California and Friends

Here are some pictures of good friends:

Jules and Scotty made us waffles for breakfast!

Melissa beat all of us at Friends trivia

Steve is cool

I miss my friends

Jacob love.

A classic

Yeah! I'm married!

Home Again

Garret and I have spent the last two weeks traveling, do nothing but study/work, travel again. We have gotten to spend some time with people who are really important to us. Last night while driving back to our apartment, we both agreed that we felt like we were coming home. It was strange feeling like Colorado was home, after spending time in two places that I once called home: Oregon and California. I agree with my friend Juliann who tells me it is the people who make it home. I felt at home spending time with my family and being with my friends Jessica and Melissa and then driving through the green-belt last night, I felt at home with Garet and because we were returning to home Maria and Kristin and Betsy, Andy, Mercy and Eden.

We both long so badly to live in community with the people we care about. Being with these people, however, I question whether or not anyone wil commit to creating this with us. Everyone, including G and I, has established a life for themselves. Now, as I think about graduating, Garret and I contemplate how we can make this community a reality. It looks like it might just be the two of us. Does anyone else what to create this with us. And then I stop and think, and I realize that to some degree we have already started this, we our own neighbors here in Colorado. My thoughts continue to turn...how I want to know what Garret is thinking. I want him to be able to participate in a church community and to be supported in his ideas. Can that happen here?

Since college, Garret and I have had a dream of participating in communal living. During these past three years we have seperated from our friends and have all done our own things. Come January I have to start looking for and applying for internships. This gives us the ability to leave Colorado and move anywhere we want. We have begun to iniciate conversation about what this next step looks like. Our biggest requirement is that we establish home in a location where we have relationships and where we can be a part of the church. Thinking about moving has made me realize how sad I would be to leave Boulder. This may sound strange to many of you after hearing for so long how I hate Colorado. Over this past year, however, I have really begun to feel at home here. I have made such wonderful friends at school and am really starting to feel connected to the community. Making the move back into Boulder has really made all the difference. We love being able to ride our bikes everywhere and walk a few blocks to take a hike in the foothills. As I have mentioned before, we have started attending a local community of christ followers and are establishing relationships with many of these people. Last night while hanging out with our neighbors, I realized that we are experiencing communal living in our very on apartment complex. On the other hand, I miss my college friends so much. I want to once again, live in community with these people. I miss playing with Melissa and Robby, waking up next to Caro and Jess, sleeping over at Annie's, sitting and talking for hours with Lez, listening to Garret and Tim talk about stuff I don't understand, watching Steve and Garret play video games and talking about relationships with Becky. Within this year, Garret and I will make a very big decision and I want the decision to be centered around relationships.