**1**
Last Sunday we drove 3 hours north of here to the Fresno area to see my sister, her husband and my baby niece at my brother in law's home. They flew out for the long weekend to see the Backman side of the family and graciously invited Charles and I to come join them for a night. Of course reconnecting with my beautiful baby niece was a highlight, she's pretty dang awesome! At 7 1/2 months old she could now sit up all by herself, grab for toys, and is attempting to crawl but isn't quite there yet. Here are some of my new favorite photos of the Lily-girl!
Megs and I were testing Lily's pool...you know, quality control
**2**
Wednesday night for youth group we had quite the epic dodge ball tournament happening--the 10 leaders versus the 25 junior and senior high students...actually we were pretty evenly matched since most of the jr. high girls stood in the corner of the court shrieking when the ball came near them. It was a blast, I didn't enjoy the game as much when I was in elementary school, but I do now!
**3**
I've rediscovered the TV show The West Wing on DVD through Netflix and am back in love with the fast-paced, smart talking political drama that follows the presidency of democratic president Jed Bartlett. My roommates and I used to watch this after college & used to talk about how much better our country would be if Jed Bartlett really were our president...
**4**
One of the things that has made the past couple weeks so tiring is our crazy schedule this quarter. Which ends today, thank the Lord. It's one of those quarters where we had something every night of the week Monday through Thursday--often in different places, so my husband and I never ate meals together, I essentially stopped cooking all that often, and we were out until about 10 almost every night. This summer should be MUCH better, but for the past two weeks I've been working during the day and then running to something for the evening, and it's been exhausting! Last night was the first night in awhile I had a bit of a break, and went for a walk after dinner which was so delightful. So here's to a much less insane summer schedule!
**5**
One of the things I'm working on for my job is compiling and researching a list of the best preachers in America. We're putting together a resource list for pastors and future pastors of people who are excellent communicators of the Word, not necessarily famous--in fact we're looking for names of random pastors of congregations we've never heard of but who have really made a difference to you through their preaching. Anyone have any names they want to add to my list of folks I'm researching?
**6**
My honey is FINALLY at the beach for the first time all spring--he has had SO much to do this quarter between Confirmation (which has gone well but thank goodness it ends next Sunday--it will be great having that be off our plates!) and his own schoolwork that he hasn't taken a day off to go surf in two months. He's not done with his finals yet but I finally convinced him to get away from the computer yesterday and get out, which he did and was much more relaxed when he got home. He and the boys are spending all day today at their favorite surf spot too, which is awesome for them--he's learning that Sabbath is essential!
**7**
Living in Laker territory, I only have one thing to say about the NBA Finals: GO CELTICS!
Last Sunday we drove 3 hours north of here to the Fresno area to see my sister, her husband and my baby niece at my brother in law's home. They flew out for the long weekend to see the Backman side of the family and graciously invited Charles and I to come join them for a night. Of course reconnecting with my beautiful baby niece was a highlight, she's pretty dang awesome! At 7 1/2 months old she could now sit up all by herself, grab for toys, and is attempting to crawl but isn't quite there yet. Here are some of my new favorite photos of the Lily-girl!
Megs and I were testing Lily's pool...you know, quality control
**2**
Wednesday night for youth group we had quite the epic dodge ball tournament happening--the 10 leaders versus the 25 junior and senior high students...actually we were pretty evenly matched since most of the jr. high girls stood in the corner of the court shrieking when the ball came near them. It was a blast, I didn't enjoy the game as much when I was in elementary school, but I do now!
**3**
I've rediscovered the TV show The West Wing on DVD through Netflix and am back in love with the fast-paced, smart talking political drama that follows the presidency of democratic president Jed Bartlett. My roommates and I used to watch this after college & used to talk about how much better our country would be if Jed Bartlett really were our president...
**4**
One of the things that has made the past couple weeks so tiring is our crazy schedule this quarter. Which ends today, thank the Lord. It's one of those quarters where we had something every night of the week Monday through Thursday--often in different places, so my husband and I never ate meals together, I essentially stopped cooking all that often, and we were out until about 10 almost every night. This summer should be MUCH better, but for the past two weeks I've been working during the day and then running to something for the evening, and it's been exhausting! Last night was the first night in awhile I had a bit of a break, and went for a walk after dinner which was so delightful. So here's to a much less insane summer schedule!
**5**
One of the things I'm working on for my job is compiling and researching a list of the best preachers in America. We're putting together a resource list for pastors and future pastors of people who are excellent communicators of the Word, not necessarily famous--in fact we're looking for names of random pastors of congregations we've never heard of but who have really made a difference to you through their preaching. Anyone have any names they want to add to my list of folks I'm researching?
**6**
My honey is FINALLY at the beach for the first time all spring--he has had SO much to do this quarter between Confirmation (which has gone well but thank goodness it ends next Sunday--it will be great having that be off our plates!) and his own schoolwork that he hasn't taken a day off to go surf in two months. He's not done with his finals yet but I finally convinced him to get away from the computer yesterday and get out, which he did and was much more relaxed when he got home. He and the boys are spending all day today at their favorite surf spot too, which is awesome for them--he's learning that Sabbath is essential!
**7**
Living in Laker territory, I only have one thing to say about the NBA Finals: GO CELTICS!
the pictures are all very nice looks like it was a great time I watch west wing reruns on bravo each weeekday morning
ReplyDeleteI really like reading Barbara Brown Taylors sermons, although I have never heard a recording of her preaching.
ReplyDeleteCheck out Lance Hahn at Bridgeway Christian Church. He is a phenominal communicator. His sermons are available through iTunes podcasts.
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