…in the middle of a pasture.
Here are some pictures I took when we were at my parents house for Rachel’s graduation in case anyone has every wondered in what kind of surroundings someone like me could come from.
In honor of Pushing Daisies’ last episode…
…that I just watched (and was a little disappointed by, but it’s not the show’s fault…stupid writers’ strike), a list of TV shows I have seen every episode of:
Pushing Daisies
Lost
Six Feet Under
Dead Like Me
Joan of Arcadia
Sex and the City
Love Monkey
Veronica Mars
House
Numbers
Monk
Psych
Criminal Minds
Jon & Kate Plus 8
Little People, Big World
Gilmore Girls
…the sad thing is that I’m sure there are more…but it’s really not all that sad, because I’m not ashamed that I like to watch TV…I read too!
Belated/Be-earlied Birthday
We went up to Troy, MO yesterday to have dinner with Brooke’s parents, Mark and Diana. We had a lovely dinner, of course (I’ve had a craving for Chinese food for a few weeks now, and it was satisfied last night, believe you me!), but part of the reason they came down from Hannibal was to give us our respective birthday presents. Brooke’s B-day is May 27th and mine is June 20th, so we kinda split the middle and they came down. Anyway, the gifts are pictured above. I’m not sure if the foot cream stuff is supposed to be mine or not, but I think I’ll get more use out of the new camera lens… 😉
Our camera came with an 18 – 55 mm vibration reduction (VR) lens, which is just fine for most wide-angle shots, but we knew we’d need to pick up a zoom lens eventually, especially if we were to go on vacation. Well, thankfully, Mark and Diana got us a 55 – 200 mm VR zoom lens to compliment our wide-angle lens, so I think we’re all set, so far as camera stuff goes! I’d still like to get an external flash at some point, but the one on the camera works just fine for most purposes.
Thanks for the present, Mom and Dad! 🙂
Hard work may actually be worth it…
…once in awhile anyway! So, you probably already know, but Andy and I have been serving as the “interim directors of worship arts” at church since September. During this time, we relaunched our contemporary service, including a few physical improvements. One of the improvements were two mounted crosses that were designed by Sara Simpson (based on the necklace Andy gave me a long time ago) and constructed by Dave Wickman, two church members. Dave then made us a 1/3 size replica as a reminder of our time in charge, so Andy hung it up today before Sharon and Josh came over for dinner (don’t worry, I will continue to be the constructor in our family, but I knew Andy would be more likely to put everything away when he was finished than me). It looks great on our wall and will be a very nice reminder for a very long time!
Yesterday was pretty uneventful….
…but we did have a very nice dinner at Bottleworks with some people from church. This was my last beer of the night….first a Pear Cider, then a No. 15, then a Cherry Cider. I think I should have watched the alcohol content on my choices a little closer….but oh well!
(sorry for the terrible photo quality…my camera battery was dead so I used my phone)
We’re back….
…from 3 days of floating on the Jack’s Fork near Eminence. We had a great time and didn’t get too sunburned. More pictures will be on facebook once we finish sorting through them!
3 posts in one day???
…it must be a record! I’m just giving you something to do while Andy and I are gone for a few days. Here’s how we spent our evening:
This will do…
…for a great float/camp trip for the next few days!
Thanks Elizabeth!!!!
…and thanks to everyone else who made my b-day awesome!
Year 26
Brooke is going to be updating her blog a bit more often. As in. Every day, and hopefully with a picture! You should check out her blog for details!
She also has a picture and description up from her car over the weekend, which had its windows broken out by hooligans…grrrrrr… Thankfully, car insurance paid for most of it and it’s all taken care of now, but when you’ve got multiple weddings to attend over Memorial Day weekend, having to deal with such things is an annoyance.