Mara's birthday

We celebrated Mara's birthday this Saturday with friends, family, cake, and some other random encounters.  It was a fun day at the park and Mara decapitated the pinata.  Pictures soon to follow.

My little helpers

So the kids are cleaning my bathroom right now.

Keepin' Up with the Ratliffs

So, it has been awhile since my last post but with my sister-in-laws recent post I feel like I must try to keep up.  

The family has been having tons of fun outside lately.  The weather has been in the Mid 80's this week and who can help but go to the park or zoo to play.  We even took the kids 'hiking' up to hole in the rock.  

Mara is having her 4th birthday this month.  Our little leprechaun was born on St. Patricks Day but we will be celebrating a bit early.  The event will be just a simple park, pizza, and cake affair and all are welcome to come.  Just e-mail me for the info.

We will be moving at the end of the month to our new place in Mesa.  We are really excited.  It is a four bedroom two bath HOUSE.  It has a backyard and fruit trees.  We are really excited.  More on the move soon and if you feel like helping out there should be doughnuts provided.

a cool contest

Bible Study Magazine and Mars Hill are giving away 20 copies of Mark Driscoll’s new book, Vintage Church. Not only that, but they are also giving away five subscriptions to Bible Study Magazine and a copy of their Bible Study Library software! Enter to win on the Bible Study Magazine Mark Driscoll page, then take a look at all the cool tools they have to take your Bible study to the next level!