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Two Problems

Posted by Mary Beth on Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS. BOY [...]

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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for him! I got [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia. Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little sister from [...]

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Breath of Fresh Air

Monday, May 2nd, 2005

Boo & Bingley Playing Tug-of-War Sorry there hasn’t been much posting lately. I’ve been busier than usual at work, and I’ve also taken on a couple of extra projects in my spare time. This weekend we finally did get to relax a little bit. We went up to the cabin and had a good time [...]

Manly Retreat to the Cabin

Friday, April 15th, 2005

Me with a World Record Trout (Yeah right!) Well, this weekend me and the guys from my mentoring group at church are going on a trip. We’ll be heading up to the lake on Saturday morning for a day of hiking, fishing, and whatever else we want. I think it will be a good time [...]

Fun Cabin Weekend

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Boo & me going on a Walk This weekend we all decided to take a break and go to the cabin. We had a great time! We spent a lot of time relaxing and watching some college basketball. My brother-in-law, Billy, decided that he wanted to showcase some of his manliness and chop down a [...]

Port-a-Pup

Monday, March 21st, 2005

This is a picture of my dog, Boo, trying on a puppy life preserver. He’s pretty cute, and he’s getting bigger every day! Until next time…

Shooting off some Steam

Monday, March 7th, 2005

Well, yesterday me and some of the guys decided to go out to the shooting range and pop off some rounds. It was great fun…we did some skeet shooting with shotguns and a little target practice with my Father-in-Law’s Winchester 30-30. Now that baby has some kick to it! My shoulder is really sore today [...]