Pictures from South Haven

Looks Interesting!

Ross showed me this trailer last night - it's a full length documentary about intelligent design and it's going to be in theaters in February. I just started reading Lee Strobel's Case for a Creator this weekend which has rekindled my interest in the subject. Can't wait to see the movie!

I Dug Up a Diamond, Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

Vacation Pictures, Part III

September.

Just took a look at the calendar...that can't possibly be right! How was everone's September? Y'all ready for cold weather? (((Moment of silence))) Anywho, it was a busy month for me! There was the trip to North Carolina, of course (There are more pictures, some with people, even. I'll post them eventually.) and the adventures with the garage cat (who is now cheerfully inhabiting the 6'x4'x5" space under my bed) and another car breakdown, and a move at work.

September was also a good month for getting things started. Ross and I enrolled in the 6 week "Two to One" seminar at Willow. The first class, The Designer's Plan: Discover God's Design for Marriage, kicks off this Friday. Also on the schedule; Cracking the Communication Code: Learn effective communication, The DNA of Emotional Intimacy: How to connect emotionally, Fighting Fair: Resolve conflict successfully, Purely Intimate: Understand God's perspective on sexual intimacy, and Let's Unpack! Recognize the influence of family backgrounds.

This month I also FINALLY signed up to sponsor a kid through World Vision. I've only been meaning to do that for about, oh, ten years. Her name is Leitketseng and she's from Lesotho. I can't wait to get my packet so I can take her pretty little picture to work and put it on my desk. It doesn't cost a lot to sponsor a child so it makes you wonder what kind of difference it can make, but I hope that if I combine it with a whole lot of prayer it will make a difference to Leitketseng.

Wishing everybody a happy October!!!!!

Vacation Pictures, Part II

These pictures are from Ross's parent's house on Lake Gaston on the North Carolina/Virginia border.

Vacation Pictures, Part I

We flew into North Carolina on Tuesday afternoon and spent the first two days of our trip at Ross's parents house in Raleigh. This is the little courtyard between the garage/guest house building and the main house. Even with the drought they've been having there, the garden was beautiful!

Labor Day Weekend

Hi everybody! Hope no one was alarmed by my long absence...No internet here at the new apartment so I have to sneak on using my neighbors wifi ;P Don't worry though, I've ordered internet service from Verizon and I should be rejoining the world of the blogging pretty soon. In the meantime I thought I'd post a couple of pictures from this weekend. On Sunday Ross and I went over to Lord's Park to visit the chickens and buffalos and I snapped some pictures on my camera (not of the buffalo and chickens, unfortunately.)


On Monday Mom and Dad took us over to the riverboat and showed us around. The sight of the Wheel of Fortune machine got Ross's heart pounding, but we managed to get him out of there before he could get into any trouble. We also spent some time this weekend trying to get into Heroes. Visually it is very cool, but the writing doesn't measure up to our current favorites, Battlestar Galactica and Felicity.

In other news, now that I've got insurance I went to the doctor about my cough. She put me on Advair, but the bronchitus was so bad that even two and a half weeks later I'm still wheezing. It's wearing me out, but next week Ross and I are going on vacation to his parent's lake house in NC and there should be plenty of time for R&R. I'll be sure to take pics and update you all on the trip when I get back!

Doctor Who

Time Travel is Lonely
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Window in the Skies
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Ordinary Day
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Beautiful Weekend

Hi everybody! Hope you are all having a great week! This one seems to be flying by! Just wanted to post some pics I took on Sunday. Ross had rehearsal early so I had three hours on my own and I decided to go for a walk. These are some pictures I took at the North Ave Beach and Lincoln Park. It was a hazy day, and I took the pictures on my camera phone, so they are a bit blue and grainy :P

Movin' On Up!

This week we finally moved out of training and into transition which means we're upstairs now taking phone calls and, most importantly, we have our own desks! And somehow I ended up with a corner desk right at the window. They are going to have to pry me away from that desk when transition is over in September ;)

How was your Weekend?

Hi guys! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was very cool. Ross's schedule is getting back to normal ,and I'm loving having him off on Saturdays again. Of course, in a couple of weeks my schedule will change and I'll be working Saturdays. Oh well, we're going to enjoy it while it lasts! Here are some pics from this weekend for y'all!

Friday night I bought me some Rollerblades! My first ever! Awwww, aren't they adorable? :P

Saturday we hung out with Bryan and Leighann. They live in the Lincoln Square neighborhood and there was a German-American fest going on so we all walked down there to partake in some yummy, German goodness. Beer, brats and saurkraut - Dad would have loved it!

And Sunday we watched the last three episodes of the second season of Doctor Who. Exterminate! Delete! Exterminate! Delete! Hehehe :P

More Anniversry Pics!

These are the ones from Ross's awesome camera :)

Anniversary Date

Not the date of our anniversary (which changes from 5/17 to 5/21 to 6/3, depending on my mood) but the date celebrating the anniversary.

Here are some pics from our fun date last night! I might have more pictures and some captions to add later, but I wanted to get these up while I had some time this morning :)