Ft Lauderdale, FL Vacation

We went to Ft Lauderdale the end of September for our vacation. We had a great time! The relaxation was wonderful....Eric and I both had our first massages. The beach was beautiful besides the rain we received both days from 1pm through the evening. I especially enjoyed the pool which as located on the 5th floor and the balconey overlooked the ocean, magnificent view! It's amazing how quick vactions come and go!!

Lori & Greg's Engagement Party

Saturday evening we had a great time at Greg family's home for a Mexican Fiesta to celebrate the engagement of Lori and Greg. They will be getting married next September. We are excited to welcome Greg to the Evje family. It is sure to be a beautiful wedding! The food and company were a treat on Saturday night!!

Charles "Grayson" Craddock is here!

Earlier this week I was able to visit my cousin Amy and dearest friend. She gave birth to her son "Gray" July 4th! I had the best time with them. Gray is a great baby! I was ready to take him home with me. I look forward to lots of fun times with them in the future.

Home Sweet Home!

We are excited about moving to our new home! We will be moving the week of July 4th. Watch out Buford here we come!

Lila Kate Bush

Our best friends Ken & Peggy Bush welcomed Lila Kate into the world May 31st @ 12:20am. She is 7lbs even and 20 inches. She is beautiful!! She likes to suck her thumb and fingers. Mom is doing great! Lila came so quickly, Peggy did not have time to get an epideral. We have prayed for Lila for a couple of years and so glad we were able to welcome her. Once we move to Buford, Ken & Peggy will live 5 minutes from us, so Lila will see lots of Uncle Earl and Aunt Heidi.

Ken, Peggy, Lila, Eric & Heidi

Me & Beautiful Mom-Peggy

Eric giving Lila kisses

Lila Kate 11 hrs old!

Staying BUSY.....

We have been very busy lately and will remain busy mostly likely until August. Eric is finishing his semester and will be completely done by Monday, yeah!! He has had some late nights lately, doing tests, reading and writing papers. Eric has also is planning for a huge VBS in June and going to a Kid's Camp (3rd - 5th grade) in June too! He has had many meetings. Since we have not moved to Buford yet.....we spend our entire Sunday there.
Praise God! We have three couples interested in leasing the condo. I should have a lease signed by the end of the weekend, which means we can go forward with buying a house. Please pray for the Lord's guidance as we choose our 1st house!! I feel very comfortable with all three couples and could be moving in June or July depending on the renter.
Please pray for my friends and cousins who will be delivering their babies in the next couple of weeks - Peggy Bush (girl) 5/23, Laura Foreman (girl) 6/9, and Amy Craddock (boy) 6/27. Can't wait to meet these babies! We have our first homestudy appointment May 19th. We will have to complete two other appointments, once completed we submit our album and homestudy and our album goes into the pool.

Adoption Update #2

Easter Sunday 2008

Eric and I are one step closer to Baby Evje. Two weeks ago we found out our application was accepted by the Liberty Godparent Home, yay!! Our next step is to go to the Adoption Workshop weekend (April 3-5) in Lynchburg. We will be educated on the process and will have interaction with other adoptive couples and birthmothers, caseworkers, etc... We have been assigned to read two books, some articles and write a paper. Needless to say every night we are working on our homework. Please pray that the weekend will go well and our minds & hearts will be open to what we need to learn, pray for our future birthmother, Baby Evje and God's provision for our adoption expenses. We love you all and are thankful for your support.

First Baptist Church of Buford

Our New Church Family
As many of you know the Lord has called Eric to serve at FBC Buford as the Children's Pastor (Preschool - 5th grade) and we could not be more excited! What a wonderful church family. They have welcomed us with open arms. As you can see Eric has already made friends. The two girls below, Bell and Ashley they call Eric, Mr. Man. We are not sure how they came up with it, but they love to call him it. We had a wonderful Easter service with 1200 attending our church. Eric was able to spend all morning doing Preschool worship and he is not sure he is cut out for preschool. I told him, he better get used it with the possibility of a baby in the future. Eric has his work cut out for him, please pray for him as he embarks on his new adventure and finishes seminary!


Easter Sunday - Bell, Eric, Ashley



In the sanctuary




Front of the church

Mr. & Mrs @ FBC Buford

Front of the church

Bell, Eric, Ashley

Last day with Tishman Speyer

My Last Day with Tishman Speyer
February 15th was my last day with Tishman Speyer. I had a great year and half with the company. I made alot of friends and learned a ton about the commercial real estate industry. Below you will see pictures of my going away party @ Maggiano's (one of my favorite restuarants). Thank you Jim and the Atlanta team for a wonderful experience!

Jen, Me, Mike, Emily

Opening my parting gift

Taylor & Dawn

Marci & Me

Devin & Me

Tishman Speyer Ladies @ Maggiano's