People are upset at the world. Have you noticed this? People look at you strange when you are nice, happy, singing in a gas station, say hello even when you don't know them. This happens to me daily. I pray for those people. My heart aches for people that are unhappy.
Things are going well on this front in Killeen, Texas. Taylor and I are finally open to pets. Probably more so for me right now than Taylor. Which is really surprising! She is an ANIMAL LOVER!!! However, I think she likes not having dog hair around the house more than having dogs. We shall see. We found a dog the other day and that is what spurred this desire in us both. He looked to be like a Scottish Terrier / Pug mix. We started calling him Buddy and hung out with him for an hour. We drove around and found a flyer and low and behold, his name WAS Buddy!!! How crazy is that? The lady started crying on the phone when I told her that we had Buddy. He had been gone a week.
On Easter Eve, we had friends over for drinks, desserts, and an Easter Documentary and our 1st Annual Couples Easter Egg Hunt! IT WAS FUUUUUUUUN! I hid 84 eggs. 50 of them had a 1 dollar coin in it along with some candy and the others were filled with coupons and the such. They did not know there was money in there though or else it may have been too physical! It was 10:30 at night. We started in the front lawn. The girls had the flashlights and were holding their husbands hand leading them and running around the property. The guys were blindfolded and the guys had to pick up the eggs! It was a trip! It was a great lesson on Communication and Trust. Many of the guys got run into trees, columns, bird feeders, etc... because our wives forgot about us!
Matt & Kim searching for eggs
Taylor and Me
While I was hiding the eggs on Saturday, I found a baby easter bunny! How incredible is it that I found a baby bunny on Easter Eve? I think it is Awesome! I named him Peter. He was really cool. Notice that I am talking in the past tense. We kept him in a box the first night and he jumped out. Peter can JUMP HIGH! I taped up the sides the next night and he jumped out again and the next day I spent 45 minutes looking for him twice and could not find him. He finally came out of his hiding spot at night and we caught him. He did not want to be held or fed and so we let him go. Peter was our very first pet... I have come to this conclusion: You can take the bunny out of the wild, but you can't take the wild out of the bunny! Now THAT is truth.
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Young Life is going well. We are gearing up for the end of the semester and we are hosting the 1st Annual Young Life / Outback Steakhouse 9 v 9 Flag Football Tournament for high schoolers only. There has been a lot of talk! I hope we have a great response and turn out...
I will be working at Frontier Ranch this summer for my Summer Assignment for Young Life. I will be doing Program (skits, entertainment, leading kids in all that is fun, etc...) along with two of my friends Dan Alexander (Cedar Park) and Billy Huff (Brenham). They are funny dudes and we are all looking forward to what God is gonna do through us this summer.
More about the Russell animals ... So, Taylor and I head out for a walk around the neighborhood on Tuesday and I spot a large turtle walking down the middle of the street. We pick him up. He is a Red-Eared Slider water turtle and we put him in our backyard. We named him Tortie. We went for an hour walk that night and came home and he was gone. The Russell's are 0 for 2 when it comes to pets this month! I hope this isn't a 'sign' ... Muhahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!
That's the latest scoop on the Russell's. We are enjoying our Nearly / Newly Married class that we are co-leading at church. We are having a Shindig at the house this weekend with about 20 peeps from the class. Wish you could be there.
May the Lord bless you and keep you!
Because High Schoolers are Worth IT!
