Photo Dump

So I am on call, the cleaner I just used to clean the bathroom says "wipe, leave for 10 min til dry" so I'm leaving it. And adding a few pics of our recent adventures.

Food. Christopher posted more about food over here. 

tacos. tofu stir fry. spinach pie. eggplant parmesan and pork with cabbage and dumplings

WI Dells.

 

 The only pictures I took. Fitting though, the kids LOVED the bumper cars. 

Crooked Lake

 Downtown Milwaukee with the hubby's family

yep, that is Loki in the basket. After running half way, he decided this was the way to travel.

trying to fly a kite. I am in LOVE with the city-scape in the background

My Little Garden

just because it makes me so darn happy

Well, I'm still on call, the bathrooms are now put back together and I chatted with a friend. 

Happy Monday Friends!

About: theology wives

It's the time of year when the new doctoral students and their families are moving to Marquette so we've met several new students and their wives. It just so happens that the female students are not married - so I am not simply ignoring the husbands. =)

I realized today that I have categories for theology student wives, and that I don't consider myself part of any group. It was strange to realize that I was viewing myself by what I have not done. I don't have any sort of advanced degree. I don't work at a church. I don't proof-read Christopher's papers (hahahaha!). I can't really tell you what he is working on; I can tell you what I think he is working on but those two usually aren't the same thing. Most of the time I have absolutely no idea what the other students are talking about. And I think it'd be fun to sit in on one of Christopher's classes someday (one he is teaching) ... and make a list of the words/phrases/concepts that I don't understand.

But I'm not really sure that any of those things are the point. I could spend a lifetime comparing myself to others and never be satisfied. Or I could be thankful for what I have and realistically work to strengthen and improve my life.

I choose the latter.

And I know the truth - that I was made to be here, working by Christopher's side, being a supportive wife who happens to work at the hospital down the road.

And that is good.

Multiple Choice Question

This week Loki
a) fell out of the kayak
b) simultaneously put his head out the car window and stepped on the UP window control
c) was REALLY interested in a toro ant killer trap before I noticed what he was doing
-or-
d) all of the above

HUGE gratitude post, part 1

Well, it has been about a month since I posted a gratitude post and my list of items ... blessings ... is formidable. I'm not entirely convinced that you want to read ALL of them but seeing how this is my blog, I can post them all and seeing how it is your computer, you can read how much you want.

#1676 - #1724

- safety in all of our travels
- our car, selflessly cleaned by my husband
- the car ride up to the cabin, spent talking with Eva
- Penny sleeping in my lap
- relaxing with friends
- being back at the place where our marriage/relationship basically began

this empty bench

- getting to sleep at the same time as my husband =) it doesn't happen all that much working nights
- yummy drinks served lakeside
-picnic tables on the beach
- Ray's mean fire-making skills
- the lighting for this photo: (can you see the littlest dog ever in the middle)

- lounging in hammocks
- pasta salad in the summer
- bedtime hugs
- praying on the pontoon boat
- perfectly cooked marshmellows
- the kids, making faces with their peas and squash (from here on out, "the kids" refers to our niece and nephew)
- seeing Loki after a few days away
- finding a little boy's shirt mixed into our laundry
- an etsy sale to a non family/friend buyer. yay!
- my little patio garden is growing!!
- Crooked Lake!!

- the eagle perched above our dock
- birds at the bird feeder
- Loki being part of the "paper plate club" (wondering what that is ... come up to the Schumann cottage)
- going up to the cottage and only bring watermelon and brats (i.e. not being in charge of all the meals)
- my mom who DID plan all the meals
- tubing and realizing that my arms are much stronger (because I have been working out) than in previous years
- harp music, played by our neighbor
- seeing deer each morning while walking Loki
- the American flag over the lake

I know this picture was in my previous post, but I love it

- sail boats
- doing crossword puzzles on the shores of the lake
- my mom's potato salad
- changing from my pj's into my swimsuit because it is just that nice out
- coffee on the pier
- the smell of sunscreen
- my grandpa's hat on my husband's hat
- listening to my dad talk about summers at the cottage long ago
- taking Loki in the kayak

He loved it!

- Loki was also pretty excited about boating

- eating around the table that my grandpa built
- playing Indian with my family
- water lily flower

 - seeing fireworks as we drove home the night of the 3rd.
- going back to Rochester (again) to see the Butz family
- being present for Megan's baptism
- silly kids jokes
- seeing Lindsay while she was in Rochester - unexpected and totally wonderful
- a DQ run with my girls
- fireflies
- a huge, joint effort city in Carcassonne


Well, this is a little more than half of my list that is accumulating in the drafts folder of my gmail account but for now, it is more than enough!

Happy 4th of July!

We spent the last weekend at Crooked Lake with the Schumann family 

and we will spend the next few days in Rochester with the Brenna/Butz family. 

We are taking a little pit stop in Franklin so I can work tonight. 

 

Loki loved the cottage. But he wasn't sure of the water - he did a lot of this: 

Before he did this for about two seconds.

After he went in the water we pulled him in, 

he turned out to be quite the sportsman:

Hope you had a wonderful weeekend and holiday