"breaking into the 100s!"

Monday, June 30, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

"grad party delayed"

Saturday, June 28, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

so, even though i graduated over a month ago, we had a little grad open house today.

it was fun and i was really glad that the people who came, came... but there were a lot of people who RSVP’d that they were coming and didn’t. that kinda sucked cuz the party was pretty much just an excuse to see people i don’t get to see a lot and most of the people who came i see pretty often. (except for Darci and Summer and Jess and Chad, of course!)

anyway, thanks to those who came!

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"i love LA... though i'm not sure why"

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

today i had to run some errands up in LA. i haven’t been up there in a while, but there’s something about LA that i really do just love. i have no idea why though. i mean... it’s dirty and trashy and everything’s old and falling apart. but there’s something about it that i love!

unfortunately, right after i took this picture, i dropped my iPhone and the glass shattered. lame!

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"a shanty in the office and a table read"

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

our graphic designer, Tyler, has been out of town for a bit. apparently, up in Cele-Com, they like to do things to each others offices when they’re gone. well, Keith Huckaby took that to a new level by actually building a shanty/office around Tyler’s desk while he was gone. it’s pretty freakin’ amazing!

i guess that’s what it takes to get a door around here!

then, tonight, we a had a table-read for the skits for VBS.

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"an early morning at the Pacific Whey"

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

this morning, we had our lead team meeting at Pacific Whey Cafe in Newport.

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"down a pound"

Monday, June 23, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

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"white doves and birthday parties"

Sunday, June 22, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

today, there was a white dove on my balcony.

at least, i think that’s what it was. maybe it was a white pigeon. either way, i thought it was weird cuz it was completely white.

later, we took Erin out for her birthday. we went to Koji’s. the service was horrible, but we had a good time.

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"games at church"

Saturday, June 21, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

i taught at church tonight... it was on humility. everyone seems to think that’s funny, but i’m very proud of my humility! anyway, the kids played some games too and since i didn’t get pictures of me teaching, that’s what you get!

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"another day missed"

Friday, June 20, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

no pics.

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"double date"

Thursday, June 19, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

tonight, we went on a double date with Dawn. dinner at Ra and The Incredible Hulk... and Pinkberry. a good night!

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"finishing my independent study"

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

today, i worked to finish my independent study. but, it’s not just that... when i finished the independent study... i finished grad school! i’m officially done!

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"puppets and a grad party"

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

Michelle’s about to lead a trip to Panama and so she ordered some ethincally diverse puppets to take with her team. they arrived today and we had a little fun in the office.

and then, that night, we had Chantel Anthony’s grad party. (the pictures from my iPhone did not come out well.)

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"crap... gained weight"

Monday, June 16, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

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"where people come from"

Sunday, June 15, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

today, we met Michelle’s parents. always interesting to see where people come from! plus, her mom has amazing hair.

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"the cutest kids"

Saturday, June 14, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

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"a big meeting and a reunion of friends"

Friday, June 13, 2008 Filed in: daily photos | my life

so, today was a long-awaited day for a few reasons.

first, this morning was our meeting with the people from David C. Cook publishing. Michelle has been talking with them for a bit about them publishing some of our stuff. well, last month she went out to meet with them in Colorado and it couldn’t have gone better. they want to partner with us to create their new curriculum and focus. today, we got to meet with Janet from Cook and hear about some of the details. to sum it up, it was AMAZING. they actually want to send a team of writers to live in California and work with us. we’d be providing the vision and feedback as they write the curriculum. i mean... this is huge.

at the beginning of the meeting, Janet was explaining what they were wanting to do (team up with a church, etc...). however, she was being very vague about whether or not they’d decided it was us or if they were still looking. so, Michelle finally asked the question, “so, are you courting us or are you asking us to marry you?” this picture is of Janet in her response to that question. she immediately got down on one knee and we all started laughing.

needless to say, we were (and are) all very excited about what this means for us. it’s gonna be pretty freakin’ amazing!

the second thing that made today a day worth waiting for, was that today was our “formerly friends” reunion at my place.

David and Angela Robles (and their little girl, Rylee), Jennifer Stowell, Melissa Kirscher, Kit and Gina Rae, Dana Van Egdom (her husband Jeff couldn’t make it), Stacy and i all got together for the first time since my birthday last year (September 9th, if you were wondering). it was so great to catch up and find out what everyone’s been up to. it’s amazing to see how God is using us all in different, but awesome ways all over California and the world.

tonight, we ate, caught up, played, ate, swam, ate and talked about what an amazing group of friends God brought together and how we need to be intentional about/open to how God might use us together in the future. it was a great night and i don’t remember the last time i laughed so hard!

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"a playdate in the park and 2nd one-year anniversary, part two"

Thursday, June 12, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

we took the kids to the park this morning... so cute...

and then tonight I took Stacy to Javier’s at the Spectrum for dinner...

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"matching shoes and a trip to Target™"

Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

Michelle and Stacy both got new shoes and they were quite excited about it...

and tonight we went to Target™ for a little shopping...

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"our second, first anniversary"

Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Filed in: daily photos | my life

today, Stacy and i celebrated one year together... again. (this is the second time we made it one year. we just haven’t done it twice consecutively!)

since i’ve got so much going on, Stacy planned our date for tonight. i’m planning one for Thursday night. she took me to a sushi place down on the water in Newport and then to The Melting Pot for dessert. amazing!

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"22 pounds"

Monday, June 09, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

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"a cool car at church"

Sunday, June 08, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

this car was parked in front of the church today. funky.

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"balloon poppin' fun"

Saturday, June 07, 2008 Filed in: daily photos

tonight, we played a game with the kids in StudioK where they had to pop balloons. you’d be amazed at how kids can find a way to get themselves hurt just by popping balloons.