Thursday, March 27, 2008

Just an Update

Easter came really early this year, March 23, 2008. Sitting by the fireplace seems to be our place to take family photos on holidays. Haha for all who have seen our Christmas family pic, Dave's wearing the same outfit. That green can work for Christmas or Springtime! Hehe and the bunny has been the 4th member of our family this week.

It's cute to see Lilly carry this giant bunny around. I'll find bunny laying in random places around the house.


Lilly loves being outside. She'll point to snow on the ground and stop and listen to every sound she hears outside. She likes to listen for birds and doggies. There's this dog a few houses down from us that's fenced in. He always barks when she sees us and causes a few other dogs close by to bark too. Lilly is intrigued by it. She'll stand right in front of the house with the dog and just stare at the dog. Yesterday I was teaching her that doggies say, "Woof woof!" The dog growled at us and Lilly growled right back at the dog.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

New Friends at Church

God has definitely answered our prayers by bringing our friends to church. They had to leave immediately after the Easter service, but I received an email saying they enjoyed the service so much and they'll be back next week. Great!

God is at work and is placing more friends in our lives who are interested in coming to church. It's really exciting but a little overwhelming at the same time. It sure keeps us busy, on our toes, and totally dependent on Him to reach out to these friends.

Thanks for your prayers!

Friday, March 21, 2008

God Answers Prayers

Dave and I were thinking about inviting some friends to the Easter service at our church. We had been out of touch with these friends for a good 2 weeks. So I was praying that God will open up opportunities for me to talk with these friends and invite them to the Easter service. Yesterday, I ran into one friend at Target in the middle of a workday afternoon, and then when I got home I checked the mail to find an Easter card from the other friend I was praying for! I called her up to say thanks for the card and invited her to join us for Easter service.

It's in God's sovereign plan for these events to happen. Both friends are interested in coming! Please pray for our friends and our conversations after the service.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Risotto


We've been so into risotto lately! It all started when we had risotto with sweet potato at Joey and Jeannette's wedding. Mmmmm it was creamy and sooooo good! We're still talking about that meal.

You'll usually find risotto in nicer restaurants. So it must be too expensive to make at home! Nope, it's not bad at all! It's just rice. It's the Italian way of making rice.

I haven't tried this one yet, but Rachael Ray made a spinach risotto on her show last week. Here's the recipe.

What delicious foods have you tried lately? Any recipes to share?

Monday, March 3, 2008

Jury Duty and the Price is Right

Today, I did my civil duty as a citizen of Ingham county and showed up for jury duty. I was actually kind of disappointed that I didn't get picked!

Despite the formal exterior and orderly process, the courtroom actually reminded me of the Price is Right. Someone's name would get called to "come on down!" and then they got to sit in these cool seats on the side.

And it's not like they didn't win anything ... they recently raised the jury duty compensation to up to $40/day! That's potentially $200/week. Not quite "a new car!" but still pretty impressive.


Snow snow go away

I was telling Lindsay the other day that you can tell who's really committed to living in Michigan by whether or not they have a snow blower or not. I used to love shoveling the snow for my parents because I thought it was fun and I liked to help out my parents ... and I guess it's still kind of fun now, but there's just been way too much snow this year. It may be time for us to commit to Michigan and buy a snow blower!