New Address

This is our new/temporary address until our house in Wylie sells and we buy a house here:

Temple Baptist Church
10710 Interstate 30
Little Rock, AR 72209

Speaking of our Wylie house...it has shown 3 times since we left...2x to the same guy!! Keep his in your prayers!

Here's all the details of the move!! :)

Okay everyone…here is the long version of what happened during the big move. I don't know how to type this so it is easy to read/follow...I am just going to give an account day by day....that seems the easiest for me! So let's start at the very beginning...a very good place to start! :-)

Friday, Nov. 30 - Sunday, Dec. 2

Aaron went to AR and I went home to visit with my family. We had a great time! Mom and I did some serious shopping! On Sunday afternoon my friend Rachel Logan met up with us and rode back to Wylie with me...she helped us pack up and move.

Monday, Dec. 3

What a busy day... I was running around trying to get things ready to pack-up because we were planning on loading the truck Tuesday night in order for us to pull-out on Wednesday morning. One major thing I did accomplish was buying some special boxes for my china!!! :-) Aaron was driving home from AR so he didn't get home until after dark....We went out to dinner with the Tully's (we went to BABES)... we tried to take a picture in front of the BABES truck but the batteries were dead!! We had a great time....at one point Wendi and I both were crying...Matt said the sweetest prayer and we started crying...talk about an awkward moment for the boys... hee hee. I sure miss the Tully's!

Tuesday, Dec. 4

Aaron went to pick up the truck and of coarse there was problems...it took him 4 hours to get there and back with the truck!! Rachel and I packed all day and all night! Rachel was given the task of packing the kitchen....it took for ever because there was so much stuff in there!! Amazing really! I was running around to all the rooms trying to sort out apartment things vs. storage things. (We call the room at the church "the apartment"...it helps me think of it as home and not just a room we’re living in at the church). Some time in the afternoon my parents came to the rescue...they came to help pack!

There was so much to do....we had the Tully’s and our friend Nathan Stokes coming over at 6 pm to start loading things onto the truck and all day I felt like we were packing but nothing was getting done!! PLUS I had to make Taco soup as "payment" for the movers and that added stress because we couldn't just order a pizza, but it all worked out okay (not to mention that was the best pot of soup)! :-)

We all worked on loading the truck until about 10:30 then our “troops” went home because it was so late! Aaron and I kept packing until almost 1:00 and we still didn't get everything loaded!!

On Monday night the Tully's said they had a goodbye gift for us and since we didn't get a picture that night we all lined up in front of our mantle which still had the mirror Matt made me hanging on it and took a picture. I went back to work and 10 minutes later Wendi said I needed to come to the kitchen. On our dinning room table was the most beautiful picture frame with the picture we had just taken in it. Matt designed and made a frame for us and they brought their printer to our house that night so they could print out that picture…capturing our last moment together. Matt designed the frame symbolizing a journey and an embrace around the picture! It is so special to me... I love it!!! It was so hard saying goodbye to the Tully’s. I didn’t want to let go of Aislyn…she’s my girl!

Wednesday, Dec. 5

We woke up much later than we intended...oh well. We continued packing and it seemed like it would never end. Aaron kept finding more things to pack. When we thought we were almost done we suddenly remember the things out back: the grill, dog-house, dog, etc.

By the time it was all said and done we had the truck completely packed full, Aaron's truck loaded on the back of a trailer and it was loaded down with stuff...we looked like the Clampett's from Beverly Hillbillies (I have pictures to prove it).

We pulled out of Wylie at 2:16 pm and stopped by 2:22 pm because Lucy had gotten stuck under Aaron's feet in the truck and he couldn't drive! Once we got the ”kids” all settle we were off again! We stopped for dinner at McDonalds in Greenville, TX right by I-30. When we got Lucy out to go potty she pulled backwards so hard that her collar came off and she took off running! I thought my heart was going to stop! There was so much traffic! I ended up waiting until she was sniffing some pole, then I snuck up on her, grabbed her neck and Aaron came running with the leash and collar. He said, "that does it...we are getting you the tightest collar ever!" :-)

After that the trip was fairly uneventful, however, a funny thing which kept Rachel and I laughing the entire trip was one of the bicycles in the back of Aaron's truck had a reflector on it and the wheel spun the whole way (moving truck created nice wind). At night the reflector on the bike wheel would shine white and all you could see in the dark was this little white thing going round and around. It made it really easy to spot Aaron when he was amongst all the semi-trucks! We took a video of it...it really cracked us up. It was hypnotizing us! :-)

We got to AR around 9:00 pm and took Lucy to April & Mike McFarland's house (they are church members). They have a black lab named Boo and she stays outside all the time. When we first got there Lucy seemed afraid of Boo, but after about 15 minuets they were running around playing. Mike has a water tub outside for Boo and wouldn't you know it Lucy jumped right in there and took a swim...did I mention it was about 34 degrees?! Mike said the next morning they both were soaking wet and Lucy was covered in mud! :-)

After visiting with the McFarlands a little while we headed to the church...we had called JD (our pastor) earlier and arranged for the moving crew to get there in the morning at 8:00 that way it wouldn't be 3:00 am before we finished. We were so tired by the time we got to the church we crashed big time!

Thursday, Dec. 6
Several gentlemen from our church came at 8:00 am to help us unload. Unloading always seems faster than loading. I would stand at the door and point to storage or the apartment any time anything came through the doors. After we had the truck all unloaded we brought in the sky-lift to help get the apartment stuff upstairs. By the time everything was put into storage or the apartment it was mid-afternoon. We started unpacking and trying to organized the apartment...we worked until after mid-night and by this time my feet were killing me since I had been on them since Friday of last week thanks to the marathon shopping trip mom and I went on!

The apartment is located above the gym on the 2nd floor. There are bathrooms next door, but the showers & laundry room are down stairs. The apartment doesn't have any windows so it feels the same anytime you are in there and because we didn't know where our clock was packed we would work until we remembered to look at a cell phone for the time. We have to leave the light on during the day for Merlin so he knows that it’s day time and then at night we turn all our lamps on and leave the main light off…this seems to help us all get ready for bed at a more normal hour. It’s like living in the dorms again…Aaron and I both think it’s fun!

Friday, Dec. 7
We unpacked, went to the store for supplies, unpacked some more, etc. Since the apartment is just a large room I had an idea about making a temporary closet/utility room out of sheets, so we had to go find material which meant another trip to the store! By the end of the day I had a migraine the size of TX!!! It was so bad I ended up going to bed around 7:00. There was a Christmas party going on down stairs in the fellowship hall and several of the people wanted Aaron and I to come join them, but Aaron told them about my migraine. They ended up send us food to eat and tons of sweets (they are all so considerate)!! :-) Some members at our church (Ken & Billie Medlock) brought us a toaster oven to use until we move out of the room…I nearly cried! I now have an oven!

Saturday, Dec. 8
Rachel and I attended a Ladies Christmas party/ornament exchange which was tons of fun. The speaker talked about 3 wise ladies (Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna). It was a wonderful devotional. After the party we headed back to the apartment and continued to unpack/decorate. That evening we met up with the Home team/Bible study group...it was their Christmas dinner/party. Rachel and I stayed for dinner but then headed back to the apartment to finish unpacking. I had to get it all done because I had invited the pastor and his family for lunch on Sunday! ;o) We got it all done except 2 boxes of clothes that are in our closet.

Sunday, Dec. 9
We had church and lunch with the pastor's family…I made a big pot of chicken spaghetti in my crock pot! It worked great! That afternoon Aaron and I took Rachel around to see some of the homes we are thinking about buying...because it was Sunday most of them where open (Sunday tends to be the day for new homes to have an Open House). That night we went to bible study…we really enjoy our new home team/bible study group.

Monday, Dec 10
Since I hadn't been off of my feet in 7 days I decided to take the day off! Rachel and I watched the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy! it was great! After that we got out of our pj's and went to get cat food...which took 3 hours because I don't know my way around yet!!! We finally found the store with some help. After our little adventure for cat food our friends Morgan & Amanda O’Neal came to the church (they live in Conway which is about 30 min. away). We all went to the youth room to watch The Village on the big screen and we got to use the nice audio equipment! That was fun!

Tuesday, Dec. 11
This was adventure day for me and Rachel. We had a nice lunch and then went to the Old Mill (pictured above) and spent hours there taking pictures. It was a very nice day and we came back to the church for some down time before Rachel flew home.

Wednesday, Dec. 12
The church secretary is on vacation so I am filling in for her...it is nice since I haven't worked in over a month! As far as job hunting goes...I am looking online and sending our resumes but I think I am going to wait until after the holidays before really getting serious. I am still thinking about nursing school but there is a lot to think about if I were to do that. Aaron and I are still trying to decide what to do...not sure, but I will decide soon!

Okay I must get off this thing because I am sure you have gone blind reading this and I defiantly have carpal tunnel after typing this blog!

MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone! :0)

Here

Little Rock...in a nut shell!

We are here... things are crazy... the room is coming together and looking more like a home, but it is just a room!

Our wylie house has shown 3 times since we left!!! :o) Running late for church....more blog to come! ;o)

We're Gone....

The time has come for the big move... as of Wednesday morning our new address will be Little Rock, AR!! We are so tired... it has been a busy month for us!

Thanksgiving week went really well...we just traveled over 2,000 miles round trip! I was ready to come home about day 6! We went to AR one weekend, then drove to LA for the week of Thanksgiving, and drove back to AR for the next weekend service. We had planned to come back to TX on Monday morning, but I wanted home so we drove back on Sunday night! It was so nice getting home to my babies! :)

This past weekend I went home to Lewisville and spent time with my family...it was great! We took family pictures and they turned out really nice!

Aaron went to AR for church and got back tonight...he was able to set up our apartment at the church. We decided to live in a room at the church until the house sells...there still have been no hits!!! We are having to drop the price AGAIN! Oh well.

The room at the church is nice because it has a sink and a microwave...plus we have a griddle and a 2 top burner thing... that makes my "mini" kitchen! Oh not to mention a crock-pot...you can make a ton of stuff in a crock-pot! :)

Lucy will be staying with a church member at there house...they have a black lab that stays outside so she will have a friend to help keep her warm on cold nights. Merlin will be with us.

We are using Budget because we have had problems with Uhaul before since the trucks are so old...Budget has newer trucks. Aaron is really excited about that fact! I guess it is a guy thing...cause my dad is excited about it too... hee hee.

My friend Rachel is here with us helping me pack and stay sane... she is going to ride in the car with me and a very sedated Merlin...Lucy will be with Aaron in the truck (it has vinyl seats in case of an accident).

We are loading up tomorrow night and pulling out Wednesday morning... Aaron would like to get to AR in time for choir practice...we shall see. :)

I am ready to be there and get plugged in and find friends... I am going to really miss my dear friends here though.

Our friends, the Tully's, took us out for dinner at Babe's! It was great... Wendi and I started crying when Matt said the prayer...they are such precious friends of ours...oh how we are going to miss them and Aislyn!

Okay I think that is all I have in me right now! See you in a few days!

Holidays...

Can you believe the holidays are here!! Thanksgiving is a week away! Where has this year gone!? Wasn't it just yesterday we were celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas? It is so amazing how time can fly so quickly when you aren't looking!

Aaron starts his job this Sunday...we are gearing up for the weekend! Since Thanksgiving is in LA this year we decided to travel to Little Rock tomorrow and on Monday go straight to Vidalia and not come back to Dallas...it will save us 400 miles.

Because we are going directly to LA from AR we had to find someone to watch the kids for 11 days!! Yikes! Thankfully our friends the Tully's will be able to watch them until next Wednesday, and after that our neighbor’s little girls will take care of them until we return (one week from next Monday)!!!

We have never been away from Merlin & Lucy for that amount of time! I know they will be okay, but they both have abandonment issues (Merlin especially). Whenever we are gone for a few days you would think we had left them for good...they follow us around for days. Almost as if they are making sure we are really there and not going to leave again!

I miss them so much when we travel...I have to be honest when I say the thought of moving and not have a place for them to stay with us really is causing me stress. I may not seem stressed on the outside but it is there...silent on the inside!

There is a kind family that is offering us there spare rooms & extra living room until we sell the house, but they don't have a fence for Lucy & don't want Merlin on the inside...that means we would have to find Merlin & Lucy a place to stay (with strangers) until the house sells and we buy a house. Now this couple's daughter-in-law has offered her fenced in backyard for Lucy (they have a black lab) and that would be fine if Lucy can get along with their dog.

I don’t' know... I really don't want to split us up! I can't explain it, but there is something deep inside me that can't bear the thought of moving to a strange place and not having my kids with me... I know they would be close, but it is already going to be so traumatic for all of us...this might be the straw that breaks the camels back!

I am sure there are some of you who think I am being crazy, but I am sure there are some of you who can relate! It has been really hard...I have to be so careful not to get so discouraged about the house not selling... we haven't even shown it once! There is a deep dark part of me inside that thinks we are making a mistake moving to LR...perhaps the house not showing is a sign!

However, I know we are doing the right thing... I believe God has given us the opportunity and we need to have faith and trust. It is just so disheartening when you haven't even shown your house once in a month!

I have to be so careful what I say to Aaron... I don't want to discourage him! Please pray for me...I really need the encouragement right now!

Okay...well I must get off this thing...I have so much to do today! We are leaving for LR tomorrow morning and won't return for 11 days....I need to get the oil changed in our car...rotate the tires...clean the house because there is a realtor tour set for next Tuesday (hooray our first showing)!! Lots to do and not a lot of time!

I don't think I will be able to update the blog until we return from our trip....so see you in 11(ish) days! :o)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Staying Home

It has been one week since my last job and I am loving it!!! It is scarry to think about NOT bringing home a paycheck, but it is so WONDERFUL to be home taking care of my little family!

Every morning we are able to have breakfest together (which hasn't happened since we lived inthe dorms at college). Not only that but we eat every meal together! It is great!

We are leaving for Little Rock Friday...Aaron starts his new job Sunday! We are really excited about that too!!

We still haven't sold the house...but we did have an answer to prayer...our realtor quit! We didn't have to pay her any fees AND we got another realtor...it is a sister team and they are bulldogs when it comes to selling homes!!! :o)

Well I must get off this thing to take care of my sick hubby... he is coming down with the flu!! YUCK!! More info coming later! :o)

Life....

Life takes unexpected twists and turns...and on this rollercoaster called life one can either enjoy the ride or spend the ride in fear! I am choosing to enjoy the ride!!! I only hope and pray I will continue to enjoy it long after the "effects" of the ride wear off!

As many of you know Aaron and I will be moving to Little Rock, AR this month. I am looking forward to embarking on the new road set before me and because of that road this is my last day at DBU...the place I have been for the last 7 years.

As I look back at the time spent at DBU (as a student and staff member) it brings a smile to my face and tears to my eyes...so many precious memories and friendships were made at this wonderful University! DBU will always hold a special place in my heart! :o)

As I said goodbye to DBU I was reminded of these precious words of blessing (this is my prayer for my DBU family...Oh how I shall miss them all so much), "The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace." Numbers 6:24-26

Selling a House

We went to AR last weekend to look at houses, and let me just say we looked at a ton of homes!! So many that I think my eyes went cross! :) Thankfully I am a genius and created those score sheets! They really helped us narrow it back down to 6 houses we like. Our realtors name is Mike Pierce and he is very helpful...he is our eyes while we can't be there.

It was a little awkward because we had arranged to look at homes with Mike and then a member of our new church wanted to help us so she contacted a realtor friend of hers and had this lady give us a call...her name was Debbie and she wanted to show us houses also.

It worked out where Mike showed us houses one day and Debbie the other. We ended up telling both of the realtors (who were from different companies) that we had meetings with another realtor and we would make our decision on which person/company we would use. Aaron and I liked both of them, but we decided to stick with Mike since we had originally planned to have him be our realtor.

While we were gone our TX realtor had an open house...no one came! She even said the signs would end up missing after they put them out. When she would go our there and put another sign she would see a car full of teenagers drive up, grab the sign and peel out...they were just being stupid! I have to admit it was very discouraging/frustrating!

Be praying that God will send the buyer soon in order for us to get to Little Rock by Aaron's start date...Nov. 18!

That is all for now...keep watching for more updates!! :)

Ponderings...

As I sit here, I can't help but think about all that goes into a move...even if it is just across town! So much comes into play. Since this is my first move as an independent, married women there is so much more coming into play!


Never have I moved before and had to find all new doctors, try to sell a house, think of every possible address change that will have to be "reported" after the move. Not to mention trying to find out the best way to move the "kids"!

My days are spent in constant wonder, prayer, and more wonder. There are times I let my mind run crazy with all the possibilities of what might happen, but I am forced to reign them in and remind myself that someone much greater than I is in control!


I am constantly making lists of things that must be done and there is the ever-present voice in the back of my mind telling me I have forgotten something. It is as if I am abscessed trying to think of what it is I have forgotten! I am sure once the big day arrives there will be countless things thought of that were not on any of my lists, but I pray I will take it all in stride and not feel defeated.


Thank the Lord for friends and family who have already said they are helping us move...even riding with us to Little Rock! That puts my mind at ease!

If one allows ones self to be caught up in the chaos of it all you will find yourself lost and unable to see the way, however, if one simply lets go and trusts, a beam of light sent from above will guide the way. Even if it only shines on a small portion of the road one must still trust the master holding the light. He knows what is a head of you and will bring it into the light when the time is appropriate for you to see. No sense worrying about what you can't see or control.

House Selling & Buying...

Well our house hasn't had any hits on it since we put it on the market, but the good thing is we ran out of flyers once! This coming weekend (Thursday-Sunday) we will be in Little Rock looking at houses, so our realtor is going to have an Open House for us...she seems to think we will get a buyer that way!! Please Lord!!

We have the houses in Little Rock narrowed down to about 20 homes, and me being me I designed a "score sheet" so that we can eliminate any houses that we don't really like after we look at them.

Each score sheet will have a printout of the home we are looking at so that when we are reviewing the scores we can remember what the house in question looked like!! I love being organized!!

Aaron is going to be leading the worship again this coming Sunday! We are excited about that!! It is hard to believe moving day is only a few short weeks away!! Yikes!!

Well until later...

Aaron & Karice

Anicipation…it's killing me!!! ;o)

This weekend past in a flurry of activity! It all started with deciding to use a realtor to sell our house...our neighbor Evelyn Johnson with Keller Williams Realtor is going to "represent" us. We met with her late on Thursday night, and signed tons of paperwork. She went through our house telling us what we needed to fix in order to make it ready to show...after which we both were a little bummed out, but that is okay! God is going to bring a buyer to us!

Friday came with flurry of activities...work, work, and work. That night we intended to work on the house, but ended up spending much needed time with our friends the Tully's...they are moving to Henderson (East Texas) and we really felt they needed encouragement as much as we did.

Saturday came and went in what felt like a blink of an eye! Sunday dawned bright and we set about the house trying to pack, paint, and do whatever else needed to be done. My parents came over and stayed until after 8pm that night. We got so much accomplished...we packed up about 70% of our things, but we still have several big jobs to be done before tomorrow evening.

What an exciting time this is becoming, but along with excitement there is chaos and nervous stomachs!!

Please continue to pray for us... I know God has the buyer out there and He will provide for us!

Oh and a little side note... most of these pictures I didn't take... I found them online! I am going to start using my own pictures though...especially since we are going to be away!

The Decision is Made....

Aaron and I have decided to accept the offer! We are moving to Little Rock! We are planning to move the week before Thanksgiving, however, that is a tentative plan! There is so much to think about now! I can't believe this is happening! What wonders does God have in store for us?!

Please continue to pray for us... we need to sell the house, buy a house, pack and move in the next 5-6 weeks!

Until later,

Karice

The Vote is in...

We received a call this Sunday from the pastor of the church in Little Rock. Here is the result of the vote:

171 - Yes votes
6 - No votes

Now it is up to us... we are still praying for God direction, but I have a feeling we will accept.

I will post more after the decision has been made and we have either declined or accepted the offer!

Please continue to pray for us!

Exciting Weekend!

Hello all!

This is an update on this weekend...the BIG weekend. A.K.A. our anniversary and the "in view of a call" weekend.

Here is the blow by blow of this adventure.

We flew out on Friday night. Our flight was delayed but we still got in around 10:30 pm. We got to the car rental place about 10 minutes before they closed, and because of that we got a free upgrade to a luxury car...it was all they had left! :o)

We got to our hotel, which was a suite at the Holiday Inn Express. It had a very comfortable California King and a Jacuzzi hot tub in the room. It was great!

We had to get up early on Saturday because we were going to meet the pastor and together we were going to go look at this house (long story). In a nutshell, there was a wealthy man in the church who owned the house and was renting it out to a woman in need, but he pasted away and his wife's caretaker could not handle being a landlord on top of everything else she was doing.

We looked at the house...it was a dive and very scary, but on the up side there was a house a few streets over that we looked at and really liked!

So after the "house-hunting" we sat down with the pastor to discuss the job descriptions. The job Aaron would be getting is Music Minister and Education Minister. That just means he is in charge of Sunday school and few other things.

We talked to him for about 2 1/2 hours and rushed back to the hotel to change into nicer clothes before the meetings that night.

Our first meeting was with the music and education committees...there was cookies and punch at this meeting (food is very important to Baptist you know) ha ha. Aaron did really well answering their questions. He said it was good practice for the open forum meeting with the whole church.

At each of the meetings a lot of the same questions were asked. Ex. How do you choose what music is appropriate and what order to put them in? Have you ever lead a choir before? What is your testimony? Have you ever done visitation before? Have you ever been in charge of the education at a church before and do you think you would be able to do it? ect.

Of course at each meeting after about 40 min they always wanted to hear something from me... so I would tell them my testimony and of coarse brag on Aaron. :o)

After the meeting with the 2 committee's there was a dinner and meeting with anyone from the church who wanted to attend. It went really well...a lot of older people attended this one.

After the meeting we went back to our hotel and crashed BIG time!! ;o) We had to be back at the church early on Sunday morning to get ready for the service.

Sunday morning came and this is the order of events:
1. Get music ready for rehearsal]
2. rehearse
3. rehearse some more
4. Lead the service (including sing a special)
5. stand at the door and greet people as they left the service
6. Rush to the fellowship hall for lunch with the musicians and sound crew
7. Another question and answer time
8. Rest
9. Come back to church and lead evening service
10. Rush to small group bible study at one of the younger couple's house
11. Bible Study
12. Go back to hotel and crash! ;o)

We flew back into Dallas Monday morning.

All in all it was a wonderful weekend. The church people are very VERY sweet. We really enjoyed the time we spend there.

We have to wait until next Sunday (Oct. 7) to hear whether the church voted to extend the call too us. Aaron and I are very excited about the possibility of going...we are still praying that God will direct us and close the doors if this isn't his will.

Please keep us in your prayers... until next week! ;o)

Karice

Oh What Shall I do?!

As promised in my last blog here are the details of the big decision we have to make (in a nutshell):
There is a church in Little Rock, AR that wants Aaron as their Music Minister.
About 6 months ago our pastor friend, JD Courtney became pastor at Temple Baptist Church. JD is the pastor that Aaron worked with at Rivercrest in Allen, TX for several years...he is the pastor who brought Aaron to Dallas back in 2002. Anyway, he called Aaron and was talking to him about it and jokingly asked Aaron if he felt called to Little Rock. We didn't even think anything of it because the church had a music minister at the time. Well a few months ago we got another call from JD. He said their music minister just quit one day and never came back. JD asked Aaron to consider coming.

On Labor Day weekend we decided to go visit JD and check out the church. No one from the church (other than JD and the children's director) knew who we were or why we were there. This allowed Aaron and me to observe the church in its "natural habitat". We liked the church and JD asked Aaron to pray about coming in view of a call on Sept. 30th weekend. After much prayer, Aaron and I decided that we should go in view of a call...there are so many doors open.

That means is we are going to fly there Friday night, meet with a bunch of people on Saturday morning including the choir and praise team, rehearse the choir and praise team, lead the worship service on Sunday morning (as if Aaron were the music minister) and then the church will vote and decide if they want to call Aaron. After that point (if we are asked to come) Aaron would talk out the logistics with JD, we would either accept or decline the offer. God has a bunch of doors open right now and so we are moving forward, but continuing to pray that He would close any doors that are needing to be closed.

As of right now, we are gearing up for that weekend, which also happens to be our anniversary weekend! As things develop I will continue to keep you posted!

Please pray for us.

Is This Thing On?!

Hello to all! This is a first attempt at "blogging"...I have never tried this before, and think I shall like it! I will keep this short.... That picture is of the "old" husband and our kids (Lucy and Merlin). Lucy has grown so much since that picture... she is getting to be so huge! Merlin looks the same, and Aaron, well, he is about the same too. :)

So much is happening in our life right now I don't know where to begin. I will say this... we ask for your prayers. Aaron and I have a big decision coming up (details at a later date) and we really need wisdom/guidance right now!

That is about all I have time for right now, but keep watch... another blog is coming soon with mega details regarding our decision! :)