For a Good Laugh...

Here is video of my television debut this month. I appeared on Plus Side Nashville on Channel 5+. It airs several times through the month of July. I think I'll stick to radio.

Update on Ian

Today the Anna & Jason shared with everyone that they are expecting baby #2 in January. They are trusting in God's timing with the new baby and are excited. Ian will make an awesome big brother.

Unfortunately, Ian's MRI today showed that in the 4 weeks since his brain surgery his tumor has grown back and "is big". They've scheduled another brain surgery for Wednesday unless he shows symptoms of more cranial pressure. Then they will move the surgery up. Chemo will start 7 days after surgery. Obviously it's pretty aggressive, so time is of the essence.

Please add little Ian to your prayer lists. They need all they can get!

Pray for Ian

As a lot of you know, our friends Anna and Jason recently found out their 18 month old son, Ian, had a brain tumor. Last week they got the pathology results back that proved it was a rare aggressive form of cancer. Today they decided to get treatment for him at St. Jude's. They have to be there tomorrow morning at 10am.

Please keep our sweet friends in your prayers. While his brain surgery is thought to have removed all of the tumor, Ian faces 7-8 months of intense chemotherapy. In the meantime, he continues to be one of the friendliest, funniest, happiest kids I've met.

Here's the website if you are interested in reading about little Ian.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ianconnermiller

Game Night

Our Sunday School class had game night last weekend at the Keebles house! We played some games outside until dark.

Cody, Jeff, and Jeff playing cornhole... never heard of it until about two years ago. It's a bean bag toss for grown-ups! But people around here are pretty serious about it.

Once it was dark, we went inside to play Rock Band on the Wii. I think Daniel is singing Thriller!

As you can see, I didn't show off my inner Rocker, but instead sat in a rocker holding baby Hunter while his mom played. Apparently I was pretty boring because he was out cold and we were sitting next to the speakers!

Reading about Hokie Bird...

My sister-in-law emailed me this picture this morning and I thought I would share! It's Abby reading the Baby Hokie's First Football Game book that we got her (I think before she was born!). I think she's preparing for the upcoming football season and the VT/Alabama game (her mom when to Alabama!).

Can you guess where I was?

If you guessed the Williamson County Landfill, you are correct! I got to take a tour of it on Friday as part of the Environmental Leaders class I took earlier in the spring. It's a really neat place! I was warned of rattlesnakes before I went, but didn't see or hear any while I was there. When you drive up you have no idea its a landfill. They don't take household waste, so its not stinky like you'd think. They do some pretty incredible things there that are sustainable and earth-friendly. In fact, I think he said they've had 24 different countries come to see what they do. The people from China stayed a week to study the place.

Below is a pile of ground up houses.

Lewis, who runs the place is a genious! He knows trash and had some pretty eye-opening stats to share. Did you know that Williamson County produces 2x the national average of waste?

Just one of the fun things I get to do at work!

In garden news, the plants are going nuts. We've been able to eat some broccoli and some lettuce. We may have some cauliflower and snow peas ready by the end of this week. Here's an updated picture at the request of Heather! And for the record, that's only about 1/3 of the garden!

April Showers Bring May Flooding...

We've had quite a bit of rain so far this month! So far the garden is liking it! This picture was taken of the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli on April 25th...

Ten days and four inches of rain later...

We had a CRAZY thunderstorm this morning and got close to another inch of rain. The 5.08" is total since May 1st.

The sun is out now, but they say more storms are on the way. Fortunately, none like the tornado-filled ones we had in April!