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The Meaning of Life

-I'd like to move out of our condo into a nicely sized house, one big enough to have a party at.
-We own our condo and that means we have more money to share, invest and just plain give away.

-I'd like to live abroad and research some mysterious written language...kind of like Maya.
-We're in the perfect place right now for our daughter to have family and for us to waork alongside the amazing ministry our church here does.

-I'd like to have a more glamorous job and to be busier at what I love.
-What I do now is challenging me in ways I've never experienced before.

-I'd like to have a new wardrobe with tailored clothes and hottest fashions.
-I'm learning to be creative with what I have and I'm getting really good at sewing.

-John 12.25 The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
-Acts 20.24However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace.

Breaking Out

.paying homage to Kallie, I will use periods to denote the various topics in this post. :) (love you!)

.Tommie played an open mic last night at a place called Swallow Hill Cafe near Denver University. It went great, despite him being second to last. He even sold two or three CDs! Great job honey! He's also playing an open mic tonight. It's his way of gearing up to play shows in the coming months.

.Maple is slowly dying from cabin fever. Okay, so that's not true, but she is REALLY dying to get outside. Thankfully it's been warm, but I'm hearing rumors of more snow this week. Hello, Colorado.

.I'm addicted to some books a friend recommended. Yes, they're the slightly corny Christian-romance type, but they're definitely good enough to have me hooked. Check out Dee Henderson's "The O'Malley Series" at your local library. You won't be disappointed.

.In response to my constant reading, Tommie is reading Clive Cussler books like it's his job. They are also fantastic books I would recommend.

.One of my friends from high school is in Denver this week with who I think is probably going to become her husband sooner or later. We are having lunch tomorrow and I'm psyched! Yay for long friendships.

.Lastly, Tommie and I made an ate falafel twice this week. We decided we really like it...give it a try.

Hysterically Wonderful

My grandmother made this outfit for Liliana. I think it's adorable. Tommie thinks it's cute, but a little much. We settled on: hysterically wonderful.

BABY WEEK!!!!

Well, apparently it's BABY WEEK here in our little Aurora Alliance church community. So far, the count is at two babies born in the past week. There's a baby shower this Saturday for another one though, so it might as well be three!

Luckily for me, Kristin is helping me out. She has much better photos of her incredible crafts, but I only had my snapshots available to post. What you see above are the baby gifts I'm giving to all of my friends. I've already given away a different set, that set was bright pink with silver threading! These are baby BOOTS, not just booties. They're awesome, and I would know because Kristin made Liliana two sets at Christmas. To finish out the gift, Kristin turned cloth diapers into designer burp rags that match the boots! She even used fancy embroidery stitching on the diapers to make them that much more special. So thanks to my ever talented sister for helping me survive...dum, dum, dum... BABY WEEK!

I also thought you all might enjoy knowing that Lili is becoming much more vocal. In fact, she seems never to run out of words when it comes to one of her favorite friends. Here she is, looking at and talking to her most favorite friend of all, Blue Elephant:
One day we're hoping she'll become good enough at speaking to have human friends to talk to. Until then, we're letting her practice on the elephant. He's a very good listener.