Jersey of Christ

Today, Abby and I were baptized! We have now officially donned the jersey of Christ and are proud to wear it.

We want to send out a big-huge-giant-enormous thank you to all our family and friends who helped make the day so special. Thank you for toughing out the 90-plus-degree weather and for bringing food to the bbq. We are blessed to have such supportive and encouraging family and friends.

In the following video, Abby's Dad and Pastor Dave baptize Abby first and then me at Lake Samish. It was pretty special to have our father baptize us. (Thanks for the video, Peter.)


In total, more than 170 people were baptized today. Pretty amazing stuff.

A scheduled delivery...

Well, we had a bit of a surprise this week. Abby had a routine checkup with her doctor this week and they discovered that Kyah is breeched. What is breeched? It means that Kyah is head up instead of head down. Since we're 38 weeks along, it would take a miracle for her to flip around into the correct position. There's just not a whole lot of room left in Abby's tummy for her to move around. In order to deliver her, we have to have a c-section.

To make a long story short... After a lot of prayer and a big decision, we're scheduled to meet our little girl for the first time ever at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 21.

We are and will continue to pray that God will work a miracle and flip her into the correct position by Saturday so we can skip the surgery and have her naturally. We'd love your continued prayers for a safe and healthy delivery.

God has given us a tremendous amount of peace about the c-section.

Here's Abby at 37 weeks. We're scheduled to have Kyah at exactly 39 weeks - one week early.

Directions to our baptism

If you'd like to see Abby and I get baptized this weekend, here are the details. Simply click on it to enlarge.


A total of 175 people are getting baptized on Sunday. They're asking that people please arrive early and carpool if possible. Also, bring your own lawn chair. It's supposed to be a scorcher this weekend, so don't forget your sunscreen either.

We're going to BBQ at our house afterwards, if you'd like to come on over.

Couples Baby Shower

Check out this post by Mindy about our recent couples shower this past weekend.

Baby bumpdate - 33 weeks

Less than 7 weeks to go...



Go, Abby, go! What a trooper!

What I'm thankful for

I'm thankful for moms with texting plans. Seriously! Both my mom and Abby's mom have phones with full keyboards and texting plans. It is so nice, easy, convenient and fun to text with our moms. It's the simple things in life that make me happy.

Thanks for staying trendy!

Pretty pretty princess

While I'm no expert on princesses, I'm pretty sure I can spot one when I see one. I happened upon one today actually. She was in my very own backyard too. You might recognize her if you saw her - she's my wonderful and ever-so beautiful wife.



She was out enjoying some of the finest weather in the country with a magazine, umbrella, lawn chair, peach tea with fresh raspberries, and most importantly sunshine. All while I was sweeping and mopping the floors, shoveling wheel-barrel-loads of dirt, and washing the cars. Of course, what husband isn't willing to do all this and more for his princess?

Besides, she was working all day too... growing a baby. That's hard work you know.