Daddy's Birthday

 Sorry so fuzzy, but you get the point! :)

We made the sign below the birthday one last week and Nathan painted and used markers on it.

They had to be twins today with their attire -- Tigers shirts and jean shorts!

Happy birthday, Daddy!

Easter Fun

Looking at his Easter basket

 Fun toys inside -- fire truck, goat, horse, COW

 Nathan was so excited each time he saw an egg - "Found it!"

 Do you see his other Easter gift? Bright shoes!

We hid eggs 3x for him to find! :)  Now, he never did open them or care that there could be something inside.  Maybe that'll be the fun for next year! :)

Who can resist?

Who could resist this cute, little boy?!

He's all cleaned up and ready for a great Easter.

Good Friday

Daddy didn't get to stay home with us, but it was okay... We got to work on some things for his birthday!

Nathan colored a card while we were lounging on the couch.

Ha ha, ha ha!

Need a laugh today?  Uncle Tod really got Nathan laughing.

It's been rough trying to get adjusted back to "normal" after vacation and then Momma being gone 2 days.  We're also anticipating Barry having to work both Friday and Saturday which will disrupt plans to celebrate Easter with family.  So, we'll be hanging out at home and trying to relax before scrambling to use time wisely and get errands done on Saturday afternoon and Sunday.  Hope your plans aren't as crazy as ours and you can reflect on this special season.

One Week Ago...

Nathan was rocking his heart out on this fun rocking horse.  The horse is over 50 years old!  Although it isn't reflected here, he would get going so quickly on it that would require someone to hold down the edge so that he wouldn't topple over.  Go, Nathan!

Trip to National Publishing

 Everything starts with an electronic file which to make a long story short is transferred to a sheet which will be inked and printed from.  A book will have many of these sheets put together.  Each of the vertical rows is considered a "signature".  This sheet shows 2 different signatures with 4 of each on the sheet.

 Here are the huge rolls of paper!  They keep so much on hand and have another warehouse that holds more paper so they don't run out.

 The printer has extra rolls of paper loaded so that it doesn't ever run out during a printing.

 The part in the middle is where the printing occurs.

 Here it's being printed.  The machine will further cut up the pieces and fold them into signatures.

 Signatures are gathered into stacks which will be later combined into the book.  The books are bound and trimmed so that they are uniform before the cover is put on it.

Covers are made in another area.  Then another machine puts the cover and the inside part together into one.

Here are boxes of the completed Bibles.

The machinery used to make the pocket New Testaments is classified and we weren't able to take any pictures.  It was very neat to see all the checks they have in place to makes sure that each book comes out right.  This company has done so much to make this a highly effective production so that people around the world can have God's Word.