Visit from the Poes

Jeff's parents have been here the last few days. Since they have been here, we have kept very busy showing them around Oregon. On Sunday we went to Multnomah Falls and hiked to the top...this was a first even for me. Yesterday we spent the day at the coast. I know this wasn't much of a post, but I'm just trying to get back in the blogging groove. Here are a few pics from our time together...

...well pictures to come when i have a better internet connection...

long time

so it has been an incredibly long time since i have done anything on here. it may continue that way...it may not. but i had an itch to update this thing tonight...mostly because i am looking for any excuse to avoid doing my I Peter inductive...and i have nothing left to check on facebook. so here's my lame attempt to start back up in the blogging world...lets see what happens...

Adair's

Friday night we had the opportunity to spend the night in a cabin out at Adair's Wilderness Lodge. It was a great time to get off campus and just relax. No people knocking on our door...no cell phones...no nothing. It was a much needed time away. We didn't do a whole lot. Had some good food, played some ponytail canasta, listened to some good 90's music, did some reading. It was nice.

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Birthday

On my birthday, Jeff and I went out to dinner at a pizza place we've been wanting to try for quite some time...Pomodori Pizza. It was really good. We then went to Red Whale for some cheesecake and a mocha. However, there were open dorms that night which meant Jeff had to be back on campus. The next day we went to Saint John so I could blow all my birthday money which I did with ease. Then we went to Boston Pizza where I thought it was just going to be the two of us. However, Jeff had surprised me by having a group of our friends there. It was a fun night. Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

Kendra and Carly

Dan and Matt looking so enthused...btw Dan got me one of the best bday presents ever. Due to an ongoing joke in our youth ministry classes, he got me a softball...and he had everyone who was at dinenr sign it for me. It was priceless.

My awesome hubby who arranged the fun night!

I guess we thought something was funny

Kari and Andy

Chyan and Shane

Kate and Kaylan...love these girls!

Random Udpates

My deepest and most sincere apologies for the lack of posts this semester. We haven't been up to a whole lot of interesting stuff this semester. Classes have kept us busier than ever. In fact, as I write this I am procrastinating going over a sermon I have to preach tomorrow and multiple papers that are due next week...including one on entire sanctification. Isn't college life a blast? haha. Anywho, I figured I'd write a quick post with some random updates...hence the name.

Spring break...errr March break...was nice. We got some much needed time of relaxation. Drank a lot of coffee at our favorite little spot...Red Whale. Got a bit of work done. We were able to make a day trip in to Maine. It's always nice to get back to the States...even if it is only for a few hours. We also made a 2 day trip to Sydney, Nova Scotia. That was quite the drive for the little amount of time we were able to spend there. We were checking out a possible internship opportunity with a church plant there. We've been praying a lot and are really excited about the possibilities of this opportunity.

I just recently finished A Generous Orthodoxy by Brian McLaren. I was working on it between the insane amount of homework I've been having to do. McLaren has become one of my favorite authors. He has a knack for making me think about old things in new ways. I appreciate the humor in his writing. I also read the Shack this semester. I devoured that one in one weekend. Good book. Also got me thiniking quite a bit. I appreciate books that don't give all the answers, but get me thinking about important issues. They challenge me.

I have been hooked on a Justin Timberlake song recently. Now, while I like his music, I do not usually find great depth in it's lyrical content. However, this song has impacted me. Between this song and just finishing up a monster of a research paper on homeless youth, my heart just breaks for people. Here's the song:


Tried to add some pictures but Blogger's not havin it tonight...sorry. I think that's it for now. The semester is coming to an end so hopefully I'll be able to keep this updated a little more faithfully. Have a great day everyone. much love