Dottie in my cowboy boots

Woods singing her heart out. Downtown Dallas.

Jon teaching in sunday school at HPPC

Scott and Lindsay's first turkey!

Farewell night school, farewell!

As I reflect on this year, twenty-ten had many beginnings and several endings.

1. began and ended an internship at Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance
2. began and ended three semesters of graduate school, over 25 hours of class
3. began and ended an internship at Children's Medical Center over 500 hours
4. ended my near-4 year employment with Child Protective Services
5. graduated from graduate school of social work (go mavericks - jk!)
6. studied and passed my licensing test to practice social work
7. applied for and obtained a social worker job at a clinic starting 2011
8. surprised by a beginning of a wonderful relationship
9. ended attending the Village Church and began Highland Park Presbyterian Church
10. began volunteering and leading a group of 7th graders at church
11. began living at the Vue with Woods/Zog/Brittain

... and the list goes on! There is MUCH to be thankful for. What a whirlwind these past three years have been. I'm thankful for such a rich community & a time of restoration (December). I hope to continue reflection of what has passed and all there is to come.

This is why gratitude is so central to the life God made us for. Until we can center ourselves on what we do have, on what God has given us, on the life we do get to live, we'll constantly be looking for another life. That is why the word remember occurs again and again in the Bible. God commands his people to remember who they are, where they've been, what they've seen, what's been done for them. If we stop remembering, we may forget. And that's when the trouble comes.

-Rob Bell, Sex God

go vote!

ok, so i was supposed to blog about this multiple times in November, to try and help the Lynn's get tons of votes. i didn't, and now i feel really bad. so if you read my blog, PLEASE do the following:

1. go to www.fanoftheseason.com
2. click on "official entries" at the top
3. go to the 2nd page and find James Lynn
4. watch his awesome video and vote for them 10 times a day for the rest of november so that they can possibly win $10,000 !!!
5. if you were in a contest for $10,000, you would want people to vote for you, so please go and vote!

thank you!!!

we should exist....“for the glory of God, for the souls of men, and for the gospel which reconciles the two together.”
-tommy nelson

another renovation complete

Before

Lovely mural and planter in the background with wicker baskets...After
New cork wallcovering with metallic background. Wood flooring to replace the planter and a new private dining area with drapery

Before, above.

After, below.

Omni Mandalay : Trevi's Restaurant

Las Colinas, TX

Marcel is our favorite. Check him out here: http://vimeo.com/14190306

As I'm writing my final paper for graduate school, I pondered Jon and I's day at White Rock.

Why? because I don't want to write my paper.

It's take everything in me to sit in front of this computer, when FALL HAS COME!

I love the natural colors in our clothing with the backdrop of the trees.