Wednesday, April 16, 2008

San Diego

As most of you know, I spent last weekend in San Diego. My primary purpose for being there was to attend the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) conference on gender relations on Christian college campuses. There were some very interesting conversations that took place. You can go to www.cccu.org if you're interested in learning more about what took place at the conference. The conference was hosted by Point Loma Nazarene University which sits on a hill overlooking the ocean. It was really beautiful.

But, what all of you really want to know about is my trip to the zoo. If you like zoos, and you haven't been to the San Diego Zoo, you're missing out! It was awesome. They have just about every kind of animal you can imagine. My favorites are the large apes (they had baby gorillas...so cute!), any kind of cat (especially the small wild cats that look like Oscar and Cassie; it's just funny to think about how they could probably rip me apart), polar bears, meercats (a mom and babies), and on this trip, the hummingbird aviary. Here are some photos of my favorites:



Saturday, April 5, 2008

Church Softball

Eric has decided to play softball on Highland's team this spring and summer. Their team's name is Highland: God's Helpers, or HGH (let's just say they're a little full of themselves). Unfortunately, I haven't been able to go to any of the games yet, but apparently Eric was the hero of the first game. When he got home that evening, I noticed that his entire left leg was bloody. After wiping away the blood, we discovered that he had at least a 6-inch "boo-boo" (my term, not Eric's). I asked how on earth he did that, and he proceeded to tell me about how he had slid three times during the game, one of which was for the game-winning run. One of his slides was apparently head-first. He's been out of practice for a while. They have a team blog at www.hghsoftball.wordpress.com. It's incredibly entertaining, so check it out if you have time. I, by the way, will not be playing softball anytime soon. We went to the batting cages last night, and I hit about 5 out of 30 balls. It's not looking promising for me!