Happy Friday everyone! Its the first week of February (how did that happen!?) and here's what went on in the Kennedy household this week...**1**
It's midterms time around Fuller, which meant my poor husband had an awful Church History midterm yesterday. He spent 10 hours a day or so sitting in front of his computer for the last several days trying to cram names, dates and facts into his head--I was exhausted just watching him! It meant my job this week was to be quiet around the apartment (sometimes hard to do!) and try to keep him fed :) I think we're both glad the test is over and done with, and we had fun celebrating at a happy hour last night and then by watching Gladiator (he said he wanted a "guy" movie, which was fine with me, I snuggled up next to him and intermittently watched the movie and read Twilight!)
**2**
We have a very busy month ahead of us--catching us on the weekends is going to be tough! This weekend our friend Becca is being ordained as a pastor in the Presbyterian Church. Luckily she lives locally so no travel is involved, but we'll be busy celebrating her tonight and most of tomorrow. Next Thursday I leave for Rhode Island for Lily's baptism while Charles celebrates the marriage of our good friends Dave and Tera here in Pasadena. The following weekend we're chaperoning 23 high school kids for this year's weekend winter camp up in the mountains. Phew! Busy weeks ahead!
**3**
Wednesday night for youth group we took all the kids bowling, which I hadn't done in about a year...needless to say I wasn't all that great. In fact I am pretty sure the one girl on my team and myself each ended up with scores in the 30s. But we had a great time cheering for everyone else, dancing around to the music, and just being silly. One of the things I've found that I love the most about youth ministry is that it forces me to stop every week and play, which we don't do all that often. But since becoming a volunteer I've played a lot of tag, kick ball, steal the bacon, charades, dance competitions, mafia, silent football, etc. Jesus says if you want to enter the kingdom of God you'd better be like a child, and what do children do most naturally? Play time!
**4**
Speaking of youth ministry, it has been a week full of high school students for me, which I have really enjoyed. Last week I had coffee/frozen yogurt dates with two different freshman girls. Last Friday night Charles and I went to the school play of one of the girls. Last Sunday night we drove down to Long Beach to a girl's cheer leading competition (which was a far drive but I'm glad we went, her parents didn't show up, and she was SO grateful we did, so that made it worth it), and this past Tuesday I had coffee with one of our senior girls. I'm kind of in awe that these students invite us to share life with them, invite us to be a part of their journey, and I am so grateful for the opportunity.
**5**
I get the privilege of standing alongside one of my closest friends, Jennifer, as she and Josh get married this May, so today I get to go dress shopping with her for our bridesmaids dresses--so fun!
**6**
I am starting to think more seriously about converting to being a moderate vegetarian for Lent (eating fish once or twice a week but no meat any other time). Charles and I have talked about it quite a bit, talked a lot about the health benefits that are virtually undisputed in the nutrition field, and how we want to make an intentional choice to see how we feel after 6 weeks of this new diet. This week I made an absolutely delicious halibut topped with feta cheese, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil on Monday night, but then we didn't eat meat again until dinner Thursday night when we went to happy hour. We ate delicious but light and healthy meals the rest of the week that we both really enjoyed--a sauteed veggie medley, vegetarian spaghetti over whole wheat pasta, salad, garlic bread, soy beans, fruit/yogurt/granola smoothies--it was a great feeling! After eating something heavier at the restaurant last night I felt horrible, not sick, just fuller than I have been all week, and felt like I'd ingested way more grease and fat than my body had handled in quite awhile. I wasn't a fan to say the least! So it is amazing what a difference a lighter diet makes on how we feel. I'm sure I'll have more thoughts/reflections on this process as it gets closer, stay tuned...and yes, I realize some of you are just thinking I'm one of those fruity California girls...in some ways, you're right :)
**7**
I finally finished reading the Twilight series this morning, book 4 was long! I have many thoughts about the Twilight phenomenon, but for now I'll just say that I hated the first two books, and found the 3rd and 4th to be much more entertaining and much easier to get through. It's not my favorite series by a long shot, I have no desire to re-read them, but I'm glad I got through them all and can now engage high school students in conversation about them, because I think there is a lot in there that can be used to start dialogues with kids about important topics like relationships, self concept, self-value and image etc. Now I get to move onto something hopefully a little more engaging as far as writing goes!
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