Selected to deploy

(MP) - Two weeks ago Tuesday I was selected to deploy to a location I will not disclose in this forum for one year. I will also be attending training with the Army for a three-month period prior to the deployment and that time is coming up quick! Please pray for our family as we prepare for this in many, many ways.

Lake Martin, Alabama

Sundae has hit the "high seas" once again, after two years of waiting in the purgatory that is the Maxwell AFB RV lot. (And by "high seas" I mean "placid lake waters") Last week, my father, my son, and I spent two hours on the water of Lake Martin, Alabama to much delight. Sundae groaned as the wind gently reminded the standing rigging what tension was, yet she made it through the day with flying colors. For the first time in known history, we sailed off the dock and returned to the dock under sail without starting the noisemaker a single time! Today, Rachel and I and all three kids spent four hours sailing around Goat Island accompanied by Therapy and her crew. The sailing so far has been marvelous! It has also been extremely helpful for me as I won't get much chance to do any sailing for quite some time.

Lake Martin is situated approximately 1 hour from Montgomery and 2 hours from Birmingham and is easily the most popular boating destination in the state, save maybe the Gulf Coast. It is definitely no "Lanier"! It definitely has it's times of business, but the few marinas barely make a dent in the hundreds of miles of coastline and what's left are either beautiful lake homes or forests as far as the eye can see. A front moved in with ample time to prepare (unlike a few very harrowing days on Lake Angustura in South Dakota) and the wind front it was not at all overpowering - rather, it was icing on the cake that was a terrific day of sailing!

My Husband is Amazing!

At long last, I read David's review on his LogiTech Harmony Remote. If you have not yet read it, it is truly an artful article. Just click on Reviews at the top of this screen to read it. Written with his continually advancing writing skills, his quick wit, humor and his heart, it made me laugh and nearly made me cry.

He continues to work night and day, pressing through difficult days and weeks at work, coming home to write papers on the leadership qualities of Biblical heroes like Moses and David. Somehow he finds time to bless others who are in need, play with our children, teach them new songs ("Swing on a Star" by Bing Crosby--Andrew can sing every word!), play in the band at church and love me in countless wonderful ways! That barely touches the many activities that demand his time other than his job, which puts food on the table and gas in the cars, and thankfully, pays the bills, too.

I'd better stop now and save some more praise for a later date. Though I do not always gush so, I should much more often. It is certainly not for lack of things worth praising!

I love you, honey!

Rachel

To crawl or not to crawl - there is no question.

Hannah has made up her mind, and boy has she! Check out this new video - JUST IN!

Wow, now our life is going to get really exciting!

In Him,