Prayer Request

Stephen and many residency friends will be taking the BIG 2 day Pediatric Board exam this coming Monday and Tuesday. Please pray for health and wisdom for him as he continues to study and especially on the 15th & 16th. It's kind of the last big hurdle in this long educational pursuit of being able to practice medicine. And while you're at, pray for the healthcare system and insurance companies in this grand ole country!!! Thanks for your prayers and we'll keep you posted on the results....they make you wait until January to send the scores!!

A family hobby

Star in Your Own JibJab! It's Free!

We're finally letting everyone in on our secret family tradition. And you know I love wearing some animal fur chaps! Hope you're at least entertained. I wish I could dance!

Visit to Meme & Poppy's house

Abby & I recently hitched a ride with the Roemmich family and visited my Grandmom and parents. We dug through attic treasures and found tons of my old toys, including my rocking horse handcrafted by my grandfather. Abby loved playing on the "neigh, neigh" and I'm sure it enjoyed being out of the attic for it's 2nd life!

Pumpkins and Fountain Fun

Abby loves the pumpkin we just got for the porch. She is distraught that it has to stay outside so she will stand at the door and say "abby pump" which I guess means that Abby really wants to go outside now and see the pumpkin?




Today she finally braved the downtown fountains after the rest of the playgroup had finished playing and was ready to go picnic. She loved it! I guess she just had to warm up to the idea. Notice I didn't even attempt a swimsuit this time since she wouldn't go near the water a few weeks ago. All things in their own time...

Portraits made finally

We finally took Abby in for some portraits seeing how 18 months sounds like a good milestone age. She hadn't been in since she was 6 months. So a year later she really enjoyed herself. These are pics from the CD. The ones I ordered are even better!! If she wasn't so cute I wouldn't have gone overboard. Oh well!!

Jones Look-alike Meter

Saw this on a friend's blog, so we had to try it out. Turns out Abby looks a tiny bit more like me after all, even if it's only by 8%.

18 months old!

Abby is 18 months old now! Hard to believe how fast it's gone by. She stood still briefly before church on Sunday so I could take some pictures. I love her many faces!