Too many social networks = no post in over a year

So it's been way too long since a previous post and I am sorry. I would encourage you to join facebook if you would like to stay caught up a little more. I just can't seem to find the time to post pictures and keep up with more than one social network. With that said I will fill you in a little on what life has brought us the last several months.

Many of you may know that Shawna and I were able to buy a home this past year and we moved to Ripon in April (2009). Shawna has done a great job of casting and implementing here vision for our home and it looks amazing. It really has become a home. That's just one more thing that women do so much better than men (at least this man) is making a house a home.

Bubba (that's what we've been calling Hefti IV these days)is growing like crazy and it seems like every other week he's cutting another tooth. He's not even two years old yet and he's already regularly being sent to his "Timeout" mat. We've taught him some basic sign language so that he can tell us what he wants. In sign language he can say: milk, please, more, sorry, hat, and thank you (which he saves for very special occations. He's also saying a few words too, well at least a few words that we can interpret. He of course has a language all his own. I would say that Uh-oh is his favorite word and is the word that I'm sure he understands the most and uses most often. That and "No-No" while shaking his little finger at Liza, one of our two cats that tolerates him the most, but who has her limits as well. Bubba has had a few trips to the emergency room this past year, most of which were probably, "this is our first child and we are freaking out about everything" trips, but a few were definitely warrented. Like when he pulled a bar stool over in our kitchen and broke his big toe. That slowed him down for about a day and a half and then he was off and running again.

Shawna is teaching first grade again this year, still in the Empire School district,but her contract is only for the year and we hope there will be a place for her next year. I am the Associate Pastor at Heartland Community Church in Ripon and I am going to school part time to get my masters degree through Fuller Theological Seminary. It's going to take several years to finish my degree, but I will finish eventually.

Well I hope this is sufficient for the time being and I will do my best to get some new pictures posted soon. I love you all. Grace and peace to everyone.

Hefti