Remembering December 2008

These pictures were taken in the afternoon on December 21, 2008, to prove it really does snow in Tacoma. They make me think of quiet family evenings reading Farmer Boy, shoving for the best spot over the dining room heater vent, endless intertube rides behind "Old Nellie", violent games of Spoons, early morning "wisdom searches", bottle rockets, snow forts, snowball fights, & a great family...

My childhood

H O M E
(during our only ever white Christmas)

7813 A Street

(Andrew, is that you in the picture?)

I miss it.


~ Amy

It's Beginning to Look Like a HOME!

Today is a monumental day... our last meal on "the card table". For five months now we've been dining on a card table. Well not any more. We found a beautiful dining set on Craigslist and Andrew picked it up today. Thankfully, our home will never be the same. Here are the pictures to prove it:


Before

more before

& even more before
(I know. It's bad)

But not any more....



AFTER

Ahhhh!

It's Amy's Birthday!!

A little trip to Hermann Missouri

Amy and I took a trip to Hermann. It was beautiful scenery, music and woman... you'll see what I'm talking about in the video... she's a hotty.

Grace and Peace Presbyterian Church

Before Amy left for her trip home we attended this church (Grace and Peace) twice - we were blessed both times. I have been attending there since - and anticipate that when she returns we will continue attending. The services are very God honoring - and the messages have been quite encouraging. As you can see... it's a very old and beautiful building... there are many things needing to be fixed and upgraded (I didn't include pictures of those) but its a work in progress. I believe the church bought it awhile ago and has been raising money to restore it over time. The church is located on the outskirts of St. Louis in a area that has much need. The church has a very active outreach to the city.

The trip from the Northwest to the Midwest