Our first blog entry...

Well, here goes nothing. This is officially our first blog entry. I have been reading friends' blogs for years, but have never branched out to creating my very own. I must say thus far I am surprised how much actually goes into one of these. There are all kinds of settings and options and things to choose. I am sure that this will be a work in progress, and I certainly have a lot to learn, but for now it has been created.

This past weekend was very busy for us as we traveled up to Fort Worth for my older sister, Lauren's wedding. The wedding was absolutely beautiful and I know that Lauren is very excited to have all the planning behind her and to be married to the love of her life, Christopher. Here is our personal shout-out to the new Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Allen Keene. I have very few pictures from this weekend since it was crazy busy for me, but I hope to post some for you (if I can figure out how to do that) once the photos become available.

In closing, today I found out that the layoff notification date for representatives at the company I work for, Merck, has been moved up from February 26th to February 23rd. Therefore, a week from today I will know whether or not I will continue to be employed. We would ask that in your prayer time throughout the next week that you would lift us up that God's Will would be done, regardless of the outcome. We are going to have quite a year of change ahead of us and would appreciate you keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. God has blessed our lives so tremendously thus far in our marriage and we have no doubt that he has wonderful plans for us in the future. We just don't know exactly what those plans might have in store for us. We are seeking his guidance and wisdom through our decisions and will know the answers when the time is right.

Thanks for reading through our first blog entry. We hope there will be many more to come!
Love, Mike & Emily