I went to church yesterday and the priest gave another fantastic homily.  It was about faith again and he had a couple good points.  The first was about the second reading...St. Paul talking about how he asked God three times to take away a certain affliction that he didn't like to accept about himself.  God told Paul that "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."  In other words, have faith that your weaknesses or hardships can be overcome with the grace of God.  Accept them as a burden that will eventually be transformed into goodness by the power of God.  The priest then talked about cradle Catholics (like me) and how we should never stop growing in our knowledge or deepening our faith.  It's like in science, the more you know; the more you realize how much you don't know and the more questions you have about your religion and how God wants you to live.  

Speaking of science...my brain hurts.  Today, I saw 435 slides of every aliment of wild animals known to man kind.  Did you know that penguins are highly susceptible to malaria?  Well now you do.  And did you know snakes have a splenopancreas?  Ya, and apparently people frown upon surgeons that take it out thinking its a tumor.  

Anyhow, enough being nerdy.  Here's some photos from the mountains!  Branden took me to Estes Park and the edge of Rocky Mtn National Park yesterday.  We drove through this really deep canyon of the way there that had enormous cliffs and some little waterfalls.  

We stopped to take a few pics at the Stanley Hotel.  The Shining was written and filmed there...creepy!  It was really pretty though!