Spring

Spring is finally here. We can now expect that a 70 degree day will not be followed by snow, but another nice day. It has rained a couple of times. It is a lot more refreshing than snow. Unfortunately, however the heat in our apartment, which we cannot control, is still on. This makes the cool spring days warm and the warm spring days hot. Snow has been in the forecast a couple of times this week, but we haven't seen any. (ha ha, Esther informed me about 10 minutes ago it was snowing. I answered her with a "whatever" and laughed. I just looked outside and....it's snowing) I added a couple of pictures of the trees outside our door. They are more beautiful in person, but I thought I would share them anyway.

Spring also means the end of the school year. Wednesday afternoon Matt received an award for volunteering with residence life and was inducted into the International honorary for Leadership in the University Apartment Communities. He has been teaching the women at Women's Club, mostly internationals, how to bead. They are currently working on making a pair of moccasins. The women love him and are appreciative of his time.

School is winding down. I finished my last paper on Wednesday (Thank you Paige for your "interview") and am currently finishing up the final draft of my research proposal. I have two final exams, one on the 5th and another on the 13th. We have spent almost 1/2 the semester in my macro theory practice class discussing the final exam. Not what is going to be on it, but what type of test it will be. Rumor has it, that there is no test and the discussions are supposed to serve the purpose of teaching us what group work is truly like when working on community change. Although I can see the point and have probably learned more from the test discussion than the lecture on the actual readings, etc. I am still going to study as though we are having a final. We were told at the beginning of fall semester that we would most likely not have any more than 4 tests throughout the whole 2 years that it would mostly be papers and projects. There has been a fair share of papers and projects, but we had 6 tests last semester and will have two this semester. I hope this means that next year there will be no tests:).

Well that's all for now...I'll talk at ya next week.

Hopefully this will help keep people updated.

Hello from beautiful Fort Collins. I was reading Philip and Megan's blog and decided that it would be a perfect way to keep everybody updated on us here. We miss everybody so much, but do really love this area. School has been hectic, but well worth it. We are in the process of looking for more affordable child care next year. Although Esther loves the Early Childhood Center and it is convenient to walk her across the street for preschool everyday we cannot afford it for another full year. A lot of our free time has been spent at pow wows. Esther loves to dance and there are a ton of opportunities for it around here.

Matt and I have been debating applying for a Community Coordinator position here at Aggie Village. The most attractive part to the position is that rent is paid. The least attractive part is that we would have to move to another courtyard. Esther has made several friends in our current courtyard and best of all the play ground is right outside. So...I'm not exactly excited about having to move. Please pray that we have the wisdom to make the right decision.

We look forward to visits from family and friends so if you're ever in the area, stop by and see us. I included a picture of Esther and Matt at NCIPA pow wow, a picture of Esther and Uncle Bob and a picture of Esther and her cousin Skyla.