7 Year

Today is our 7 year Anniversary. It has been a wonderful 7 years filled with many adventures. We have traveled to 9 countries and over 25 states together, participated in multiple mission trips, survived 7 years in middle school ministry, lived in a condo, bought a home, had multiple pets, cars, motorcycles, and scooters. We have made decisions that have been wonderful blessings to ourselves and others, and decisions that have caused us to have to learn lessons the hard way. We have learned and continue to learn what it means to love another sinner who will never graduate from needing Christ. What a wonderful blessing it has been to be married to such a wonderful woman and I would not trade her for the world. I love you Katrina, more now than ever! Happy Anniversary #7, and I pray for many more!

Here is us on our Wedding Day - August 30, 2003

Here is us tonight after our dinner date. Thank you Tina and Nathan for watching Preston.

Preston Shoe

I went to the mall yesterday with some students and you will not believe what I found. I saw a shoe that I thought Preston would like and that would look cute on him. Personally I don't like big, thick, chucky shoes for boys. I much prefer simple, canvas, converse type shoes for boys. I saw this shoe:

This picture was taken with my phone so please excuse the poor coloring. I like this simple blue shoes. I then turn the shoe over:

Yes, this shoe is made by Stride Rite and the Style is PRESTON. I guess this shoe was either made for my son, Preston or named after him :) I only know 2 other people named Preston. First was my Grandpa and the person my son is named after. Second was a student in our Youth Group about 3 years ago. What are the chances? Oh well, I think it is super cool. Here is a picture of the shoe from the Stride Rite Website.

I would like to purchase this shoe for Preston simply becuase I like the show and the name. I would, however, like to find a better price as I don't think I am willing to pay $40 for a shoe that my son might grow out of in a few months. I will keep you all udpated.

Status Symbol

CHECK THIS OUT! This car was driving down Hanley Road this afternoon - AWESOME!

thoughts

So, it has been a few days since my last post. Some of you may be wondering where I am and if I am OK. Well, I am here and I am OK. I have had a busy weekend and will try to update in this post. The other thing going on is that I am having a very difficult time with a situation in my life right now. No, I can't really talk about it on this blog as the situation is very sensitive. I can, however, talk about my feelings and perhaps some of you can relate. I feel left out. I have spent a lot of time investing in a specific situation and now I just feel left out and now have no say in anything that takes place. That just sucks. I feel sad. Some things with this specific situation are changing and that honestly scares me. I don't like what may change and am afriad that some people will be hurt in the process. I feel lost. I like knowing where I am going and what I am doing. Lately, I feel like everything is up in the air and I have no clue what direction to go. Does anyone else feel this way sometimes? I hope this situation doesn't last much longer. I don't know how much more I can handle. I am thankful for close friends who have been my support during the past few months. I am going to need them in the months ahead. So, if you pray would you please pray for me. If you don't, please think of me and hope that I can work through and make it to whatever lies ahead.

Oh yes, my busy weekend. I spent some time last Friday taking pictures of Grace & Hunter who just got engaged. To view some of the photos please check out http://www.allthingssimplephotography.blogspot.com/ . This photo shoot was super fun as I was hiding, literally, in the bushes and behind cement walls to capture the surprise event. Here is a picture of me with the happy couple and a friend.

On Saturday I spent a lot of time sleeping. Pregnancy makes me super sleepy! Yes, I was busy because I was hard at work letting my body grow a baby! On Sunday I hung out with a student at 9am, went to Church at 10am, went to a baby shower at 2pm, went to hang out with more students at 4pm and finally got home at 6pm to eat dinner, give Preston a bath, put him to bed and then go to bed myself. Wow - what a weekend. I hope to have more photos of our life soon :)

Aslan

Our sweet cat, Aslan, still needs a new home. We found a home for our other cat, Jackson, and would like to find another good home for Aslan vs. take him to the humane society. Ifyou are interested in meeting Aslan or taking him home, please email me at Showkat8@gmail.com Aslan loves to cuddle, is sweet and very good with children. He is up to date on all his shots and he comes with food, and other cat supplies. We love you Aslan, we just can't keep you anymore with baby #2 on the way.