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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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Archive for the ‘Random Thoughts’ Category

The BIG Update

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

I know, I know… I haven’t posted anything for about a month, so I thought I would just cram everything into one big update. Here goes nothing… Well, the biggest news of all is that my brother-in-law got engaged! He took Lindsay on a hike and surprised her with a proposal at the top of [...]

Mary Beth is Online!

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

My wife, Mary Beth, decided to start her own blog. She is a magnificient writer who has a lot of insightful things to say. Her thoughts never cease to amaze me! So, go take a look around her site and don’t forget to sign up to be notified when she updates!

War: From a Soldier’s Point of View

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

I came across this set of photos taken by a Marine in Lima Company (Ohio) while on duty in Iraq. It was very interesting to see what war looks like from a soldier’s perspective. Please continue to keep all of the soldiers in your daily prayers… View the Photos If you want to see what [...]

Down, but not out

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

Well, I’ve been sick for the past five days. I went into the Emergency Room on Sunday night with severe abdominal pain. Everyone (including myself) thought it was appendicitis. After much poking and prodding by the ER doctors and nurses, they ran a CT Scan to see what it was. After about a half an [...]

10 Things

Friday, December 2nd, 2005

Apparently there’s some kind of “blog infection” going around whereby someone lists 10 things about themself and then proceeds to list 10 other people that should continue the trend. I was “infected” by a fellow WordPress blogger, Becca, so here goes nothing: 10 Things About Me: I’m a PK I’m going to be a Dad [...]