Two days ago, I flew across the country.
It’s my first trip to California, and I have many observations. One of them involves the sun and the temperature.
The reason I’m here is the Diocese of Los Angeles’ Religious Education Congress, where Lisa Hendey and I have two talks (we did our first talk yesterday, and our second is tomorrow).
I don’t have much time to blog, but I can’t resist sharing a few of the pictures. If you’re not following me on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, I’m doing more updates that way too. I’m going to try to not lose my voice with all the squeeing and jumping around (I’m like a Jack Russell gone mad, lemme tell ya!).
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- with Kerry Weber and Lisa Hendey at the John Wayne airport in Orange County
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- With Lisa and Hector Molina (who has some seriously cute kids)
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- Proof that I did, in fact, present (or something)
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- In which I am the non Notre Dame grad – with Dr. Carolyn Woo, President & CEO of Catholic Relief Services
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- With fellow CatholicMom.com contributor Jen Frost
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- With Hector Molina and Brandon “the Awesome” Vogt
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- In which we stage it so that it looks like Fr Dave Dwyer from Busted Halo is photobombing us
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- Why no, I did NOT pee my pants (though it was a close call) – meeting Father Robert Barron is a definite highlight for me!
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- Book sighting!
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- With one of my favorite Catholic brothers-in-Christ and cut-from-the-same-cloth guys, Mark Hart
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- Lisa and I right before our first talk
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- Look, Mom, I was on Busted Halo!
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- Lisa was serious. I was not. Fr. Dave just rocks.
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- Right before our talk on Friday with none other than Ginny Moyer
HEY!!! Go easy on us Notre Dame grads! (And I really did expect to hear you squee on the radio…) Also, I pictured you taller. But that’s OK. You’re probably still taller than me.
LOLOLOLOL Did I tell the story out loud about me meeting the priest from Rebuilt? So, yeah, FOOT IN MOUTH. I totally told him, first thing, “I so thought you were taller!” However, I did NOT tell Fr. Barron, “Wow, you are about a foot taller than I expected!” So I guess maybe they cancel each other out? Maybe?
Hahaha! No, you didn’t tell that one on the radio. The interview was a lot of fun to listen to! Prayers for blessings on your presentation today. Memorare UP!
Thank you so much!!!
Looks like a fabulous conference! And how much FUN you are having! Your JOY shines through; so does Lisa’s! Just lovely!
Thanks! 🙂 It’s been a great time!
Glad your time in LAq was good. Can we get access to your talks?
Hi Peggy. You can go to http://www.recongress.org/ and choose “Order Recordings” on the left. Right now the MP3 download link isn’t available. I’ll do a post here when it is. 🙂 Thanks for your interest!