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Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner… or not

September 23, 2011

September 23, 2011 by Payton Here at school we have the privilege of hearing from different missionaries serving in a variety of different countries. Just recently the Wild family (Seriously, that’s their last name. Fitting, eh?) came to visit our school and encouraged the students in their pursuit of missions. As one of those students, […]

September’s Settling

September 8, 2011

Finally, I feel like we’ve transitioned from the chaos that was August and into the mildness of September. The weather just began its descent into fall and I’m enjoying the rains, the savor of soups, and the anticipation of fresh cider. We have just begun to get into the meatiness of Romans, formed a better grip […]

I Promise, I’m No Leper

August 27, 2011

I’m sitting here writing this blog post with one hand and a few interval chicken pecks from my left hand. It’s been about 24 hours since I was on fire. That’s not a figure of speech this time nor is it an exaggeration. Last night I was finishing up the final cleaning/organizing of our apartment. […]

Backpack Part I

July 29, 2011

1 night 2 crazy rainstorms 1 warm tent 3 snakes (2 brown, 1 green) 7 mosquito bites no bears 2lbs of raspberries 1 invisible angry lumberjack guy and previously, 1 lava peanut-butter ice cream cake That was the summation of Payton’s 24th birthday. He wanted to go backpacking. I wasn’t so sure. I’m usually freezing. […]

Blessed and looking forward…to sleep

July 29, 2011

So, at the beginning of the summer, Payton and I began the search for a bed. Not that we never appreciated the collapsed beds at school or the strapped-together twin beds or the trundle beds–a bed is always better than the floor! Because we just keep moving and moving some more, Payton looked at sleep […]

No use crying over spilled smoothie

July 16, 2011

Payton decided that it was better to skip the crying and slurp out a message in them mess. Um…I really can’t find a way to transition into another subject, I just wanted to put this picture up here. Anyway, I’ve kept busy working at the Glen serving teas and working all sorts of meals. I […]

Adventure Photos

June 30, 2011

I think most of these photos were on facebook, but here are a few that capture the essence of our favorite spots Hike at Glen Eyrie (Queen’s Canyon) County Road 51 Hike at Red Rocks (facing Garden of the Gods) Hike off the South Platte River Same trail off the South Platte The same rock […]

Cuts and Scrapes

June 30, 2011

I’ve got rainbow-colored bruises. I’ve gradually acquired multiple lumps and bumps. I just this morning jammed my cuticle on the blender rim, resulting in blood! Not an hour after that, on the same hand I slammed the top of it on the bottom of the railing…so, my most recent wound is only 10 minutes old–and […]

Hindsight

June 22, 2011

So what did we learn in the past 9 months? I’ve tried to keep you up on the week to week happenings, but a true summary of what we learned had to wait until hindsight was on our side. Now, I could tell you all of the nitty gritty things that I leaned like cutting […]

Tuesday and the Fullness Thereof

May 31, 2011

Today’s List of Wifely Duties: -yogurt (it frothed over and made my pot insufferably hard to scrub) -bread (had to walk to King Soopers because I left all of my multiple pounds of yeast in MI) -soaking large amounts of black beans -washing our Five Fingers (they were stinky) -blocking the Potty Lady (very strange […]