Silence

Can someone please tell me how it got to be the middle/end of November already??? How is it that Thanksgiving is already next week and the Christmas stuff is already 40% off? Hello Friends, if anyone is out there still. I know I have been a blogger slacker this fall, so I understand if no one is attempting to keep up with me these days.

Anyway, I wanted to share something briefly today that we did on Sunday with our community group. Jon and I facilitate a group every Sunday night that is essentially a small Bible study. This past Sunday we watched a Nooma video. I won't go into a long explanation about what Nooma is - all I will say is they are a series of videos put out by a pastor named Rob Bell who is pretty awesome in my opinion. And I truely mean that in every creative sense there is. His book Velvet Elvis made me want to jump up and down and scream, in a good way. My personal opinion is he has a really fresh perspective on things that is still rooted securely to the foundations of Christianity. But again, like I said - that is my personal opinion there are alot of people who disagree with me on that.

Ok, so my point of what I wanted to share today...my rambling is getting the best of me... this past week the video we watched was called Noise. It was about the Noise that surrounds us, the visual noise, the audible noise, the noise that we can't get away from and the noise that we run to because we are too afraid of what we might hear in the silence. I'm a big fan of silence. I need it to calm me down. I need it to think clearly and regain my footing when I let myself get wrapped up in the daily drama of life (because we all know I'm also a fan of drama sometimes...;)

One of the last statements that is posed in the video made me think alot about where we look for answers- in good times and bad. For whatever reason I felt compelled to put this "out there" to whoever maybe reading this. I don't know why but here goes. The question is this...

"Is is possible that you've been searching for God in the winds...the earthquakes and the fires...and He's waiting to speak to you in the silence?"

Have a great week friends...be back soon...

Thumbs Up...

hi there. i'm sick today. and i just chased my dog around the dining room table after a pen. anyone want a dog? just kidding.

jon and i are in full bed and breakfast mode here these days. as i mentioned in my last post, my parents were just here for over a week. it was good to visit with them and get alot done around the house. the middle of this week are here expecting some more family from jon's side to come into town. fall is a great time to visit tx, especially if you aren't ready to let go of summer quite yet. you get the best of both worlds - cooler nights and warm days.

anyway, i don't have too much to share with you right now - only one tidbit of exciting news....drumroll please.....
it's a girl!! :) we had our ultrasound appointment last week and found out that we are expecting a little girl! i think we are both surprised, even though we had no preference either way, we both just thought we were having a boy. and i'm pretty sure that, that notion just came from the fact that everyone else had started to tell me that they thought i was carrying a boy. anyway, we are delighted.

everything looked good and healthy. the dr. said i was still on track for my march 15th due date. we got to see the little one moving around a little bit on the ultrasound. i have been feeling her move alot more lately. it's like having my own little alien growing inside of me :)

they were unable to get a good profile view of the baby. we did get to see her hands alot though. it was pretty amazing to watch her move her little fingers. here is my favorite picture we got from our appointment. looks like she's giving us a thumbs ups sign in there!



hope fall is finding you in good health and spirits where ever you may be. be back soon....