TJ and Ashley Humphrey

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of being the bell ringer here at Nashotah House.  This means that I got to ring the warning bells for chapel, the class bells, the Angelus, the altar bells and Michael (the giant bell on campus).  The office of bell ringer also comes with additional duties like being the intercessor during Mass each day, lighting the appropriate candles in the chapel, and laying out the proper vestments for the clergy. Behold...Michael I will readily admit that the whole experience was quite intense.  I had to be at the chapel 30 minutes early before each service each day in order to get everything set up and I usually had to stay 5-15 minutes afterwards in order to prep for the next day. Time has become abundantly precious since starting seminary and I have developed a pretty well-oiled routine for daily life.  Things are planned down to the minute for most days.  They have to be if I am going to keep my head above the water with sch...

Hey everyone!  Let's catch up: *We have had a steady stream of out-of-town visitors these past few weeks.  First, my parents came to town for some fall foliage viewing (and grandson viewing): *We also had a couple good friends in town for TJ's birthday, which included a trip to Madison's farmers market, Oktoberfest, and a heavy metal concert: *Lastly, two students from our former youth group spent a weekend with us.  I have been mentoring these girls for a few years, and we have such a special relationship!  I was so happy they were able to hang out: *The weather has been getting colder here, and the leaves are absolutely beautiful: (behind the chapel at Nashotah House)   Anyway... Two months in, and everything's pretty good.  I'm even making friends!  I say this because, even though I am an extrovert, I have my limits.  It's not very easy for me to just walk up to new people and start a conver...

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These are some of my favorite pics from Wisconsin so far.   Just thought I would share. They are from Nashotah's campus and beach, Oconomowoc, Sturgeon Bay, and Kettle Moraine State Park.

For those who would like to get a taste of what our daily chapel services are like, Fr. Pryor has started posting them online.  Usually, he posts the Evensongs (Evening Services) from the academic week (Monday-Friday).  Sometimes there are some exceptions. Click Here for the Link

As I mentioned in my last post, it's been an interesting transition out of full-time ministry and into full-time seminary.  I have been thinking a lot about this lately, but first, a few updates: I started working at Studio One Dance Company, and am loving it so far!  I am teaching three nights a week in September, and then I'll add a fourth night in October.  I'm teaching ballet, lyrical, contemporary, jazz, strength and conditioning, and doing a ton of private lessons.  TJ is totally in his happy place.  He is loving all his classes and his textbooks -- so much that he reads them even when he doesn't have to, because "they're so good".  Jason just turned nine months old, and is changing more and more every day.  He finally cut his first two teeth, and started crawling (his style is more of a hybrid of inchworm/army crawling, but he gets around anyway).  He says "hi!" when he sees himself in the mirror, and says "dada" and waves a...