Monday Haps

I'm suddenly abbreviating every word possible. Haps=Happenings. Monday nights are usually reserved for Monday tradish (tradition) with churchy friend Celsey which includes dinner and the Bach (Bachelorette). She got sick today and couldn't make it. Instead of sitting on my lazy booty for 2 hours I hit he gym instead. Nothing can take the place of Monday night tradish and I would rather watch with someone else. Watching while on the treadmill was the next best thing. At least I got in a good run today.

Youth Conference

i spent the weekend with 10 teenagers for our church youth conference. i have honestly been dreading it just a little, but everything worked out so well. the kids were generally well behaved and had a great time. it was a lot of work, but well worth it.

i always freak out about not having enough food so i tend to buy a lot. we did have some food left, but it really wasn't way too much. for some crazy reason i thought i could prep it all myself, but luckily i ended up having a couple helpers.

we spent friday boating at yuba lake. couldn't ask for a better day. the water was like glass almost all day, and the weather was perfect.

by the end of the night saturday, we were all so happy to have everything cleaned up and all kids returned safely home. what a fun/exhausting weekend

this was the sunset on the way home from the lake. perfect ending to a pretty great day.

we definitely worked hard and played hard this weekend. the kids all had a great time, developed friendships with each other, and hopefully learned a thing or two...success.

Weekend Recap

Is it ok to recap a weekend when you're practically half way into the next week??? Well, I'm going to.

i finally used the pass of all passes and went to 7 peaks. i already feel like i got my money's worth out of that thing, but i am determined to go some more.

chelsea and fam were in town. i spent nearly every second possible with them. i tried teaching karson to say my name. it resulted in him saying dog sounds.

finally made a few itty bitty baby skirts. find out more on my other blog.

i also went to a wedding reception and hit 7.5 miles on my garmin (some of that might have been walking)

dinner happenings

I went to dinner with a couple friends at Cafe Shambala in the avenues the other night. All of a sudden I saw a line of 10 ish people and thought it was ROTC or something. It ended up being the police. I was so distracted at dinner trying to figure out what in the world was happening. We never did find out. After 2 hours of standing around talking, they all piled in a minivan and left. So weird!

May Photos

here are my may photos. these posts are taking forever to format so maybe i'll go back to posting a little more often.

1; peace. friend jenilee posted this

2: skyline

3: something i wore

4: fun. crafting with Bonny is fun

5: bird. wall art

6: you. don't feel like myself without painted nails

7: someone that inspires me. founders of kids on the move

8: smell i adore. I Love Love

9: something i do everyday. get ready

10: favorite word. kid words are my favorite

11: kitchen. right in the middle of shower prep/cakeing fail

12: happy. thousands of people uniting for a cause

13: mom. plus the girls

14: grass

15: love. i might be crazy, but i love hot weather

16: what i'm reading. maxi dress tutorial

17: snack. early morning flight snack

18: something i made. baby gifts

19: favorite place

20:something i can't live without

21: where i stand. tennis court. finally back

22: pink

23: technology

24: something new. manual labor

25: unusual. leaving work early

26: 12:00. roommate Suzie's wedding

27: sweet. easily my new fave

28: weather today

29: a number. 2 by 2:00. please help

30: personality. sometimes my work takes personality tests and hangs it on the wall

31:something beautiful

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have you ever...

 

...wanted to reinvent yourself? I have been in more or less the same setting for years now. Even though I have moved a few times and made new friends, I am in basically the same scene as I have been since college. I have no plans to leave anytime soon so I have never really thought about it too much. I went to dinner with a couple friends (one of which is up and moving across the country in a month) the other night. While I was stocking up on mascara at Nordstrom, Tina was looking around and ended up looking at headbands (something she usually never wears). We started talking about trying new things, and I reminded her she is moving to a new town and can be whoever she wants. Our motto for the night became new town, new you. How exciting! I'm pretty predictable. People know what to expect from me. The thought of moving to a new town and being whoever you want to be sounds exciting and fun. Don't worry people. I'm not going anywhere. Also, don't worry about this headband. It was absurd and totally a joke although Tina did buy some really cute headbands for project new town, new you.

Staff Retreat

Since Kids on the Move depends on a lot of volunteers, they decided to give back to the community. The morning half of our staff retreat this year was spent with Habitat for Humanity. Our group spent the morning leveling a backyard and pulling out the hugest lilac bush for transplant. That bush was a beast and took all morning but we FINALLY got it out.

After all the manual labor, we all met at a park and had lunch and free time. Not such a bad way to spend a work day.

San Diego...Instagram version

I flew into San Diego Thursday morning to meet Chelsea and fam. We spent 2 fun filled days at SeaWorld. Chelsea took pictures with her camera so naturally I only used my phone. I had major technology problems right before going to the airport so luckily the trip is documented on instgram.

flew in bright and early thursday morning

karson got a little brave with the water

shamu show

karlee re living her fav ride from disney last year

up close with the dolphins

sea lions



little baby sharks



hit the beach for a very few minutes on way out of town