Our new house

We made it!

On August 16th we left on a trip with no destination in sight and now, 3 months later, we finally move out of our trailer and into our new home.

For those of you who don't know what we've been doing, here's the scoop. A while ago, my wife and I decided that California isn't the must conducive place to raise a family, especially on a single income; and so we sold our house, I quit my job, we packed up our stuff, and we drove out of California with not a very good idea of where we where going. Our main goal was to find a local church where we could grow in Christ, and though that might sound like an easy thing to find, Ellie and I are quite particular about churches :) We eventually found a PCA church in Hickory, North Carolina where we seem to fit in quite well, and now, 3 months and 14 states later, we are moving into a new house. Well new for us anyway, it was built in 1950. I'm pretty sure that was before I was born, I'm pretty sure that's before my parents were born.

Anyway, here are some pictures and a movie. You can click on a picture to go to a web photo album where you will find a few more pictures.

A bit of an accident

On our way back from buying a trailer--the one we needed to go across the country in--we got re-ended. As you can see, the only part of the truck that was hurt was the part necessary to pull the trailer. We wondered if God was trying to tell us something.
















In case you missed it in that last picture, here it is again.















But we got her fixed up just in time to head out.















Yup, all fixed. We kept our fingers crossed for three months as we drove around. (That's code for we prayed a lot)

Rattlesnakes

Bodee has almost died quite a few times now. What's comming to mind is getting hit by a truck, getting hit by a 5-wood, sitting on death row in the pound, and now getting bit by a rattlesnake.

Here's some pics of him after he got back from the vet. Take a look at his right paw (the one without the bandage) it's huge!

Brynn's Baptism Video

Brynn's Baptism
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Baptism Announcement

This Sunday, Brynn is getting baptized. Anyone who can make it is welcome to go (and to come back to our house afterwards). The details are:

• Time: 10:15am
  
• Date: Sunday, January 28
• Place: Branch of Hope - 2370 W. Carson St. Suite #100, Torrance, CA 90501

Finally Some Baby Pics

Well, here's some of the pictures we've taken over the last four days. If you want to see a few more, check out the gallery.

Still day 3 and still no pictures

So to start it all off, here's some pictures we have of the pregnancy, to see more, try our Picasa gallery

And yes, we'll try to get baby pictures up soon.

Day 3

Today is Brynn's third day with us and I've decided to start a blog so family and friends can share the joy.

To start with, here's the vitals:

• Name: Brynn Bradley (yup, no middle name)

• Age: 3 days

• Weight: 7lb 2oz (That's up from 7lb 1 oz at birth)

• Length: 19.25 Inches (I don't know when this changes to height ... maybe when she starts walking)

• Crown: 13 Inches (Yup, a big ol' noggin)

• Place of Birth: Mom and Dad's bed (That'll make for nice security questions later in life)

• Hair Color: Light Brown (Mom says there's strawberry blond in there, but Dad's not buying)

• Eye Color: Dark blue/gray

That's about all we can think of, I know your dying for pictures but we haven't taken many yet so you'll just have to wait.