Hiking in the Rain

Philip got us lost for a few moments and we got our pictures taken by a hidden camera :).
steaming the windows to initial the fire tower door
Anita, remember hearing your Turkish language/chef instructor and her Spanish friend repetitively saying "fogged up" and laughing? Good times...
Here's the spectacular view!!
Philip wishing Betsy were there with him again...

This past Sunday morning after I'd just returned from work, Philip and I decided to have church on the mountaintop. We headed to the very top of the first mountain on 33 after stopping at Hinton market for orange juices. We sang along with a very bluegrass-y version of "we've got power in the blood, pow-er in the blood" on the way. We looked at the weather forecast on the internet before leaving the house and it was calling for rain and possible afternoon thunderstorms. We decided to chance it. It rained the entire hike and the summit provided no view at all. Philip estimated the hike at 15 minutes one way...which ended up being 40 minutes (he was with Betsy the first time...go figure!!) . We laughed a lot and sang and took goofy pictures. On the way home we listened to some passages from Mark that randomly skipped from Jesus asking the pharisees about the authority of John's baptism to the baptism of Jesus by John. Fascinating. We wrapped up with Love Song from Third Day. We arrived home cold, soaked, and very ready for Sunday afternoon naps.

New Things

A shot taken by Philip at Silver Lake.

I hadn't blogged in so long that I'd forgotten which e-mail address to use to sign in :). Candice and Anita encouraged me to blog without pictures. My favorite excuse for not blogging is that I don't have a digital camera and right now, the two digital cameras in the house are not functioning properly. If I had a working camera, I would post pictures of...
1. My five new goldfish (I bought them for a lesson I taught at the preschool)
2. The two chickens in our back yard and their beautiful brown eggs
3. The church that Jared and I have chosen to get married in (Providence Baptist on Erickson)
4. A pink blossomed tree behind the shed
5. A recent picture of Jared and I...ooh, just a sec.

Class Scedule

ENG 302 Literature for Children T R 1pm-2:15pm
ED 102 Exploring Teaching T 10:50am-12:05
R 8am - 12:05 (in school placements)
ED 202 Comp and Tech ED T 7pm - 8pm
ED 352 Management and Organization for Early Ed M W F 12:40pm - 1:30pm
MATH 102 Math Competency W 10:40am - 11:30am (this one I will test in, and if I pass I don't have to take the class.)

GEOG 382 Cultural Geography M W F 1:40pm - 2:30pm
GEOL 302 Earth Science M W F 11:40am - 12:30pm

I am very happy to be taking classes that will teach me how to teach :).

I'm Engaged!!

Still Cold...

...but not drinking out of Styrofoam any longer...PTL (does that remind anyone of Edith?)

Young Adults Christmas Party

Cormac

Most of you know that I've babysat Brad and Gloria's son Cormac for several months leading up to the holidays. I miss him, but school has taken over my life for now. I just realized I'd taken these pictures in November specifically for this blog and thought it'd be a shame not to ever use them.