April Showers...of blessings

So, yeah, I've missed updating about a month. With any luck I'll have some time yet this weekend to update and add some pics, but in the meantime, here's a quick update on some of the bigger things that have happened.

• My dear friend Rachel welcomed a baby boy (Logan Thomas) on March 21st. Both mommy and baby are doing wonderful.
• I ran/walked my first official 5K race on March 29th, and even got a very cool medal for finishing. Next race: Race for the Cure Decatur, June 28th. Gonna run that one!
• Yesterday (4/10) my bestest friend Sammi and her husband Brett welcomed their first child, a son, Cooper Dean. Mommy, daddy, and baby Cooper are all doing well, and "Aunt" Meghan can't wait to see them all!
• My Aunt Pat had her surgery this morning, and the results were as good as they could be. The doctors removed her gall bladder and found the largest gallstone they've ever seen. When it came time to remove the other growth, much to the surgeon's shock, it simply peeled off!! It had it irritated, but not invaded the other organs. He said the other organs look like they were skinned, like when you skin your knee, but they should heal on their own. And they did mutiple frozen section pathology tests and found nothing malignant. They will be doing a full work up, but at this point, the news is very, very good. The doctor did comment of the outcome: "All I can say is someone must have been praying for this lady." Thank you to everyone for your thoughts, prayers and support during this completely insane time.
• Ryan and I are nearly proud landowners. We put an offer on 2 acres of land today and it was accepted. (Thanks, Merle!) Pending financing, we will be living next to a cornfield and in front of a cow pasture before long. MOOOOOOOOOOOO!

More later....