Baby Update

So far everything has gone smooth with Ava's pregnancy. We are currently (1/25/2006) sitting in the middle of week 16. Thankfully, Ava has not had any of the 'bad' symptoms that sometimes come along with being pregnant. Occasionally she will feel a little tired, light headed, or weary...but after she gets something to eat or relaxes a little, she is all better.

Our last visit to the doctor, 1/10/2006, we got to hear the baby's heart beat. The nurse said that the heart rate was between 130 and 140 bpm. Everything is looking good.

We are scheduled for an ultrasound on 2/17/2006. The doctors believe we should be able to figure out the sex of the baby at this time. That is, if the baby cooperates. Please come back to our webpage to find out the results.

Anniversary/Baby-moon Cruise

This past December, we celebrated our 5th year anniversary. In conjunction with one more nice trip before the baby arrives, we decided to go on a cruise. We sailed with Royal Caribbean, on their newest ship, Jewel of the Seas. Our room was small but more than adequate. The entire ship was beautiful. Ava was the self-proclaimed 'King of the World!' They even had Putt-Putt on-board the ship.


We had a wonderful time and would highly recommend a cruise to anyone. Our cruise left out of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and we made stops in Grand Cayman, Costa Maya, and Key West. We were also suppose to go to Cozumel, but the weather prohibited us from making that stop.

In Grand Cayman, we took an excursion to swim with the Sting Rays. Couldn't get many pictures of this since my camera doesn't seem to like the water. But this shows you how big they were and how blue the water was.


At Costa Maya, we got to explore some Mayan ruins. We explored the recently discovered city of Chacchoben. There were 3 uncovered Mayan pyramids, and many other walls and stairways. Our tour guide said there was still many other objects that needed to be uncovered throughout the city and the immediate area. Costa Maya also had a beautiful shoreline.

Our last stop was Key West, FL. Allthough we didn't do any excursions while in Key West, we did have a great time. We just did a lot of exploring. While there, we were able to see Ernest Hemingway's house and President Truman's Little White House. This was our view when we looked out our room's window while we were docked in Key West.

Hot Springs Trip

For Ava's birthday this year, we went to Hot Springs, AR with another couple from our Sunday school class (Chris, Neala, and baby Adelin). Hot Springs is a National Park that of course has natural hot springs running underneath and throughout the area.

We stayed in a really old hotel called the Arlington (pictured left). This particular hotel has been built and rebuilt a couple times due to fires. The building we stayed in was actually built in the 1930's. Very interesting building and very unique in this day and age.

Here are a couple pictures of the hot springs steaming. I think when we were visting, the temperatures were in the 50's. As you can see, when they say hot springs...that mean HOT springs!




Chris and Neala had been here many times before and gladly showed us the ropes of the town.





We also found out some really great news about Hot Springs while we were there. We were all so happy. (not really, of course)

Baby Lowry's First Picture

We went to the doctor this afternoon and got to see the first images of our new addition. We found out that Ava is 7 weeks and 1 day along in her pregnancy. And her due date is July 9th. As of today, the baby is about 1 cm long. We also got to hear to baby's heart beating...which was simply amazing!

MSU vs Auburn 2005

Ava and I went to the MSU/Auburn football game with some friends from our Sunday School class. MSU got drilled 28-0!!!

The game was at 11:30. Very hot and humid. Sunburns all around.

This is the new car tag we got to go on the front of Ava's car

New Furniture

Our new bedroom furniture finally arrived. Here are some pictures we took when we got everything put together. We got our first King bed...and we are loving it. As you can see in the pictures below, we also got a dresser and mirror, an armoire, and a nightstand. I even put up a new ceiling fan.

Jamaica Pictures

Here are a couple pictures from our mission trip to Jamaica.

First we have Ava with some of her new friends. These were some of the girls who were at the community center for eye check-ups and vacation bible school.

Next is Ava playing a game of Duck, Duck, Goose with a group of kids from the village, Steertown.

Here are some pictures of the construction projects we worked on too. One if is the entire team that worked on the house we built for a lady and her son. In the other you can see me acting as a 'human support ladder.' We also did some construction work at the community center. The last picture shows Ava doing some painting in one the center's rooms.

Jamaica Pictures

Here are two more pictures from the trip.

The first one shows Ava and I with our mission trip's bus driver, Mikey. He was a really funny guys, but very serious at times and very much on fire for the Lord.

This next picture was taken when our team first arrived in Jamaica. We got together for this group shot right after we got off the bus from the airport. This was taken in the parking area of the place we would stay at during our time there.

Christmas 2004

Merry Christmas!!! This was taken at Mom and Dad's new house in Caledonia. The Feugills were able to make it over from Virginia.

Our house in December 2004

Feugill's during their visit to Memphis