baby acevedo

Its gonna be a BOY!!! How exciting is that. And the little bugga wasn't afraid to show his manhood off for the camera today. The ultrasound today keeps the due date for Dec 5th. And little baby Acevedo is just about 1 lb. He's got a long way to catch his daddy! Everything looked good, according to the RN. A big sigh of relief came as well, cause we had a chance that there would be twins in there.

Momma is doing great. She is not sick anymore. We are getting settled in the apartment here, and I will start work next week at Sam Swope Lexus/BMW. I get to park da cars! Its not much, but it will pay the bills and give me insurance. School will start Aug 15, and I will get to register for classes on the 1st. Thats all for now. More to come soon

Alex

Almost there

Well, I sit here at my desk.. PC all setup in the new apt... Mac on my desk as well... and no internet still.. I am still using my phone as of today to connect to the internet, and hopefully tomorrow I will be up and running in the high speed world again. Post more then...

Alex

The Great Move Revisited

Sorry for the long pause since the last post, but time to sit and write has become scarce. Tonights blog will be the last from this great country town of Sadieville. Tomorrow we will embark on the 1 hour journey to Louisville, to move into our apartment. Today was the day from hell, mostly because we had to load the moving truck (I just did this three weeks ago!) in the middle of the day and it was approximately 98.342 degrees. But much love to Mike, who drove over from Louisville just to help me pack, and drive back when we were done. Took about 4 hours, but I'm really glad that part is over. Tomorrow we will take our time unloading as to not pass out from heat stroke. I will be home a week after that and will start my new job on the 1st of August.

I still miss you all. Look forward to hearing from you once life starts to get normal again. PEACE

Alex

finally some pictures

Well, I sit here in my Tahoe outside the Lock and Key, one of 3 coffee shops here in Georgetown. I had lunch here earlier today and realized once I got home that I could have loaded some pictures, so I came back to do so and here they are. I will do my best to explain them...

Here are some pictures of the house where we have been staying for the past 2 weeks. There is also a pic in there of my tahoe which I really like! And there is also a shot a Caleb and Toby in the kitchen of thier temporary home. There will be more to come soon.

A

progress

Whew! What a day!

So, after 2 weeks of extended vacation here at the Smith Ranch, the wheels have finally started turning in the forward direction with this move to Louisville. Today Courtney and I drove into Louisville to meet Raleigh (the artist formally know as RJ) and his lady friend for lunch. We had a half hour to kill so we stopped in to see our realtor, Jerry. Turns out that while Jerry was in Florida securing his property for the approaching tropical disturbances, he recieved a few phone calls from guys looking for seminary students to hire. One of these job openings happen to be at the Lexus dealership in town... Long story short; I went to Old Navy to buy an outfit for my unexpected interview today where I was offered a Valet/Porter position, which will be flexible with my school schedule, and give me benefits, and let me drive really expensive cars. WOOHOO!!!

So I guess the past few days have been a lesson in active faith. I knew God was going to provide the things we needed, but I wasn't being very active in searchig after Him, or the things I needed. (Yes, in that order) So to back up the story a bit, yesterday I had an interview with UPS in Lexingtonand could have had a job there, but could not have transfered to Louisville for 1 year... That would not have worked. But it was a step in seeking a job, instead of being lazy (which is easy to do in the country). Then, today, a job offer falls into my lap, along with a decent apartment that we can afford and that will take Toby.

God always promises to be faithful. But he never said just sit around and let me pour everything into your lap and make it easy for you. Faith without works is dead. Faith not being lived is not faith at all. It is merely belief. Pretty cool lesson, and one that I needed to learn.

As soon as I get to a high speed connection, I will post pictures and such. I still miss you guys. My poor Les Paul has only been out of the case once in 2 weeks. Guess thats the breaks when all your stuff is in storage!

Papi

TOBY!

Well this post wont totally be about toby, but that TERD decided to take caleb and chase deer into the woods last night... I was inside when this happened, and Court was supposed to be watching them, but she was involved in her cell phone conversation... I was in the middle of racking up 175,000 points on Pro Skater 4 (ahh, the country life) when the distress call came inside that the dogs were missing. I got up and checked the first place i'd thought they'd go: down the driveway. Now mind you, I have spent the past 2 weeks on a 36 acre wooded piece of property. So there is PLENTY of room for Toby to run and not be seen.

Well, long story short, Toby and Caleb were completely down the hill, way in the woods. Luckily, you can hear a pin drop out here so once I called them on the opposite side of the house that the driveway is on, I could hear em truckin through the woods... Then Toby, what a fruit, comes out of the woods, see's me, and bark's at me like Im a stranger! OH MY!

So my attack German Shepherd is scared of everything (including toads now) except deer, including my shadow coming from the top of the hill. Gotta love em!

The house/job hunt continues to be a fun experience. No certain direction yet. I have plans I can go with, but my plans will fail if they are not in line with God's plans so I just wait patiently. That's the best I can do at this point. Thanks again for praying! The reality of moving away from everyone becomes more and more real every day. So know that I miss you all. Don't be afraid to call whenever, cause not much happens here at this point.

PEACE

A

Independence Day

The 4th of July. Didn't see any fireworks today except for the pic Aaron sent me from his phone. Thanks ARON! DONT BUY THE SUNBURST TELE!!! Sorry, back on track. It's all good though, cause I got to see some the other night. There is a lady that lives around here that Challee calls the 'Leather Lady' cause her tan is so dark her skin looks like leather. She has some shindig at her place which is like a mile down the road, and had firework there, so we could see em from our place. For the middle of nowhere, they were pretty nice fireworks. I have some pics to post here of the zoo and the house and such, but it's kinda hard to do on a slow internet connection. So I will figure out something here soon. I think there is a coffeeshop in Georgetown, so i will hit it up this week.

Got some decisions that need to be made here soon. Your prayers are appreciated. Did I mention that it is FRIGGEN HOT up here???????

What a Zoo!

I must say, while no monkey's threw any poo today, the Cincinnati Zoo was pretty cool. I will post some pics here soon. The coolest thing I saw today were the vampire bats. More than that, the food for the vampire bats was the best... 2 bowls of blood. Now I know that might sound creepy or whatever, but I thought I was neat. You just dont see that every day.

I aslo never knew that a 1 year old screams for fun. Nor did I know that a 1 year old enjoys making herself vomit. I am referring to Aleyace, the 1 year old niece of Jim, who lives up here with Challee. She is very cute, and very loud, and like to choke herself a LOT. Today was her first trip to the zoo, and she fell asleep 3/4 of the way thru it. I think she enjoyed it though. Nothing like Sea World or Busch Gardens, but it was still fun.

More pictures to follow here soon. Happy 4th to all.

With or Without You

I can't live with or without you. Thank you Bono and The Edge... As Kyle has put it, a life without Christ is no life at all; but a life lived in Christ does not belong to us. Of the 1026 songs currently on my powerbook, that song just nailed it for me. I need to quit believing that I moved to KY for my own benefit or gain. The life I live is not my own, but was purchased with a price. AMEN!

Saw lots of property today. There are some SWEET homes in Louisville. Anything from sophisticated neighborhoods, to country plantations. Very nice. If I was moving up here to work full-time, I would buy a really nice house on like 5-10 acres of property. But since I am not here for my own benefit, I will wait for what God has in store... I am almost sure that will be better than anything I could pick out.

Funny side note... Wal-Mart's here in KY are not the ghetto-redneck safe havens they are in Florida (and Georgia for that matter). Here the Walmart's have clean floors, neat isles, happy cashiers, fresh produce... It's like someone took a Target, painted over all the red with blue, and put the little rollback smiley-face guy everywhere instead of the bullseye... pretty neato I must say.

Anyways, we are off to the Cincinatti Zoo tomorrow. Should be fun. I plan on hanging out with the monkeys for a while. See if I can get one to fling poo or something... :P

Well

Funny how you think you know the way things will go if you do these other things, and it ends up begin totally different than you expected. Obedience is a somewhat tough pill to swallow sometimes. We have convinced ourselves that we are being obedient only when things are going smooth. Perhaps obedience is quite the opposite. The surrender of one's self to a will that is not your own, for a glory that you cannot take part in. That would be considered obedience. Must once suffer to be obedient? After all, obedience is laying down that which you want to do, and taking up what you have been told to do. But is suffering considered not being happy? Discontentment with one's current circumstances does not necessarily mean that he or she is suffering. At least I dont think so.

That is a bit off the subject, but somewhat right on with how I feel today. Nothing bad has happened, and nothing tragic is going on... I just don't feel like I have established my place in Kentucky yet. No home, no job, living with mom-in-law; this is not how I imagined it. But I know that with time these things will put themselves into place. Patience is hard to come by when you live in such a 'have-it-now' culture.

Today we will go look at houses. There are lots of nice home builders in Lousiville, and very affordable too. We'll see what happens. Been in the house too long too, that might be why my mind is running overtime. A day out will do Courtney and I some good. Courtney is doing good. She had a bit of the stomach bug (non-preggo kind) that lasted a day. But I really haven't heard her say anything about her stomach bothering her since then. Perhaps it was the last hoorah for the preggo sickness! YIPEE!!!

Sure do home someone is checkin these blogs out. If not, at least I am keeping a journal now. :P

The night that blogging began...

Well, here I am. I am finally giving into the world of blogging so that all of you back in O-town (Oviedo or Orlando... whatever) can see whats going on in the life of... Today I did some work around the massive 36 acre property my mother-in-law (Challee) owns. For those of you who like googlemaps... i am in Sadieville, KY right now... transitioning to Lousiville sometime in late July.

So mad props to Jimmy and Ruth and especially Dad for helping Courtney and I get up here. That drive would have been a nightmare without you guys. I think we set a record for slowest time to Atlanta in a whopping 12 hours.. long story.... maybe next blog...

Does anyone know why male shih-tzu's like to hump dogs almost 15x's thier size??? Poor Caleb has been the trophy to be won since we got here...

Thats probably all for now... I am tired, and I'm sure tomorrow wil be busy with errands. Thanks in advance for your prayers. I will do me best to keep this thing updated. Miss you all.