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Julia Marie Lawrence April 19, 2008 5 lb. 13 oz. Look what God did!!! Isn't she precious??? She's now two months old, but she was 5 weeks early, so that works out to about...3 1/2 weeks? Anyway, she weighs a hefty 10 lb. 7 oz. now. We've had a fun week...my aunt and sis were here to spoil everyone. I hadn't seen my aunt for 12 years...since before I got married. We had a wonderful time and I'm so glad she came!! All the kiddos... (almost) Leslie got glasses a couple of weeks ago. She looks so grown up... I hope I can figure out how to post this. I'm blog-illiterate! We are planning on starting the new school year on Monday! Yes, we're a little crazy. But I'm hoping to be less crazy next year and take Fridays off. Yes, OFF!! Let's go to the library, or on a field trip, or do some art, or piano, or just play some games together! Hi Lisa, love you!!

I spent two hours on the phone yesterday with two of my favorite people...my sister Ann, and my mother-in-law Carol. (No wonder I was up late.) There's nothing like true godly fellowship, I can't ever get enough of it. If you want to talk about the Lord and applying the Bible to life, than I'm yours until I drop. What an encouraging evening it was! I love my MIL, I have the best one ever, hands down, no disputing. She's my Mom to me, the godliest example I know, and loves the Lord, me without condition, and is cheerful, self-sacrificing, and able to look at life objectively, which encourages me. I would love to be less subjective. Much less. Ann I can usually spend hours on the phone with. My only sister (we have an older brother, who's married to the sweetest, funniest sis-in-law ever, who has a great blog of her own) is a God-sent blessing. I MUST go. I have no idea what my house looks like downstairs after having written this epistle.

Praise God for encouraging believers! This weekend was busy, yet a blessing, even though I start out this morning feeling worn out and crampy. God is good, and His grace will completely suffice today! Saturday morning I had a rehearsal for the Allen Philharmonic's 10th anniversary gala dinner. We played with a fantastic fiddle player, Tom Demer, who was a great guy, humble and funny. I love fiddle music, it's such fun to play, even though I'm terrible at improvisation and don't play much of it. I think it's because everyone who plays it has so much plain fun doing it! If we classical musicians would have more fun and be less straight-laced, it might be more enjoyable for those who attend our performances. (Although it is hard to relax when we're playing something really challenging.) As a Christian, my goal is further to bring God glory in what I play and do, and having a joyful confidence can further that end even as I work hard to be able to play difficult pas

I can't believe it's been a year since I first (and last) wrote! Much is going on here... Expecting #6 sometime around May 27th, joining three other May birthdays in our little zoo, an increasingly independent and strong-willed almost-two-year-old (who is also a joy!), an almost-five-year-old who is recovered (mostly) from surgery on her skull for craniosynostosis, an almost-six-year-old who is working through kindergarden, v e r y s l o w l y, an almost-nine-year old whom we are trying to teach how to be more careful and neat in all she does, and a ten year old who just happens to be my right arm. Sometimes she thinks she's all of me, which can be a problem, but mostly she is a blessing from the Lord, I don't know what I'd do without her. Anyway, even though it really is all about Him (the Lord God Almighty, and His Son, God incarnate, Jesus Christ, and His honor and glory) ( I need to get that straight before talking about me) I'll say a bit about myself. God