Masters publication

Hi everyone!

I am so excited right now because I literally just found out that my masters thesis was accepted for publication!! That means that in a few months I will officially be a published author- and a first author at that!

So, in case you're wondering, the title of my article will be "Perceived history of anaphylaxis and parental overprotection, autonomy, anxiety, and depression in food allergic young adults" and it will be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. Not to toot my own horn (ok, maybe to toot it a little bit), but this is a really big deal in my field. It's rare that a masters thesis is published, so my advisor is incredibly excited for me as well!

Just wanted to share my joy!

Pittsburgh Pics

Here are a few pictures from this past weekend.
It was awesome to see and hang with everyone.
Donna, Carl, Julie and Kevin, we all missed you.
I will be sending out discs with all the rest of my pics.

Here are some of the texts from the ball game. I don't know if any of these were sent from us, but if they were,

I love you too!!!

Thanks for all the fun and laughs.

Especially the circle!!!

Round 3: Feature A Quote

Thanks to all of your support I have made it to Round 3 (the "Feature A Quote" Challenge). I chose to use the Helen Keller quote, "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart." I put this project together in a hotel room and shot this photo in a bathroom. The best light in a Hampton Inn is apparently in the bathroom!

Anyhow, this round they have put all of the cards together on one page (as opposed to two pages as in previous rounds) so it is best to link the entire page. They also added instructions on the top of the page in case that helps anyone. My card is the second one from the top. The gallery can be seen here.

The voting page can be reached by clicking here.

Thanks again for all of your support. I know this project took me away from family time for a little while this weekend so I wanted to make sure you all know how much I appreciate the understanding and support. It was a lot of fun to see everyone this weekend. We missed you, Beckers!

Until next time...

Pittsburgh, etc.

Here wa are at the start of our day at Kennywood, (This is after Steve took us for an exciting ride in the parking lot-I'll let him explain.) Then after riding the first roller coaster of the day (Thunderbolt) I saw this guy.

On another note-congrats to Liz-she's in the final 10!

Round 2: Monochromatic

Hey Gang! The second round of Gallery Idol has begun. You are all probably sick of this whole thing by now, but I appreciate that you are sticking with me. Here are a couple of photos of my card:





If you want to know all the hairy details about the card you can go here.

To see all of the entries click here.

To vote click here. Remember: MY screen name is CreativeCritter and my project is called "Look Up To." Voting ends at 12:00 noon MST on Thursday. You can vote once per computer per round, so please click carefully. Thank you again for the support!

REACH

Hello everyone, sorry for the delay in reporting about REACH. It's been a busy week since we returned (Kevin's driving permit, Kevin's new job, Mom being sick all week).
It was a fantastic week in Cuyahoga Falls! Our group of 18 people from Zion joined over 450 youth and adults at Woodridge High and Middle Schools to work on 44 houses in Cuyahoga Falls and Akron. It was amazing to watch all of these people come together each day, so excited and eager to go to work each morning at 8 a.m. There was lots of painting, some roofing, building of decks and porches, straightening a leaning garage (that was on Julie's worksite), and much, much more. There was also much praise and worship for God who made this whole week possible.
One amazing story - at one of the houses, the neighbor (homeowner) had not been able to open her front door for years. And if she had, she could not have walked off of her porch because there were no steps. Also, her garage door was broken and would not close, so people were stealing from her. In one week, the workcampers repaired and closed the garage door, fixed her front door and built a new porch with steps and a railing!
Here are a few pictures of us in Ohio. If you want to see more (3000+) go to www.reachwc.org and look at all of the work. Soon we will send you a listing of the picture numbers for the four of us, plus the other campers from our church.

Where's the lowdown on REACH?

Just wondering, Beckers, when you're gonna post something about your trip. How about some pics?