It's been awhile, but we're hoping to get back into regular blogging (as uneventful as our lives may be!). We can't believe it's August already! Brad is ready to get back to school, but I am not so much. Last week I finished up my online class, which was such a relief! Tomorrow I start orientation and training for my new GA spot with Jumpstart. I'm nervous and excited! I do that from 9-5, then meet up with my running group at 6. Wednesday I have more training from 9-12, then go straight to nanny from 12-5, and then am finally getting my hair cut (only my second time since we've been in Columbia!). Thursday afternoon we're heading down to Springfield to visit friends again. We thought we'd be down there so much more this summer, but it's just flown by so fast and we haven't been down since right after we got back from Italy! It'll be so good to see everyone again.
We're heading straight from Springfield to Chillicothe Sunday after church so Brad can play in a golf tournament with Johnie on Monday. It'll be good to head back up there, too! They had a blast at the last tournament, and even brought home a little money, and Brad is looking so forward to Monday!! We're hoping and praying Johnie will be healed and ready to go.
Tuesday we'll head back to Columbia and I have training all day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Then one more week before school starts!
Well that's all for now. Gotta go switch over laundry, finish icing my knees (we just got back from a late night jog around campus), shower, and head to bed!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
more pictures!
Sorry it's taken so long, but we finally have all of our pictures up on Picasa (although I'm still working on the captions). Here are the links:
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| Barcelona, Spain |
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| Venice |
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| Week with Johnie and Dee |
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
highlights from our trip....
or more acurately, highlights from our trip so far. We know that there will be sooooo many more unforgettable moments to come from our week with Johnie and Dee! But while they're on our minds now, we thought we'd share some of the top highlights from our trip thus far:
* celebrating our second anniversary in Italy
* lots and lots of gelato
* touring Tuscan hilltowns
* hanging out in the gardens at Versailles
* dinner with Matt and Becca in Florence
* ferry ride on Lake Como
* picnicking in Paris
* hanging out with our group from MU every night
* our taxi hitting a chicken in the street when we were going 110 km/hr
* making our own real Italian pizza here in Asolo at a pizzeria
* watching the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night
* Nutella crepes
* sneaking rolls and Nutella packets from the dining room every Thursday morning to snack on over the weekend
* relaxing on the beach in Barcelona
* playing ping pong with MU guys every free moment possible!
* for me, these past weeks have been like a spiritual retreat. I've been free to spend hours and hours with the Lord without interruptions - no homework, no class, no jobs, no TV, etc- and needless to say, it has been such sweet time. I am so thankful that my God has bigger plans than I ever imagine. I didn't plan to leave Italy being so much closer to God than I was when I came, but by his grace that has happened. I also didn't plan that the highlights of my days in Asolo would be spent at his feet; rather, I thought they'd be of me walking around the cobblestone streets and sitting at cafes. But again, by his grace, his plans were so much greater than my own!
We're not really sure if we'll be able to blog at all over the next week, but once we get home we'll definitely put up pics and all from our week! We'll also post the pics from last weekend, which was spent in Barcelona, Spain. And I do believe that we have random pics from our days in Asolo that have yet to be posted. So, basically, there's much more to come!
* celebrating our second anniversary in Italy
* lots and lots of gelato
* touring Tuscan hilltowns
* hanging out in the gardens at Versailles
* dinner with Matt and Becca in Florence
* ferry ride on Lake Como
* picnicking in Paris
* hanging out with our group from MU every night
* our taxi hitting a chicken in the street when we were going 110 km/hr
* making our own real Italian pizza here in Asolo at a pizzeria
* watching the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night
* Nutella crepes
* sneaking rolls and Nutella packets from the dining room every Thursday morning to snack on over the weekend
* relaxing on the beach in Barcelona
* playing ping pong with MU guys every free moment possible!
* for me, these past weeks have been like a spiritual retreat. I've been free to spend hours and hours with the Lord without interruptions - no homework, no class, no jobs, no TV, etc- and needless to say, it has been such sweet time. I am so thankful that my God has bigger plans than I ever imagine. I didn't plan to leave Italy being so much closer to God than I was when I came, but by his grace that has happened. I also didn't plan that the highlights of my days in Asolo would be spent at his feet; rather, I thought they'd be of me walking around the cobblestone streets and sitting at cafes. But again, by his grace, his plans were so much greater than my own!
We're not really sure if we'll be able to blog at all over the next week, but once we get home we'll definitely put up pics and all from our week! We'll also post the pics from last weekend, which was spent in Barcelona, Spain. And I do believe that we have random pics from our days in Asolo that have yet to be posted. So, basically, there's much more to come!
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