This & That...

Lyla and I recently visited some dear friends...

Joyce & Lyla

My friend Sarah & her youngest, Mac

Lyla & Mac

And Joel, always so festive, celebrated Earth Day by shooting a wild turkey...

He's a handsome one, isn't he? (my husband, that is!)

Joel letting Lyla check out the turkey (note: mom was at work and was not aware this was going on, thankfully)

And here is Lyla's new way of getting around :)

Spring has Sprung!

Lyla fell asleep on our swing with Grandpa

Joel's first bass of the year!

Little wiggler :)

A Princess Preview & A Prayer Request

Here is a sneak peek at our little princess...she's in the dress that she'll be wearing for Josh & Bryana's wedding on May 1st. And our prayers have been answered--she is most decidedly sitting up independently now (we were praying that she would be by the time the wedding rolled around!). She's also making great progress in other areas, ie standing and getting closer to crawling--thank you Lord!

photo courtesy of Auntie Bryana :)

And a prayer request...as many of you probably already know, the results came back from my (Jenny's) dad's CT and PET scans. The spot on his lung grew and there is an 80-85% chance that it is cancerous. It is in the 1A stage (caught it as early as it could've been caught-PTL) and it is too small to biopsy. So basically he's going to have a small piece of his lung removed (called a wedge resection) and then they'll send it to pathology to see if it is truly cancerous. The doctor said that even if it is malignant, the chance of cancer recurring in Dad's lung is 5% or less. So, like my dad said, it is the best bad news he could have gotten. My parents are doing great and are very optimistic and, as always, we are trusting the Lord with his care. All this to say, we would love your prayers for my dad and his lung cancer situation. As we know so well, prayer is powerful and the Great Healer is listening.

Happy Easter

Hope you had a wonderfully blessed Resurrection Day! We had a little Easter photo shoot--enjoy...

Good Friday

JESUS had no servants, yet they called Him MASTER...
JESUS had no degree, yet they called Him TEACHER...
JESUS had no medicine, yet they called Him HEALER...
JESUS had no army, yet KINGS feared Him...
JESUS won no military battles, yet He CONQUERED the WORLD...
JESUS committed no crime, yet they CRUCIFIED Him...
JESUS was buried in a tomb, yet He LIVES TODAY...

Sunny Days in AZ

Having fun on the beach at Canyon Lake campground.

Sophie, Lyla, Charis--the cutest beach babes :)

Uncle Linc loves his niece!

My newest niece or nephew is in there!

The airshow!

F-16s

So, here's the update: Joel is pretty much guaranteed a dialysis job with great pay when we move to AZ--in the words of one of the nurse recruitors he talked to, Joel is a "hot commodity" in the Tucson area right now, since he is a dialysis RN with experience. Woo hoo! Also, we found several houses that we like that are within our price range. It is definitely a buyer's market down there right now. There is one house in particular that we really love. We are praying that it is still available when we have the ability to make an offer on it--we need to sell our house in La Crescent first! So all in all, a move to Arizona this summer is looking very promising as long as a few pieces fall into place--we are very excited about it!

The Many Faces of Lyla Jane

What a

funny

bunny,

silly

willy,

goofy

little

girl!

We love our little nut!

Sitting, Standing, Jumping, Dancing

She has been making so much progress lately! Check it out...

Playing in the jumper at my friend Susan's (aka Auntie Suz) house

Sitting up so big!

Standing by the couch like a big girl, and doing a little dancin' too. :)

Pics & Video

Bryana and Josh babysat Lyla for 9 hours on Saturday and here are a few of the pics...

Lyla was doing her jumparoo workout so obviously she needed her workout ponytail.

pigtails from Auntie Bryana

hangin out with Uncle Faz

cutie pie :)

Our silly little girl :) :) :)