We used to live in Queens and work at a bank/hedge fund in Manhattan. We realized we hated it so we quit. We drove our Ford Escape to San Diego and worked building houses in Tijuana as year-long interns at Amor Ministries. This year Andrew is working full-time for Amor and Joanna is getting her Masters in Social Work from SDSU. Say hello at joanna.flavin@gmail.com or andrewglennflavin@gmail.comTumblr (3.0; @theflavins)http://www.theflavins.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzbdzrAZhq1r5f3nlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://andthisisloveblog.tumblr.com/post/17536400774/grammy-viewing-party-hosts-cuties" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">andthisisloveblog</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Grammy viewing party hosts. Cuties.</p></blockquote> <p>Me and the Mr. :)</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17540651166http://www.theflavins.com/post/17540651166Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:10:08 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzanhf1CTY1qdk1qco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.andthisisloveblog.tumblr.com/" title="Cristy" target="_blank">Cristy</a>, Idea for <a href="http://www.budsandbloomsdesign.com/" title="B&B" target="_blank">B&B?</a></p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://walkingstumbling.tumblr.com/post/17507268528/three-different-bouquets-none-of-them-perfect" target="_blank">walkingstumbling</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>three different bouquets.  none of them perfect, all of them beautiful.</p> </blockquote>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17511871794http://www.theflavins.com/post/17511871794Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:51:58 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzaun5z7m91qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Moment of silence.</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17510821485http://www.theflavins.com/post/17510821485Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:35:28 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz9hktwyjr1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jake’s birthday…again!</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17467744479http://www.theflavins.com/post/17467744479Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:55:40 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz93dsJFCm1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Love the Skip Frye board</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451140153http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451140153Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:49:04 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz93buLzew1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tourmo showers got some new paint</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451075887http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451075887Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:47:54 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz93a8Eyrw1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My least favorite thing is when companies intentionally misspell their names. This is my nightmare.</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451021482http://www.theflavins.com/post/17451021482Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:46:56 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz937bBOU01qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Welcome to Pacific Beach</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17450925015http://www.theflavins.com/post/17450925015Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:45:11 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8yncU5qv1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>How to Save and Still Have Friends: Gettin’ Thrifty with Entertainment</strong></p> <p>Season 4 for 7.99 plus a student discount making it a total of 7. We now have 2 seasons of 24 for 8 bucks.</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17445349201http://www.theflavins.com/post/17445349201Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:06:00 -0800“<p>The love, sacrifice, and difficulty was not glamorous - it was not sexy - it was not easy - it took time…lots of time - and this family was certainly not a project to be completed, a task to be accomplished. This family had become our family and our family had become their family. It was the weaving together of both families.</p> <p>Like a fabric, this was a network of relationships weaving their lives, sweat, time, energy, prayers, and tears together. This was incarnational ministry in its essence:</p> <p>living among<br/> learning from<br/> working with <br/> being shaped by <br/> and walking alongside.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Michael Stewart - <a href="http://www.catalystspace.com/content/print/why_missional_is_incomplete/" target="_blank">Why ‘MIssional’ is Incomplete</a> </em>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17434742098http://www.theflavins.com/post/17434742098Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:57:28 -0800<a href="http://listn.to/kidalienofficial">Check out the Kid Alien BandPage on Facebook!</a>: <p>Kid Alien could not be more awesome.  </p> <p>Wow. He just KILLS it.</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17433743619http://www.theflavins.com/post/17433743619Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:39:12 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz8mfkmzc51qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We still have a mouse and/or Joanna problem…</p> <i> (Times like these I wish I could “like” our own posts…I am such a funny little mouse. -Joanna)</i>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17430753801http://www.theflavins.com/post/17430753801Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:42:00 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7ribhXg41qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Birthday, Jake!</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17412061678http://www.theflavins.com/post/17412061678Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:59 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7rhcHwL61qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mardi gras @ State! Yay, Youngs!</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17412038228http://www.theflavins.com/post/17412038228Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:24 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7p3utfsJ1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seeing the play ‘Eleemosynary’ at PLNU</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17409722252http://www.theflavins.com/post/17409722252Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:06 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5lhysSnX1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I made Golden Spoon Awards for Howie and Erin for their cookoff victories</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17348003603http://www.theflavins.com/post/17348003603Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:29:58 -0800<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz5aggdnPT1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Thrifty Thursday: CVS</strong></p> <p>Thanks to my dollar off coupon, these two items were 72 cents.</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17333727791http://www.theflavins.com/post/17333727791Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:00 -0800<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz42y7jMv21qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>3rd Annual Amor Chili Cookoff</p> <p>We all spread the crockpots around the office as they cook for the morning, we sample them all in dixie cups, and then the experts deliberate.</p> <p>Mine is the crockpot in the top right and….it was officially awarded the silver medal!</p> <p>NBD.</p> <p>I made Grandma Lynn/Aunt Jodi/mom’s chili recipe but, no offense guys, I took some liberties. The official recipe was a little…midwestern…which isn’t bad it just means Mexicans might use the word dulce instead of picante.</p> <p>So, I cut back on the bbq sauce, left out he brown sugar, added an entire can of chipotle peppers, and was pretty liberal with my favorite hotsauce in my collection, Salsa Huichol.</p> <p>I decided on an awesome name too - Tierra de Diez Mil Lagos de Fuego (Land of Ten Thousand Lakes of Fire).</p> <p>It was pretty good if I do say so myself.</p> <p>-andrew (Yes, I made it all by myself. Jo was so proud!)</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17308208716http://www.theflavins.com/post/17308208716Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:51:43 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz1ahat7nf1qzbe6zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>An inside out braid that was pulled out to make messier (courtesy of Alyssa Lachey on Rachael Ray). What do you think, El?</p>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17215375308http://www.theflavins.com/post/17215375308Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:41:34 -0800“Stop helping God across the road like a little old lady”<br/><br/> - <em>Bono</em>http://www.theflavins.com/post/17195628958http://www.theflavins.com/post/17195628958Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:31:08 -0800