Caring Bridge links

Some of you have asked for Rachael's Caring Bridge website, so here's the link. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/rachaelgrover. It's such a sad story, but their faith and determination is truly an inspiration. I was thinking that Rachael had lost a baby when she was 16 weeks pregnant or so and I was mistaken . The baby died at birth. This is a couple who has been through so much. Thanks for your prayers and for caring about them.

My friend Kim also has a Caring Bridge site. http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kimberlywarneke You can follow her journey by checking out the site.

On a more pleasant note: Hope survived her day at Lisa's pretty well. As much as she cried when I left (which I found out was only for a couple of minutes) she cried when I came to pick her up because she didn't want to go home!!! Lisa said she cried a little when it was nap time, but it passed quickly and she had a good nap. So it looks like Lisa will have Hope on Thursdays which will be great for everyone involved.

The 6" of snow we were supposed to get didn't come. PRAISE GOD!!! It was only rain . They say that we're supposed to get some snow this afternoon, but in our part of the Cities it won't accumulate to more than and inch or two...which will melt quickly because it's supposed to get into the 60s and 70s by early next week. YEAH!!! Yesterday afternoon I came home from doing errands and I told Mark that not only is this our last winter in the house we currently live in, but it's our last winter in Wisconsin. This is RIDICULOUS! I told him that we're moving to Texas. I think we're actually giving it some thought. Ultimately I know in my heart though that we'll be stuck in winter for another 6 months come the fall. I'm depressed thinking about that already.

Time to go make some birthday cards. We have lots of special people with birthdays in the next week. Mark's Grandpa turns 98 (YES!!! 98) on Monday and my sister turns 50 on Monday as well. Tuesday is my brother-in-law John's birthday and the 19th is my nephew Shane's 27th birthday.

Happy Friday, everyone!