Sweet On Chip: life with wife

Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun— all your meaningless days. For this is your lot in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. -- Ecclesiastes 9:9

All is bright.

 

Now, the official online unveiling of the cover from our 2010/2011 holiday card.

What a chaotic year, but God showed his mighty power in the midst of our trials and triumphs.

Eternal thanks to everyone for their support and prayers.

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.

May His Light Make You Bright in 2011!

Year two.

Last Sunday night we went out to eat for our 2 year anniversary (08.09.08) at Ruffino's, and they brought out this personalized cake after dinner. Unfortunately, we were too full for cake. But we brought it to Dad and were able to dispose of it.

Here's an excerpt of the card I wrote Chipley:

2 Years already? Hard to believe. Well, not really. Your smile still glistens like it did in the stained-glass sunlight beaming through the church as we exchanged our vows on 8.9.08. Your eyes still beckon to me as sweetly as they did when you committed to lodge where I lodge. So many memories, yet so many more to come! Love, Brian

Remember this is just an excerpt, so you can imagine what I haven't shared here.

Shhh. It's private.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we exchanged gifts...I ordered her this teapot she's wanted since California (it matches our China). She can't wait to throw a tea party so she can use it.

She gave me the Best of Monday Night Raw: Season's One and Two. Not really a surprise (I mentioned it was coming out) but still rockin' awesome.

To cap it all off, we revisited the matrimony through our wedding video, something we want to make a anniversary tradition.

I still get a kick out of the verse we chose for our wedding:

24 months of life with my wife, and we're just getting started.

God's bright future lights the way!

Bundle of scruff.

Introducing, Scrappy Scruffy Doo McCollister!

Yes, we took the plunge.

The timing was probably not right (what with us just moving back from California and trying to assimilate an entire apartment into one place), but when I bond with something, it's hard to walk away.

But we never should have walked IN so soon. Into a pet store on a Sunday afternoon after church.

There was discussion back in California about eventually getting a dog when we moved back. But not RIGHT away. Which is why I was surprised when she wanted us to go into the store after lunch at a restaurant nearby.

We were just going to get "an idea" of what's out there, of course.

Goodbye, SoCal.

As our California Adventure comes to a close, we are preparing to bid Hollywood farewell. We've made so many friends here, something we were unsure of over a year ago when we arrived. We are always mindful of God's favour following us, and we are amazed how many blessings from Him that we've experiend during our season here. I've made so many new life-long friends at school, and Chipley was blessed by the ladies she worked with at the hospital. So many lives that touched. So many recent adventures to tell. Stay tuned for continuing coverage of our reverse transplant back to the LA where we started..

The Gray Hair.

Today for the first time I found a gray hair on Brian's head.

So I plucked it out to show him. He writhed in pain from the plucking.

He claimed that was the first time someone had plucked a hair from his and that it would "never happen again."

The ravages of old age begin!