One Year Anniversary

~Our Vows~

Bethany, I promise to encourage your compassion, because that is what makes you unique and wonderful. I promise to nurture your dreams, because through them your soul shines. I promise to help shoulder our challenges, there is nothing we cannot face if we stand together. I promise to be your partner in all things, not possessing you, but working with you as a part of the whole. Lastly, I promise to you my love and trust. This is my sacred vow to you, my equal in all things.

John, I promise to encourage your kindness, because that is what makes you unique and wonderful. I promise to nurture your dreams, because through them your soul shines. I promise to help shoulder our challenges, because through them we'll emerge stronger. I promise to be your partner in all things, not possessing you, but working with you as a part of the whole. I promise to share with you the joys of life, because with you they will be that much sweeter. Lastly, I promise to you my love and trust. This is my sacred vow to you, my equal in all things.

The Crib, and two doggies

Hot outfit



I think Mya misses her friend Adeline, that's why she's so sad.

Baby's Room

John and my Dad worked hard on Saturday to get the baby's room painted. In these pictures it looks a little more blue then in real life - the paint is called Underwater Green. I think it turned out great, and I'm so excited to get everything in there, and get it decorated. We can't wait for the baby!! (p.s. I think it's a boy - but we'll see)

Just had to share

This is the best picture :)

Lola

Poor Lola got 10 teeth extracted two weeks ago. Some people have asked why 10 teeth? Lola came from Kansas, and we don't really know her history. She clearly has had several litters, and she has scars on her back legs. She wasn't treated very kind, that's what we know. I don't really think I could deal with the details, so I'm just glad she has a warm place to live and people to scratch her belly. Anyway, her teeth were terrible, and her breath was appalling - so we took her in for a teeth cleaning, which was worse then anyone expected. So 10 teeth gone, and she's a new lady, with minty fresh breath. She's better now, and she can still eat solid foods, but she does look a little back country-ish :)

Tulips

More Spring

I thought I'd add a couple more from our Spring planting day. The plants are still going well, and we're going to put up pictures of all our beautiful tulips. Our grass is still brown, but there's more and more green everyday.

Spring is in the air..

Today we started working on some landscaping. We planted some flowers, bought some new cacti and a Venus fly trap, added some stepping stones, and made everything feel a little bit more like Spring. The weather has been great. Next step is to get our lawn aerated so the grass will turn green instead of this nasty, patchy, brown mess.

Baby

We're having a baby. The baby is due November 10th! I don't have any pictures to back this up, but soon we will!

40 Years

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction....The chain reaction of evil--hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars--must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther King, Jr., Strength To Love, 1963.

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And what does the LORD require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy

and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8