The intern

I forgot to post the best part of our ER visit. Randy insisted that I tell you all that his arm was set in the splint and sling by an INTERN!! It must have been his FIRST day. He'd start to do something and then say "um, I need to go ask somebody how to do this.." . He then told us that he'd done this in class and just needed to do it again to get "checked off". So there we sat all alone in the ER room with just an intern! (A nurse did come in after he was done and "checked" the kid off...)

Trip to the Emergency Room...

Well, Randy set out this afternoon to caulk around the base of our newly sided shed and came in a few hours later screaming... 

Turns out that he also "decided" that he'd do some work on the roof. What a great idea! (NOT!)  I had no clue that he was doing this UNTIL he fell off of the ladder. I'm sure that he gave our neighbors quite the sight! 

We ended up in the ER, after he had a panic attack on the living room floor, and they x-rayed his hand to find multiple fractures. We'll see the hand surgeon on Monday or Tuesday and he'll be laid up with his right hand for at least 8 weeks, yikes!

I have no idea how he will start the school year not being able to write but he sure can show the kids how to do the pledge of allegiance. (His arm is in a sling set in that position..) Maybe he can also teach "safety" lessons. 

Are you kidding me??

I love my church. 

Actually we love, love, love our church and our pastor but after reading the front page O! article from the Oregonian this Sunday(A church for the churchless -- with Pastor Kip No candles, altars or stained glass windows. Just one rockin' church )I did not LOVE what they had to say.  The article was great in some areas but I really don't think that they interviewed our pastor. If they would have, they would have found the real reason that we don't have elaborate stained glass or bronze crosses. Pastor Kip advocates that true salvation is about your relationship and acceptance of Christ, not the fact that you simply attend church. Hence the lack of focus on our church beautification within the sanctuary. I think that this should have been added. It's not really about the "church-ness" that people go to church, it's to strengthen their relationship with Christ and meet with others in fellowship. That's the first part of my rant. 

Secondly, the part about "...there were no bibles in sight.." is completely untrue! I want to know where they sat during the service! Everyone and their mom (literally) brings their personal bible from home! Wouldn't it make sense to refer to your own personal bible during service?!? They do provide bibles in the hub for newcomers or anyone really, if the writer would have read the "Welcome Notes" they would have known this. That one really had me.

No, Southlake is not a wack job of a church and in fact it does a great job of keeping relational salvation real and holding Christians accountable. We have attended regularly since our days at George Fox and several of our former professors attend as well, it is a wonderful place to be.

We LOVE our Southlake Church! 

Henry's Anniversary

This weekend marked Henry's one year anniversary at our house.  Despite the new arrival of a brother that he does not really get along with, I feel it has been a great first year.  He really enjoyed his cake (tuna and treats) as you can tell from the pictures!

Painting

Just an update that we have finished the main painting of our house and now are progressing on finishing the trim.  We will post some pictures when it is completed as we are too exhausted after a long weekend of painting!

Lesley beach trip!

Here's a picture from our fun weekend at the beach with our grad school buddies. It was Leo's first trip, with us, to the beach! He loved every second of it. :0)

No more RED!

Hallelujah! The red room has been transformed. 

As most of you know, when we moved in to our house (2 years ago, now) the previous owners had just finished painting six coats of fire engine red paint in their sons bedroom. Yikes, it was HORRIBLE and I have to say that I just wanted it to go away! I knew that it would be a lot of work to re-do that room so when we moved in we painted every single wall except for that bedroom! We have been using that room as an office and I was tired of paying bills with my sunglasses on... so I got BUSY! It only took two super thick coats of spendy primer and then two coats of paint. It looks fabulous! It's a peaceful "brown bag" color now that is warm and very "home office" looking. It's lovely!

In other news, I am officially ready to be a stay-at-home dog mom! I don't think I'm going to want to go back to work in August. This has been such a nice and relaxing break. I am getting a lot done and really loving the fact that I don't have to be up at 5:00 a.m.!