The Burque

We're back!!!

We had an amazing week in Albuquerque,

visiting my family and getting
some much needed r&r.

Our first morning. It was perfect!
Beautiful weather, coffee, and Jesus.
I love my daddy!
Mother's Day Pedicure. Of course.
My aunt bought a scooter, and let Eric take
us out for a ride.
This is Jayne before:
(aw brother and sister!)

And this is her after : )My mom took Eric and I to a spa.
We spent the day relaxing, and eating good food.
It was awesome!
And yes this was pretty much the temperature the whole time!
(Coming from 40 degrees in Bend, we couldn't have asked for more.)
He's such a conversationalist.
We discovered this restaurant downtown.
It was great for people watching.
Oh Gracie. She's sure grown on me.
A little photo op before the airport.
The drive to Bend from Portland.
The lighting was incredible.

Train.More train.

We miss it already!

Prayer Series

Lindsay doesn't know I posted this because she probably wouldn't have it.
Funny thing though I was shooting testimonies for the prayer series coming up, and Lindsay happened to be there helping me out. So the people finish up and the guy who requested the videos coaxed Lindsay into getting in front of the camera and sharing something. So she did and as I'm going through the footage I was being totally unbiased and showing him all the different stories and he gets to Lindsay's and is like oh that's perfect, let's go with that one.
So a week later Lindsay's face is projected huge on two 15' x 20' screens (or something like that) for a couple thousand people in our weekend services. And everybody's like wow guess it pays to be married to the video guy! Kind of funny, but it wasn't even my idea! Anyways here's the video that played...

We love Barns

I must say that I have

thoroughly enjoyed
Eric's posts.
He should write them more often.
But in the meantime...

Here is our life
in pictures from the
last month:

We took a spontaneous trip to Eugene!
One Sunday we woke up a little early and just decided to go.

We made an unconventional stop - coffee.

Eric has a thing for barns. Old beat up barns.
So we captured many on the beautiful drive.

No barn. Just cows.

We ate outside (a first for 2008).
It was delicious!

Fifth Street Market

If you detect a hint of fear in this picture, it's because
I was looking at a bush I thought was swarming with bees.
They were actually flies.

He like the dirty brick.

One morning I woke up early enough to watch the sunrise with
Nicolette and Jessica.
It was cold but totally worth it.

Eric and I decided to make our cabinets look prettier.
Here are the befores. You'll have to check back for the
finished product!

It was quite the undertaking. But thankfully I'm a really hard worker.

Eric is making progress on our closet!!!!

We bought a bathroom cabinet!!!

We went on a date. Unfortunately, these are the only pictures we took.
But it was so much fun.
Greg's Grill
Baby Mama
Banana Milkshakes.

Keep checking back to see our kitchen cabinets!

Well well well

Looks like I'm beating Lindsay to another post! She's out doing something silly like Pastoring in 180 and I'm home alone with my thoughts, and we don't want that! So I figure I better share them with this machine which in turn will allow them to be shared with you.

The other day I wrote something in my journal and it came out kind of poetic. I shared it with Lindsay and she was like wow you should post that on our blog.

And while I won't be posting that today, I did run across something short in my journal that was an interesting thought that I could share on the world of blog. So here is a bit on Rhythm...

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Last night we went and saw the Ben Darwish Trio and heard some amazing jazz. It was really

incredible. Probably the best I've heard Live. Because they were freestyle, they were funky, and

beautiful all at the same time.

But I thought about rhythm.

And I thought today as I could feel my heart beat pulsing through my fingers, that we are

driven by this perfect rhythm. Always on time. Steady.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...

Increasing in climactic moments and slowing in slumber. This deep rhythmic force that keeps

pumping whether we're aware of it or not. God's perfect design, his perfect beat, powering all of

humanity across the globe. The master musician. It really is beautiful.

Lord allow me to appreciate and portray to others the beauty found in you.

Surprise, Surprise!

Alright, alright it's about time I did a post on this thing (eric). Lindsay has done a lot of the other blogs, ok well most of... ok more like all of the blogs on this thing and I figured it was my turn.
I would blog more but hey, I got married, haven't I done enough? I mean that's the end goal and all and now that I've arrived I figured why do anything else? Right?
Anyways here's a little picture I wanted to share with the great world of unknown readers out there, some family, some friends, some creepy people that really have too much time on their hands... (don't let that discourage you readers I don't know, really I'm kind of flattered you're reading this. I mean, people I don't even know peering into my life... I'm special! Oh, what's that? You're interested in what's going on in Lindsay's life and could care less about mine? Dang! No wonder she's the one who writes the blogs.
Anyways again, back to here's the little picture. These past couple of weeks I've been working like a mad man and I decided me and Lindsay were about due for a real live date. Somehow I passed it off on her to plan the date while I finished... working. So when I got home she swept me away to a night of surprises. Starting out at Makahnas to have a bite to eat and enjoy the wonderful sounds of Corey and Whitney Parnell. After that we hurried away to make some appointment which what I had no idea was (Grammar? I don't care)
When we were passing the sportsmans warehouse it dawned on me we must be heading to Sisters. We pulled in for a showing of Drillbit, or Sargent Drillbit, something like that, at the Sisters Movie House. Which I must say is a wonderful movie. I really hope Owen Wilson doesn't get too depressed to make movies because he is hilarious!
After the show we drove about 100ft over to none other than the Five Pine Lodge. And Lindsay explained how she was closing an old bank account and was surprised to find some extra bucks and if it was ok with me then we could use it to stay the night for a romantic evening in one of Five Pine's cottages (see picture) I agreed this seemed like a wise use of this surprise bonus money but told her being a surprise and all I lacked all over my overnight supplies. Well she was one step ahead of me and had already packed me a bag and we stayed and had a incredible little get away. YAY! So here's a pic of us the next morning heading to Sisters Coffee house for breakfast and we almost got tangled in those black briers coming in on the sides of the picture. Oh wait, that's just me being creative with my photoshop brushes. :)

Comments? How about where is your favorite get a way if you have a chance?

Ode to the Single Days

Yes, I know two posts - one day. I'm awesome!
That, or I've got some time on my hands this afternoon.

One afternoon, I was trying to create more space on my computer.
How a person like me runs out of space on their computer
is beyond me - I email, blog (occasionally)
watch LOST, and that's about it. Anyway, I was going through all my pictures,
most of which encompass the last three and half years,
and I found the most wonderful thing:
Pictures of Eric.
Old pictures of Eric.
Pictures of Eric before he knew I existed.
Glory!
I thought I should blog about this, but only to be fair, I threw in some old ones
of me.
Enjoy this wonderful trip down memory lane!

Barrow, Alaska 2006
Mmmmm!
Los Angeles, California 2005
He always did love that Peter Pan.
Barrow, Alaska 2006
The kids ganged up on him, and if my memory serves me correctly
they got snow down his pants
Los Angeles , California 2005
Rockin the basebal hat. Los Angeles, California 2005
Stinkin soul eyes. They'll getcha every time!I have no idea when this was taken.
I do remember, however that he was asked to play Jesus in a video
for church.

More recent. I believe this was Christmas 2006.
The ladies love him.Eugene, OR 2007
We both apparently had a thing for cows - see below.
Ukraine 2005
See what I mean?

Ukraine 2005
Back in the days when I wore hoop earrings and red in my hair
and Nicolette died her hair black.
My how we've changed.
Encounter 2005
Ok, so we haven't changed that much.
Westside Church March 2006
Filming our now infamous Alias video for Kristin's birthday.
To see full length click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlMR8N3Bdck Albuquerque, NM - August 2004
Fresh out of high school, this was my going away party right before
I would move to Bend.

Albuquerque, NM
I'm not sure what year this was, but I do know that it was a birthday
and I do know I was forced to hold that pineapple over my head
while a group of Brazilian musicians sang me Happy Birthday. Santa Fe, NM August 2003
One of the most memorable dates I've ever been on.

Well I hope you either feel all warm and fuzzy on the
inside or are getting a kick out of some of the
hair choices Eric and I made.