Start of a new season...

Tim and I have tons of friends that are expecting. We like to call this baby season. When I say we have a lot of friends expecting, I mean A LOT. Here is the list:

Chenille and Greg Gaumer: 06/26/08
Ainslee and Chris Love: August
Candace and Casey Bush: September
Jennifer and Dan Reeves: October
Helena and Adam Mosser: October
Lindsey and Michael Rockhold: December
Stacy and David Adjei: January
Mandy and Kevin Moots: January
Lindsey and Austin Elsner: January

Needless to say, we have many showers and hospital visits in our future. Our first hospital visit of the "baby season" was tonight. We went to see Greg, Chenille and baby Ethan.

Tim with Baby Ethan!
Me with Mom, Dad (who is obviously a jokester) and Baby Ethan

Weekend Update

We had a great start to the weekend on Thursday night. Our friends Wes and Adrienne went to China on a mission trip with our church. After traveling for 30+ hours, they arrived home early Thursday morning. Their goal was to stay up all day so they could get their bodies re-adjusted. We assisted in this manner by having them drive to Fort Worth from Arlington (20 minutes) for some good ole' burgers and fries. We caught up on the trip and wallpaper removal (Tim and I removed wallpaper in their bathroom while they were on the trip. Tip: Never volunteer for wallpaper removal; Bad idea and a whole other blog!) They brought us back this beautiful handpainted Chinese scroll. It has Matthew 12:20-21 written on it and was painted by a believer.

Last night, we tried out a new recipe that was given to us from a couple in our Sunday School class. It is taco soup and was very quick and easy. Here is the recipe in case you want to try it:
1 pound of ground turkey meat
2 cans of corn (drained)
2 cans of ranch style beans
2 cans of diced tomatoes
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 ranch packet
Add water to liking and cook
It made so much that we invited Kevin and Mandy, our neighbors, over for dinner. It was delicious but I would recommend having tums available just in case!

Today, we had a softball game this morning at the Seminary. Tim always seems to find his way onto sports fields. One of his classmates Clay started a team and invited Tim and Kevin to play. They left early so they could knock some of the dust off their cleats and gloves. Mandy and I went over later to watch the game.

We rounded out our day with a trip to the pool. We are very blessed (especially since it is Texas which has four seasons: Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, and Christmas) that both our Sunday School teachers have pools. They have given everyone an open invite to come swim. Tim and I needed some R&R so took them up on the offer. Tim did a little work while enjoying the sun, he studied some Hebrew words while we were at the pool. (Two tests down and four more to go).

We had/are having a great weekend. We hope you are having the same.

Back in the swing of things...

Since Tim and I have been on hiatus from "The Macs Newsletter" for approximately a year now, we felt it was time to get back in the swing of things. We were inspired to switch formats from emails to blogging thanks to our neighbors, Kevin and Mandy.

First, we owe an apology to the Hearn Family. We promised to include your wonderful picture from July 4th, but it was around the time we took our break. Better late than never, right?
We are looking forward to the 2nd Annual Independence Day Fiesta! Viva los Hearns!

Check back with us often. We hope to be more diligent in our updates.