"I pack my case. I check my face..."

I'm a tad hungry right now... and I'm thinking I should do something about that... but alas... that will not be happening this very second.

I have kind of been failing at the updating of this... which also means that I have failed up the picture part of this blog. Hmm... I will work on that right now.

Here is the picture for today! Yay! So if I remember correctly I took this at my mom's aunt's house this past summer. For those of you who know my family, it would be Aunt Judy... if you don't know the fam... well I have an aunt Judy. Just for those who read this that aren't part of the family, she lives in PA and every summer she opens her house up for the entire family to come and hang out for the day. It is pretty awesome. It sometimes makes me wish that I was closer to my family... but it is all good because God has brought some amazing people into my life that I have adopted to be my family :).

So this picture brings back some good memories and some not so good memories. It is now November and many of the people that I worked with this summer said that sometime in October it would hit me that I want to be back there. And to tell you the honest truth, I am thankful that I am not there and I am not planning on going back. Not to say that camp was a bad experience, because I had an amazing summer. There were times when I did not want to be there, but I am still thankful for the experience.

One of the best memories from this summer has nothing to do with camp per say. It has to do with the amazing conversation that I had one day with Aunt Judy. I was thankful to have an old friend from SMC working at Mont Lawn this summer that happened to have a car that didn't mind if I borrowed it. So one of my days off I drove about an hour or so to hang out with my aunt. Which could have been a tad awkward, but it wasn't. It was a time when I felt welcomed into her house with open arms and a great conversation. Not to mention Chick-fil-a :)

On to something else... I know that this is really hard to believe, but I LOVE WORKING WITH MONTREAT PRES! The black and white pictures are two of the girls, Alex and Ruth. Sadly for me they have truly stolen a piece of my heart. Really I think a part of my heart is missing right now because they are not with me. The pictures were taken during the family retreat at Bonclarken that I was luckily enough to get to go because I worked in the one and two year-olds. Needless to say, they took these pictures of themselves and I put them together on picnik... it was fun. These are the two that think I need to get married before May. I promise that will not be happening. Unless God knows something that I do not. It has been hilarious to listen to them try to get me hitched. They are ridiculous. And I love them.

I don't have a picture of one of the other ones that has truly stolen my heart. Haylee. She is beyond amazing. This past week I think my heart almost broke because of her. After youth on Wednesday, while waiting we were waiting for her dad to come pick her up and she was asking me questions about school and such. During which I told her that I was looking at a job in TN for next year. After telling her that my heart broke because instantly she insisted that I am not allowed to leave. She wants me to be her D-Team leader next. I WOULD LOVE TOO! It really does make me sad that I might not be around next year for them. I will miss them so much.

The next on the list of the amazing youth girls that has stolen my heart is Miriam. She stole my sweatshirt and Alex stole my phone... And I came out with this picture. Miriam's brother also works with the youth, and Alex and Ruth think that I need to marry her brother, however, Miriam is not amused by that. I however am amused by the fact that she is not amused. Miriam is really amazing... she is the one in the group that will steal my phone and keys among others things but then give them back like two seconds later. I never get to see her anymore, and that really makes me sad. Although I saw her Sunday and she did assure me that she does not hate me, which is good. Miriam's best friend is Savannah and Savannah is slowly becoming one of the girls that has stolen my heart. The two of them together actually make the time with them better.

Since I am on the subject of AMAZING people in my life I have to mention four people that I am over joyed to have in my life. The four people on the right are the most amazing people EVER! The four of them fearlessly help out on Wednesday night stuff for youth. Whitney it the first person and she is AMAZING! Her husband is the person next to her... I hacked facebook for their pictures and it was a fail, but that is alright. They are having a baby girl in December if I remember correctly. They are so awesome. David is the three person. He is actually Miriam's brother that I mentioned earlier. He is pretty much awesome. The last person, but certainly not least is Alex. He is pretty much amazing as well. Wednesday nights would not be a piece of cake without them... I thank God for them on a regular basis. :]
I can not talk about the amazing people in my life right now with out mentioning at least for two minutes Breena. She is pretty much amazing... and thinks that having a baby changes your life or something... Weird I know. We tend to meet at the Drip once a week, have text message conversations while in the same room, and occasionally get distracted by shiny things... maybe the last one is just me. I have really enjoyed getting to know her this semester and sitting down with her. I forgot how great it is just to hang out with someone and talk about life. Something that I haven't truly had since leaving SMC.

So this entry has taken me way to long to write. I am going to "take a nap" and eat dinner and go hang out with some youth kids for craft night :]. I so wish that was my job...