Long overdue update...

Where has the summer gone? I can't believe the last time we posted was in May! Well, things have been pretty eventful for the Hoveys this summer. In June, Abby's parents came out to Denver for a visit for about a week. We enjoyed going up to Rocky Mountain National Park with them and staying at a vacation home in the mountains near Estes Park. We also enjoyed going for several bike rides on the trails around Denver...Abby's parents even brought their tandem bike!

We both celebrated our birthdays in July and enjoyed catching some beautiful fireworks in our back yard at the seminary over the 4th. We spent most of the 4th of July weekend furniture shopping! Although we have greatly appreciated our "loved on" furniture that people handed to us when we got married, we were excited to finally have our own bed and living room furniture. We also now have our own washer and dryer...no more quarters and no more walking out in the snow/rain to do laundry.

At the end of July Abby's mom and Aunt Pam came out to Denver to help us move to a new apartment. We are officially off the seminary campus now and living in an apartment not too far away in Littleton. It is a great location! We are only about 1-2 minutes from a grocery store, pharmacy, hospital, several restaurants, and most importantly, Abby's work! She loves being so close to work and has gotten spoiled coming home for lunch so many days. Paul is only about 10 minutes from Lowe's so his commute is nothing to complain about either.

So, many of you probably are wondering what our future plans are now that Paul has graduated from seminary and you are assuming Paul doesn't want to work at Lowe's the rest of his life. Well, we've had something or I guess someone influence our plans a bit. Back in June, we found out that we have a little Hovey on the way. Yes, we're having a baby! Abby is almost 15 weeks along and is due February 10th. We are very excited about the news and have agreed the best thing would be to stay out in Colorado at least until the baby is born. Paul will continue to look for ministry opportunities in hopes that we can be a bit closer back to home eventually, God willing. In the meantime, Paul would love to find a job out in Denver that meets his interests and gifts a little more than Lowe's. Abby continues to love her job.

We will try to do better keeping this updated, especially regarding baby Hovey. We would love to hear from you anytime, and know that you are ALWAYS welcome to come visit us in Denver.

Abby's parents arrived in June three days after we found out we were expecting so we had fun telling them the news in person.
After the baby announcement! I don't think Abby's parents were in the door 15 minutes before we just had to tell them the news.

Out on the deck at our vacation home by Estes Park

The view from our deck

At Rocky Mountain National Park

At Rocky Mountain National Park

At Rocky Mountain National Park

Back at our vacation home

Family pick before coming down the mountains

Our vacation home was located up pretty high. This is a view from the closest highway.