Been a while

It's been a while since I posted! Well, what is different in our lives? Pepper is the new addition to our family. He has exceeded our expectations! He listens really well, shakes, sits and never barks. The kids do everything to him and he just sits there, the cutest thing is Alli likes to grab his face with both her hands and says "mmmm" and kisses him on the mouth! He ususally is forced to lick her...we laugh. She also locks herself with him in his kennel...he tries to look the other way, while she shares her baby and blankie with him! He is a fun addition.
We had a cold spell last week and are getting another one tonight. It's so hard on us b/c we are locked inside, with no where to go! Bummer! I am really hoping for an early spring.
I am almost 14 weeks pregnant and have gotten my appetite back...but am doing a 4 mile walk to make up for it...which probably doesn't equal the amount of food I have been consuming...I have been so hungry lately!
Mark had his annual audits done and he got a Camel rating 2 which is really good, and his audits this week went great too.
Hope all is well, and I understand if you don't want to visit us here but come spring you should come up! Oh, Feb 6-16 is Ely Winter Festival...if you are interested check out www.ely.org

What will 2009 hold?

Well, 2008 is done hard to believe! I wonder what 2009 will bring!
We are ready to get back into a normal routine and have our house back in order, glad the decorations and tree is down and we can just breathe...
Our church retracted the vote for the new pastor, huge answer to prayer! So, we are still looking for a new pastor, so keep that at the top of the prayer list...pray for a saved pastor who is grounded in the Word!
We are getting a new puppy this weekend, Pepper...he is a 1-2 year old black lab :) the kids and I can hardly wait...
We are also pregnant, if you didn't get a Christmas card or didn't read it carefully LOL, we are about 11 weeks along, due at the end of July. The plans are to continue seeing my dr in the cities and plan an induction at Unity sometime in July! As long as things are noneventful, which is usually the case for me, thankfully!
Well, I am shivering by the window here...so I will write again later!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you and your family! We did send out Christmas cards, but they got sent out yesterday...so you probably won't get it until this weekend! Sorry!
We are chilling in Ely tonight, maybe go to the Christmas Eve service? We will open presents tomorrow morning and than go sledding...
Merry Christmas...remember Christmas wouldn't be if Christ didn't come...thank you Jesus!

Weekend

Well, Jack and Nancy made it up about 11pm Friday night safe and sound!~It was a cold weekend, but when it hit 5 degrees above zero we were heading to the park to ice skate! We didn't make it too long, especially the kids their toes were frozen! Mark, Nancy and I decided to get a few things at the grocery store, and you would normally think we would get in the car and drive there, but b/c we live in Ely...we walked, pulling our sled behind us, so it could carry the grocery's back to our house! (we live about 5 blocks away)...
Sunday was a hard day for Mark and I...our church had a pastor candidate at Ely Baptist...He was fresh out of Bethel College and seemed quite promising. Wow...we didn't agree with him on the fundamentals so, we are going to be looking for another church. They voted him in 28-4. I did pray and ask God for a clear answer, and thank you Lord...it was crystal clear...Pray for us, this is going to be hard socially for us, and I don't want this to jeopardize what the Lord has been doing in the Bible study we have been doing! How bittersweet? Hope you have a great Christmas, we will be in Ely for the Holidays! Lord Bless!