There are pictures of me from AWOL...

just not very many. I'll try to post them here for you Mom!

More Taylor Pics!

yup, that's my niece!

Charlie...

My swimming buddy for today!

home again!

I just got back from an amazing 12 days in Utah. We had great kids on the trip and vitrually no problems whatsoever. I'm glad to be home, but it is always hard to end a trip. To go from being surrounded by 38 people who deeply care about you to being home alone most of the day is a hard transition. Luckily, Mike gets it, so he is really good when I come home from these trips.

And, we leave today for his grandparent's cabin and a wedding in Pelican Rapids. Then I leave again next Saturday for 10 days in San Antonio with 42 youths.

I love summer!

Leavin...

So this was a crazy week. I'm so glad that I got to see Taylor before I leave tomorrow morning. It was nice of her to come a little early!
I had dinner last night with an old friend who I had not seen in 5 years...how crazy is that??
Tomorrow morning at 5:30 am we leave for Utah for 12 days. I'm responsible for 38 other people for 12 whole days. That intimidates me just a little bit. I guess that is why I never sleep the night before!
Pray for us please.

Taylor pics!

Here's my niece! She is now 1 day old. And I think she is just perfect.

baby!

My niece was born today! Taylor Josephine was born at 8:37 pm tonight! She was 6 pounds 2 ounces and 19 inches long. I got to hold her about 30 minutes after she was born! I'm sure I'll be posting lots and lots of pictures soon.

Lauren's b-day

Pics from Lauren's birthday party last Wednesday. I know, I'm slow.

Anna Nalick

So I really like the song "Breathe (2am)." I had heard it on the radio a couple of times and just liked the melody and the words. I kept hearing it and thinking I should put the lyrics on here. I even tried once and got rejected (my computer is occasionaly stupid). I actually thought about buying the CD when I buy the new Dixie Chicks. But then today, I was cleaning, and I found that we own the CD! How totally random is that? We won it in a raffle at Isaac's rugby thing. So I'm listening to the CD and I'm really like it. Anyway, check out her website. I'm sure she'll have the lyrics there!

100,000 miles

We hit 100,000 miles on the Rodeo tonight. We drove around for abou 45 minutes after a picnic so we could hit it together. It was actually kinda fun, we even got caught in traffic at 9:45 pm on 94 southbound. go figure.

it simply cannot be June

How is it possible that it is June 2 already? What happened to May? I love the change in seasons, I love the heat that has come to Minnesota. I don't love running the AC all the time, but hey, that's okay. We don't have shades yet, so it is not easy to regulate the temp in our house. One of Mike's many projects for when I am gone this summer.

Today marks the beginning of open house season. One tonight and two tomorrow, then free till next weekend. I love going to open houses because I have no idea where most of the kids live, so it is fun to see their homes, as well as the picture boards of their life. I'm especially excited when they have pictures up from AWOL and other church stuff. I need to start wrapping gifts and writing cards...I'll have to do that this afternoon. We also have a picnic tonight, a combo of the youth and children's staff. I'm looking forward to it, I really enjoy all the people that I work with.

Okay, yoga did not go well this morning, it hurt my knees to much. So I'm slightly ahead of schedule cause I had to cut it short. Of course, now that I am on the internet I'll be way behind, so I should be off to shower and look pretty. Have a wonderful day!