day 1

pretty uneventful.

Accomplished more toward finishing the back porch.

Brother and sister n law came over with a pot of stew and stuff to store in our basement.

Then had a surprise phone call from my boss who was staying the night in Indy so I took the kiddos out to eat with his family. Was given a job offer and am looking forward to talking with Tia about it.

I am tired and am going to bed.
joe

Mr. Mom

Well here we go...... Tia and Amy are safely on their way to Costa Rica via Atlanta. I am here with the rest of our lovely clan(there were only 4 fights in the van on the way home from the airport). So I thought I would try to blog each day about my chance to be Mr. Mom.... cooking, cleaning, work etc....

hope you enjoy.

should be interesting nonetheless.

God help us!!!
joe

Jeff Samardija

Hi it's Aaron, and my family loves the Cubs. We love Notre Dame too. Do you know Jeff Samardija that was a wide receiver for Notre Dame two years ago? He plays baseball too, and yestarday I was sooo happy when I saw that he was pitching for the Cubs. He let two runs but I think it was his first MLB game. I am going to be watching him the whole season now and I am going to try to get his card. Jeff Samardija was one of my favorite Notre Dame players and he's gonna be one of my favorite Cubs players. Jeff Samardija, remember that name.

Thanks,
Aaron

TOMORROW, TOMORROW, I LOVE YA, TOMORROW!!!!

Wow, these last two weeks went bye speedy fast!! It feels like just a couple days I was doing my "2 weeks till we leave dance"!! Ha ha. But now we are leaving tomorrow! I am so excited. I am all packed now and am ready to wake up in the morning and get dressed and leave! I am really excited to be able to go and as soon as we get to actual Costa Rica it will be around 10. Then on Sunday we are going to church! I am so excited [[I already said that, didn't I??]] Anyways, just wanted everyone know how excited I am to be able to go and help!!

Amy

Commissioning

We had our commissioning at the church last night. Our group, their families and elders from the church prayed over us and we had a foot washing ceremony. We also got our final itinerary. We are very excited and pray God will use us in a mighty way. Please pray for safety and security throughout the trip for us and family back home. I will be able to email a couple times and only call from the US, we don't have a "global" phone. Pray that we would be willing and flexible servants to do whatever is needed. To also have our eyes opened to what God wants us to learn and experience. Thank you to everyone who has helped us in so many ways, your sacrifice did not go unnoticed.

Headache

I woke up with a full blown migraine this morning. I tried to go on with my day in denial of it until I had to throw up behind a tree at the library. More info than you wanted I am sure. It feels better now, I took medicine and a nap. I pray I don't have any while on the trip. I have medicine packed. For that fact, I have everything packed. All of the art supplies, books and trinkets for the kids. Amy still has a few things to do, she has been at nature camp this week and spends the night there tonight. I have meals ready for Joe and I think I am at peace leaving. Even painted my dining room this week, I am a freak. I have to work tomorrow, so I hope it is a quiet day.
By the way it is our 15th wedding anniversary today. I feel old, I can't believe we have been together a total of 21 years, wow. I can hardly remember a time without him. We just got each other cards and we are going out to eat tonight. Joe's card was hilarious, I laughed really hard.