Monday, August 20, 2007

Summer is almost over......




Yes, it's been awhile! We are still alive and ticking, and have been pretty busy, but that's summer for you. We did go to conference at the beginning of August, which was a bit hectic, but fun. I got to reunite with all my Ecuador teammates, which is practically a miricle! We got to meet Steph's husband, and all sat around and reminisced about how young and stupid we once were, and how much we have all changed. It still amazes me how much that one year of reach affected my life, and how much growing up I did that year, and my year at rosedale too. I was marveling last night at how choices I've made have had such an impact on how I'll live. And how the good choices that my parents and grandparents made make it so much easier for me to make good choices. I know how to choose and work at having a healthy marriage because I've seen that modeled by my parents and grandparents. And How much easier was it for me to believe in Jesus because I grew up being taught that that was truth? It makes me so grateful for the Godly heritage I have. Anyways, we had a great time at conf. seeing people we hadn't seen in a while, and getting to see melis and keith haarar's new little girl, keira noelle! cute cute cute!!!
Monday night I went with Heidi down to Hocking Hills to go camping with Julie and Marsha. We had a fabulous time being goofy, and eating all of marsha's fabulous food, watching shooting stars, and fishing! Marsha is hilarious, she loves to fish, but she hates worms, so every time they go, she has to have Julie put the worms on for her! So julie was our designated worm-putter-oner. I caught nothing, even tho we were at a great spot (fish hate me), but the rest of the girls caught a few. We went swimming even tho we weren't supposed to, and took a long walk in the woods to build up our appetite again after a huge breakfast! How fun is it to be a girl?! I love it!
We went up to my parents house this weekend because it was the last weekend we could all be there in a while, as Heidi leaves this thursday for Asbury. Aside from a slight flea infestation, it was great fun. Scott bought all four seasons of Smallville, and you could barely pull him and Heidi away from the tv all weekend! So the rest of us girls played mario party, which is somewhat of a tradition in our house. I think it started as a way for Scott to get all of us to play nintendo with him! I completely suck at all the mini games, but it's fun anyways. We also went and saw Stardust, which I highly recommend, and walked around Target and this little blueberry festival a bit.
Things I love right now - Charles Shaw Savignon blanc from Trader Joe. Really good wine, about 4$ a bottle, perfect to cook with and drink! If I ever bought a whole case of wine, this is it!
- the new exit from 270 onto 71 north! So much nicer - why didn't they do this from the beginning?!!! I am hoping that my thanksgiving will be a much nicer day because we will not have had to wait for half an hour just to get onto 71.
- second vacations!!
- more importantly, the book of proverbs.

"Rescue those being led away to death;
hold back those staggering towards slaughter.
If you say, "But we knew nothing about this,"
does not HE WHO WEIGHS THE HEART perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay each person according to what he has done? "
PV. 24:11-12