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Even more dress up dog pictures.

Pearl, Hope & Joy

Well, today, Saturday, May 31, 2008, our new boxer puppy, Pearl, was subjected to "dress up" time. As you can see from the photo, Pearl got the privilege of wearing some miscellaneous baby clothes. Fun. Later this same day, Evelyn's good friends Hope and Joy Miller came over to spend all day Saturday, stay overnight and go to church with us on Sunday. They are nice young ladies and we enjoyed having them.

"Lil' Mama"

So our 2nd child and only son, Clint (turning 13 on June 11), recently attained the long-awaited status of being slightly taller than his mother. It is safe to say that he is passing his older sister, Ellen, as well. This is an important milestones in any young man's life.

I'm glad to report that Clint is not only growing physically, be he is also a very nice young man with whom the Lord seems to be working. Of course, it doesn't ultimately matter how tall he gets physically, but we'd like for him to be a spiritual giant.

Let's mark the date. May 2008 is the month when Clint surpassed his mother in height.

Here are a couple of interesting stories about Clint.

Clint seems to enjoy working out -- lifting weights, doing push ups and sit ups. One of the things his mother can count on nearly every night before Clint goes to bed is a visit from Clint saying something like, "Look, Mom, peck shadows," while giving the obligatory muscle man pose.

Another thing that nearly put his mother in tears because it was so sweet from a mom's perspective is the following. Having made note that he was taller than his mother, Clint one evening walked up to Mary and said, "Mom, since I'm taller than you now, can I call you lil' mama?" Mary told me about Clint's question that night and said it was all she could do to maintain her composure.

The boy is no longer a boy and we couldn't be more pleased with the man he's becoming. Ladies, take note, with 3 sisters, he will make some young lady a very fine husband someday.

Just remember a few things, Clint.
1. She'll always be your mama and therefore always have a unique power over you -- until you get married and then your wife takes that spot.
2. I can still beat you in basketball.
3. Your dad is still bigger than you, but even when you get bigger than he (which is possible), you may be able to take him but he'll always be able to hurt you -- so don't try it.
4. Every time you work out your physical body, don't forget about your spiritual body.
And finally, remember, if you're going to die, die well dressed. ??????

Love ya, Dad.

Evan & Evelyn

Now here are a couple of people whose first names start with Ev......, Evan Tweddell and Evelyn Glenn.

The Ev... people are sitting on top of Evelyn's bunkbed. Just today (Saturday, May 17, 2008) we tore the carpeting out of Evelyn and Meredith's room. The hardwood floors underneath the old, disgusting carpet looks pretty good. Don't you think so, Meredith?

[Meredith typing now....]

"Yes, I really like it. It has some "YICK" on it but it's good for my room."

[Dad typing again....]

It was a wonderful day ripping up carpeting. Both Evelyn and Meredith helped. Evelyn spent nearly the entire time pulling up staples and nails from the floor. About halfway through the job, she found an easier way to do it and was just thrilled.

Meredith and I did the cutting, rolling and taping of the carpet and Meredith carried all the rolled carpet to the basement and put them in a neat pile.

We swept the room and reorganized. Now it looks great. It is something new! We put a navy blue carpet remnant down. It was the one that was in Clint's room but he decided that he didn't want it anymore, so we "stole" it for Meredith and Evelyn's room.

Pap, Peg, Gary and Lisa came to eat dinner with us. They brought Evan. Joe and Ann were in Philadelphia at a wedding.

Pearl

Sunday, May 4th was a big day in the Glenn household. That was the day Pearl was delivered to our home. Pictured here are Pearl and Meredith and Pearl. Pearl is a full-bred boxer just like Duke, our other dog. Both Pearl and Duke came from the same breeder in Utah, Sabrina Olsen (www.legendaryboxers.com). Pearl flew all the way from Salt Lake City on Northwest Airlines. She flew up in the passenger section with Sabrina's cohort, Nathan.

Pearl arrived in great shape and she is adjusting well. She likes attacking Duke and Duke doesn't seem to mind.

Mary has informed me that she has already fallen in love with Pearl and that she would spend "thousands of dollars" on the dog if she should get sick or injured. Sure she would......! I told her I have a 50 cent shotgun shell that would solve the problem as well! (Just kidding!)

Meredith loves Pearl also -- as do all the kids. Meredith wants you to know that Pearl is cute and cuddly. Ahhh..... Evy wants to know why she wasn't pictured! "Hey, Dad!"

Duke seems to love Pearl also. In some way, they are related. We think that one of Duke's sisters gave birth to Pearl. We're not sure, but they seem to get along well.

Touring Munich, Germany

I (Doug) have the great fortune/blessing of traveling to Munich, Germany, this week for business reasons. I and Roy Bigham (pictured here), editor of Pollution Engineering magazine, took some time today, Sunday, May 4, 2008, to walk the Aldstadt (Old Town) part of Munich.

Two things struck me during our walk which I'll tell you here:

1. Munich, as with most of Europe, is a fairly godless place. Religion in Germany is supported by the government. Everyone pays a tax to support churches, but a very small portion of the population are church-goers and even fewer are born-again Christians. In spite of this, 99% of the shops are closed on Sunday. Roy and I walked a section of Sendlinger Strasse that was bustling with business yesterday, but today it was relatively quiet -- no open shops.

How ironic. In a culture that has all but forsaken God, the Germans are more sabbaterian than the USA which has a high proportion of professing evangelical Christians.

I'm betting this presents God with a dilemma. Who should He bless more (or less), the 4th commandment, sabbath-breaking evangelicals in the USA, or the largely godless sabbath-keepers (at least outwardly) of Munich?

2. While walking Munich, Roy and I entered a very large Catholic church. I was walking around inside toward the back of the church when a German man came and caught my attention and asked me to remove my ball cap. Oops. I forgot to be a gentleman.

Again, in a relatively godless society, at least they outwardly demand respect be given to the things of God. In #1, they purposefully or inadvertently observe God's command to keep the sabbath holy (by not shopping), and in #2 they demand respect for the house of God.

In a way, it was very refreshing to see the closed shops and desire to be respectful in God's house. Certainly, what is in the heart is what matters most, but to argue that we in the US have better hearts when we neither respect God's day nor respect God's house ought to make us all think if really have the heart we believe we have.

More pictures of Munich are available at www.dougglenn.smugmug.com. Look for the album entitled "Munich."