Episode One

Life for the Allison household has just embarked on a new adventure. I thought it would be fitting to document this new beginning by starting my very own BLOG! Aaron get's his weekly rant on the Sumner Life website... so I think I'll follow suit and do my own thing here.

Some people say the Allison family house is kinda like stepping into a TV sitcom. Most of the time, thats pretty accurate. We have our share of DRAMA... but somehow we have a knack for turning even the scariest and saddest moments into laughter and slapstick. 3 kids in 3.5 years, with a healthy dose of God's unending grace will do that to ya! Sometimes, all you can do is laugh.

So, to begin this saga, I'll just quickly jot down some important things that are going on right now:

• Sunday, Feb 20th, we will have our first service for Sumner Life! This is a church that Aaron will pastor, planted by the TN Assemblies of God and Cornerstone.
• We have about 50 people from Cornerstone coming with us! Yeehaw!
• This past Sunday, we said goodbye to Cornerstone (Aaron preached an awesome message). At the end of service, everyone going with us came onstage and was prayed over. While Pastor Davis was praying, Luke turned his back on the congregation, stuck his ARM down his pull-up, and proceeded to scratch his bottom! When Pastor concluded his prayer, he turned around and said "Luke, give me 5!"... which Luke did - with the hand he had just scratched his butt with! The youth group cracked up!
• Last Tuesday, Lincoln had surgery to repair a hernia (where his g-tube had been). The surgery was minor compared to everything else he's been through... but it's never pleasant. He did really good!
• The day after his surgery, Lincoln began running a temp of 103. Turns out his eardrum had ruptured, and he had an URI. Luke had a bi-lateral ear infection as well. Everyone is feeling better now!
• Abbey recently tested to be accepted into the Magnet school near our house. We will find out in a few weeks how she did, but we're not too worried about it. 200 kids tested for 40 available spots. We know she's smart... we don't need anyone to tell us that! [side note: Abbey tested high enough to get into the Magnet school, but was not chosen in the lottery - her name was drawn 14th out of 16 on the waiting list. We took this as God's will that she was not supposed to go there.)

That's about all I have time for right now. I'm sure I'll write more at a later time. This week will be SOOO busy getting things ready for the first service on Sunday.

Until then...

Beth & gang