The Varmint Strikes Again . . .

and it's a RACCOON!

Carrie was getting out of her car and saw the rascal face-to-face. I've never seen her run so fast and squeal so loudly (carrie, that is). Rocky the raccoon found the one bag of mostly eaten goldfish crackers that I had taken out of my car when I was getting ready to pick up my view. He spent a couple of nights in the garage. We found footprints all of our cars and he moved all of our junk around. He even managed to climb up into the attic and nestle into the large bag of left over insulation that I had up there. I figured this out once I was brave enough to go up into the attic to see if he was nesting in there. Rocky was no where to be found - just the ruffled up insulation was left behind. I am glad that Rocky has found a new home besides my garage - but I am equally impressed that he managed to make a warm spot for himself on those bitterly cold days.

Need a Boost?

One of the ways that I get a boost each day is to reflect upon scripture, spiritual questions, song lyrics, or something that points me towards God. This year I started a daily devotional that record the inspiration for these reflections. I was going to just keep it to myself, but on second thought, I thought it would be better to share - just in case - it might give you a boost too. I have included the links in the sidebar. The devotional is called from fear to Faith. Please feel to comment when something inspires you or causes you to think too!

Love, Tracy

Meet Alaina Marie Nadeau!

Dear Family,

Here are the pictures of our beautiful little girl! We can't wait for July so that we can meet her. The ultrasound showed a nice, straight, spine and no sign of a cleft lip~ such a blessing! 

Alaina (said ah-LANE-ah) means "rock."  What a wonderful name to give such an amazing miracle!

All our love,

Pete and Emily

It's a Girl!

Dear family,

Pete and I received the wonderful news today that we are expecting a baby girl! Her name will be Alaina Marie, and the ultrasound showed that she is a mover and a shaker already.

I will post the pictures next Monday so that everyone can share in our amazement.

Love you all,
Emily Ann

My New View!

I mean - My new Saturn VUE!

Is Your Computer Screen Dirty?

Clean it with this!

Hope Rising

This is our current series at church: Hope Rising

Stuck in the dark: Feb 10
Scripture: Psalm 40

Help in a Perfect Storm: Feb 17
Scripture: 1 Kings 17:7-24; 2 Kings 4:1-7

Light at the end of the Tunnel: Feb 24
Scripture: Matt. 18:15-20

Get up and Walk: Mar 2
Scripture: John 5:1-15

Detroit United: Mar 9
Scripture: Eph. 2:14-18; Is. 19:19-24; John 4

We Need a Hero: Mar 16
Scripture: Luke 3

Hope Unflinching: Mar 23 Easter
Scripture: Romans 5

Visit Genesis the Church to download the podcasts and listen to the messages!

Progress on the Live In Detroit Recording . . .

I just talked with my friend Beau who is producing the CD that we (Genesis Worship Leaders) wrote and performed Live in Detroit. He said that the master and all of the cd artwork have been received at the production company and the 1st copy is being made for proofing. When the proofing is done - they will produce 1,000 copies that will be ready in approximately 10 days. I am really getting excited!!!

The recording event was titled "Live in Detroit" because that was exactly what we were - recording live in Detroit. The title for the CD is going to be Move With You which comes from the title of a song on the CD that my friend Carol wrote.

I can't wait to share it with you!!!

Love, Tracy

Coming Soon . . .

Will Baby Nadeau be a Boy or a Girl!

Cast your vote by February 29th. You can vote even if you aren't part of the Nadeau Family - we'd love to see what you think! So go ahead - place your vote right now!

The results of the poll will be published the first week of March.

The ultrasound will reveal the winners in just a few weeks!!

Bitter Cold Sets In. . .

Yesterday morning when I woke up (late) I was greeted by melting snow, traces of sunshine, and 45 degree weather. Everything looked like spring. I knew what was on the horizon, however; Bitter Cold forecasted for Sunday. I took out my snow scoop and swished all of the slush and water toward the lawn in order to prevent the ice rink that was about to form on my driveway. I noticed, in the process, footprints leading underneath my deck again. Were the skunk's relatives back? Oh No! I can't have a skunk under my deck - I will for certain get sprayed. So I took a beautiful heap of slushy snow and blocked up the hole and left it to freeze into an icy boulder. This morning when I brought the trash out, I noticed it had done just as a wished - but . . . buT . . . bUT . . . BUT now there were a whole series of frantic footsteps leading up to the hole and around it. My icy boulder worked - but my heart sank into my feet. I can't believe that I blocked the only shelter for my dear little skunk, or bunny, or possum, or whatever it is. I am now responsible for the life of one of God's creatures. UGgghhhh . . . . the horror. I am going to remove the boulder today and hope for the best.

appended 7:10 pm - Carrie removed the icy boulder before church this morning.  No sightings of the critters yet today.  I am hoping the critter found a warm spot.  It is currently 3 degrees 

F.

A 1/2 Inch Short!

We just experienced another winter blast in the metro Detroit Area. The snow was falling in a way that reminded me of the lake effect snow in the U.P. Big - Fluffy - Driving - Wet Flakes. It piled up really quickly on everything. Tim & I have been loving the snow scoop! He's truly a lot better at it than me - but we are both just loving the new blue scoop. The snow glides off like a well buttered egg!

Last night Carrie measured our final snowfall at 5.5 inches which put me a 1/2 inch under the "snow day" mark! Tim's school, however, had a great deal more school and so he was able to enjoy the "sleep in"!

Have a super day eveyone.
Love, Tracy

Hi Everyone

Hi Everyone,

It sure was a beautiful wedding and so much fun to be all together. I think the weekend went as well as possible. We sure were glad to have the good travel weather. I liked looking at all the pictures. I will try to post mine sometime soon.

Winter has applied for a new job at the same place but on the adult side. It would be full time and she would get benefits. I hope and pray that she will get it. She missed not seeing everyone.

Lindsey is in her first week of teaching all on her own and is a litte stressed out. Her first day went well but today she had a bad day with many discipline problems. It is a trying class. She will do well though.

Faith ended up with ear infections again after coming home from the wedding. She is doing better now. When we look at the pictures from the wedding she knows everyone's name. She is a smarty!

Hope you all are doing well. Love from the U. P. Debbie

What a Beautiful Wedding - Just Splendid!

January 26 = Wedded Bliss

Pete & Emily's wedding was just beautiful. Their personalities shined the entire weekend! Here are my favorite pic's from the weekend [Oh let's just face it - there are a million favorites that I have and blogger just takes too long to upload a million photos) - So enjoy the slide show at the end!


Blessed Man! (aka Mr. Super Woo)



Family Reunion



Sisterly Love


Lady in Waiting



Proud Pauls



CheeseBalls!


Dancing Duo (Diva and the Dame)



Sibling Smiles



Sacred Union



Raw Talent



The complete slideshow