San Clemente

God has again provided for our needs with a short term job. Some friends of ours from Phoenix bought a vacation house in San Clemente, CA that needs to be remodeled. Mike left last week to work on it. Logistics just didn't work for Charlie and I to go so we are staying in Prescott for the time. Looks like our part of the job will take 2-3 months and we'll try to fit one or two weekend visits in. So far Mike has been pretty lonely being in a new town all alone with nothing to do after work in the evening. He is getting help later this week from an old co-worker to help the project along. I think this life is effecting Charlize the most. Every morning she asks for her Da Da. Everytime she sees my phone she asks to call him and there are usually tears involved when we have to say goodbye. It's hard to see but on the other hand I'm glad she is remembering him and that she loves him so much.

Charlize and I have done some exploring and I'm starting to understand the labrynth of Prescott a little better. We're also starting to make some friends from church. The weather is so nice! 55 at night. 85 days.

Linda and I planted a garden which has proved to be quite the challenge here. Almost every morning we find a new plant that has been eaten to the ground. A little discouraging but we built some cages yesterday that should help. So far we have tomatoes, peppers, basil, cillantro, strawberries, rasberries, blackberries, carrots, onions, cucmbers, zuccini, watermellon, cantelope, corn and mint growing. We'll see how it goes.

The Ultrasound

We got to see baby Jolly today! Praise the Lord for a good day. We finally found a babysitter (thanks Molly) so Mike could join me. Thankfully everything they could see looked healthy and she said my placenta is attached high at the back which aparently is good. =) We got to see both lobes of the brain, bones in the hands, spine, face, femer. So fun to see what goes on inside and it's making me really excited about this child growing within. Unfortunately the umbilical cord was strategically placed between the legs so no "show and tell" this time around. We expect full cooperationg next month when they do all the measurements. =) This one was for the purpose of establishing the due date. They changed my due date by over a week but I happen to know they are wrong. =) Either way, Oct 27th or Nov 5th we look forward to meeting this blessing from the Lord sometime this fall as the Lord wills. He has been so gracious to us and we are thankful.