catch up

We receieved word last week that Brooke's grandma Ruthie has passed away. She was a wonderful woman full of laughter and strength. We will all miss her but we also rejoice in the fact that she died in Christ and therefore is with him now. We also long for the day when Christ will return to finally and fully defeat death and when he will bring all the faithful departed with him.

We were in Michigan for the funeral and returned to St. Louis late Friday night. We're now dogsitting and housesitting for some friends. We've both done quite a bit of traveling this summer and are trying to get settled back into a normal schedule and routine. This is particularly hard for me but hopefully by the end of the week I'll start being productive again. I'll try to put a few more posts up in the near future to catch everyone up one other recent happenings, thoughts and meanderings. Until then... um... uh... peace out yo!