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50 Pics Friday

May 23, 2009 in Family, Friends, Photography, twitter with 2 Comments

For some reason… I thought I would be blogging more than I have been this week with Crystal in town and all. Apparently, I DO enjoy real life time with my friends more than blogging or twittering.

The Hodges, Brent, Tammy, Kass & Kota, just rolled into town too… so it’s a full house for the next few days and I’m beyond thrilled.

I’ll post more soon… but for now, here’s my 50 pictures marking today:

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oh… and this pic was #42 (I couldn’t use my iPhone for this pic so it’s not in the sequence):

If you captured all your moments on Friday…

…what would we have seen?

The Bromance Comes To Town

May 19, 2009 in Family, Friends, Photography with 3 Comments

Brent and Josh came into town early this week.

First of all, it was a BLAST to have them here. It’s nice having REAL friends that you can just be authentic around. No need for masks… no need to cover things up. It was also nice to learn a few things about how to take better photos from Josh. Brian and I are thankful for them.

Here are the pictures from their 48 hours here. Some were taken by me, some by Brian, some by Brent and some by Josh:

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Exponential Conference 2009 – Day 2

April 22, 2009 in Church Planting, Faith, Friends, Ministry, Travel, twitter with 15 Comments

I took notes today but I’m not posting them up tonight because of a million factors (one factor being Craig Groeschel kicked my booty across the room… twice… so I need to just let that sink in first), but I DID Twitter a lot of it.

However, today, I want to focus on the people portion of the conference. I have gotten the privilege of meeting some really AWESOME people. Most of them, I have been following via Twitter or blog for quite some time… so it’s more like reconnecting with an old friend.

I got to meet Dave Ferguson (@daveferguson). First thing he did was come up and give me a hug. Second thing, he says: “You Twitter a lot about food!” HA! He’s right, ya know. I think that’s how he’s been introducing me to people too. HAHA!

Also met Mary Beth Stockdale (@mbstockdale), who is just about as cute as a button. Ever met a person who just has the “glow-of-Christ’s-love” on them? Yeah… that’s her. When she talks to you, she makes you feel like you’re the only person in the room. I need to learn how to be more like her when it comes to people.

Then, there’s Eric Bramlett (@billshazzar) who is SO funny, he just about makes me pee my pants from laughing so hard. Seriously… every time he opens his mouth, only KUH-RAZY comes out. There is something NOT RIGHT about him…

But the coolest couple we’ve had the privilege of meeting is by FAR are Justin and Trisha Davis (@justindavis33 & @trishadavis23). It started with me standing in the main worship auditorium. Justin and Trish walk by and Justin stops, looks at me for a minute and says something like:

“Hey… you’re Jenni Clayville?”

I think I started to sweat. I was, like, um… ruh-roh… what did I do now? But I replied, “Yes…” Was I supposed to know him? Cuz seriously… the babies took away ALL my memory brain cells… every last one. Could have been a REALLY awkward moment!

Long story short, they went to high school with Matt Payne (@mlpayne) and are also good friends with Pete & Brandi Wilson (@pwilson & @brandiandboys) who are friends with Brent & Tammy Hodge (@inworship & @inprogress) who are my friends frienemies enemies people (whatev!).

Nice full circle, right?

Their story of how God has restored their lives from a place of complete brokenness humbles me. You can read their story HERE!

Brian and I seem to be surrounded by friends who are calling it quits in their marriage. The sin that has crept up in their lives or the brokenness that seems to be irreparable looks too difficult to conquer. Forgiveness and redemption appears impossible. Then, we meet Justin and Trisha… a couple who made is making it. A couple continuing to CHOOSE to make it every day after pain and brokenness beyond any describable words.

I think that may be my next tattoo: CHOOSE LOVE.

When was the last time you CHOSE love?

The Hodge Lodge

January 24, 2009 in Friends, twitter, Web/Tech, Weblogs with 15 Comments

Here’s my view of life right now:

I know, I know… MacBook’s everywhere

I’m just sitting here in Brent and Tam’s cozy living room thinking,

“How in the world did I get here?”

BLOGGING… that’s how!

Brian had a conference trip planned to come down to Southern Oregon. We haven’t really been spending a lot of quality time together recently, so I told him I wanted to come down with him. After all… road trips ARE a whole lot of time for chit chat.

THEN… Tam wrote this post, inviting the whole world to come stay at their home. So, we did. We invaded their home

Brian and I showed up last night and stayed up way too late laughing and talking about some really real things. They are just about the most amazing couple, parents, PEOPLE we’ve ever met… and I’ve come to realize even more how much I can learn from people around me.

Here are some pics for now. I’m sure there will be more to come later:

Right when we came in, Tam had to grab Paxton out of his carseat.

We got our own personal viewing of Kass & Kota’s band rehearsing for their concert. Um… they are FREAKIN’ talented. I am beyond impressed… and as some of you know, I’ve worked with MANY talented young musicians.

Brent introducing Paxton to the muppets on YouTube.

I feel so privileged to actually have met these guys in person, and now we’ve launched a REAL in-person friendship. We’ve graduated from just being twitter friends, y’all!

Well… I better go shower before I LOSE some friends, if you know what I’m sayin’!