Here are the signs of Spring 2010. The daffodils are close to blooming!
Unfortunately, it also means flooding around here. These next two photos show the James River several times wider than normal. It causes lots of road closures as the waters rise over the bridges and roadways. The 2
nd photo shows trees that are surrounded by water.
The weather has been in the mid-70's lately and we have gotten out in shorts and flip-flops. Here were our accomplishments yesterday: worked till 4:20 pm; cleaned the basement as we were getting a "new-to-us" washer; swept the garage (it was a mess!); Andrew and I washed BOTH cars which were filthy; started 3 potted plants; planted one plant out in the yard; Andrew spent 2 hours with our neighbor moving and installing said washer; and several other less interesting tasks. Wow. All in shorts and flip flops :).
Now about the washer blessing! We were already blessed to have a washer and dryer in the home we purchased. Upon closer inspection, the whole top of our washer was rusted off. Our generous neighbor called asking if we wanted their old washer. We said yes if you can't find someone else who needs it more than we do! They like matching pairs and their dryer had gone down and they had bought a brand new pair. The washer they gave us was decades newer. Thank you Lord!!! What a blessing.
I thought the following variety of tulip was pretty interesting. It has a shredded look when it opens. So far I have been pleasantly surprised at what has come up. First the two-tone tulips and now these:
Basically no doorknobs in our house work properly. In our 3-seasons room, Lucy found out that she can push on the doors and they pop open if they aren't dead bolted. Here is her grand escape... followed by a roll on the dirt mound that is our power line trench.
Here are the new sprouts on one of the rose bushes we hacked away at last fall. I hope we get some great roses this year!
Here are our beautiful tulips. The first one finally showed its color and I think they are gorgeous! I was worried that the bunnies and deer would get to them before I got to see what color they were.
Happy Resurrection Day 2010! As we are so far from our families, I thought I would post a new Easter "family" picture again this year. The Easter Lily was a gift from Andrew. It is beautiful and had two new blooms open this morning!
Here are the signs of Spring 2010. The daffodils are close to blooming!
The weather has been in the mid-70's lately and we have gotten out in shorts and flip-flops. Here were our accomplishments yesterday: worked till 4:20 pm; cleaned the basement as we were getting a "new-to-us" washer; swept the garage (it was a mess!); Andrew and I washed BOTH cars which were filthy; started 3 potted plants; planted one plant out in the yard; Andrew spent 2 hours with our neighbor moving and installing said washer; and several other less interesting tasks. Wow. All in shorts and flip flops :).
Andrew and I went to Pierre this weekend. I was pretty sick (cold and/or flu) but really didn't want to stay home and be sick all weekend alone, as we had plans to be leaders for our church high schoolers at Youth Rally. They treated us like royalty! We got a suite room with a whirl pool tub and a king size bed (Coming from a Full-size bed that was AMAZING :). Here are some pictures of our time with the youth:
These inflatable games were a hit this year. I helped run two of the events for an hour and a half.
This picture is of Andrew participating in the silliness that is high school :). We had a nice weekend really getting to know the high schoolers better.
There doesn't seem to be any concern about the baby at this point. In this next photo, however, you can see a lump left of the baby. They are a little concerned that that could be a large fibroid (which I have been checked for before) or cyst or something. Please pray about that. 
I hope these pictures are a nice glimpse in to our joy as we live so far from you all!
