RESCUED: Youth Camp 09!

So this past week I got to travel with our youth group as a counselor to Panama City Beach for camp! It was a great week and God really moved! We have 7 decisions for salvation just in our church and not sure how many overall. There were over 600 kids at the camp so it was a bit crazy but good. I had 5 amazing girls in my "family group" and they were wonderful. They immediately started calling me "mother duck" and it stuck all week! We had some great morning sessions and times of worship but also got to catch the rays at the beach!! Overall it was a great experience and I'm so glad I got to go with our youth!!

So I think this is where I got the name "Mother Duckling" - when they got in from the beach I had coloring books and crayons on the table as well as chips and rotel with cookies in the oven! :)

Soaking up the rays...in our one pieces of course!

I Can Hear the Bells...

I experienced my first role as Maid of Honor at my friend Sara's wedding this weekend!! It was SO exciting and sweet! Of course it was outside in the middle of June in Mississippi so it was also VERY hot but it turned out great! The dinner rehearsal was beautiful and although the wedding day was a bit crazy with setting up and taking down all the reception stuff, overall it went really well! Sara has been such a good friend and I'm so excited for her to start her life as a wife :)

Break-ins and a bucket list :)

Summer is finally here!! YAY!!! Since my mom has been sick for almost 4 weeks now my first several days included house duties - laundry (I don't think my dad understood the laundry process....clothes don't get magically put away by the laundry fairy after the dryer buzzes...we had piles and piles of clothes meeting me at the door, literally, when I got home for college), cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping...I can now get in and out of Walmart in less then 30 minutes...which I view as a talent! But I've really enjoyed being a little home-maker...even sewed on a button for my dad...just call me Martha Stewart!

But my mom and I were suppose to take a mommy-daughter trip to the beach with some friends but after taking her to the doctor in Mississippi and still not results I was forced to fly solo to the beach with the other girls! We still had lots of fun though and thankfully had LOTS of sunshine even though it was suppose to be a tropical storm! Thank you Lord for beautiful weather and sweet friends!!

Being REALLY lazy on the lazy river!

Samford and Memphis buddies :)

The cutest aprons ever!

All the girls!!

We enjoyed a beautiful sunset on our last night :) Sunsets are my favorite!!

Time flies....when you're an Early Childhood and Elementary Ed Major!

Well as hard as this semester has been - I can't believe its almost over! In 5 days I will officially be a senior in college! CRAZY!!! I can't believe how fast the last three years have gone!! But I am ready for summer and a much needed change of pace!! :)

Enjoying the last little bit of my junior year....

Fun but cold night at Maegan's (40 degrees in April what?)- love SMBC's college girls night!

What to do on a rainy day with 4 little ones....silly faces inside the tent with every stuffed animal known to man! :)

A night with the two princesses in my life!

Standium Fest-09 - Thousands of people at Samford and in case you can't tell - thats Chris Tomlin on the stage! It was GREAT!

Celebrating Kristen's 21st at Brio - YUMMY!

My 3rd graders - showing off some minute books we made!! I LOVED this sweet class!!

Ireland Grace is 10 months!!! :) She's excited in her little ruffles pants!

Spring Break 09 with the fam! :)

I got to spend a much needed vacation with the family at the beach! It was amazing and although we had a few rainy days of shopping and wii it was all a lot of fun and very relaxing!!!

Indoor tennis - I am probably the worst tennis player ever but I had so much fun (and appreciate the patience from my dad and brother who are pros)

With all the rain we got to play A LOT of wii!! :)

SUNSHINE!! :)

2009 Thus Far!

Already 2009 is full of excitement and busyness!! I celebrated New Years in Colorado with the college kids from church then worked at Germantown Elementary in a 1st grade class till I went back to school at the end of January! Then StepSing began!! It was VERY time consuming but the performances were really fun!! I also helped with D'now back in Memphis and went home this past weekend and we got 7 inches of snow - how fun!! Needless to say 2009 has been crazy busy but really fun so far!!

After a LONG bus ride we finally made it to Colorado!

Back to B'ham and back to babysitting! Ireland Grace is TOO cute even with baby food from one ear to the other - yes this is an everday occurance!

Adam and I came home on Sunday to celebrate Dad's 50th birthday!!

StepSing 2009 - Witches!!

D'now 2009 at GBC! I had such a fun group of 9th grade girls!

SNOW!! I was sick with the stomach virus this week so Adam drove me home and luckily I got well enough to play in the snow! It was so much fun! We got about 4 inches on Saturday then 3 late Saturday night so it was great fun!!

An ADPi trip to Macon, Georgia where we were founded!!