April 28, 2006
Champion Powder Puff!
All week long the veteran team talked trash about the rookies (the freshman team). And well let's just say it was just that, trash. I was pleasantly surprised to see the first year ladies (and a few sophomores) pull off the victory!
April 27, 2006
A Grown-Up Vacation!
Today I booked a flight to Boston, MA and finalized arrangements for my first grown up vacation. I'm going to Dennis in Cape Cod where I will vacation with my very good friend and co-worker Joanna. I am so excited. We are going for a week in June and will be staying at her Uncle's "very Cape Cod Cottage". He is graciously allowing us to stay there for the week. Oh I can't wait! It will certainly be great fun. I'm excited for some time to relax and re-energize myself for the summer work I'll be doing. And I'm excited to eat some yummy seafood! I have already found some little places that offer free wi-fi, so I'll be able to offer "live updates" on my time in New England!
April 24, 2006
good friends good times
my good friend and former roommate Morgan came to visit this past weekend. it was a bittersweet visit. it's always good to have friends in my home. we had a grand weekend together. we came home from staff seminar late friday evening ate some soup and went to bed. on saturday we slept in late, ate breakfast at the northstar, helped charity give her little boy sam a bath (she's very pregnant and he's an almost 2 year old in a full leg cast, so needless to say it was a little challenging). The we went to ragorama (a very cool thrift store) and the traditional goodwill. we shopped at Trader Joes & World Market. We ate a yummy dinner and went to the drexel to see Friends with Money. Today was low key, we went to a student art show, watched 3 innings of softball and had coffee before church. it has been a good weekend. tomorrow i'll take her to the greyhound station so she can head back to PA. it has been a gift to have her visit. i love these kind of visits!
April 23, 2006
fuller times
i got to spend lots and lots of time with this cool fella. well only 11 days and we get to hang out at the beach. oh how i love fuller!
April 18, 2006
her hand
this is my sister Alicia's hand. she is drawing on a light table at the dayton art institute. it was fun to visit with her and her family this weekend. oh so fun. so fun i didn't want to come back to columbus this morning. but alas i had a 10am meeting so i dutifully drove back. see you in 2 weeks big sister and little fuller.
April 17, 2006
a cool picture
this is my brother-in-law Nat on his recent trip to Nicaragua. I like it a lot because of the blue on the walls.
diana exhibit
you can't take pictures inside the special exhibit so for kicks i took this photo outside the dayton art institute. the exhibit was interesting, having taken courses related to museum studies it was interesting to note the layout of the exhibit. diamond tiara...childhood...wedding (including THE dress)...death/funeral...her charity work...her fashion...gift shop. so it's obvious that this was an exhibit put together by her brother. i was disappointed that they didn't include anything about her role as a mother. it was interesting to see the dresses that she wore. she did have good taste!
April 16, 2006
Princess Diana
Tomorrow Alicia and I will be visiting this exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute.
When I was a little girl I used to pretend that I was Princess Diana. So needless to say I am super excited to see all this stuff. I'll let you know how it goes.
spring flowers
the wait of winter is well worth the reward of such beautiful spring color.
this was our easter flower arrangement, most of the flowers came from my parents yard.
Luke 24
Luke 24
The Resurrection
1But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. 2And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, 3but when they went in they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 4While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel. 5And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? 6He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, 7that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and on the third day rise." 8And they remembered his words, 9and returning from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 10Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. 12But Peter rose and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; and he went home marveling at what had happened.
On the Road to Emmaus
13That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem, 14and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. 16But their eyes were kept from recognizing him. 17And he said to them, "What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk?" And they stood still, looking sad. 18Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?" 19And he said to them, "What things?" And they said to him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, 20and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. 21But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened. 22Moreover, some women of our company amazed us. They were at the tomb early in the morning, 23and when they did not find his body, they came back saying that they had even seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive. 24Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see." 25And he said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?" 27And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
28So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther, 29but they urged him strongly, saying, "Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent." So he went in to stay with them. 30When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to them. 31And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight. 32They said to each other, "Did not our hearts burn within us while he talked to us on the road, while he opened to us the Scriptures?" 33And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together, 34saying, "The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!" 35Then they told what had happened on the road, and how he was known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples
36As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!" 37But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit. 38And he said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." 40And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" 42They gave him a piece of broiled fish,[b] 43and he took it and ate before them.
44Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." 45Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. 49And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."
The Ascension
50Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53and were continually in the temple blessing God.
from the English Standard Version
April 15, 2006
yummy cookies
tonight we tried to decorate cookies with fuller. he really wasn't that interested in decorating, primarily he wanted to just eat them. mom and alicia ended up decorating the cookies. it was pretty entertainly.
back to film
so one of the downsides of using a film camera again is that the instant gratification is lost. i currently have 4 5 rolls of undeveloped film. that's okay. i'll just have to develop a few rolls next week while i'm out of town. i figure if i do that it won't feel like i have to wait forever to get my photos back. i'm excited to see how they turned out, i think i've got some good shots.
my little friend in france
this is my friend william. he lives in france. i like to send him stuff. his mom, alison sent this photo to me a while ago. i think it is so cute. i sent it to him just before he moved to his new house and before he got a new brother.
spring women's retreat
last weekend I went on a retreat with some ladies from my church. we went to a farm house in hocking hills. we had a great time. for some reason i love taking photos by putting the camera on the table. this was taken while we were all sitting around waiting for our massages. so fun.
Fuller in a fix
Today the neighborhood association where my parents live had their annual Easter egg hunt. So we headed out with Fuller, 3 camera and 1 camcorder and 4 adults. And trust me it took all 4 of us to keep him under control. When we arrived about 15 minutes early it was evident that this would be an adventure. The 3 and under egg hunt was in the playground area. Fuller didn't really understand the egg thing all he knew was he wanted to climb on the jungle gym. Unfortunately the jungle gym was littered with eggs to be found. Needless to say this photo was taken of us as I was unsuccessfully trying to distract him.
April 10, 2006
almost over
The spring semester is almost over. This year has flown by. And the remaining weeks seem to be going even more quickly. I suppose it's because the remaining weeks are packed full of a lot of special thing. This week is Easter, I'll head to Dayton for 4.5 days, play with Fuller and celebrate with my part of my family. Then the week after that is Staff Seminar, I'll be in PA for 2 days of staff meetings for the CCO. And that very weekend my good friend Morgan will come visit for the weekend with me. The following week I'll be here the whole week but we'll have a big festival on campus with classes cancelled on Friday afternoon. Then comes the BIG fun. On the 3rd I'll fly to Flordia for 6 days. AHHHHH, I can't wait. I'm going not only to be in the sun but especially to help celebrate my sister Sarah Ginny graduating from college, she'll be graduating from Palm Beach Atlantic. It has been a long road for her, 6 years to be exact. And well we are going to celebrate big time for this very special achievment. It's just an added bonus, for the rest of us, that it's in Florida. Oh Can't wait! When I return from that it's finals week for the students and time to start wrapping things up!
Happy Anniversary!
Today is my sister Alicia's 7th wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe that she and Damon have been married for 7 years now. Wow! How time flies?! It was a super fun wedding on a very HOT April day in Northwest GA. It was a super fun wedding and reception, lots of good food and because their friends felt it necessary to decorate BOTH their cars I ended up having to drive Alicia's car back to campus with all the stuff all over it. Mildly embarassing, but the GIANT piece of carrot cake that I got to take home made up for that. And I caught the bouquet. Although I also caught the bouquet at Sarah's wedding. It doesn't work folks, I'm hear to tell you!
Well Happy Anniversary Alicia & Damon! Here's to many more to come!