20 Somethings No Longer

Often times when I would visit new churches back in the States I would most always look through the bulletin to see what type of ministries they have to post college-not yet married-married without children-type people and also what the names of those ministries are.  Some names are very clever and cute but my home church just called the group "20-Somethings".  As of Thursday of this week, 12 January, I can no longer attend that group because I  no longer fit the label of "20-Somethings".  I have now reached my 3rd decade and am embarking on the journey of my thirties!

To celebrate my birthday my family and I stayed at a guesthouse in Jinja, Uganda where we enjoyed good pizza, swimming, and quality time as a fam.  One of my gifts that I received was a package of new tennis balls.  (the story behind this is that I eventually want to put a concrete slab in our yard so that I can hit tennis balls against the wall to relieve stress :).  As I opened the lid of the container, peeled back the seal, the magnificent scent of new tennis balls wafted up to my nostrils and I thought to myself, "I LOVE the smell of new tennis balls."  Then I began thinking about other things that I simply enjoy the smell of.  Here they are (not in any particular order): the inside of a new pair of running shoes, new tennis balls, patchouli, my wife's peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and freshly cut grass.

What things do you like the smell of?

You can't tell by the squint of my face but these tennis balls smelled very nice.  Even Nico got to enjoy the smell :)

Levi enjoying the poolside in the shade!

Tan line!

The receding hair line is why I wear hats! Actually, it's because I wear hats that I probably have such a bad hair line :)