Posts by Jen

This is getting ridiculous!!!

By Jen | August 9, 2008 |

I am out of control. I just looked up “chicken” on wikipedia. And before that I typed in “life of a chicken” in google and researched that for about twenty minutes. Twenty minutes I can never get back. I am both embarrassed and disturbed with my new obsession. Something has got to change. I am feeling like I may be going crazy. I knew something was wrong when I showed Justin the blown up picture of a one day old chick on my computer and he looked at me with a disturbed look on his face. And just now as I was writing this post, Justin asked me (in all seriousness) if I was writing a post about him as it is our seven year anniversary today. Nope. I’m writing about chickens. Yeah, things need to change and they need to change fast.

See a resemblance?? AT ALL???

By Jen | August 8, 2008 |

So we all know that Maisie looks EXACTLY like her daddy. Yeah, yeah, I hear it ALL the time. No, I am not sick of it. However, my mom just sent me some pics from when I was around Maisie’s age. What do you think? Any resemblance? Yeah, I am desperate to hear (or read) the words that there is some sort of Maisie in me, but hey, be honest! 🙂 So at least we have the frizzy hair in common if nothin’ else! I love this last picture of me and my big sis (even though she has her eyes shut)!

It’s ALIVE!!! ALIVE!!!!

By Jen | August 7, 2008 |

Yes, that’s right. The baby chick is alive! I woke up today, sort of expecting to find a dead little chick where I last saw it last night. Nope! No chick at all! Then I went on a search for the mamma. That’s where I found FIVE little chicks! I never knew that I liked animals so much. Geez. I guess there is something about it being a baby. Might I also say how bizarre it is that the little babies changed from yellow to a sort of dirty white/grey overnight??? What the heck! Justin went on a photo shoot with the chickens today so I could post some pics along with my update on the baby chick being alive. They are pretty camera shy (well, people shy) and went running each time they saw us. These are the best pictures he could take! Maisie and me looking…

Baby Chicks

By Jen | August 6, 2008 |

So our little Powell family is staying at some friends' house in Amsterdam. They are one of the very few and lucky to live in a real house in Amsterdam. Anyways, they have a little backyard (it is actually quite big for a European city) with wild chickens. They have caught these chickens from around the neighborhood and brought them into their yard to use them for their eggs. Plus, they are really quite fun to watch. Well, the other day I noticed that there were a small group of baby chicks following one of the chickens around. It was SOOOOO cute!! I let the family know they had chicks (they are out of town) and they were SO excited! We went back to look at the chicks again, but we saw two little dead chicks that had been caught in some weird mesh thing that was used to help…

Music to My Ears

By Jen | August 4, 2008 |

I am sitting upstairs in the huge home of Phil and Laina’s, just fiddling around on my computer. Justin is downstairs with Maisie playing the piano. Justin is playing these deep and loud keys flowing together to become a pretty song. I was beginning to worry where Maisie was while Justin was so into his piano playing. Just then I heard the random high pitch keys banging. It actually sounded quite pretty along with Justin’s playing and brought a smile to my face. I love my little family! *sorry if the piano terms I am using are incorrect. I am clueless when it comes to music*

Staff Conference and Amsterdam

By Jen | August 2, 2008 |

We had a great week at our annual staff conference! Here are a couple highlights (or at least pictures) from the week. I pretty much didn’t think about taking pictures till the last day. That is always how I am. So here are some pictures! You might notice that each picture from that last night of staff conference was taken by me! Go go gadget arm! 🙂 These are two girls I love!! In the middle is Chelsea, whose home Justin and I are staying in in Amsterdam! She however, is off to California for college! 🙁 Then on the right is Katherine! Katherine is one of our best friends who was on the team with us in Paris! Katherine and I always have SO much fun together and laugh at anything and everything we can, especially Justin!! Sarah! I always look forward to hanging out with Sarah at…

We Have Arrived!!!

By Jen | July 29, 2008 |

So yes, we finally made it to Hungary!!! The journey was exhausting. Maisie did quite amazing if I do say so myself! Of course I did spill both a Sprite and a water everywhere as soon as we got on our long flight from Chicago to London, but that was really the only drama on the plane! Maisie slept great for the first three hours of the flight. Then yes, with a little help from Benadryl, she slept even longer!!! She is doing a great job getting on schedule!!! I am actually sitting next to her right now as she naps. She is such a little trooper! The biggest drama during our trip was when we finally arrived in London. (By the way, why does the English accent make everyone look and sound way cuter and smarter than maybe they really are?!!?) Anyways, we got to London and found that…