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Well, Spring Break is finally here! We are spending the week in Tacoma with the Petersons. Yesterday Gracie got a tricycle from Grandma and Grandpa Peterson for an early easter present. Here she is in action on the new tricycle! We are having a great time and getting in some visiting as well as some relaxation. Tonight we will hit a Mariners game and tomorrow we will head back to Sea-Town for some sight-seeing. TUESDAY: Tuesday night we bundled up and headed off to Safeco Field to see the Mariners in their 2nd game of the season Vs. the Oakland A's. We had a great time and the M's played a great game with lots of offense and won 8-4. We had a great time and enjoyed the stadium as much as the game. WEDNESDAY (Picture Link) Wednesday we headed back into Seattle for some additional sight-seeing. We started out by parking in Downtown Seattle and then walking down Pike St. to Pike's Market and then down the stairs to the waterfront. We visited the Seattle Aquarium and ate lun...

We have decided to paint our bedroom in conjunction with the carpet project. Amy had today off due for Spring Break, so she and Gracie got started on the painting while I was at work. As you can see, Gracie has some potential. I know, at first it looks like gang tags, but upon closer inspection one can see the graceful brush strokes and lots of fun shapes and designs! I was tempted to leave this as the final touches for the room, but we decided to proceed with the original plan.

Today Luke Jorgen Rowe was born to Sarah (Amy's Sister) and Mark Rowe. Now little Ava is a big sister! Luke was born this morning at 9:16AM. He is 8lbs 6.9 ounces and 20.5 inches long. You can see pictures at the Rowe's site (one of the links on the right hand side of this blog.) Congratulations to Mark and Sarah (and big sister Ava too!) and the rest of the gang: Grandparents, Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins! What a blessing!

I am writing this post on the eve of my parents' 36th Wedding Anniversary .Yep, 36 years together in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, in richer and poorer... We certainly experience all these things here on the Earth, as we are not perfect and that is not part of The Plan. I am very proud that my parents have been married for 36 years, but more importantly, I am thankful for each of them and what they have given to me all these years. The fact that they have remained married and faithful to each other is even more of a blessing and inspiration to me. Of course, growing up, I distinctly remember them giving of themselves so that I could have experiences that would help to shape me into the person I am today. Each day I find an abundance of blessings to be thankful for, and a great deal of them are the result of the love, care, devotion, and sacrifices they have made over the years. It seems like yesterday they were celebrating 10, 20, 25, and even 30 years of marria...

I have decided to give Google's Picasa a whirl as the wrangling of digital pictures was becoming a pretty big task. I admit, I was not doing such a great job keeping the albums updated and organized. When we switched our hosting plan, I had to rebuild the original album too. (still working on that) So I downloaded Google's Picasa and I have to say I am very impressed. The ability to view, edit, email, and upload images to my Picasa Web Album (Free) is really cool and user friendly. So I invite you to visit our new albums on Picasa using the links on the right hand side of this blog page.

We went to the Newsboys concert in the Spokane Arena on Friday. I have seen the Newsboys in concert several times including a few times in Spokane, and two times at The Creation Festival at the Gorge at George Washington. These guys are flat out awesome. Their visual stage show is always high energy and high tech. The Newsboys' music doesn't disappoint either. These guys just keep on making awesome music with an anointed message. Although they had a different look since Paul Coleman is now taking the place of departed member Bryan Olesen, and Phil Joel has departed (December), they haven't missed a beat. The Newsboys kept us energized and focused on God with their high energy tunes, great stage show, and truly blessed lyrics. If you haven't purchased their latest album Go I highly recommend you go out and get it.

I am playing around with Picasa for doing some picture editing and posting to online albums. I was browsing through all the digital pictures I have taken and I came across this great picture of "Lambie." So I figured I would post this tribute to Lambie. Gracie has had this Lambie since we got back from China. She got it from my cousin Tony and his family and she hasn't been apart from Lambie for more than 30 minutes since. We all love Lambie and appreciate the comfort and security he has given to Qing. She absolutely loves her Lamb. We have had a few scary moments when we thought we lost him, but after a prayer or two, Lambie always showed up! So here is a blog entry in honor of Lambie!