This Very Fullfilling Job I Have

This is kind of old news, but...

I've been working at Macy's all summer until I can find some legitimate employment within my field. Lucky for me, Annie stopped in to surprise me on a very slow night wearing her mom's homely-made prom dress from back in the day (a source of a lot of laughter that week for some reason!). She jokingly asked me if I could find her a shoe for it...and tragically, I could. Thanks, Annie for making my job just a little bit more rewarding. :)

Brave, isn't she?

Scary, isn't it?

Girl's Weekend

All of the guys went out of town this weekend for our church's men's retreat. They had a great time. We were bummed! They add so much spontaneity and fun to our evenings! So...we set out to have a great girl's weekend together.

We started out with a late night of movies that the boys would have objected to (While You Were Sleeping and Confessions of a Shopaholic). Only Monica made it through both of the movies, but it was really fun to stay up into the wee hours watching chick flicks. ;)

The next day we all dressed up in black and white and went to Cafe Vino for desserts. It was fun and the desserts were delicious.
We were sorely disappointed that our weekend didn't even begin to top the fun that the guys had during their retreat...but, I have to say that Sunday night was the best night. Dan asked Steph if he could pursue her and she said yes and that resulted in a debrief of the whole conversation until 5am. Needless to say, we were excited! :)

Hmm...maybe I should have titled this "Steph's a Girlfriend Now."

Third Wheeling.

Steph, Dan, and I all went to see Tenth Avenue North in Denver the other night. Great concert! Here are a couple of pictures:

I know this makes me seem like a five year old, but I got a chuckle out of this as we stood in line, Steph and I both boycotting these at all costs. :)

Legos

I haven't been super into blogging since I've been back in Colorado, but couldn't resist sharing this story.

I've been helping with VBS at church all week being a crew leader for second graders. I've had a pretty great group of kids that together make up a nice mix of sweet, inquisitive, adventurous, and strong willed. :) My strong willed little guy has been giving me a preview of parenthood this week, but is finally starting to listen and obey and is having more fun because of it (I'm sure!). This morning they shared the gospel with the kids in a way they could understand. To help them understand sin, we passed around a black trash bag for each child to think of something he or she thought was a sin and confess it to Jesus. While most of my kids asked if "being impolite counted" and if sin was Adam and Eve's fault, one little boy tugged on my leg and said, "Teacher? I have some Legos in my pocket and I'm sorry." I thought he just had them from home so I told him to just keep them there and he could play with them when he got home. But he said, "No, I stole them from downstairs and I'm sorry I did that." I was touched by his little conscience being affected by the message!

You never know how a heart might be softening. I have memories of visiting AWANA with a friend as a little girl and raising my hand when they said "Is there anyone here who hasn't ever done anything bad?" I thought I was that girl! Later, of course, I realized that I was a sinner. It's easy to give up on those kids, but I'm glad the people there didn't push me away.

His mercy covers it all (even Lego thiefs!).

Visitors

Ashley came to visit and this picture pretty much sums it up...we had a really fun time! So fun to have people come and visit me. Heart.

Basically, it rained because it has been doing that a whole lot lately and we were at the drive in. We made it work, except for a couple of tarp spills down our sleeves. Brr!

Winter?

What is this? Snow?

Nope. Hail.

Isn't it June?

Two Down!

Two of the six interior design girls are now marrried. :) I celebrated Erin's wedding this weekend with a quick trip to North and South Carolina.

Marya, Jena (a bridesmaid), Erin, Rebecca, and Me. We missed Tanya!

It was so fun to spend time talking late into the night with these girls and for us to be out of college. It was a weird feeling, but so refreshing. Luckily, I'll be back in September for the next one...Marya.

As you can see, Marya still needs one more ring. :)

Probably the weirdest part of this wedding for me was when they announced that Erin was going to throw her bouquet and I looked at the other girls like "Let's go." and they looked back at me like "I'm married (or) I'm engaged." I went solo, but I didn't catch it.