A post, how novel!

Heather and I were at MAF headquarters in Idaho for most of this past week. While we were there, our friend Barb told us about this new online gadget she has that alerts her whenever someone has a new blog post (Hi Barb!). The point being so you don't have to check someone's blog a million times only to find out they still haven't posted anything (sorry, that's what goes on here alot unfortunately). I heard her comment on someone else's post, then she said "and all you guys ever blog about is your cute daughter!" True. A fact that my friend Craig called me out on a few weeks back (in good humor....hi Craig!) So we will just un-ashamedly launch here right back into our multitude of pictures and video of Elise! The other night Elise got a jack-in-the-box, and we rolled with laughter as EACH TIME the jack in the box came out, Elise squealed with delight, clapped her hands and said things like "Funny! More! Again!" (more comes out more like "moye" right now.)



When we were preparing to go out to MAF last week, we realized that we were going to be on the same flight out there with our good freinds Daniel and Joy once we connected in Minneapolis! We were very excited about this. During our month at MAF in January, they were our next door neighbors in the MAF apartments and we got to know them well and enjoyed their upbeat personalities. So here's some video of Elise hanging out with Daniel and Joy in the airport once we met them in Minneapolis.



The reason we went to Idaho was to attend MAF's safety training course. It was really good training on how to be safe when living in another culture. We are very thankful to be a part of an organization that cares about our safety so much and thinks through and plans for safety considerations.

OK, now that you've stuck with the blog post this long, here's the token "big slide show of pictures mostly of Elise!" Have a blessed week!

Wisdom Teeth!

Please pray for Heather, she has her upper wisdom teeth out today! Hopefully the surgery goes well and the surgeon does a good job. Just for fun here's a cute pic of Elise from the other day....



Report....thanks to all who prayed, Heather's surgery and recovery went great!

Then and Now

Last week we visited Columbia, and had fun exploring Rock Bridge park with the Eifferts. Heather and I enjoyed going there when we were first dating. I dug up an old picture we took at Rock Bridge back then, in 2003.



And so here's one from last weekend taken at Rock Bridge!

Home again!...Here's some pics & vids!

Phewh! Heather and I are temporarily finished with a couple months of traveling. It is very good to be home in Missouri. To make up for the lack of posts, let's put up some cute videos of Elise, and some "recent" pictures from the last month or so.



Elise is starting to have fun flirting with herself in the mirror:



I always wanted to capture how much she loves her baby mobile. From the very beginning she has loved it intensely. Heather and I always joke that it was the best four dollars we ever spent. She was actually grumpy and not terribly excited on the day I took video of her and her mobile:

Elise's very first merry-go-round ride:



Then we switch spots: