Pigtails

I have tried several different times to get Maggie to wear pigtails and yesterday she actually let me put them in her hair and she only took one side out once in the span of two hours. It is a fabulous thing. She looks pretty darn cute...take a look for yourself. More pics of last weeks cousin extravaganza coming soon!
Please disregard the strawberry stained shirt.
Does this kid look happy to have pigtails or what?

Loving May

We Dirks love bubbles. Here is a unique bubble mountain made specifically to amuse our one year old...for ahh maybe two minutes.
We Dirks also love to visit the JWU campus. On this specific occasion Maggie chose to sport the logo on her t-shirt and she was a smashing success during exam week with faculty and students.
We also love seniors and transferring students. So, we hosted a little shin dig for those specific types. Good bye and we'll truly miss you guys.

We also love our mommys. We celebrated mother's day a little early this year. Here is my awesome drawing and gift from Maggie. Happy Mother's day to all mommys, grandmommys and great grandmommys!

The polls have closed

How appropriate that the results of our little baby poll get posted today of all days. You voted America and here are your results...you think our next baby will be a boy. And, you are oh so smart (or at least 60% of you are) because that is exactly what we are having! Or at least we are 92% sure that we will be having a boy. I mean let's face it we won't know absolutely until we see the little guy on his birthday in october. But, I am glad the ultrasound is over, they make me nervous. They shouldn't though because my God is sovereign and has planned perfectly the life of this baby whether sick, healthy, boy or girl. And, that gives me such comfort. Thanks for all who voted that was fun. And, we are soooo excited stay posted for more updates and don't forget to keep this little guy in your prayers. He's got a long road ahead and is in desperate need of our God's sustaining hand.

Outside fun...

May is finally here and we'll be finding out the sex of our new baby this tuesday and so begins the start of a very exciting month. This weekend was an example of just that. I started my weekend with a lovely welcome home from work. I wandered outside when I got home and this is what greeted me.
A great big welcome sign and two of my most favorite people in all the world waited outside to greet me from a hard day at the office (well the OR, but you get my point).
The artist'.
On saturday we headed to Frazier park in Uptown and enjoyed an end of the year fish fry with many of the students from RUF at JWU. We had a great attendance and the Lord held of what looked like a rainy afternoon so that we could enjoy dry fellowship.
Our good friend Jake helped us fry the fish, chicken wings and hush puppies. He did a tremendous job and we are so thankful that he was there to help. God has blessed us with some great and talented friends!
This is just a slice of the crowd that dropped by on saturday, we think there was about 80-100 students and "park inhabitants" that joined us during the evening.
This is another dear friend that joined us at the park, Jessica. Jessica has been a huge asset to the ministry this year in helping with the ladies at JWU. She's in the middle and we appreciate all she has done this year, what a servant!
Some of the girls.
Maggie enjoying her buddy Michael and his long arms and loving him despite his Clemson t-shirt.

We have truly enjoyed this year of ministry at Johnson and Wales and we are thrilled to be in the midst of a God at work in a campus in desperate need of a Saviour. We love these students and we love being at this school in a ministry capacity. It is so amazing knowing that this is what the Lord has chosen for our family. This summer we will be moving closer to the campus and are excited to see how the Lord will use our family again next year. Please be in prayer for these students, our family and the spread of the Gospel in the hearts of the students at JWU. We truly covet them and count on them.