Catch This!

This should probably be in the comments for the last post, but I feel it's important enough to warrant it's own space.

Peter and Patricia are liars. Their actual catch phrase, no doubt, should be "No doubt." Maybe Josh too to a lesser extent, but since he already has 17 catch phrases we'll let him off the hook. Am I not right about this people? Sit back and listen and you'll see that I am.

PIC survey

Okay here we go. This is a quick PIC survey!

1- Favorite resturant in the area

2. Favorite movie of all time

3. Favorite catch phrase

4. If you were an animal, what would you be?

Maximus is Here!

Congratulations to Dan and Michelle. Baby Max is here!

Being a man I have already forgot some of the vitals. Ladies if you wouldn't mind helping me out with the details

I believe it was 12:30am on the 25th. 6lbs and some . He is doing great and there were only minor delivery complications. Mother and baby are doing well. Someone said Dan sounded out of it… which is normal too!

Kuhner Update

Sarah has posted an update on her blog about the trip to SF. The short version is PRAISE GOD EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. For more detail click the link to her blog. Thank you for praying!!!

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Bobby Crocker Cook-Off!

The grills weren't the only thing heating up at the P.I.C. 2nd Annual Bobby Crocker Cook-Off! The competition was heating up too! It was a great time at Dan and Michelle's as the guys cooked some great appetizers, main dishes and desserts! Appetizers included fried mushrooms with a variety of sauces (the soy/ginger sauce was awesome) by Peter and grilled sausage served on baguette's with a great sauce grilled by Leo. The main dish stood alone with Jeremy serving his Double Baked Sassy Ribs. Desserts were a tight competition. Dan started us off with a wonderful family recipe of Chocolate Mousse. This was followed by Chris' Brooklyn Blackout Cake. Both were delectable chocolate desserts. The final two desserts took a different flare. Matt prepared grilled pineapple topped with Nutella and a side of ice cream. Josh took to the grill with his Grilled Peaches - topped with blackberry sauce, ice cream and chocolate sauce. The whole night made for tough decisions for the ladies who were enjoying the food preparation being done by the men. Top honors for appetizers went to Leo, main dish to Jeremy and dessert to Dan. The winners were presented with camo decorated oven mitts. It was a super fun night filled with great food by everyone and awesome fellowship! Below are pictures from the night! Great job guys! You all did fabulous!

Jen's Mom in Surgery

Update:
Jen's mom is out of surgery and doing very well. The operation was successful and she is awake and doing fine. She should be home in a couple of days. Thanks to everyone for your prayers and calls. And thanks to God for watching over her.

Jen's mom went in for her surgery a little after 11AM today. It is supposed to be a 2 to 4 hour procedure. The doctors said the there's a 90% chance that everything will be fine and she'll be able to go home in a couple of days. But, as with any major surgery, there is always the chance of complications. Hold on, I'm getting a phone call from Jen. Ok, I'm back. The surgery is going very well so far. Praise the Lord! Still a little bit to go, but so far things are looking good. Thanks for all your prayers. I'll keep posting updates as they come in.

The Testimony of Tony

Several months ago I posted about Indianapolis Colts' head coach Tony Dungy, and his public Christian testimony in the wake of his son's unexpected suicide. This is an article that appeared on ESPN.com today. It's awesome to see a man so respected in the profession of professional sports have such a strong testimony for Christ and not be ashamed to talk about it. Very good article.

Lincoln Carter update.

I received this email from Heather last night.

Lincoln will be having surgery tomorrow (today) morning at 7:00am. I don't think Josh will have time to write an update, so this is all I can give you. It is a open heart surgery called the Norwood procedure. It actually is a common procedure lately, but the longest living survivor from it is seven so it is fairly new. It will take about two hours....I'll try to keep you updated.

Prayer Request

Sarah had a sonogram last friday and one of the things that was pointed out was our baby has a two vessel umbilical cord rather than a three vessel umbilical cord. The tech said that it was probably nothing to worry about since the sonogram looked good but that if the Dr. wanted to do more tests they would let us know. Well, Sarah got a call from her Doc yesterday saying that they want her to go down to UCSF to have a Level 2 sonogram and an Echo-cardiogram done on the baby. If all goes as planned we will head down to UCSF on monday the 19th to have this done. It seems that this is just to be sure there are no complications from the two vessel cord so we don't think that there is anything to worry about but we would covet your prayers over the next few days as we wait to have the tests done and then wait to hear the results.

Prayer Request for Jen's Mom

Update:

Jen's mom went down to Stanford this evening. They still aren't exactly when her surgery will be, but either Firday or Saturday. Jen is probably going down there with here dad tomorrow. They had a hard time finding a vein for the IV last night, so she's tired of being poked at and sitting around, but she's doing very well. She is a very strong lady. She once was admitted to the ICU and walked in under her own power. The doctors had never seen this before. This was many years ago, when she first had heart problems. Please continue to pray that the procedure will go without complication.

Jen's mom went to the emergency room tonight. She was scheduled to have surgery later this month for some pacemaker matinence, but there were some issues the last few days and they are moving the surgery up to tomorrow. She is as Kaiser tonight and I believe will be heading down to Standford tomorrow. She's doing fine now, but just pray that everything works out ok. Thanks.

Andy

Update on Lincoln Carter

I got this email from Heather this morning:

To all Friends and Family

Lincoln is here! At 6:21 PM Lincoln entered the world kicking and screaming! He was 5 lbs 9 oz and we are still waiting for the length....but he has his daddy's legs! Everything that could go perfect in delivery did! We could not have asked for a better delivery! Kristen did great and is now resting in the Cardiac ICU for close evaluation for at least 24 hrs. She did get to hold him for a few brief seconds before they took him to the Neonatal ICU. This will be tough for Kristen since they will be separated for a day or two (she has only seen pictures of him since delivery). Lincoln is stable and is being evaluated by the cardiologist and heart surgeons throughout the night as they decide what steps to take.

For those who know or know a little bit of medical jargon...this is for you. Lincoln's blood pressure is a little shallow but his heart rate it 150 bpm (approx) and in a normal sinus rhythm. The did have to intabate him because he needed some assistance breathing and to keep his oxygen saturation levels up. His APGAR is 8. He has a good temp and his color is great!

OK....getting back....most likely Lincoln will need surgery within a couple of days but it all depends on him and what they find on his Echo. He might just be stable enough for them to hold off for a week or two...but we just don't know. The next 48 hrs are crucial for Lincoln and his stability...so please be praying hard! We will update you tomorrow with more news....but for now we gotta get some sleep! Thank you and we love you all....GOD IS GOOD!!!

The Legend Lives

For all those that have been following the Arthur Bailey chronicles, check out my blog today and you'll be in for a pleasent surprise. Enjoy!

Second Annual Bobby Crocker Cook-off

The Second annual Bobby Crocker Cookoff is Almost Here! Men you can bring one of three catagories

• Appetizer


• Main Dish


• Dessert

There will be a couple of BBQ's on site if you want to grill. Dan has a nice one, and I'll bring mine. If anyone wants to bring one to help with the load, let me know and I'll make sure the Laffan's know.

Winners will be judged by the women folk, and it may or may not be fair. We all know our wives!

Date: Saturday, June 17
Time: 5:00Pm
Where: Dan & Michelle Laffan's (Need Directions? email me)


See you There!

Prayer requests

Since there are a number of you with "other than blogger" template experience, I'll throw this out. If anyone runs across a blog template that would support a third column that we could use for prayer requests/answers it think that would be nice to add to the blog. If anyone is uncomfortable with having those on this blog, please also let me know.

Lincoln Carter

You may have noticed the link to a blog for Lincoln Carter on the sidebar (thanks to whoever put that up). Obviously, clicking on the link will give you the details, but in short that is the name of the baby due to Josh and Kristen Carter on June 11th. Kristen was formerly a York and attended SRBC for many years. She and Christine are friends going way back and I'm very good friends with her sister Heather. The baby is going to be born with a congenital heart defect and may need surgery immediately after being born. Josh and Kristen's first child Elijah had similar problems and the Lord took him home soon after he was born.

Anyway, those are the bare bones facts. For the details check out the blog and I'm sure they would appreciate knowing that we are praying for them.