Finally Updating

Well it has been forever since we last posted a blog but life has been a little crazy. Where to begin?

In May we had our very good friends Danielle and Scott visit us here in Virginia and we were able to celebrate Erik (5/7) and Danielle's (5/8) birthdays with a cookout and a little karaoke. We also had the opportunity to take Danielle and Scott to our church, which was awesome.

In July, we traveled to my home in Pomaria, South Carolina. We had the joyous experience (a little sarcasm) of attending my 10 year high school reunion. I definitely do not miss high school. On a better note we were also able to celebrate my brother Tim's engagement to Kate Anderson. They are scheduled to be married this December.

In August, my parents had the opportunity to come up to Virginia as well. The trip turned into a big success since we were able to help them select the location for the rehearsal dinner and introduce them to Kate's parents Joyce and Bill. The next weekend in August, we traveled back to Athens, Ohio to attend Erik's 10 year high school reunion. Now that was fun. I was able to meet all his friends from high school and I know it was great for him to catch up with everyone too.

On some sad news we have had a couple of disappointments as well. As most of you know, Erik and I have been trying to have a baby for about 3 years. Over the last few months we have been working with an excellent doctor, Dr. Kahn, with Shady Grove Fertility. This past August we attempted our first IUI treatment but found out last week that it was unsuccessful. We are keeping positive merely based on the fact that statistically it takes more then one treatment since IUI only has about a 30% success rate. Our doctor is very positive as well and has cleared us for a second treatment as soon as we are ready.

The other sad news is that our loved and respected pastor, Randy Ashcraft, has had a calling from God to move on in his walk in faith and has announced his resignation from Leesburg Community Church. We understand and respect his decision, while saddened for our own lose at the same time.

We will hopefully have pictures very soon of both the engagement party and the reunion. Hope all is well with everyone else and I will really attempt to post more blogs in the future.

God Bless!