Unique Birds

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Well, I am in Mahomet once again! I have finished the semester (and passed... woo hoo!!) and have made it back safely and relatively unscathed from the snowboarding adventures in Utah. After six days of riding, I am grateful to say that I have no broken bones nor concussions, just a lot of sore muscles.

KC, myslef, and Amanda in the gondola at SnowBasin

It is amazing to me how beautiful God's creation is. I have never seen anything like these snow covered mountains before. I have been to Utah in the summer, and it is great, but seeing that blue sky and white snow and recognizing the fact that He made our bodies so that we can strap a piece of plastic to our feet and hurdle ourselves down a steep mountain is absolutely ridiculous! It was an excellent week of riding at Powder Mountain, SnowBasin, and Brighton. I think it is safe to say that my skills have improved greatly and that I can successfully dig my self out of almost any 6 foot snow drift (even if it takes a while...)

Day 2: At SnowBasin

Day 4: Long, beautiful drive to Brighton

Pretty gorgeous, eh?!

On the way home to Mahomet, I stopped in Kankakee for family Christmas. It is always an interesting and funny time when you put more than two Schaaps in a room together. My family is funny, strange, and again - just plain funny. My brother told me the joke above. Answer: Unique up on it... yup, gotta love that stuff.

This got me thinking about how much I love the clever, witty, smart, hilarious, and unique birds I know. I am so thankful that I have people who can make me laugh. I am a sucker for a good (or bad) joke.

Classic

In other news, I will be leaving in ONE MONTH for Kenya. My placement was switched to an elementary school and I am quite excited about this! I realize that as things change and come up, I just have to go with the flow and make sure that I keep the most important things first in my mind. I am blessed to have gone to a wonderful school, have great professors, and been well equipped to teach kiddos regardless of age, level or location.

Oh, and 2 days till Christmas!!!! My parents anniversary was yesterday (28 years!) and in just two days all six of us Schaaps will be together to celebrate what an awesome God we have and His birth. Merry Christmas y'all!