Developments

Hi everyone! We have a few developments in our neck of the woods. First of all, our baby birds hatched! (Okay, they're not "ours," but they hatched in a home we made for them only a few feet from our front door, so we feel partly responsible for their well-being.) After more than two weeks of watching mama and papa bird come and go from the nest and wondering when (or if) the eggs would hatch, we finally spotted some cute little beaks today, peeking up from their nest. The proud parents are busily feeding them, and it's just so adorable! Here's the best shot we could get of them without disturbing them with our noise (the baby bird's mouth is wide open in the middle):

Second development:
Last weekend, this thing:

(note the label "long and soft")...

...did THIS to our dining room window:

Yep, that's right, we had a golf ball shoot through our window from the nearby golf course. We were in the other room fortunately, so we weren't hurt, but we heard a loud shattering all of a sudden. We went to see what had happened, and there was glass everywhere, all over our dining room and on the ground outside. The shot was obviously WAY off from the hole, but we have had some other near-misses in the past year (usually runaway shots hitting our roof or nearby lawn), so it wasn't ALL that surprising. It was bound to happen eventually.

In other developments, we are about to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary next week (May 22). Hard to believe it's been that long--at the same time that it seems like we've been married forever! We are going to take a little weekend away to celebrate, and then my (Jenny's) parents and brothers are coming to visit for the next week. We are really looking forward to both occasions--welcome breaks from work! We'll post some pictures, I'm sure, after all that.

School Year Over!

YAY!

Today, Ben's last final paper was due, thereby ending the school year--and his master's program--for him, minus his thesis, which he will complete this summer. This has been a fast year in many ways, but a full one. We are sooo thankful for God's provision in our lives in so many ways. And to all who are wondering, we are staying right here in the 'Burg for the time being. Ben will be applying for jobs, but we are really not sure where we will end up, so we're just trying to be content here for now and trust that the Lord will guide and provide, in His perfect timing.

Cheers to all, and good night!