Missionary Pictures

So, part of becoming a missionary (other than all the godly stuff, like Jesus asking you to go across the world), is a bunch of media stuff, like making prayer cards, brochures and all sorts of other things that you distribute to people who are interested in your ministry.

In order to do this, you need to make sure that you have a good family picture. JD and I are so seriously pathetic when it comes to taking pictures, that we decided to hire someone to do that. (I like saying things like that because it makes me feel rich and fancy, like I "have people" - only thing is, our friends, the Moseleys did it for free, because in all reality we aren't rich or fancy and we don't have any people.)

Anyway, below are the pictures of our most recent photo shoot...on another note: it's not easy to get a 10-month old baby to care about your prayer card pictures.

Double Fistin'

Folks, there comes a time in everyone's life when you're looking at your baby, wishing that you could be a kid again. One such moment happened for me yesterday. We are currently in Colorado for training on how to be missionaries, cross-culturally. Each meal, we sit with other almost-missionaries and talk about very godly things, of course.

At the end of dinner last night, I went to clean up after Cohen and began by pulling his high-chair out from the table. Below is a video of the next minute of my life in which I truly wished that I was, once again, 10 months old. At what other time could you get away with this kind of refined behavior?

Rocky Mountain High

Currently, our family is in Colorado Springs at 'Mission Training International.' MTI is an organization that trains those of us who hope to be missionaries, cross culturally. MTI aims to fully equip missionaries to deal with stress, choas, transition and the adjustments that may arise from moving your family overseas to live in another culture.

One of the cool things about mandatory training in Colorado for three weeks, is that you get to be in some of the most beautiful creation in the United States. Today was our walk through The Garden of the Gods, which is majestic to say the least. Cohen especially enjoyed yelling at the rock climbers all morning, who of course were completely ambivelent to his existence, but, as you may have guessed, it deterred him none.

Chunky Monkey

What kind of a mommy blogger would I be if I didn't have an entire post dedicated to the newest addition to our family? Our son, Cohen was born almost a year ago and yes, it's taken me this long to get anything online. These are some of our more recent pictures of our Chunkey Monkey, who also responds to: Coco, Cocomo, Cokey Bear and Chubba Lubba. (Things that are probably only cute until you're about two.)