I survived my Hebrew Bible midterm!!! YAY!!!

David's job

David is in week three at Denver Health and is doing a great job! I thought it was only fair that we post a picture of HIM since we posted one of me on MY first day...



David turned in his application to nursing school yesterday. We're not sure yet when he will find out if he was accepted. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY!!! It's out of our hands now...

Prayers

I hate to sound self-absorbed, but I could really use some prayers right now! The past two weeks have been SO hard... I am having so much trouble keeping up on all the reading, trying to understand it all, and trying to strike some sense of balance between school and "regular life." I have wanted to be in graduate school for so long and I love being in seminary, but I feel like at any moment they (the admissions office, my professors, my peers, you name it!) are going to discover I'm a fraud and don't really belong here. I also feel like I spend so much time "in my head" and little time ACTING out my faith and convictions. I miss the daily interaction with my students and the feeling that I am making a difference. Anyway, like I said, I'm not trying to throw myself a pity-party but all prayers would be appreciated! :)

No excuse

For those who haven't heard...

Congress passed the SCHIP (Children's Health Insurance) bill. HOWEVER, it was vetoed by President Bush.

This is not a political issue to me, it is a moral issue. I urge you to go to www.sojo.net and click on the link "Tell President Bush to support SCHIP."

My Sister-Friend

Lauren flew in from Chicago Thursday night and we had a great time catching up this weekend. It is so nice to have a friend who you can just "be" with. We don't have to be doing anything to enjoy each other's company! We did a lot of shopping, eating, and even treated ourselves to pedicures. :) Our big adventure was going to "La Fondue" in downtown Denver on Saturday night...







She slept on the couch while she was here and after she left, Midas and Zoe fought over her pile of blankets...





Unfortunately, she had to fly back home today and I had to catch up on all the reading I didn't do this weekend!

David's Mountain Biking Trip

Today David went mountain biking with his biking friends, Brian and Jeromy. They went to Kenosha Pass and biked 26 miles. He was gone all day! We got snow last night up in the mountains, so it made for some really great pictures. In case you can't tell, David is the one wearing tights! :)

Saturday

Saturday morning we got up early and participated in "Hands for Hope" day in Denver. Hope Communities, Inc. is a non-profit in downtown Denver committed to economic justice efforts. They have remodeled apartments, homes, etc and provide affordable housing options for low-income families. (Check out their website! www.hopecommunities.org) Anyway, we ended up working at the elementary school a few blocks from our house. It was pretty funny to see everyone working there (double locking their car doors) and we were like, "uh, we live down the street." :) We love our neighborhood and it was neat to do "community service" for our neighbors.

Saturday night we met Eric and Amy at Dave and Buster's. David and I thought we'd get our picture taken at the photo booth, but it turned out to be a "Gene Machine." It took our pictures individually and then "mutated" our pictures to show us what our child would look like...



Let's hope the "Gene Machine" is wrong... :) (We had a good laugh)

Here's a picture of Eric and Amy. They are great!