The Garden

Here is a sneak peek of the garden this year. Because we haven't had the best spring weather we still have more to plant, but here is the start to our garden...you just gotta love the signs Hope made for us:










I am thankful for the beautiful weather today, so it's time to get off of the computer and head outside to weed and plant and PLAY!

Andy's MDiv Graduation

A couple of weekends ago we headed to Portland for Andy to walk in his MDiv graduation at Western Seminary. The last six years have been the hardest, yet most rewarding years of our lives/marriage. We have seen God work in miraculous ways. Oh how I would love to print every single detail of how God has been faithful and answered prayer and proved over and over again how great HE is, but I honestly don't think I am at the point yet to be able to put everything into words. I have been praying for a time to be able to do that, somehow share our story, our complete story. I mean I know our story isn't complete, but it seems like a season or a chapter has come to a close. Anyways, I have typed and backspaced and typed and backspaced...just not feeling like now is the time to share...but hopefully someday soon it will all come spewing out. For now all I want to do is give God ALL the Praise, Honor and Glory He rightly deserves and proclaim the excellencies of Him! I am thankful for a dear friend who shared Psalm 67 with me this week and it just fits our life right now:

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine upon us, that Your way may be known on earth, Your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You! Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You! The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; let all the ends of the earth fear Him!




The Processional

Andy getting "Hooded" by Dr. Laney

Andy getting his degree and being surprised by an award he was given:



Andy was awarded the Arthur B. Whiting Award in Biblical Literature

Andy with Dr. J. Carl Laney, his Bible prof.