busy

My extrovert tank is running a little low right now.

The sheer volume of people we've met in the first week and half of the school year is off the charts. The amount of conversations I've had is kind of mind-boggling, especially for this introvert. I love my job (most of the time), but it wears me out if I don't get some alone time, preferrably in the mountains or on the river, or just watching my daughter roll around on the floor.

I wonder why?

In 2004, a survey of 2,500 ministers found that 76 percent of Christian clergy were overweight, compared with 61 percent of the general population.

anonymous campus crusade for christ staff member quote

"....soooo when does Jenna become of age."

FYI - our daughter is almost 8 months old

New post for you

I've decided that I'm not a good blogger anymore.

I used to be creative and witty.
I used to make people laugh.
I used to relish comments like, "your blog makes me laugh" or "you're so funny."

I've lost it.

Sweet Pea fun run

Jenna and I competed in the annual Sweet Pea fun run on Main street. We clocked in the 1k at 16 minutes 50 seconds...smok'in fast. Here we are with our friends Nick and Debbie and their two boys.

We enjoyed the parade afterwards too.

Family Vacation

We took our first family vacation this week...to Jackson, Wyoming and the Grand Teton National Park. Good times have been had by all. Please see photo proof below. Jenna is a champ...she hiked 3.2 miles today. She then went to bed at 6 pm. Jody and I have had a great time relaxing, reading, pushing Jenna in a stroller, and taking lots of pictures of our daughter as she enjoys the great outdoors.

Grand Tetons National Park wildlife

moose drool

Wailing banshee!

Autobots....roll out

A few weeks ago I went to the movie Transformers with my good friend Joey from Georgia. I must say this was one of the best action movies I've seen in a long time. You should go see it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and amazed by the visual effects. I realized my age when I was one of 5 people in the movie theater to laugh at a humorous line about "more than meets the eye." Anyway, what was refreshing about this movie was that the good and evil was easily distinguishable. I wanted desperately for the good guys (the Autobots) to win and the bad guys (Descepticons) to lose. None of that truth is relative stuff. Go see it...it's good. Keep in mind that I used to own the Optimus Prime Transformer.

Life in Colorado...for the moment anyway

I feel like I'm melting. It's been about a week of 90 plus temperatures here in Fort Collins. Apparently I've acclimatized to Montana which reserves 90 degree weather for the month of August. Luckily we have air conditioning in our sparingly furnished apartment.

We're off and running with our classes. I've absolutely loved mine. Right now I'm deep in the midst of Biblical Interpretation and Old Testament Survey. I'm creating a mini-commentary on II Sam 9 right now. I'm thinking about naming it 'The McComas Expository Commentary'... I think it could be a big seller. I might post parts of it later. I've also learned more about the OT in the last week than in my entire life combined.

Our sweet little daughter has been a bit of a handful the last week those teeth try to work there way through. She's still adorable and a joy...just a little cranky these days.

Jenna's first summit! For more photo's from our time so far in Colorado click the link on the far right.

The eagles have landed

We stopped for lunch at McDonalds somewhere in Wyoming and walked out to see this old fellow posing for pictures in front of his sweet van. I ran to get the camera but by the time I'd returned he'd already gone in for a Big 'n tasty.

Fort Collins!!!

We made it to Fort Collins. We're staying in the Sunray apartments just off the campus of Colorado State University(please note the best place to live in America according to Money magazine). It'll do the trick for 6 weeks....plus it has the hot commodity of air conditioning.

It's 97 degrees today.

We start classes tomorrow. I've got 50 pages of "Encountering the Old Testament" to read.

life

I regret the delay in blogging.

Quick recap of the last month and half....

-did a bunch of work in our new house(wood floors, paint, tile)
-continued to raise support
-fished one glorious evening on the Madison river
-moved
-prepared for summer seminary classes by reading lots
-chased gophers in our back yard
-ate breakfast on our new back porch
-rejoiced as our little girl laughed for the first time

Tomorrow we leave for a week long trip to Oregon. We'll be in Spokane, then Salem (with a day trip to the beach), then on to Prineville. It will be a full trip of friends, family, and ministry partners. This will be a good test of our traveling ability with an infant.

After that we head to Fort Collins, CO for 6 weeks for some seminary classes and then our National staff conference. Should be fun. It's always a little sad leaving Bozeman in the summer time....it's ridicuously beautiful here right now and the fishing is just getting good.