of forgiveness and allow the Lord to rule their lives! Not all choose it unfortunately, but it is available to all!!! We just need to be humble and give up our pride enough to say that we are not perfect and we do not always want what’s best for us, and allow ourselves to be guided by what scripture says and what we feel the Lord would do… We are such a selfish people that we can’t give up control of our lives to the “Parent” who really has what’s best for us in mind! Anyway… I’ve got a little sidetracked from my “update”.

We had our first week long vacation ever in May. We once again retuned to the Oregon coast and stayed in our favorite vacation rental. It was a glorious week… but I’ll blog about that next post J

At present we continue to live together with my parents. Seems like things are turning around for them. The real estate market in our area seems to be picking up again and now that they have renters in both of their spaces it seems like they will be able to keep their heads above water. The Lord continues to provide for them with clients and other such things. It’s good to see the relief, but we’re still praying hard as it’s still not easy.

So, that’s really all that’s been going on with us since our last post. Now that I’ve caught up again I’m hoping to keep with it (and off of FaceCrack so much!)

Happy Memorial Day to you all!