Wisdom Teeth

This is Dan about an hour after he had all 4 wisdom teeth removed. After taking the gauze out, he was eating dinner a few hours later and maybe put an eye pack on for 1/2 hour total. He kept up with the pain meds but never felt any pain at all! It was amazing!

Super Bowl!

So, I'm a little late since the Super Bowl was almost a month ago, but I don't feel like watching the Presidential address on tv anymore so I'm catching up on other things.

We had a great time with a mix of friends from college and church. Tom and Becky brought Adelyn Taylor and it was fun to see her!!! And it was fun to see you too Tom and Becky :)

See, Dan and Jon don't seem too bad at watching a baby sleep. They seem quite happy about it!

Still sleeping... she is so beautiful!
Allison and Heather

Alyce and Kara

Tom - when he thought the Steelers were going to lose!

Jon - when he thought the Cardinals were going to win. He was excited.

Beth Moore Bible Study

I've started my second Beth Moore Bible Study at Cross of Glory - tomorrow night is week 3 of 10. Beth even has a blog, so I've added it to my blog list on the right. I really enjoy her teaching and passion for the Word of God. This fall the study was on John and it was called Beloved Disciple. The spring one is on the book of Esther titled "Its tough being a woman". Last fall we had about 40 women sign up for the study, and this spring we have over 70! I can't believe how much it has grown, and I'm so happy some other younger women have joined as well. I think it was just Missy and me in the fall session from the "Momentum" age group. Well, we now have at least 10 women our age so we have our own small group to break into prior to the big group video session. I was a little nervous to lead a small group, but I'm praying about it and hopefully it will go easier as time goes on.

I've read Esther before, but never studied it like this. Each week we focus on one of the chapters, and Chapter 2 talks about how Esther was chosen as queen and won the favor of the king. Even without disclosing her heritage and by listening to advisers on what to say, she won over all the other women. Mordecai must have been so proud of her, and at the end of the chapter it talks about how he helps foil a plot by some officials to kill the king. The drama makes me think of a soap opera or reality tv, not an Old Testament book of the Bible. I'm so thankful for our church to make this study available and help me dig deeper about age-old stories that really come to life and teach me important lessons about Esther's life and story.

Baby Sophie!

Today I got to meet Kathryn's sweet new baby girl Sophie. Kathryn and I went to school together at KMS and were best friends - they live in Eau Claire now so we don't see each other as often but I'm so thankful for facebook to keep in contact with her especially now that she has a new baby!

Sophie was tired today so I didn't get a chance to see her cute little eyes too much, but I got a few pictures with her eyes open.

Congratulations Kathryn and Dave! Sophie is beautiful and we are so happy for you! I hope she continues to be a good baby for you so you get lots of rest :)

Linnea's baby shower

Last night we had Linnea's baby shower at our house. It was fun to get together with some girls from Cross of Glory, play some games, and hear about Linnea's plans. Its less than a month away!

Monster Truck!

Look how close we were to the action!

Microwave and Cabinet door pulls

The microwave came early! We thought we wouldn't get the microwave for another month but it came in on Friday! Friday evening we helped Dan's parents move into some pod's while they wait for a closing date on their house in Mound. It was a chilly night so it was so nice the company let us load inside one of the warehouses. There was still a bit left so we finished loading on Saturday morning. Dan's parents are staying with us for now and once they get internet hooked up at the lake they'll stay there until they get into their new house.

Saturday night we went with Dan's co-workers to the Monster Truck rally and it was actually kinda fun. Lots of fuel fumes though :) I couldn't believe the Metrodome was packed for this! People have their favorite Monster Truck and cheer when they go head-to-head or do their freestyle demolition stuff. I thought Grave Digger was a funny one and Tazmanian Devil was pretty cool.

Today we went out to the lake to park one of Dan's parents cars there and start to take a load of things they'll need until their house is done. When we got back Dan installed the microwave above the stove and it looks great! Then we put some door pulls on our freshly completed black cabinets. I am very happy with the results. Now just the sink and granite once Dan's parents move in and we all get countertops at the same time.

Dan showing off his skills at putting up the microwave

Door pulls are on!

Another weekend of projects, I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow :)