http://www.hupandsteph.com Telling our story to anyone who's listening Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:15:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While I was at the office today Frank kept trying to climb into my backpack, so I decided to give him what he wanted. The funny thing is, once I zipped him up, he didn't really want to get out. I have a feeling that this won't be the last ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/24/franks-in-your-backpacks/ Last weekend Stephanie and I headed out the Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay with some of our friends and had an awesome time. Little did we know, however, that we were going to be paying one heck of a price for that awesome time. We were going to ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/21/the-hup-and-steph-rashup/ There are some really amazing things that can only be found out here in Northern California and one of them has to be the Mavericks Surf Contest. It's one of the world's most respected big wave competitions and is held every year that weather permits about 20 miles south of ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/13/2010-mavericks-surf-contest/ I just got this email notification today form Godaddy that let me know that my domain HUPDADDY.COM has officially expired. This domain was one of the first URLs that I ever bought and was where I did a lot of my first web development. Also, the first email address that ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/08/end-of-an-era-the-cancellation-of-hupdaddycom-tear/ Unfortunately I never ended up writing up last week's post, but with the message that we heard this morning at church this week should more than make up for it. This week's message was all about how Jesus died to make us righteous, which is actually a subject that Stephanie ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/07/finding-myself-not-the-point/ Hey guys!  It's Steph writing our church thoughts for this week.  Ryan has some two cents to add in reflection to the sermon this morning, which you can read over here in his post. This week was all about righteousness.  Righteousness is another big church word that could use a ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/02/07/church-thoughts-to-chew-on-for-february-7th-2010-jesus-died-to-make-us-righteous/ Before I start this week's church thoughts to chew on, I wanted to say that Stephanie and I have gotten some great response from several people since we decided to start posting these weekly recaps. For us these posts are a great way to reflect, absorb and share the message ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/01/24/church-thoughts-redepmtion/ If you've followed our blog for awhile you'll be sure to recognize this band from previous posts. Our friends, from the Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band are out touring around the country,and this Thursday night (1/21) they're going to be gracing us with their presence in San Francisco.  Like ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/01/19/the-rev-is-back/ It's been a while since we've posting some of our church thoughts and we're happy to get started on getting them out to all of you on a weekly basis. It's no excuse, really, but the holidays threw us off a bit, but we promise that you'll be seeing them ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/01/17/gods-enduring-grace-and-love/ A friend of mine from high school recently entered a contest to become the most interesting patient in the world.  The Austin Dental Spa in Austin, Texas instituted a contest in which dental patient enthusiasts created videos to prove why they are deserving of a smile makeover.  The grand prize ... http://www.hupandsteph.com/2010/01/17/help-make-my-friend-the-most-interesting-patient-in-the-world/