Rose Garden

The roses started coming about noon today. Then they kept coming. I joked with someone that I didn't get the memo about the roses. Then she said, "Oh really? The memo's in my car, do you want to read it?" It turns out Teresa Cook who works with my mother-in-love Judy really did send out a memo to try and fill our house with pink roses. Her goal was to reach one hundred roses a few roses at a time. There is now a garden of roses at our house that stretches around the living room and spills into the kitchen. There are hundreds of them!

I have a few prayer points for you tonight. For my memory to be better under stress. As Bryn said this week, "My daddy has a bad rememory." For Katelyn, that she still be able to be a kid even as she has added responsibilities as the older sister. Bryn has had some anxiety leaving me lately (like when she goes to school); please pray that she not imagine anything bad happening to me too. You can pray for Jess to be peaceful and comfortable. I'm sure Jess was listening today to people talking to her but wasn't able to show it at all today. Finally, it's Jadyn's birthday tomorrow and I want her to feel like a million bucks. She is very excited about her birthday and has been counting down the days for weeks. You can pray for the tons of other family we have too-- this week has been hard on all of us.

So what did her dad in Portland say? He started off saying the right things. I had never met him before, but I had a really good conversation with him (even though I was nervous) When I asked for permission to ask Jess to marry me, he said yes. That was good too. Then he said the wrong thing; not to me but to Jess. He called her up and told her congratulations. When she talked to me about it, I was somehow able to recover from the shock and convince her that her dad was simply confused. I also asked her step-dad for his permission too this time with no bean spillage. Tomorrow I will tell you how I proposed to her.