Merry Christmas!

A real blog post to come soon...with fun details of our first Christmas as the Hobbs! :)

Fall is finally here!

Okay, so this post is a few months late. But since its just in the past few days that it actually feels like fall, now I feel like blogging about it. :)

Spending the first fall as Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs has been very busy so far, but definately a lot of fun too! September of course meant back to school and work for us, and it was definately a transition from the lazy days of summer. My how we miss those days of sleeping and relaxing! Hopefully they'll come again soon. :)

As Jay already posted, work for him has been full of getting the new website up, while trying to keep up with all the fall sports. It's been an interesting time for him settling into the job at Concordia, but we're definately thankful for the job that the Lord provided, and he's really starting to enjoying the work there. On the other side of things, school for me is crazy as ever, with tests and projects more than I could imagine, but God's definately blessed me this semester with plently of time to study and a fantastic husband to support me through it. I can't say how thankful I am for that, and how excited I am for the day that I will actually be a nurse! :)

As for the fun side of things, we really have tried to take advantage of the time we do spend together and make the most of it. For Halloween, to really get in the mood for fall, we visited Riley's Farms, where you can pick your own apples or pumpkins, and you can really enjoy leaves changing colors. It was so much fun! We also got to check out some sweet animals, including cute baby goats and a couple of really funny geese. Here's a few picutes of the sweet things that we got to see...

Don't Mess

Article on Obama

I just got done reading a pretty harrowing article in which the writer (a law professor at Princeton) details Barack Obama's pro-abortion views.

It's particularly interesting to me in light of all our friends and family who are having or about to have babies. To see a baby up close is such a clear reminder of the miracle of life that God endows on each person, equally.

With all that so fresh on my mind, it brings in the main issue in the upcoming election and politics in general--where is the right of every person to live upheld and valued?

Click here to link to the article.

Outta Site

When I got here, lad, all there was was swamp! All the kings said it would be daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built it all the same... just to show 'em!
-Mother in "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail"

The above quote pretty much explains what I've been up to at work for the last three months, and the picture on the right is finally living proof that something has been accomplished.

When I got to Concordia in early July, one of the top things on my agenda--I even told everyone who interviewed me--was to create a new website for athletics. Up until today, when we went live with the new website (www.cuieagles.com), you'd see the following...thing...when you visited the athletics page:

So, needless to say, I'm pretty excited about the new website. It's been a pretty trying time getting people who think of me as the new guy from Cal Baptist to get on board with a pretty big decision like this, but I've been learning a lot about patience and just dealing with people in general throughout the whole thing.

I just hope that this project doesn't end up like the first castle, "That one sank into the swamp, so I built a second one..."

Check it out!

Our wedding photos are here and lookin' fabulous! Check 'em out at:
http://shaythomason.com/clients/hobbs/

If you're looking for a lighter dose of photos but still want to see some great shots, check out:
http://shaythomason.com/clients/hobbs_preview/

Don't Mess

That's right, keep your distance, ladies and gentlemen, we mean business!

This shot was taken the other night at Disneyland's California Adventure, which now features the coolest ride ever. Actually, it's not really a ride, more like an attraction, and boy were we attracted (and attractive, if you don't mind me saying).

Back to the attraction itself, "Toy Story Mania"--it's like a 3-D carnival in there, complete with plates to throw virtual baseballs at and aliens to throw virtual rings around.

We played it twice with our friends, the Blakeys, who--incidentally--were there to snap the shot of us in our 3-D spectacles. We won the first game by a hefty margin, but then they snuck in under our radar and picked up the victory in game No. 2, a stunning upset.

So, we have unfinished business with the Blakeys, which I'm sure we'll take care of soon. But for now, we're going to play some tennis, which could end up ugly like our last tennis date in the Summer of '07. But then again, you never know...