regionals!!

whoo! bible quizzing regionals is this weekend!

Lord willing, i'm going to watch the second half of tomorrow's competition, then hang out with my friends!! i'm really excited! i've loved quizzing for so long and i'm really glad to be able to watch tomorrow and see people i haven't seen since the regular seaon ended!

go sundown!

the sea was angry that day, my friend.

we watched a really great storm come and go over downtown duluth.

it was fabulous.

i heart minneapolis

i LOVE living in minneapolis!

the city is beautiful.

here are a few of my favorite pictures of the downtown skyline:

(taken from the porch at my old house)

at my new house, i can still see some of the downtown skyline, but the view isn't quite this great.

cake wrecks

i love this blog.

it has had me in tears more times than i can count.

the point of the blog is to showcase professional cakes gone wrong.

cool idea. hilarious commentary.

this recent post is one of my favorites:

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2009/03/nah-these-wont-traumatize-kids-at-all.html

enjoy!

3-year-olds are great fun

a few days ago, piper and i were talking. well, actually, she was telling me a story about mom and dad getting lost in the dark. what? anyway, she got this funny look on her face and looked intently into my eyes. “I see piperchingwalemoy* in there! HELLO PIPERCHINGWALEMOY! hallo, hallo, hallo. halalalalo!”

it made my afternoon.

*that’s how pi pronounces her name. all smashed together.

and her middle name is chen, not ching:)

cauliflower...

...oh how i love you!

i ate cauliflower today. yum.

BONUS:

when aubrey, chelsey, and i were younger we wrote this song:

"if i had a girl named cauliflower i'd give her a ride."

good song, right?

and you should hear the melody line. talk about child prodigies...

eplipse[…]

brandon (aka world’s best cousin!) and i were talking recently. we were discussing the ellipsis and how much we enjoy using it (uuh, talk about nerdy!). while we were talking, brandon misspoke, calling it an eplipse.

we had a good laugh.

i was just thinking about him, and how much i wish he was here with me playing speed, eating oreos, and laughing at everything and nothing!

christmas 2008

at chipotle, laughing as always:)

on one of our many adventures.

love you, BR!!

psalm 34:5

"Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed."

This is the second half of this weeks fighter verse at Bethlehem.

I paints an incredible picture in my mind.

I think of the face of Moses after he met with the Lord on the mountain top.

I think of the transfiguration.

I think of angels.

I think of watching people worship. There is a certain expression that is radiant. It is beautiful.

I think of the radiance of people who love Jesus and want nothing more than to bring him glory. They exude a there-is-nothing-I-would-rather-live-for persona.

I want that. I want to love him better.