Wednesday, April 25, 2007

little boy no longer


it's been a long time since i posted anything. i've been really busy and i have so much to comment on but not right now...this picture just kills me. max is such a big boy now. he walks, talks (a precious mostly unintelligible little), does amazing things. this picture is at his pal phin's birthday party. phin is on the left and dahling max is obviously to the right...dada is holding him in his seat. more to follow...

Monday, April 16, 2007

lawrenceville used to be a nice place to live...

chris, christian, max, and i were all sitting in the livingroom chatting, when we heard "fireworks" before we could get to the window to see an early fourth of july surprise....we realized that it was the complete opposite of wonderful...it was gunshots. about 10 of them...yikes! i, of course, called 911...they answer calling me by name (since I call all the time about different conspiracy theories i have) :)

about 15 secs later....every police--man, woman, and dog was on our street...when i announced to all the non-voyeurs in my family that a dog had been released, bekah, who had not heeded my advice of "STAY IN YOUR HOUSE" said "wow, dogs can smell guns?!?" our laughter stopped when we saw that because of our narrow street, the man had to be wheeled down to the ambulance...we saw a man with bullet holes wheeled down our street!!! his arm kept falling of the gurney...i have goosebumps telling the story...

anyways, i've enclosed the link incase any of you think i've made this up...chris said "pack your sh--. we're outta here." max started crying at his father's hostility and we are currently living in andy and francine's basement....just kidding...:)

we're all fine...why you ask?? because i pray a hedge around us as a family and bullets are no match for God...

a day in the life...in lawrenceville....

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_503004.html

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

spring is here...

max LOVES to play outside...he cries when we bring him in.
nina!!!
who needs friends? i have all my sports equipment...
his most prized possessions...
these pictures were take a few weeks ago. we were outside round the clock because it was so warm. we went on loooong walks, a few daily trips to the playground, and cooking outside. now it's the day after Easter and it's 40 degrees.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

the lap steel

Chris has been working on his lap steel for a few months now. It started out as a solid block of mahogany and now it is a beautiful music maker...He just wired it and now it's ready to play...He worked so hard and we are soooo proud of him. Hopefully someday i'll be able to figure out how to post some of his music...