This was a custom wine rack that I built for my work's fundraising auction.

John Barney, a woodworking fanatic and friend, donated the use of his shop and tools to help it become a reality.

At auction it brought in $300, but that included 24 bottles of wine. I estimated the rack to be worth $200 and the wine was $400. That's how auctions go sometimes, especially during tough economic times.

Check out this monster size carrot from the garden! Of course, this carrot was consumed moments after being photographed.

New Patio and sidewalk

Another townhome improvement project done!

This summer we noticed that the foundation blocks on the house were starting to wear away and that water was draining toward the house rather than away. After discussing our dilema with the neighbor, we came to find out that the neighbor two houses down did concrete for a living! After receiving a fair estimate, we decided to give him the work. He did a fantastic job and it even met up to the standards of Annie's dad who's a general contractor.

Now we have a patio and a place to hang out and entertain.

Salsa Time

We had a bountiful harvest.

The garden did very well this year and we had enough produce to do two batches of salsa. Everything in the picture is from our garden. We didn't put the squash and zucchini in the salsa, I just thought they looked good in the picture.

We're Pregnant!

We're Pregnant!

Here we are moments after the positive test at the end of August '08

As I type it's Oct. 6th and Annie's eleven weeks along. She's been doing very well so far and has avoided morning sickness or any complications.

We are so excited for this miracle that God has done! We are looking forward to welcoming a new Howard into the world around the end of April '09.