cheerios gone bad

Calling in sick

I'm taking the night off tonight...skipping Cru because of the sickness I've acquired from my germ infested daughter.

I've started watching the BBC series Planet Earth. It's amazing, although I could have done without all the bats in the "cave's" episode...especially after our run in last month with bats in the Lewis and Clark Caverns. Anyway, so far the series is amazing...I consider myself fairly educated on geography and random trivia about the world, but I had no idea about a lot of the stuff in this series.

Check it out

Planet Earth The Complete BBC Series DVD trailer

I forgot about this till just now

This happened at the end of our raft trip. Safety alert...I'm fairly sure it wasn't one of our students.

Paradise Valley

I took 140 students rafting down the Yellowstone river on labor day...this is my job...hahaha.

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.