A good week

Hey Bear-
SO this week has been a good one, and i thought i'd share it with you. Your mom is working right now, she's had to work quite a bit lately since she is the boss at the auto auction. So this week has been one with a lot of really good financial things happening for us. Your mom got a check reimbursing her for the money we paid to run the test to find out you were a boy. Then I found out that a petition i had submitted to erase an $800 debt i owed to OSU had passed, so no more debt. Last night I found out that the counseling agency i work for is giving us a bump in pay from $23/hr to $32/hr. That's a lot. And this morning i interviewed to get into a graduate school program, which will eventually lead to more money.  It has been a week of financial blessing. The funny thing about financial blessing for your mom and i is that we don't really care about money.

Obviously you're at a place now where you realize the necessity of the financial system, but hopefully we've done our job of helping you see the importance of life apart from money and the things it buys. We use money for food, for bills, to exchange for pretty much everything we need in life, but we also recognize that life can be fulfilling with little and empty with much. I'm sure i've taught you about Matthew 6:33. Its a truth that guides my life. And when i say truth, i mean my life proves it. Everything good that i do is motivated by a sincere desire to please God. So my first thought is never, how can i make more, its how can i please God, because i recognize that he is actually my source. Its not a job, not a person or a certain number of hours working that meets my needs, it's humbly recognizing that i can't do it on my own, and that God in his goodness meets my needs. So many people try to buy happiness, but we have joy and happiness and fulfillment in being God's precious prized possession, and he takes care of the rest.
Anyways, i just wanted to share that with you. You've started kicking your mom from the inside more and more and she absolutely loves feeling you rumble around in there. I can't wait for you to rumble around out here. I love you Griz
Dad

Blizzard 2011

Hey Bear-

So you may not know this, but your mom and i have been pretty much stuck in the house for 3 days, along with everyone else in Tulsa. Monday night, Jan 31st it started snowing while your mom and i were out. We had decided to hit the grocery store at 11pm and were driving home when it started, and it kept snowing  most of the next day Feb 1, it was pretty crazy. I left the house around 9am to rescue our friend Jessica Willey who was working at starbucks and had been stranded at work, and it was nuts. It was only 4 miles away but it took 2 hours and 20 miles to get her. There were cars stranded everywhere, one had even caught on fire. Snow plows were stuck, semi trucks everywhere... just ridiculous. It ended up snowing an Oklahoma record 14". The entire city shut down. No stores open, school was cancelled for 4 days straight. So now its Thursday, I took Jessica home yesterday, and mom went to work for a little bit, so I spent some time working on your room, sanding trim and baseboards. I'm looking forward to teaching you how to do some of those things. I'm also looking forward to the snow melting so i can get outside and run around. you can only watch so many movies...

Last night you were kicking in your momma's belly. It was super cool. Every day i get more and more excited to see you. I can't wait to kiss your little feet, to hold your little hands, and wipe your little butt..

Love you son
Dad