help a friend, will ya?

yes, it's true. my sweet friend Sunny submitted her engagement story for a contest, and needs YOUR help. Sunny was my small group leader in houston, and is really an awesome woman. i think she deserves to win (and after you read her story, i think you'll agree.)

so VOTE right now! Once you get to the website, just go to the pulldown menu, and select "A Rock Among the Gems" to read the story. Otherwise, just go to the pull down menu,select "VOTE" and click on none other than… "A RockAmong the Gems." Here's the website.
http://www.diamondcuttersintl.com/contests/proposalstories/Q32005/index.html

voting ends soon! (monday? keep trying...)
post this on your blog! get people at work to vote. ok, enough shameless plugging.

we still bee-lieve!!!

GO ROCKETS.

'nuff said

your comments are welcome.

Why is Josh dancing with a monkey?

...because the ASTROS are on their way to their first WORLD SERIES!!!

We're just one game away, baby!!!

Here in St. Louis, needless to say, we are surrounded by some die-hard cardinal fans. We've just finished watching game 3 here... and josh celebrated with a little dance (while getting pillows thrown at him).
Then, last night, josh is all smiles again... as we lead 3-1 in the series. we spent all afternoon ooh-ing and ahh-ing at HDTV, making fun of each others' players, booing at the bad calls, sitting through some looong innings, watching a manager and then a player get thrown out of the game, holding our breath at the top of the 9th...

and victory again!!

phew! we're glad our friends still wanted to go out to eat with us after... :) by the way, it has been commented that our friends from H-town are not real Astros fans because we have more Cards fans commenting on our blog. What!? this is terribly disturbing to us. maybe we should have a contest. where are you, houston? we need some help here.

now, onto tonight's clincher... will there be a game 6??

i live for this

NLCS - Astros vs. Cardinals

the only reason we moved up here to st. louis - to watch the astros when they come to town baby!!

hot rolls

our friend louis convinced a group of us to take a 2 hour road trip to southern missouri for some southern home cookin'. yes, texans - this place is right up there with hoover's - except the waiters actually throw hot rolls across the room for you to catch and devour. i think we caught about 15 or so.

so if you're ever on your way up to visit us, we suggest a warehouse of a restaurant in sikeston, missouri. lambert's - home of the throwed rolls: www.throwedrolls.com or, if you're with us after our stomachs finish digesting, we just might go again. =)