Presenting The Incredible Flying LISA!!!

I am beginning to play with all of my pictures from our Groves reunion in Estes Park and just came across this gem. This is my hard-core, graceful, who-cares-if-you-can't-do-a-cart-wheel-now, sister-in-law Lisa. She is diving from a platform that is 30-40 feet in the air and made it look easy. My jumps were not this photogenic.

Good perspective for the day

I love reading anything by Donald Miller. Most people know him for his book Blue Like Jazz, a candid testimony that I found startling and refreshing...similar to Anne LaMott's Traveling Mercies. I tend to drop by his blog frequently and he just posted another chapter from his next book. Like any good tease, I cannot wait for this book to come out. The chapter is super short and so worth your time. Bop on over to his blog. You'll be glad you did.

http://www.donmilleris.com/

I'm dropping out of facebook.

(Rory told me I should call this post, 'I kissed facebook goodbye.')

I have had a few different conversations this summer regarding facebook that have led me to think really hard about my relationship with this friend connector. And I've come up with two conclusions:

1. I'm just on it too much. I really want to be writing lately, but every time I sit down at my computer I think I'll just check facebook real quick, and suddenly I am lost in a sea of photo albums.

2. I use it as a companion when I am lonesome in Nebraska. And though this has been helpful at times, lately I've been wondering if it really is all that healthy to go to my computer when I am lonely. I think I probably just need to feel lonesome for a while. And then I need to go find actual breathing friends in my own community to build friendships with.

So this is goodbye to my 448 facebook friends. I'll miss your witty status updates and quiz results. Drop me a line at beccagroves(at)gmail(dot)com anytime. Or keep tabs on me here. I hope to be posting a bit more now that summer camp is almost over.

More on the facebook conversation...

I have had a couple different reactions of other people to my facebook departure:

1. Surprised and weirded out

2. Deeply confessional and guilt ridden

3. Understanding and curious

4. Article Sending http://www.newsweek.com/id/183180/page/1

Again, I only dropped out because of my personal goals of procrastinating less and writing more. I believe that most probably are using facebook for healthy amounts of time and I honestly wish I could have had more self control to fall into this category.

(This is my last screen shot from last night after deleting all my friends. When I went to send my friend Crystal one last message I tried to type a link and these were my security words to retype. If you've heard my eschatological seminary story, you might find this humorous that this was my word to retype. Eschatological: pertaining to the end of times.)

Groves Family Reunion

We spent a glorious week out in Estes Park with the Groves family last week. This year for the reunion we enjoyed our first annual GFR Talent Show. The entire day before the actual talent show Rory spent some good quality time with our nephew Jack as they created the following clips to be shown throughout the talent show. It was hysterical and more fun than the clips was watching Rory and Jack play so hard all day long. I kept catching glimpses of them at various moments laughing hard and talking excitedly about where their next scene should take place. Enjoy!