I'm still experimenting with these pictures and postings. I need to read the "Blogging for Dummies" book ;)
This pictures is of Brad and Me this past Spring break while we were in Chicago. We were eating some super scrumptious food and getting ready to go see 'Wicked' (for the first time! ;)

The big picture

Ok- so the news we've been waiting for has turned out to not be the way WE wanted it to turn out. Brad interviewed for a job that sounded like it was almost as good as his- he even drove home from our family trip to PA early to go through the interviewing process- all for naught it now seems. BUT- after having digested this a bit today I'm thinking that in a few years we will be able to look back and say "OH! so THAT's why we didn't get this job!" . God sees the bigger picture. We're just trusting in that.
So it's a rough day today but we're alright. Time to move on and be grateful for what we have!
A

August 28

It's my dear friend Shawn Gurk's birthday today. He's 29! He is one year, one month, and one day older than me, in case you didn't already know that. 8/28/78 and 9/29/79. Huh... Anyway, on to more pressing issues...

Have you ever noticed how something you are waiting for just seems to pushed farther away because other people don't seem to be as pressured? That's what it's like waiting right now. Some of you might not know what I'm referring to right now and that's okay, I'll inform you when it's over. That should be tomorrow. (Please, God!) But Amber and I have grown closer together through this process and learned a lot about praying for God's will, sacrificing our desires and dreams, and realizing how big God is and how he sees a much bigger picture than our little world here in Howells-land.

For those of you who know, please keep praying. God will be glorified for what ever the outcome. Amen!

Day one

So 5 years later, we're finally jumping on the bandwagon and making a family blog. I'm hoping this will be and easier way to send pictures to my out of state family - that's at least what I'm telling myself =)
here goes nothin'
A