Here's the latest from the Kennedy household this week!**1**
Last night I innocently asked my husband if he wouldn't mind breaking out his manly power tools next time he took a day off from studying to help me mount/brace a really tall bookshelf to the wall (it was mounted at one point but not into a stud and had come loose). He says "sure, lets do that now." This turned into a 4 hour long project that involved removing every book, labeling each book with our names, categorizing them by subject, alphabetizing them within their categories, and then labeling the shelves they went on so we know what's on each shelf. (Yes, the shelves got anchored into studs as well). It was quite the project but it looks great now! And when the big earthquake strikes the shelves should stay upright :)
**2**
Last Saturday I got the chance to spend the whole day with the girls celebrating Tera, as she's only about 3 weeks away from marrying Dave! We drove up to Santa Barbara for a nice lunch and some wine tasting. I definitely loved spending such a gorgeous day with such great friends!
**3**
My little niece is already three months old!! I can't believe how fast she is growing up and how much I adore her! Seriously, isn't she just precious?? I got to video chat with her yesterday--she's holding her head up, making great eye contact, smiling away and constantly moving, kicking and wiggling. I love her!
Last night I innocently asked my husband if he wouldn't mind breaking out his manly power tools next time he took a day off from studying to help me mount/brace a really tall bookshelf to the wall (it was mounted at one point but not into a stud and had come loose). He says "sure, lets do that now." This turned into a 4 hour long project that involved removing every book, labeling each book with our names, categorizing them by subject, alphabetizing them within their categories, and then labeling the shelves they went on so we know what's on each shelf. (Yes, the shelves got anchored into studs as well). It was quite the project but it looks great now! And when the big earthquake strikes the shelves should stay upright :)
**2**
Last Saturday I got the chance to spend the whole day with the girls celebrating Tera, as she's only about 3 weeks away from marrying Dave! We drove up to Santa Barbara for a nice lunch and some wine tasting. I definitely loved spending such a gorgeous day with such great friends!
**3**
My little niece is already three months old!! I can't believe how fast she is growing up and how much I adore her! Seriously, isn't she just precious?? I got to video chat with her yesterday--she's holding her head up, making great eye contact, smiling away and constantly moving, kicking and wiggling. I love her!
**4**
I get the chance to speak to the youth Sunday morning at church which I am kind of nervous about! I'm supposed to give my testimony, which is fine, but I'm trying to come up with some kind of creative or more narrative way of presenting it rather than just saying "so I was born into a Christian family...etc etc" I've been thinking about it a lot and am not sure I have a great solution yet but I'm working on it!
**5**
Both of us have been sending out resumes for ministry positions all over the place. Right now, we're not so concerned about location as getting some contacts made so we've been checking church staffing websites daily and sending out resumes quite a bit this week. It's a long process, most ministry positions can take 6-12 months to fill from the time they start accepting applications, so we're not anticipating having anything lined up in the next month but hopefully by the fall we'll have an idea of what might be next for us. Right now we are kind of in a "don't ask us what's next, we don't know, we'll let you know when we do know something!" phase of life :)
**6**
My other new project is thinking about a big change I'm contemplating making for Lent. Charles and I have talked about it a bit, and are doing research, but we are seriously considering going vegetarian for those 6 weeks. I have several reasons for contemplating this, and I'm kind of excited! My hubby says he's game to try, so we'll see. Stay tuned as Ash Wednesday gets closer to see what we decide and how this plays out for us!
**7**
One of my favorite moments of the week came when I was hanging out in our apartment courtyard chatting with some of the women. A three year old came up and asked us how the words to "Rock a bye baby" goes so two of us started telling her. We got to the line "when the bow breaks..." and before we could say "the cradle will fall..." she interrupts us with "Daddy will catch you!" We decided that was a much better way to end the song. And a pretty great testimony to her daddy's parenting--she's only three and already knows that when she falls, Daddy will catch her. I wish the teens in our youth group still believed that about their parents. And in some cases, I just wish it was actually true, that their parents would indeed be there to catch them instead of making them feel horrible for their mistakes.
I get the chance to speak to the youth Sunday morning at church which I am kind of nervous about! I'm supposed to give my testimony, which is fine, but I'm trying to come up with some kind of creative or more narrative way of presenting it rather than just saying "so I was born into a Christian family...etc etc" I've been thinking about it a lot and am not sure I have a great solution yet but I'm working on it!
**5**
Both of us have been sending out resumes for ministry positions all over the place. Right now, we're not so concerned about location as getting some contacts made so we've been checking church staffing websites daily and sending out resumes quite a bit this week. It's a long process, most ministry positions can take 6-12 months to fill from the time they start accepting applications, so we're not anticipating having anything lined up in the next month but hopefully by the fall we'll have an idea of what might be next for us. Right now we are kind of in a "don't ask us what's next, we don't know, we'll let you know when we do know something!" phase of life :)
**6**
My other new project is thinking about a big change I'm contemplating making for Lent. Charles and I have talked about it a bit, and are doing research, but we are seriously considering going vegetarian for those 6 weeks. I have several reasons for contemplating this, and I'm kind of excited! My hubby says he's game to try, so we'll see. Stay tuned as Ash Wednesday gets closer to see what we decide and how this plays out for us!
**7**
One of my favorite moments of the week came when I was hanging out in our apartment courtyard chatting with some of the women. A three year old came up and asked us how the words to "Rock a bye baby" goes so two of us started telling her. We got to the line "when the bow breaks..." and before we could say "the cradle will fall..." she interrupts us with "Daddy will catch you!" We decided that was a much better way to end the song. And a pretty great testimony to her daddy's parenting--she's only three and already knows that when she falls, Daddy will catch her. I wish the teens in our youth group still believed that about their parents. And in some cases, I just wish it was actually true, that their parents would indeed be there to catch them instead of making them feel horrible for their mistakes.
Regarding point 6- I went vegetarian for the last six month of 2008 and I loved it for the most part. It is a bit inconvenient at times, but it also forces you to be a bit more creative with your dietary choices. Since re-becoming a meat eater I've still tried to limit the amount of meat in my diet and I haven't really missed it much. There are a number of dishes that I discovered in my vegetarian days that I still eat today just because I enjoyed them so much. All of that to say, it can be done, and it's actually a pretty exciting experience!
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