This is the first Rose family picture in AL. That is our new Rendevouz behind us! This was after church. 

Jason popping a wheelie on the bike he bought with his money! He is now on a 24" bike! This is at Oak Mountain state park.  

Russ and his "work" truck! Notice the Yankees hat!  

Lisa's brother builds and races planes in his free time!  

Im 4' 6" and size 4 shoes! Growing big!  

Mom eating a hot dog at the Easter Street Fair! IT WAS HOT!  

Art Time! Geting ready for Easter!  

Dad teaching me Science!  

Im studying my Math and I have to figure this out???? 

"Look at all these eggs I found! Some have money..Im RICH! " 

Cool Dude!  

Father and Son at the beach Easter Sunday 06 

Death and Taxes

Hola!

They say that there are only two sure things in this life...death and taxes. We know that there is even an SURER thing in life....JESUS!

This week, tax day came around and my brother in laws mom died. She was buried on the 19th and that evening her brothers son died from a work accident. This week has been sad in so many ways....death, friends having difficult health and relationship issues...Jason remembered a friend who died on the playground when he was younger and that brought up sad times in his little heart. Some days, you just wonder....I also heard this week that in Birmingham last year, 99 people died from violent crimes. So many others died with broken hearts. The world hurts! Today, Jason and Lisa were studying Romans and we came across the verses that tell us that "nothing can separate us from the love of God..not even death! " (Romans 8:35-38). We remember that even when all these "bad" things pile up in our lives, we can go to God and cry out to Him as He is never far away! That is so reassuring when things of the world get to us....

Russ had an interview at the Birmingham Zoo yesterday. He felt good about it. He may have to give up Sunday mornings for a while, but he can change that later. Pray that he gets this job. We need it to get out and get our own place. We want to be out by that end of May and have our selves settled in to "home".

Things are good with Jason for the most part. He is going to his first "preteen Discipleship Now meeting" with the kids in his class at church. He is excited. Pictures are coming today of Easter and how much he has grown! Although yesterday, we had a "touch"of "needing mom" when he skidded into the mud on his scooter and scraped up his arm pretty badly. He needed mom to take care of that and afterwards, it was nice to know that even though he is getting that "preteen" attitude", he still needs mom and dad from time to time.

We are proud of Jason as we have seen him soar in school these past two years and spening time with him this semester, we are so proud of what he can do. This week, Lisa is doing a wek of review with him to see what he has retained. They are even having a Spelling Bee next week with all his words from the whole year! That will be something!

It is already HOT here . Lisa forgot that the south gets only about a "WEEK" of spring and then we go right into summer by the middle of April. YUK! Gas prices are soaring here as everywhere else also! We sort of miss Mass Transit!

We are excited that we are going to get a brief visit from Susan Field (from Graffiti)as she and some NYU students head down to New Orleans over Spring Break to do som mission work. The team will be staying at our church for a night or two and then head down. YEA!

Blessings and Peace today!
Russ, Lisa and Jason

Poison Ivy and Easter Eggs!

Well..welcome back to Alabama Lisa! Lisa got a welcome home present of some POISON IVY from somewhere....must be all those trips to Oak Mountain State Park. Yep...she has been itching and trying not to scratch all weekend...also, the mosquitoes must have heard that she was back because they have come at her as well...9 mosquito bites on one arm...and not one on Russ or Jason...hmmmmmmmmm..who is the sweetest here???

This past weekend we celebrated Easter starting on Friday with a Good Friday service at church at noon. It was very moving and we spent the rest of the day contemplating Jesus' love for us. How awesome. Russ and I watched The Passion Again and it was just as moving too.

Saturday, we played and went to an Easter block party at one of the churches here. They had all sorts of rides etc. See the pictures that we will put up shortly! Jason had a blast and we all had fun.

Sunday brought church with some awesome music . The choir directors wife is an opera singer and spends several months a year up in Manhattan singing for the Met. She sang "Jerusalem" for the special music. It was great. Afterwards, we took a picnic to the State Park, went swimming and just releaxed. Jason dug in the sand while Russ and I read the Sunday paper. What a day..came home and had an Easter Egg hunt in the front yard. Afterwards, we called friends and talked while enjoying the last part of the day.

Some sad news.....Lisa's brother in law, Mike's mom, Zellie, died on Saturday...we were all supposed to go over to Cathy's for dinner on Sunday and then this sad day happened. She had a heart attack and went quickly. She was suffering form Altzheimers(beginning stages) . She is with the Lord now and we are sad but happy for her to be relieved of the pain. Pray for Cathy and Mike as they get all her estate in order.

Things are moving along. Several job opportunities have come up for Lisa and one for Russ. They are all possibilities but no one is rushing to hire right now. Pray for our patience.

We will be moving in May to an apartment of our own. We are excited and ready. We will let you all know when and where.

Jason continues to do well in school and growing like a leaf! His therapy sessions are going great and he is getting through some of the issues that he has had heavy on his heart over the last 3 years. Our therapist is a God send!

Well..picutres are coming. God Bless everyone and enjoy the newness of spring!

Russ, Lisa and Jason

"My God shall supply all my needs" Phillipians 4:19