well, i’ll blame the busy-ness of the summer on the lack of posts. there has been a lot going on in the bowden world.

first, the prayer request. about 2 weeks ago dana’s dad was diagnosed with lymphoma. he has a rather large mass in his abdomen and pelvis and small mass in his neck. he started chemo today and this should run 6-8 months. i think there is a 50/50 chance of beating it. tack this onto a recent move from nashville (where they lived 30 years) to atlanta. dana’s mom and dad are dealing with a lot.

second, we are in the market for a new house. i won’t go into it all here, but through random circumstances a lady made an offer we couldn’t refuse on our house and we took it. we have to be out by sept. 28. we’ll take boxes if you have spares!

kaitlyn has turned one and also started walking and hannah is getting ready for school. you can see that dana has her hands full.

as you can see there is lots going on. last night i posted new pics to the photo gallery. they include red river, kaitlyn’s birthday, and kaitlyn’s presentation to the church yesterday. enjoy!

random thought of the day while walking - if a 1.5 foot tall plant is growing out of your gutter, it might be time to clean them out!

now long overdue, i have now put up the pictures for november and december. these include some great pictures from thanksgiving and Christmas. of course, most of them are of the girls, but dana and i make occasional appearances. God has blessed us with 2 photogenic girls and also with photographer wife!

Sorry, no new content to add. I’m sure I could if I really put my mind to it, but….

I’m having to announce that for now comments are being suspended. (Not that I gave you anything to comment about.)

It seems that the blog spammers have found my site again and are bombarding me with comments, many of a non-family friendly manner.

So, until I can get a new word verification system set up, this is the way I have to deal with it.