We just came home from visiting Anna and Maddy at the Hospital. Madison Raye is an angel. She weighs 6 pounds 15 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. She arrived about 1:45 Am and already very alert. Anna is doing great also.
Janie had fun out in front today, while we played fetch with pistol.
Madison Raye Due date July 11th
Dona 7lbs 5 ozs 21″ July 14th
Amy 7lbs 2ozs 20″ July 11th
Teri 7lbs 6 ozs 20″ July 16th
Debbie 6lbs 11ozs 21″ July 13th
Denise 7lbs 4ozs 21″ July 18th
Mellisa 7lbs 8ozs 22″ July 17th
CC 8lbs 1oz 21″ July 24th
Amy P 7lbs 4ozs 20″ July 15th
Holly 7lbs 5ozs 21″ July 13th
Danielle 7lbs 3ozs 20″ July 8th
Angela 8lbs 12ozs 19″ July 12th
Angel 6lbs 10ozs 20″ July 9th
Gloria 7lbs 8ozs 20″ July 7th
Annie 7lbs 7ozs 19 1/2″ July 1st
Jamie 7lbs 11ozs 20″ July 14th
Ryder has been a huge blessing toward Chad, Janie and I. It’s amazing to have a newborn in the house again. Janie is loving every moment of being a big sister. She loves to cover and uncover him with little blankets and loves to give him big kisses!
We took some family photos today along with pregnancy photos of Anna with Jared. You can view them in the Recent Photo section.
Photos are up! Click here for the entire album of photos. Or click any below to view that specific photo.
We got home from the hospital around 3:30pm today. The stay and birth was very pleasant and fast. The epideral made things much nicer for both of us, so we definitely will go that route again.
Photos and videos are being uploaded now. Anna and Jared just showed up with some delicious enchilada so we’re about to eat right now.
The live updates via twitter were a big success, so I’ll go ahead and repost the entire thread here for the record from beginning to the end!
So, were at the hospital now, and Ryder should be joining us today. Keep an eye on
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Well, today is the 20th, Ryders due date. Carrie has been having some good contractions since early this morning, so we’re anticipating. I still think she needs to drink caster oil.
Carrie took me on a date last night, and bought me a stein of Guinness. It was so romantic.
Then she took me to see indiana jones, which was kinda weaksauce. You can read how I really feel at PTA. The Guinness was my highlight of the evening.
I just finished the audio book “Martin Luther In His Own Words” by Martin Luther. It was a great book, that worked as an introductory to Luther’s work. Every month, Christian Audio offers a free audio book. If you’re interested in this book, follow this link. As you check out, use the code MAY2008 and they’ll give you a link to download the book for free. Better hurry, as May ends in 2 days!
We have had beautiful weather for the past few days, so we went to the park with the Honeycutts after church. The kids had a lot of fun playing and running around.
We also celebrated Jared’s Birthday yesterday with pizza, brownies, strawberries, and ice cream.
It was delicious!!!
Happy anniversary, mama bear!
We went out for steaks at the Wolf Lodge Inn, for our dinner date. 3 years sure flew by fast. Here’s to the rest of them, babe. 
Monday and Tuesday I had the pleasure of helping the Honeycutt family move from Washington to Idaho, where all true Christians reside. Welcome friends! It’s gonna be nice having you guys that much closer!
Flickr now allows us to host video with them. The sad part is that my flickr plugin, won’t show the videos here, so you’ll have to click the link “See photo on flickr” in order to watch the vids.
That is, unless we manually embed them into a post.
For Carrie’s baby shower down in California, the shower party got to guess the weight, length and date of birth.
Dona - 6lbs, 23″, June 20 2008
Amy - 7lbs 2oz, 20″, June 22
Teri - 7lbs 5oz, 20″, June 16
Debbie - 7lbs 8oz, 22″, June 23
Denise - 6lbs 12oz, 21″, June 18
Mellisa - 7lbs 11oz, 20″, June 23
CC - 8lbs 1oz, 21″, June 26
Amy P - 6lbs 11oz, 20″, June 15
Holly - 7lbs 9oz, 21.5″, June 18
Danielle - 8lbs 3oz, 20.5″, June 19
Angela - 8lbs 2oz, 21″, June 22
Angel - 7lbs 6oz, 20″, June 17
Gloria - 8lbs 1oz, 20.5″, June 18
Annie - 7lbs 13oz, 21.5″, June 14
Jamie - 7lbs 11oz, 21″, June 24
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And my guess - 6lbs 32oz, 20″, June 25. Yes, thats 32 oz. And Yes, Dona is the only one who felt inclined to include the year Ryder will be born! 
Good call, Dona. Better safe than sorry, I always say.
I just launched the new church website! Plenty of good reading if you’re interested. Let me know if any of you find broken links or bugs.
John 10
26 But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 30 I and My Father are one.”
This has been the message at church the past couple Sundays, and Carrie and I both have really been enjoying our Pastors preaching. We all went over to the pastors house after church on Sunday, and ate and fellowshipped. A great bunch of people. Surprisingly, for this area, they are mostly a younger crowd, where it has been the opposite at most church’s we’ve been to. And they’re gun folks too, so Ryan Vander Feer and I fit right in. The pastors oldest son just turned 21, so he got him a CCW and a Kimber 1911. Thats a beautiful combination. The Honeycutt Family also visited our church, and will hopefully stick around.
I’m currently working on the church’s new website, so you’ll be able to read alot of our pastors writings as well as comment on them. I’ll post the link once the site is complete.
We had steak over at dads house for Carrie’s birthday. Carrie got a fancy new camera. Check out all the pics.
CONGRATS!
She is so sweet.
