been a while

hey blog world! its been a while, huh? do you guys all have "my space" too?
so jordan and just got back from a long weekend with my fam! we left thursday afternoon. stopped at walmart and picked up a bunch of take-and-bake pizza's, stuff for rootbeer floats, shells and stuff to shoot blue rock, and a birthday present for my neice since we left the original one at home!
my brother, david, and sister, naomi, her husband and 2 kids all met us at my parents house. it was a weekend of fun, relaxing, entertaining and being entertained by kids, lots of food (too much), lots of swinging in the hammock, church, listening to my dad preach, baby dedication for 5.5 month old chub-scout nephew, lots and lots of hugs and kisses. . . etc.
what a blessing and a refreshing weekend to be together. we really missed julia, her hubby and 2 kids who are in wisconsin. they have a busy week closing on their house and moving next saturday out of their 2-bedroom apartment! yay! i'm so excited for them! i don't think they'll know what to do with all the rooms and space at first!

my brother has this week in colorado then flies to Germany. so it was a really sad goodbye. i'm proud that he's in the army. but its also really scary to me. to all of us. please pray for him.

hey did you guys see a few days ago, Rick Warren (who wrote Purpose Driven Life) interviewed OBama and McCain at his chuch - Saddleback Church in California. My mom taped it so i have McCain's yet to watch. Interesting. That's all I'm gonna say.

hopefully i'll get a few pics up soon!