Look! Stairs!

Two years ago, no wait. Two LONG years ago, Allen decided that our deck off of the back door wasn't safe and tore it down. He was right. It didn't have galvanized screws or anything, and was quite unstable. The problem was, Allen's not much of a carpenter, and putting it back up would be quite an endeavor on our part. Well, the wait is over! Keith Harders (a member of our church and Allen's new assitant wrestling coach) IS a carpenter. A real one. Certified and everything. He came over yesterday and started the long process... Pre stairs. This is what we've been seeing for 2 years. That first step is a lu-lu! Four feet down! The stairs in the back of the Aztek. They can't wait to get out! The process begins... Some progress... Getting there... Could it be?... WoooHooo!!! They're still not completely done, but we can actually lock the house when we leave in the morning. Speaking of which - we can actually lock ourselves out. Like this morning when I left for church. I didn't know the door knob lock was locked, but I had my key, right? I had a key, but not THE key. Luckily, I was going into town anyway, and Allen had THE key. (We got duplicates made.) The reason we went into town was to see two precious babies in the NICU. My friend Jenny was pregnant with twins a while ago, but God called them home before they were to be born. She got pregnant again with twins almost three months later. She was due middle of October, but was trying to hold out until Cael's birthday (Sept 19). She had her babies on Friday. Miraculously, everyone is doing great. Their lungs are developed and everything. Aubri - 4lbs. 8oz. Seth - 4lbs. 11oz. Not bad for twins! They're peanuts! They do have feeding tubes for right now because their sucking reflexes aren't developed quite yet. We just praise God that there weren't any problems, and they continue to grow quickly so they can go home!