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Easter!!!

Easter!!!

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Easter Sunday and everything leading up to it was wonderful, and exhausting…

Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed! Alleluia!

We had a total of three Easter Egg hunts that I had to go to.  Preston even had another one that Donna helped with!  The City of Holliday’s hunt was a lot of fun.  The Easter Bunny rode to Stonewall Park inside the Fire Truck, with its sirens blaring!  Russell loved that.  He also gave out free dum-dums, which Russell also loved.  Preston wasn’t too sure about visiting the Bunny, even for free candy, but Russie went with him as moral support.  It was very cute!  Each of the boys hunted in a different ballfield, and so I had to run all over the place in order to get pictures.  I made the mistake of starting in Russie’s field.  I took a couple of pictures and then ran to Preston’s field.  It had nearly been picked clean!  I did get to enjoy watching Preston and a little girl run for the same egg at the same time.  Preston ran a woman over, but the little girl got the egg!  It was absolutely hilarious!

The Church’s Easter Egg Hunt was fun, and the kids found a lot of candy.  We had it all gathered into one bucket, and someone accidentally took it!  Oh well, the kids were going to have more candy than they needed anyway!

Church on Sunday was wonderful.  Since Donna and I are in the choir, we had to be at both the early and late services.  We were both exhausted, but they were beautiful services.  After church, we headed off to Ardmore, where Donna’s mom made a wonderful lunch/dinner.  We weren’t sure if we’d get to hunt eggs or not, but it dried out enough that our final egg hunt was on.  Donna’s sister and her family all came.  It was a ton of fun.  I was certainly glad to get home that evening, though!

It is wonderful to get to celebrate Christ’s resurrection so fully every year.  I think of how exhausted I get, and then I remember that Jesus was certainly tired leading up to the cross, but what joy awaits us in Paradise with Him!  It is all worth it!

Spring is in the Air!

Spring is in the Air!

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The trees are budding out.  All except the mesquite, as they normally leaf out later than most.  My allergies are killing me.  Areas nearby have had thunderstorms.  That’s right.  It’s Spring!  Not a lot has happened recently in our family.  Donna and I have been singing in the Church Choir, the boys have been doing well in Sunday School and Preston has been doing well in Kindergarten.

Return to Protestantism

Return to Protestantism

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After a little over two years in the Catholic Church, Donna and I have decided to switch back to the Lutheran Church (LC-MS).  We will be officially joining Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wichita Falls this Sunday.  It has been a bumpy road, but I am glad for the experience.  To be honest, I always liked the theology of the Lutheran Church better than the Catholic, even when we decided to join the Catholic Church.  Perhaps it was more “me” leading myself to the Catholic Church than God (which is what I thought at the time).  I kind of think God just allowed me to go – not that He necessarily thought it was the best place for me.  I don’t regret joining the Catholic Church though.  I don’t think I would have fully appreciated all that the Lutheran Church has to offer without having been in the Catholic Church.  Maybe that was God’s plan after all…  No matter what, I know that I love God, and I intend to follow Him wherever He leads me.

Grasshopper Pie

Grasshopper Pie

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My birthday was yesterday.  Donna asked me beforehand what kind of cake I wanted.  Since I really don’t care for cake all that much (and since I like being a smarty-pants) I asked for a Grasshopper Pie.  Well, she managed to find a recipe online and made a very yummy one!  Thank you Donna!  I love you!

Learning QGIS 2.0

Learning QGIS 2.0

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Learning QGIS 2.0

I have received a review ebook of Learning QGIS 2.0 by Anita Graser.  It is distributed by Packt Publishing and can be obtained from here.  I am currently working my way through the book and will be reviewing it soon. Thank you Packt Publishing for the opportunity!

Thanksgiving Feast(s)

Thanksgiving Feast(s)

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Bite Me!

Next week it will be Thanksgiving.  Today at work we are having our Thanksgiving lunch.  I had to laugh to Donna last night, because everyone has been inviting me to Thanksgiving feasts!  Preston is having one at school, the other two boys are having one at daycare, Donna invited me to their’s at Notre Dame, I have my work one today, and next week is the “real” one!  I held my belly and asked her “Does it look like I need five Thanksgiving feasts?!?  Maybe I could handle five Thanksgiving snacks, but not feasts!”  I will just be doing my work one and the real one at Donna’s parents’ house.

Donna Got a Job!

Donna Got a Job!

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Donn won’t be at home with the kids all day any more.  She got a job teaching 5th Grade at Notre Dame!  She has been really excited about it, and has been working non-stop since she found out she had the job.  Classes at Notre Dame actually began last week, giving Donna about three days notice before the first day of class!  But, she is a trooper, and has made it work.  Saturday, we made the trip to Ardmore to see Donna’s parents.  Since Donna’s mom teaches 5th Grade in Ardmore it was mostly a get-classroom-supplies trip.  My trunk is completely full of stuff for Donna’s classroom.  She forgot to take my car to work this morning, so it will be a little longer before I have my trunk back!  I guess you can only remember to do so many things; she’s got a lot on her plate.

Preston starts school next Monday.  He will be going to Kindergarten at Holliday Elementary.  The other two boys will be in day care at Country Campus in Holliday.  Things have been working out really well.  I pray they continue to do so!

Long Time, No Posts!

Long Time, No Posts!

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I haven’t really done a good job of updating my blog lately… Just lazy, I guess.

Honestly, not much has happened. We’ve all been sick over the last week. Donna’s mom had knee replacement surgery. We visited Marlys in the City, where we saw the tornado damage from last month. We’ve been getting rain the last few days (praise Jesus!). I think that’s about it…

I Need a Weekend to Recover From My Weekend

I Need a Weekend to Recover From My Weekend

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This last week has been pretty stressful.  On Wednesday my car decided to start acting wonky.  It has been losing power on acceleration.  I figured it was the spark plugs, so I bought some new ones and changed them out.  Two days later (yes, it took that long, and my hands are cut up too) my car has new spark plugs and wires, and it’s still acting up.

It’s Mother’s Day weekend, so we decide to take my car to Ardmore so that I can put some fuel injector cleaner in the gas and see if that helps out.  So, we get to Ardmore, and Donna’s parents buy us lunch at McDonald’s (McYucky’s as we call it).  Then they want to go to the park with the kids.  I didn’t really want to since my car is acting up, but Donna doesn’t give me any choice.  While at the park, Donna’s mom thinks it will be a good idea to take the kids to the splashpad so they can play in the water.  I tried to sit that one out, but Donna made me go sit with everyone else.  Russell, his usual self, falls down while running and hits his head on the concrete.  It was bad enough that everyone makes us take him to the emergency room.  It was pretty scary, because he was drooling and sedated.  After the doctor sees us, Russell even throws up a couple of times.  They do a CT scan and let us know he’ll be okay, after which Russell finally starts coming to (about two hours after his accident!).

After all that, we go to El Chico to eat, where Russell wolfs down chips and queso.  He had been begging for nachos as soon as we left the hospital.  After barfing it all up though, he seems fairly content not to eat any more.

Sunday, Mother’s Day, was mostly uneventful.  I grilled (burned) hamburger, hotdogs, bratwurst, and shrimp, and we feasted.  Then we packed up and went home.

The car is still acting up…

April Update

April Update

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The New House!

We’ve had the new house for just about two months now.  It’s amazing how quickly I’ve gotten used to living here!  It definitely feels like home now.  I think the kids have gotten used to it now too; they sure have been making messes!  So I guess things are starting to get back to normal.  We’ve had Russell in at the doctor a couple of times.  Once to the urologist in Fort Worth, and once to the speech therapist.  We go back to the urologist tomorrow.  Boy, kids are expensive!  We’re just now getting started paying on the medical bills from Todd Daniel’s birth, and now we’re going to start getting some more for Russell!