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There are some wonderful pictures of a reception my parents had for us in June that can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mylakent/sets/72157594170196295/
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Martin's Christmas Party
Greetings All,
Annie, Elliott, Abby, Garrett and I went to the Martin Family's annual Christmas Party last night, and, as always, had a wonderful time catching up with everyone and spreading the ol' Christmas Cheer around to their neighbors.
I had a wonderful talk with Yuri regarding business ventures and the number of good, young people (who are, oddly enough, philosophically minded) interested in business and starting their own enterprises. I look forward to meeting with some of these people at some point. :-) Gabe and Marissa were there, Marissa is due the 6th and she is ready to have that baby out! They are awesome together and I can't wait for them to be fully parents. Rae is doing well too, though archtecture is filling her plate these days. She's living with Maddy next year which will be wonderful for the both of them, to see eachother all the time and catch up and whatnot. Katie and Mike are doing well too. I didn't know Mike was working at TAC but he seems to be enjoying it quite a bit and Katie can't wait to be done at GU. The Morey Family was there too and it is so good to see them, they make me smile whenever I do. Noah is majoring in Theology at Stubenville, Burns is getting married in a week (yay!), Briget is leaving for the convent after the wedding at some point, Eric is at TAC, and Malts is Abby's bestest friend.
It's so good to interact with good people! The ideas, spirit, catholicism, friendship, family, encouragement, and fun that always happens when we get together is truely blessed. :-)
Praise the Lord for Life and Love! Merry Christmas Eve!
Annie, Elliott, Abby, Garrett and I went to the Martin Family's annual Christmas Party last night, and, as always, had a wonderful time catching up with everyone and spreading the ol' Christmas Cheer around to their neighbors.
I had a wonderful talk with Yuri regarding business ventures and the number of good, young people (who are, oddly enough, philosophically minded) interested in business and starting their own enterprises. I look forward to meeting with some of these people at some point. :-) Gabe and Marissa were there, Marissa is due the 6th and she is ready to have that baby out! They are awesome together and I can't wait for them to be fully parents. Rae is doing well too, though archtecture is filling her plate these days. She's living with Maddy next year which will be wonderful for the both of them, to see eachother all the time and catch up and whatnot. Katie and Mike are doing well too. I didn't know Mike was working at TAC but he seems to be enjoying it quite a bit and Katie can't wait to be done at GU. The Morey Family was there too and it is so good to see them, they make me smile whenever I do. Noah is majoring in Theology at Stubenville, Burns is getting married in a week (yay!), Briget is leaving for the convent after the wedding at some point, Eric is at TAC, and Malts is Abby's bestest friend.
It's so good to interact with good people! The ideas, spirit, catholicism, friendship, family, encouragement, and fun that always happens when we get together is truely blessed. :-)
Praise the Lord for Life and Love! Merry Christmas Eve!
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Christmas Update
Hello All,
Haha, well, obviously I need some more time management skills if I'm goign to make this thing worth reading at all. Ahh well... maybe it will be more like an online Christmas Letter and we'll get to it thrice a year or something.
The LSAT and GRE went well, 85th percentile and 81 percentile respectively. I'm in the throws of applying to philosophy, classics and law school and hope to be done before the next semester starts. Last semester went very well, my classes were delightful and relaxing in comparison to the last few semesters. Spring semester should be awesome as well; I'm taking yoga, a directed study on Kant, a class on the philosophy of psychology, and latin poetry, to name a few.
Graduate school decisions should be coming in during the early days of March and April which will help us decide where we are to go for next year. In applying and judging at the moment it seems most likely to me that we will be going to either Boston or Ann Arbor for a Masters or JD before continuing on to the PhD. But we'll see. The Good Lord provides.
Haha, well, obviously I need some more time management skills if I'm goign to make this thing worth reading at all. Ahh well... maybe it will be more like an online Christmas Letter and we'll get to it thrice a year or something.
The LSAT and GRE went well, 85th percentile and 81 percentile respectively. I'm in the throws of applying to philosophy, classics and law school and hope to be done before the next semester starts. Last semester went very well, my classes were delightful and relaxing in comparison to the last few semesters. Spring semester should be awesome as well; I'm taking yoga, a directed study on Kant, a class on the philosophy of psychology, and latin poetry, to name a few.
Graduate school decisions should be coming in during the early days of March and April which will help us decide where we are to go for next year. In applying and judging at the moment it seems most likely to me that we will be going to either Boston or Ann Arbor for a Masters or JD before continuing on to the PhD. But we'll see. The Good Lord provides.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Here and There
My goodness this year is flying by... in no time at all I'll be applying to graduate schools, hearing back from them and jumping on another moving carpet that is always speeding up. :-) It's at once new and exciting, bittersweet and exhausting.
I look back at all the time I wasn't using, and while not quite berating myself for its lack of use, wish I could spend a few of those frittered hours now with Annie: talking, walking, singing. There is something about being with her that makes me operate at my best.
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I am glad I can be a source of inspiration for Taylor. I remember the first time he told me how I affected him, soon after we started dating. He had a paper to write, and he decided to write it at my place instead of his dorm room. Time wore on in the evening, and it got later and later. I decided to go to sleep, but he wanted to stay and finish his paper, which was fine with me.
The next day, I found out that he had stayed up much later than he had planned, and he had a full day that day. He told me, though, that whenever he felt like giving up, he would look over at me, asleep, and he was somehow able to keep writing because of me.
I don't quite understand it. I don't know how I can be such an inspiration to someone--I don't think I'm particularly amazing. But I suppose that's the grace that comes with Love: one is transformed into someone new, and wholly good in another's eyes. He loves you so much, he sees you as God sees you. It's beautiful.
And I love him.
I look back at all the time I wasn't using, and while not quite berating myself for its lack of use, wish I could spend a few of those frittered hours now with Annie: talking, walking, singing. There is something about being with her that makes me operate at my best.
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I am glad I can be a source of inspiration for Taylor. I remember the first time he told me how I affected him, soon after we started dating. He had a paper to write, and he decided to write it at my place instead of his dorm room. Time wore on in the evening, and it got later and later. I decided to go to sleep, but he wanted to stay and finish his paper, which was fine with me.
The next day, I found out that he had stayed up much later than he had planned, and he had a full day that day. He told me, though, that whenever he felt like giving up, he would look over at me, asleep, and he was somehow able to keep writing because of me.
I don't quite understand it. I don't know how I can be such an inspiration to someone--I don't think I'm particularly amazing. But I suppose that's the grace that comes with Love: one is transformed into someone new, and wholly good in another's eyes. He loves you so much, he sees you as God sees you. It's beautiful.
And I love him.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Work and Test Preparation
Hello all,
Sorry it has been so long... this whole new work/school combination takes some getting used to. I'm working for TINCAN teaching E-Commerece to a sweet bunch of high schoolers with awesome ideas. 5 hours a day 5 days a week. I'm also studying hard for the LSAT (September 30th) and the GRE (September 9th) which is taking between 5-6 hours a day. Add in meals, wifing, property management, and other various stuff... and... im becoming a normal person! Weird. ;-)
Annie and I are going over to Seattle this weekend to see off Cory, spend some time with Maddy, and work on our books for Valinor Ventures. After that another week of work, the Black Family Reunion, and California to help out Annie's parents... whom we won't be able to see for another 6 months or so. Sadly we're going to miss Aunt Wendy's wedding in Leavenworth. :-( Ah well... it is hard fitting everything in. We love her and her awesome new husband-to-be though.
Annie has been keeping very busy helping me out with the property management stuff and keeping me well fed and loved. She is also finishing up her Masters with Fr. Dallen and hopes to have her thesis completed by the end of September.
Married life is wonderful and God is Amazing!
Sorry it has been so long... this whole new work/school combination takes some getting used to. I'm working for TINCAN teaching E-Commerece to a sweet bunch of high schoolers with awesome ideas. 5 hours a day 5 days a week. I'm also studying hard for the LSAT (September 30th) and the GRE (September 9th) which is taking between 5-6 hours a day. Add in meals, wifing, property management, and other various stuff... and... im becoming a normal person! Weird. ;-)
Annie and I are going over to Seattle this weekend to see off Cory, spend some time with Maddy, and work on our books for Valinor Ventures. After that another week of work, the Black Family Reunion, and California to help out Annie's parents... whom we won't be able to see for another 6 months or so. Sadly we're going to miss Aunt Wendy's wedding in Leavenworth. :-( Ah well... it is hard fitting everything in. We love her and her awesome new husband-to-be though.
Annie has been keeping very busy helping me out with the property management stuff and keeping me well fed and loved. She is also finishing up her Masters with Fr. Dallen and hopes to have her thesis completed by the end of September.
Married life is wonderful and God is Amazing!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Beginning Married Life
Greetings Friends and Family,
Anne and I are moved into our new home, a very cozy little apartment just north of Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.
Taylor is studying for the GRE and the LSAT both of which he plans on taking in September. Current reading lists include Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Ancient Greek Philosophy, A First Glance at Thomas Aquinas, Rich Kid Smart Kid, A Canticle for Leibowitz, and Inc Magazine.
He is also working at TINCAN (The Inland Northwest Community Access Network) as an e-commerce instuctor. I'm also still maintaining my parent's properties over here and waiting to hear back from Connect NW and Americorps about two other jobs.
Annie is loving being at our own home and being called "wife". She has also been baking up a storm with all her lovely kitchen gear. Sadly, she has to get back to the 'real-world' next week as she finishes up her masters in biblical studies.
Anne and I are moved into our new home, a very cozy little apartment just north of Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA.
Taylor is studying for the GRE and the LSAT both of which he plans on taking in September. Current reading lists include Philosophy in the Middle Ages, Ancient Greek Philosophy, A First Glance at Thomas Aquinas, Rich Kid Smart Kid, A Canticle for Leibowitz, and Inc Magazine.
He is also working at TINCAN (The Inland Northwest Community Access Network) as an e-commerce instuctor. I'm also still maintaining my parent's properties over here and waiting to hear back from Connect NW and Americorps about two other jobs.
Annie is loving being at our own home and being called "wife". She has also been baking up a storm with all her lovely kitchen gear. Sadly, she has to get back to the 'real-world' next week as she finishes up her masters in biblical studies.
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