damage.

this was the price of deciding to have mark and matt double-blob me:

it may look bad, but these pictures were taken 4 days post-blob. day after it was double the size of what these pictures portray. but it was super fun! and so was kim and sean's wedding. i'm sure mark will have more to post about that later.

updates?
- today is our 6 monthiversary. well, yesterday as of about an hour ago i guess.
- mark is in dallas, for his final interview for this job. we'll see if it is worth it.
- final family wedding of the year is in a little less than 3 weeks and we can't wait. yay cor and mel!

- mark is studying for his certification test that will be on oct. 9. pray for him!
- mark learned how to sail at canyon lake.

verse of the week

"for since the creation of the world, god's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse to glorify him." romans 1.20

how can i not praise him?

this week, i vow to intentionally praise him, especially in my job (even my meetings with my boss) and in future-planning (including job searching for mark).

he gives me pieces of heaven on earth; who am i to not lift up my life to him?

not sure if i should be doing more apartment decorating or not...

we have been on the search for a job for mark for a while now. looks like we'll be anywhere around the austin, dallas, temple/waco, houston, denver, tuscon, or phoenix area. nicely narrowed down, huh? the only reason arizona is on the list is because jill (family) is there. and denver's there simply because colorado is cool. houston is lookin like it might have the most job openings....but i am not ready to be back in houston! grrr. we'll see.

a new list, yeah?

list your most memorable dreams:
- i was in a world where everything was black and white, except for a lone flamingo, who was bright pink.
- i played soccer against harry potter in a cave.
- there was a trap door in my bathroom that led to an alternate (fantasy-like) universe, with dragons and cool things like that. i loved it but had to figure out a way to get home.

i don't remember my dreams very often. these are seriously the only ones i remember, and they've been etched into my memory for a very long time (probably because they're so cool). dreams are funny. to me, they usually depict nothing at all about what is going on in my life, and simply shadows the book i am reading at the time. heh. YET, the most recent (and i didn't add it to the list because it is not vivid at all) was about a rollercoaster gone bad. i had one of my clients in it with me and had to hold her from falling out. jeez. what does THAT mean?

i'm ready to move on, but i love it here in new braunfels. we'll see. i am trusting in the lord to take us where we need to be. mark and i have been praying about our marriage mission; we know that there is a kingdom-oriented purpose for our marriage--that we are called to minister to others in some way. ultimately, we are confident that our mission will be through a camp for people with disabilities, but since we are not able to do that yet, we are unsure about our current marriage mission. with our doubts weakness, though, christ is leading us. knowing this gives me great hope in my current situation. but it also gives me a tremendous amount of wonder as to where we will be in a month. god is good! i know that to find true life, we have to lose ours (matthew 10:29), and this MUST be our battlecry as we are unsure about the future.

but i'll miss new braunfels!