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welcome, Hans!

welcome, Hans!

I have been excitedly following the news of Susan‘s labor and subsequent delivery since I first got an email from her parents yesterday. Little Hans Keister entered the world this morning at 2:57 am. Check out Susan’s blog for more details and to congratulate the mother!

and she's back again

and she's back again

Oops I didn’t mean to disappear again. :-) A lot has been happening! I decided to do the boring list format to catch y’all up, so bear with me! * We joined our church. We had to take a few preparation classes and then meet with the elders, where we talked a little and shared our testimonies. We are excited about this step, though we’re a bit sad that ties with our old church are officially cut! Our new church…

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back online

back online

I’m back! Betcha didn’t know I was gone, huh? I’ve actually been without internet for the past few days. Originally it was going to take a week to fix, but Paul and I saw one of the service technicians around our complex today and we sweet-talked him into fixing our internet. It took him less than 2 minutes. Don’t even get me started on the ineptitude of our cable company. I’d say to all of you don’t choose DirecPath, but…

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happy news!

happy news!

I was thrilled this weekend when my dear friend Bethany told me that she’s engaged! I totally ripped this picture of her and her sweetheart Alejandro from her Facebook profile: Don’t they look happy??? Alejandro is from Colombia, and I’ve never met him but I’m sure he’s a great guy. (He better be, because he’s getting a great girl!) I think he has a totally awesome name. (For the non-Spanish-speakers out there, it’s pronounced “al-eh-HAN-dro”.) Congrats to Bethany! And I…

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Oregon Trail: bloggy edition

Oregon Trail: bloggy edition

So Joanna sent me a link a week or so ago to a blog that posed a fun question: Who would you pick (from the blogging world) to be your four wagon-mates on the Oregon Trail? I was a huge fan of the game when I was growing up, playing especially with Beth for hours and hours on end. (Surprisingly, I never actually owned it, though it was on my Christmas list for many years!) This looked like a lot…

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