Crazy Love....

a book by Francis Chan... 

I received this book as a gift and it is amazing.... I was told that it would totally change the way that I think about my faith but if anything so far I have just really found that it reaffirms everything I believe to be true about God. I really enjoyed the way that Chan expresses the  the messages presented in this book through quoting scripture. 

Linguistics...

It is so funny that while I was in the process of taking linguistics I could not stand it but now that I am done with it I have such an interest in it. I find the study of language quite intriguing and I am fascinated by the number of languages that exist around the world. I think that being able to speak french has been quite beneficial and is something that I love doing so I am setting a summer goal for myself: to learn the basics of a few languages.
Here is a list of languages that I am currently interested in learning...

1. Italian ( it is such a beautiful language, also I have heard that it is similar

to french but so far that doesn't seem to be proving true )

2. Polish ( I am Polish, so therefore I feel like I should

learn the language, plus Poland is absolutely beautiful)

3. Spanish ( I would love to visit Mexico or Spain someday,

Matt's already helping me learn this one,

but hopefully I will be able to study the language more

seriously over the summer )

I've heard that learning a language after you've already learned a second language is pretty simple... I guess I will find out if that is indeed true.

Mother's Day Weekend

This weekend was really fun...
Saturday I had to gallery sit at the 9th Street Entry Gallery and then...
I went shopping with my mom (she helped me pick out some sweet sunglasses: an early birthday present) and then..
I went to Matt's house and baked some chocolate chunk and white-chocolate macadamia nut cookies and then... Matt and I drove to Nancy's house in Eden Prairie for Amanda and Stephen's Engagement party : ) and then...
Matt came home to Burnsville with me for the night to hang out with my parents and to see Bria and Abby ( I am amazed that she likes him... she never likes anyone) and then...
Sunday Matt and I went to Bethlehem Baptist at the Burnsville campus. John Piper continued an amazing sermon that he started last week! I recommend that anyone reading this check out his podcast and then...
My grandma Jones, Aunt Barb, My uncle Larry and aunt Deb and cousin Nick and Greg's family all came over for brunch. They all got to meet matt for the first time... my Grandma thinks "he's so handsome!" and then...
To celebrate Mother's Day, Jena and I got our mom tickets to see "Caroline" at the Guthrie. We spent the evening hanging out in Minneapolis. I LOVE THIS CITY!

It was a great weekend... but now I have oh-so-much homework :/

Almost done... (two weeks left)

(9th Street Entry Gallery: Senior Thesis Show)

Senior Thesis Show...

"The Rossmor: 9th Street Entry"

"Memento Mori: Pride"

"Memento Mori: Arrogance"

"Memento Mori: Conceit"