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Joy & Leia

enJOY life

About Me

I'm 28 and married. Aaron and I just had our baby girl on December 17th! Her name is Leia Joy (pronounced Lay-uh)...yes as in Princess Leia from Star Wars...and no we are not Star Wars nerds. I work at my dad's church as the Executive Assistant to the Pastors. Aaron (my husband) and I are also the middle school youth directors. We have about 40 middle schoolers every Wednesday night in The WorX. I love it!! Aaron and I also train and send missions teams. Our first overseas trip together was in 2003, 2 weeks after we got married. We went to England and worked with New Gen. I got connected to them when I went with ORU in 2001. In 2004, we went to Jamaica and back to England. We also sent a team to a Navajo Reservation in New Mexico. In 2005, we went to Spain. Spain has always been special to me cuz my first missions trip (with ORU, 1999) was to Spain. I loved going back!! In 2006, we went to Hong Kong! That was an awesome experience. I loved Asia and my team was great too! ...That's pretty much what keeps me busy!
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My Interests

music, scrapbooking, The WorX, and traveling internationally.

I'd like to meet:

Jessica Simpson

Music:

random shuffle on my iTunes

Television:


Heroes:

my dad

My Blog

Leia’s Birth Story

On Monday, December 17th, Aaron and I arrived at the hospital at 5:30 am. A little after 6 am, I was given an IV and setup to monitor contractions and the fetal heartbeat. I was already having contrac...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:23:00 PST

ORU & Richard Roberts

With all the news about the Richard Roberts scandal, as an alumnus ('97-'01), I thought I'd write a little something. I'm not going to comment on the specific allegations. I have my opinions, but that...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:18:00 PST

My Uncooperative Child

If you are reading this, you have probably seen the funny looking black & white picture on my page. Some of you may not be able to tell what it is...but "it" is my daughter, due to arrive just bef...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 12:52:00 PST

How Far Along Am I?

I read an article in my weekly pregnancy newsletter that made me want to blog. The top of the newsletter says "Week 18." Tomorrow I'll get another newsletter from a different site that says "Week 19."...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:39:00 PST

Newlyweds...Season 5

When we got married, a friend told Aaron "The honeymoon doesn't end until you want it to." You can take that however you want to. We have taken it to mean that we are still newlyweds! Our friends tell...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:12:00 PST

why my wardrobe has diminished

I read this on baby-gaga.com and it totally explained my frustration. So, for those of you who have been wondering why I wear the same jeans over and over...this is for you. I haven't actually bought ...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:51:00 PST

Hong Kong

Well I just got back from Hong Kong and what an experience! I really enjoyed the whole trip. It was probably the toughest trip physically, emotionally, and spiritually. There are a lot of strongholds ...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:03:00 PST

the season is ending

it's all ending...or has ended. This past Sunday, my two favorite shows ended. Well, Sopranos still has 8 more episodes coming out in January. But then there will be no more Sopranos. I was disappoint...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:55:00 PST

American Idol

I'm glad Elliott finally went home. I think he sings great, but he just doesn't have "it." Although the people of Richmond, Virginia, seem to disagree. I was shocked when they showed the huge crowds s...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Thu, 18 May 2006 07:49:00 PST

I'm superficial (American Idol)

I realized last night that I just don't like Elliott because he isn't good looking enough. Well, maybe I knew this before last night, but as he continues to sing really well and yet I refuse to vote f...
Posted by Joy & Leia on Wed, 17 May 2006 07:32:00 PST