The Boys

This weekend was Parent Appreciation Weekend at the Air Force Academy. At church today we had alot of families and their sons come to our church. Some were dressed in their uniforms and some were in regular everyday clothes. It was very neat to see some of the guys that are attending there. Here are some pictures of the boys wearing the hats that the guys wear with their uniforms. I thought that they looked so cute wearing them.

Our New Church

We have really enjoyed our new church. The people are very friendly and we have enjoyed building relationships with them. The pastor is very friendly and we feel that he has a heart for the Lord. We also feel that he preaches the Word and everything he talks about is biblically based. I wish you all could see Paul. He is having so much fun with kids his own age. The first time that we walked into the church he was like a magnet to all the kids. He could not believe all the kids there, he has never seen that many in his life! Paul loved being in the nursery and did well interacting with the kids. It was almost like he did not need me when he was around the other kids (of course we know that that is not true). It was cute to see him play, run, and even scream with all the others. By the time we arrived home, he was ready for his nap. Here are some pictures of the pastor and his family, the church building, and Paul playing with the other kids.

This is a picture of Pastor Parker and his family: Pastor Jason Parker, Monica (his wife), Kristen, Constance, Katie, Forrest, Lydia, and Miles.

This is the link to the church website that you can go and see. The name of the church is High Country Baptist. http://www.highcountrybaptist.org/. The church is currently meeting at a Charter School. The building is kept up nice and we meet in a big room, then slit off into some of the class rooms that they have there. They have the service in the morning, then they have what is called a seminar (its like a Sunday school class). We all come back at night for prayer time and fellowship. We all bring something to eat and fellowship after. We have had alot of fun getting to know everyone. On Wednesday, we go back to church for a prayer meeting. So we are very busy and enjoying every minute with the church.

Update On The Shop

God has been very good to us even though we have had some mishaps. We have been able to fix most of the phones that have come to the shop. This has been very exciting for Joshua and my dad. The mishaps that have happened are that we did not have everything that we needed in the shop when we opened it. The things that we did order were either slow in being shipped or were sent to the wrong address and then shipped back to where it came from. This has been very frustrating to us. We have had to turn away alot of people because we did not have the part to fix their phone or we did not have any phones to sell them. Please continue to pray for us as we are establishing this business and that we would be able to support ourselves. We want God's will done for our lives as well as the shop.

God Bless Our Troops

We have some close friends of the family, The Frymires, whose son is in the Air Force Academy here in Colorado Springs. The family is coming up to visit their son, Daniel, at the Academy. The Academy is having a parent's appreciation week. We are looking forward to spending some time with them as they are going to be staying with us as we stay at our friends house. I hope that you would keep this family and others around the world who are or have someone fighting for our country in prayer. God bless America. Here is a picture of Daniel Frymire.

My Son's Blankets

I am happy to say that I have completed my son's blankets. I started to crotchet them in July and finished last night. Peter's blanket is the solid camo and Paul is the striped camo. I can't wait to see them use them, but that will have to wait until Christmas.

Family Fun

Here are some pictures taken today when everyone arrived home from work.

Peter Rolls Over

Peter is growing so fast! He is trying to sit up by himself more and is rolling over more. He can roll from his back to his stomach and his stomach to his back. Peter does get stuck every once in awhile. I love seeing how each child advances so differently and in their own timing. My mom is saying that Peter is teething because he chews on his fingers so much. Here are some pictures of him holding his head up while on his stomach (although they are not very good because he would not hold still). There is also a movie of Peter rolling over (with the help of Paul).

Paul Gets The Mail

Paul has this cute blue pail that he loves to carry around and put things in. He will put anything in his pail- rocks, grass, toys, etc. One of the new things that we have started him on is when we go for walks, he gets the mail. Paul loves to get the mail and he loves to carry it in his pail. I wish you could see the look on his face as he brings the mail to whoever is there. Here are some movies of him getting the mail.

My Family

Here are some pictures of the boys. Its hard to believe that the boys are getting to be so big. Paul will be 19 months on the 27th of this month and Peter is 4 months on the 15th. The time is flying by. I can't believe how fast the days are going. Of course I am keeping very busy with two little boys.

Paul Eats Breakfast

Paul has been feeding himself lately. A big milestone for him! He loves eating cereal and toast in the mornings. He will often eat his breakfast and then when someone else goes to eat he will come over and try to eat their breakfast as well! Sometimes he eats two to three times a day. Here are some cute pictures of him eating breakfast this morning.

New Shop Ornament

I forgot to add these pictures yesterday. My dad use to lift me up to high places when I was Peter's age. I have a picture of me on the shelf by my stuffed animals. I try not to be too afraid because they are boys and I know that they are going to do worse things than that. I did think that he was cute up there.

Daddy and Paul

Here are some pictures and movies of Joshua and Paul playing together last night. Paul misses his daddy while Joshua is at work. Paul is so excited when Joshua arrives home at night. They are playing with a toy car that Grandma Steed bought Paul.

God Is Good!!!!

Today we were suppose to be open for business, but we have had some set backs such as not all our inventory coming in and our hooks to display things. So we had to set back the opening to Monday. Please be praying for us as we open on that day! God has continued to provide for us in ways that we could not even imagine. Today we have had a few customer come into the shop. We were able to fix their phones with what we did have in the shop. We were so excited about making money on a day that we were not open. Thank you Lord for Your goodness that You show to those You love!

The New Shop

Here are some pictures of the new shop. I could not take pictures of what it looked like before this because I have not been feeling good. My dad and Joshua have spent alot of time the past two days working on the shop for the Grand Opening. The big room is going to be seperated by shelves. The one side is for the CPR (Cell Phone Repair) and the other side is for the violin shop. The back room is going to serve for a rest area, eating area, and play area. There are also two bathrooms. The CPR side of the big room is going to be split off again- the front part is the show room (where we will have our customers enter in) and the back part where the work will be done. On the violin shop side, we are just going to be doing retail (selling product) and rentals. We are very excited about our new shop. Across the way you can see another cell phone store, we are hoping that we can obtain business by people seeing us across the street. Please continue to pray for us as we find out God's will and that He would continually bless the shop.

This picture is outside of the CPR side of the shop. This is the only door leading into the building.
This is the violin side of the shop. The lettering was just put up today. I know the picture is not very good. The top part says Violas, Violins, and Cellos. The bottom picture is of the name of the shop.
These are the signs that are advertising for the shop outside. They were also just put up today. These are the signs that everyone will be able to see.
This is the CPR side of the shop. My dad and Joshua built these walls and they turned out really great. We are very pleased with it.
And no opening would be complete without my mom's famous cookies. You don't believe me, ask the guys who are helping us open up and training.
The guy in the picture is Jason. He works at a shop in Chicago and is here for 4 weeks to train us.
This is the waiting room and the wall inbetween the two show rooms. The next picture is of the violin shop.
This is of the work area for Joshua when he gets into his repair work. He can't wait to get back into his violin work.
This is the work area for the CPR shop and also our office.
We also have an area set up so that the boys and I can come and visit once in awhile. The room is also set up as an eating room and a resting area. As you can see all the toys we have set out for Paul to play with.
This is the temporary sign for the door leading into the cell phone store and the sign that we had made for the outside sidewalk.
Here are some cute pictures of Paul. He was watching the big machine that was putting up our signs.