(1) We are having another baby, and, of course, are thrilled with the news. The actual thought progression for me, for those of you keeping track, was something like this: "Wow! God is good . . . 3 blessings from God . . . what in the world are we going to do with 3? . . . but what a blessing . . .but where will he/she/they sleep? . . . I love being a dad. . . man, we need a van!
(2) Amelia and Annie continue to grow, amaze, astound, frustrate, confound, etc, as chronicled excellently here. A few of my favorite moments include: Annie calling everyone and everything "Tee-Tee" and thinking that she's the funniest person in the world; Amelia, wanting you to retrieve a ball she sees but cannot reach, saying, "I habba ball, I habba ball. I habba ball . . . "; Playing hide-and-seek with Annie when she hides in the EXACT same spot 10 times in a row, and yet each time seems to buy the farce that you're generally surprised; & of course Ameila pretending not to notice that you've removed the gate from in front of the stairs until she's sure she can make it past you, when she then darts like she's crossing the border at midnight.
(3) This week marks the end of my run as a youth pastor (for now?) as I've resigned from Highland. Wednesday night we celebrated with pizza and some of the kids cried (I'm assuming it was me and not the pizza). It was a sweet farewell, and I'm pumped to worship with my family this Sunday.
(4) My wonderful wife threw me a surprise birthday party. I was shocked almost to the point that I had a brief moment when I thought I had died. Here were gathered all of my closest friends and family, in a place they were not supposed to be. I wasn't dead, however, and had a good time. What a great wife (and BFF J.T., who helped pull it off beautifully).
(5) We had a little ice, and subsequently spent over a week with my in-laws. It was like old times. (Thanks Mom and Dad)
(6) I still have a job, which I thank God for frequently, but probably not enough.
(7) I saw an advertising campaign for beer a few months ago that I'm thinking about dedicating a post to because I still to this day can't wrap my mind around it. It has to do with Drinkablility, and I only list it amongst these highlights because when I first saw it, driving to work, minding my own sane business, I had a lingering and nagging thought that i was in a parallel universe or some such, where people, and advertisers, had lost their minds. It was a scary time for me. (Just as a preview for the potential post, when I was 3 there were a whole host of items which I would call "drinkable" -- puddle water, motor oil, Tab -- but I certainly wouldn't build an advertising campaign around the concept).
More to come . . .
