Today I met with Laura’s mom for lunch. We haven’t talked in person since the changing of the wedding dates so I thought it’d be nice to get together and chat. I also thought it’d be a good chance to pray for them asking God to work out the details and preparations for marriage. They have a son who recently proposed to a woman he met online from Brazil. Last month they traveled down there to meet her and her family.

They wanted to get married August 1st. He hadn’t yet heard of Ethan and Laura’s changed plans but it did end up that they’re going to wait until at least the fall because she still has to go through the process of legally coming to the states. Her mom is also schedule to have knee replacement surgery in the summer. Both sets of parents plan on helping financially in various ways. I was glad we were thinking along the same lines.

Laura changed her major from social work to something with business. She wants to have her own business someday, like some kind of cute little coffee shop. She says Ethan can do the books. It does make you wonder with cost of living these days how young people are supposed to make it on a church worker salary. I can’t remember if I mentioned that he changed his major to secondary education with a math emphasis.

I still think it’d be great if he could get a stats position someday with the Cardinals. The relay experience last weekend went well. I had almost driven up there to watch but decided to save my trip for the season opener for outdoor in April. I think I have pretty much settled on doing internship through the fall now. I am not making the choices needed to get it done sooner and can’t imagine now 25 hours weekly in the summer.

Miles and Schneipp are over for the evening. I cleaned the dining room floor this morning which is something I enjoy doing but don’t do very often. After lunch Laura’s mom and I stopped by Ross to look at clothes. I came home and took Zorro for a walk while Josh finished the green beans. He likes to jump on guests and chase cats but we’re trying to help him not to do that. Later the boys drove to County Market for soda.