Ben and Emily's Wedding

This past weekend two of my friends from college were married! It was a beautiful ceremony that celebrated their friendship, commitment, and faith! It was also a great opportunity to reunite with friends from college. We participated in a beautiful sacrament, and then danced the night away with the wedded couple!

Emily and Ben Beier!

Michelle, Katie, Sarah, Aubrey, Anne Marie, and me

Anne Marie with Katie, the sister of the bride (and my dear "granddaughter"--I'll tell you the story sometime!)

Sr. Elena and Me

Sarah and Me

Aubrey and me

The beautiful bridesmaids, Katie and Michelle

Claire and I enjoying the Sundae Bar!!!

Easter 2008

Happy Easter!

For Holy Week I had the pleasure to attend Holy Week services and Easter Sunday Mass with different members of my family. Easter Sunday was a joyful day spent with Mass in the morning with Dad, Francine, and my step-grandma followed by brunch. Then I went to my mom's side of the family for the traditional Carmody celebration. There of course the Easter Bunny came for a visit. All of these pics are from the the Carmody extravaganza.

Given that Spring Break was over, I had to get back to Kansas City for school the next day. Though I-70 is not the most scenic of routes, God graced me with this beautiful sunset!

CCS Dodgeball

Catholic Challenge Sports is a league composed of young adults in the KC Metro area. They offer multiple sports leagues to particpate in. We just finished the Dodgeball season. This was my first experience with CCS, however I think I will continue to play in other sports. Actually, right now I am playing in an indoor soccer league, and in the near future I may commit to playing Ultimate Frisbee. It's a great way to hang out with friends, meet new people, and make time for exercise! Here's a few pics and clips from the season.

Pray.


Play.



Ready...


Go!



I hope I caught this one!

In case you want some live action of young adults playing a childhood game!

These clips are of my roommate Stacy's team...They eventually became the Champions of the season!

I have a few more clips, but I am experiencing technical difficulties!

For more information and photos for CCS Dodgeball, check out:

http://kccatholicchallenge.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=41

My Godsons!

I am now the proud godmother of two!

My first godson is my cousin Ben. Ben just turned 11 the other day, so I have technically been a godmother since I was 14. However, my joy has doubled as of March 10th (well technically before :). My second godson, Isaac Joseph Burton, was born.


Ben and I

Isaac Joseph is the second son of my former roommate Katie and her husband Ryan. Katie was my roommate while I lived in the Alabama house, and of course Ryan became a great friend as well.

Isaac Joseph Burton

I have had the privilege to live close to them and to care for their first son Joachim. I was honored the day they asked me to be the Godmother of their second child.

The proud mom bringing home baby


The proud big brother Joachim with his baby brother Isaac


The proud father of two!

We will be celebrating Isaac's baptism on April 13th.

I feel honored to have a special role in each of these boys lives. I can't wait to see how God works through them!

Ben and Isaac, you hold a special place in my heart!

PHS Dodgeball Tourney

Our sophomore class at PHS hosted a dodgeball tourney as a fundraiser. I would say about 100 students participated. As a staff we composed one team. Word got around my team that I was part of a dodgeball league, so my colleagues thought they had a secret weapon. But once the kids found out, word got around school. The funniest part of the evening was that I was knocked out immediately in both of our games, so I didn't even get to play. However, as a staff member it was a good time to look and be ridiculous in front of the students. I think the most enjoyable part of the evening was warming up with my colleagues, and hanging out with them outside of the world of academia.

Team Photos

Warming up

Approaching the start of the game

Our way of preparing for the next round

O-O-OOO-O-R-E-O, What's in the middle?

Not this weekend, I went home to St. Louis to visit my grandparents. In addition to visting them I got to see my parents, my sister Robyn, and my sister and brother-in law, Ami and Scott, who live in Georgia. Thus I also got some quality time with my niece Ashley and nephew Nathan....Here's a glimpse of the weekend with the kiddos!

A Glimpse of February...

I have not posted any pictures from February besides my adventure outdoors with Jenni. Here are a few more friendly faces that I got to spend some time with...

This is my friend Joachim. He is the son of my old roommate. Any day now he is going to get to meet his new baby brother or sister. He is anxiously awaiting. I went over one day and took this picture of him. He is a very laid back kid and adorable to boot. He thought he would just take a seat on his book box.

What a cutie!

And here is the Burton Family, with the new one soon to arrive. I have the honor of being the Godmother of the next Burton child!!! Don't worry, I will post pictures as soon as the little one arrives!

This is Sr. Susan and I. She is the first of the community called the Apostles of the Interior Life. This is the community connected with the Collaborators of Your Joy that I am involved in. We threw her a surprise 50th birthday party.

This was a picture taken at one of our Collaborator meetings. This is a dynamic group of girls that I have the privelege to call my friends!