Birk Adventures

Dear Followers, Because of Martha's faint allusion to my super-natural powers (my lightning-speed reflexes) in her last post, I feel it is appropriate to come clean with you all - to explain to you all why you often stop and think, "there's something extraordinary about Adam." You probably won't be surprised to learn that I AM A SUPERHERO. Your suspicions are confirmed. I hope you don't feel bad for being kept in the dark for so long. I didn't even learn this fact until a few years ago. It all started in my first year of being married. Through a number of rather strange events, I realized that I wasn't exactly like other human beings. Three things opened my eyes to reality: 1. Mass Cell Growth (compare with Wolverine) There are a few spots on my body that experience massive cell proliferation in the form of hair growth. I have this one little brown spot on my arm. I am blonde, but a little black hair grows out of this spot with amazing speed. One day I...

Well, here we are again after a whirlwind month of Adam graduating, road-tripping to Texas, and moving to Springville. So first off, hooray for Adam graduating! I'm so proud of him and so happy to be on this side of law school. Not that it wasn't great--we have loved this time and are so grateful for BYU and our experiences here. But having all the stress, studying, writing, and finals behind us feels great. The week after graduation we took off for a major road-trip to Texas. Yes, everything is bigger in Texas, including the road-trips. It was a LOT of driving, but seeing family was definitely worth it. The only disastrous part was our first day. We left Provo at 2 pm, aiming to get to Albuquerque at 1 am. Mini had been sick and we debated if we should even go, but finally decided it was now or never and went for it. So poor Mini was throwing up for the first while. As soon as Adam would hear the gagging, his lightning speed reflexes would kick in. In one motion he'd grab ...