Wilmore, KY

Our group at Asbury

We just spent a fun 3 day weekend in Kentucky @ Asbury Seminary with some friends of ours from church. Our pastor, Andy, has been involved with a semi-annual weekend seminar for the last 3 years for pastors. They have focused on building up churches and people through some form of intentional discipleship. Because of these weekends Andy came up with the idea to focus on themes in our small groups at Quest. Anyway, when the seminar ended they received some extra grant money and were able to continue it. Instead of inviting all the pastors to continue only some of the pastors went back with some non staff from their churches (there were about 35 people total). Hence the reason we got to go this weekend. It seems like the three weekends that we are invited to attend are more focused on how to be a missional church. I enjoyed what the speakers had to say but was actually more challenged personally by some scripture that was mentioned throughout the weekend.

Besides spending time in meetings and sessions were were able to relax, enjoy the beautiful weather and visit Shakertown. Shakertown was a very pretty place and also pretty intriguing. The Shakers were an interesting denomination. The most interesting thing is they didn't ever associate with members of the opposite sex. They didn't believe in marriage or pro-creation. The only way they got new members was by adoption or adults joining their communities.

Cheesy pose at Shakertown. Maybe our next Christmas card picture?

Matt giving John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, a hug.

Webshots

I finally got around to updating our Webshots page with all the pictures we've taken since August. If you're not on Facebook (which you should be) you can check out our pictures there. Or if you want to see ALL the pictures we've taken since I only put the best on Facebook you can look at them.

Felicity

Last night I finished watching the TV series Felicity. I pretty much have had a love/hate relationship with the TV show for the last 3 months of my life. For the uninformed, Felicity was 4 seasons long and chronicled the life of Felicity and friends as they learned what it meant to be adults and attended college in New York City. My favorite part is that Felicity was in college the exact same 4 years I was (Fall 98-Spring 02). I loved seeing the clothes they wore and remembering all of my similar clothes. Felicity is ridiculous and addicting all in one big swoop. I probably swore it off 5-10 times because it got too dramatic for my taste. But, I can never ever turn down a free TV DVD series on loan from a friend. It's such a great time sucker.

Derek Jeter Wins....At Being The Worst

Stats experts have concluded that Derek Jeter is the worst defensive player in baseball. I don't like Derek Jeter, so this made me happy.

My theory is that in about 20 years, Derek Jeter will go down as the most overrated baseball player of all time.

15 Weeks

I might not be able to get in the habit of posting every single week on here but I did want to post today because I just got back from the doctor. We had a pretty good appointment today. The baby's heart rate was at 140 which is good and the doctor had no concerns. The only issue was I still haven't gained any weight. My belly is growing though so I'm convinced I'm losing muscle because I haven't exercised as much as I would like in the last 3 months. I really haven't done much at all:( I've also still been sick so that might explain some of the non-weight gain. But I'm on a mission by our next appointment on December 2nd to gain some weight. Holiday Season while trying to gain weight is going to be AWESOME!!! And Matt and I went to Papa Del's for lunch after the appointment to help with the whole weight gain thing too. Finally, I got a flu shot at the doctor's today and my arm's a little sore, but it's totally worth it not to get the flu.

15 Weeks

In other news, we tried to vote early today after my doctor's appointment and were thwarted by a very long line. I guess I'll have to vote on the actual election day.

Smelly Ice No More?

I know some of you think the smelly ice is a pregnancy issue but I'm convinced it's not. IT IS A REAL PROBLEM PEOPLE!! Yesterday someone mentioned to me that it might be a filter issue and today a friend of mine sent an email with the following...

"i have the same problem...and a solution. in my basement (so somewhere in your house) is the water line that goes to the ice maker. there is a water filter on that water line. changing the filter gets rid of the smell. the directions on the box say to change it every 3 months. i go anywhere from 6 months to a year and that seems to be ok. whenever i notice the smell i know it's time to change it."

I've have my freezer for over 2.5 years so I'm thinking a filter change is in the near future. That's a job for the husband.

Lost and Found

Found:

1 pair of lacy red thong underwear on my classroom floor today after first hour. If you are or know the owner of these please pass along this message...
Don't bring that to school or at the very least zip your backpack so they don't fall out!