I feel like our house is a place to switch out our clothes and pack again. I keep saying I don't feel like we've been home at all this summer, and then I think- that's because we haven't. From the day I got out of school it has been trip after trip. It has been tiring, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I love being able to travel with Mitch! It is our passion and we love seeing new places together. I am just so thankful I now have summers off to be able to do it more.
We are in the process of packing again and at the end of this week, we are Colorado bound! I am so pumped. We have been to Colorado several times together in the winter, but never together in the summer. And we are both so outdoorsy and love to hike, bike, etc i can't believe we haven't been together before. That's the thing I miss most about living in Bentonville- the atmosphere of the town fits Mitch and I's personality to a T. We both always say- I wish we could move Bentonville to a suburb of tulsa. There are just so many things we love about AR. But that's a whole different story :)
My family rented a big cabin on a golf course in the mountains in Vail and I can't wait to get there. Mitch and I are planning on golfing, hiking, biking and maybe a day at the spa. I think we could hike everyday and be happy. We will also be there over our 3rd anniversary and I couldn't think of any other way we would want to spend our day.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Youth Camp 2013
Well we survived camp! J/K... We had an absolute blast. We always look forward to it and it always goes by way too fast. We just love that we are able to still help out with Studio 412 and the youth. We really miss living in Bentonville for that reason. We are so thankful Hutch and Maegan keep us the loop and invite us to attend their activities! We will, of course, be going to camp again next year and I think we are going to join them on their mission trip as well. I cant wait!
We left early friday morning and spend Friday-Tuesday at camp. We were so glad to be home Wednesday and relax and catch up on some much needed sleep. I had a group of Freshman girls and fell in love with them. I think it is so important for girls to have mentors in their life, and I hope I was able to help just one of them. Unfortunately one of my sweetest girls, Danielle sprained her ankle on the first day... so Laura and I ended up taking her to the ER and yes, we missed a day of camp, but I was able to really bond with her and I think it honestly was my favorite parts of the whole week. She was able to really open up and I loved having that time with her. Not to mention we may have been at the sketchiest hospital ever and we have some GREAT stories. I sometimes forget I am 10 years older than them.. I think of Danielle as a good friend, not just a girl I had in my group. I am thankful for her friendship and look forward to hanging out with her when I am back in b'ville.
I could go on and on about camp and how awesome it was but I would be writing forever. We had some amazing experiences and lots of new friendships were made. We had the same band and speaker as last year and I was super excited, especially about the speaker. He is my favorite! His name is Ryan Fontenot and he is amazing. He really speaks and challenges the students, but also the adults as well. He is very straight forward and makes you feel uncomfortable at times, but he is so good.
Like I said, I could never explain our week at camp, it is just something you have to experience, but I can say it will be the best part of my summer. Even though we do not attend that church every sunday anymore, every adult there treats us like we never left. We are finally getting caught up on sleep and unpacking. We only had one full day at home when we got back from NOLA and when we left for camp and now we have 7 days before we leave for Colorado for a week. So I am doing lots of laundry, errands, etc to try and be ready for our next trip. This summer needs to slow down... It is flying by way too fast! Also, sorry I am not posting many pics from our trips... I post them all on my instagram if you wanna see :)
Have an awesome week!
We left early friday morning and spend Friday-Tuesday at camp. We were so glad to be home Wednesday and relax and catch up on some much needed sleep. I had a group of Freshman girls and fell in love with them. I think it is so important for girls to have mentors in their life, and I hope I was able to help just one of them. Unfortunately one of my sweetest girls, Danielle sprained her ankle on the first day... so Laura and I ended up taking her to the ER and yes, we missed a day of camp, but I was able to really bond with her and I think it honestly was my favorite parts of the whole week. She was able to really open up and I loved having that time with her. Not to mention we may have been at the sketchiest hospital ever and we have some GREAT stories. I sometimes forget I am 10 years older than them.. I think of Danielle as a good friend, not just a girl I had in my group. I am thankful for her friendship and look forward to hanging out with her when I am back in b'ville.
I could go on and on about camp and how awesome it was but I would be writing forever. We had some amazing experiences and lots of new friendships were made. We had the same band and speaker as last year and I was super excited, especially about the speaker. He is my favorite! His name is Ryan Fontenot and he is amazing. He really speaks and challenges the students, but also the adults as well. He is very straight forward and makes you feel uncomfortable at times, but he is so good.
Like I said, I could never explain our week at camp, it is just something you have to experience, but I can say it will be the best part of my summer. Even though we do not attend that church every sunday anymore, every adult there treats us like we never left. We are finally getting caught up on sleep and unpacking. We only had one full day at home when we got back from NOLA and when we left for camp and now we have 7 days before we leave for Colorado for a week. So I am doing lots of laundry, errands, etc to try and be ready for our next trip. This summer needs to slow down... It is flying by way too fast! Also, sorry I am not posting many pics from our trips... I post them all on my instagram if you wanna see :)
Have an awesome week!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
New Orleans 2013
We are back from New Orleans! We had a great trip and I would recommend going if you have never been before. It was very different and it honestly took be about a day to get use to. During the first day, I kept thinking I am not a fan of this place, but as the week went on it was a lot of fun!! It is just a completely different world down there! Ha! For those of you who have been, know exactly what I am talking about.
We ate more food than we should of and saw so many neat things while we were there. We ate seafood I think every meal and it was so good. Some of the best food I have ever had!
Friday we just hung out, exploring the town and we had one of my favorite meals friday night. We went to Copeland's Cheese Cake Restaurant... it is a branch of the original Copeland's (we always eat there when we are in AR). It was amazing!! They had some of the best New Orleans Fried Chicken I have ever tasted! Later that night, we picked Will and Michelle up from the airport.
We stayed at the Olivier House.. it was a very unique hotel right in the middle of the French Quarter. It was your typical "new orleans" hotel and if you want the true feel of the town it is a great place to stay and the location was perfect. I loved being right in the middle of the French Quarter, there was always something going on and everything was in walking distance. The hotel is not even a block form Bourbon St. So that was neat that we were so close, but we could also get away from it if we needed.
Saturday morning we went on a swamp tour and this was probably one of my favorite things we did. We were out there for over 2 hours and saw lots of alligator and heard some pretty funny stories! The life down there is just so different. The rest of the afternoon, we walked all over downtown! I don't think we missed a street. We road the street car and bus as well trying to get all through the town. There are some pretty neat things to see.
Sunday it rained in the morning, so we spent all day at the World War II Museum. We got there at 10:00am and didn't get through until after 3:00..we did have a little lunch break in the middle but still-you could be in there for hours! It was so interesting and we also watched the movie "Beyond All Boundaries" by Tom Hanks. It was about an hour long and it was a 4D movie.. it was crazy and so interesting. If I had to pick one thing to recommend to do in New Orleans, this would by far be it.
Monday, we toured the famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 and it was so weird! New Orleans is so "weird" in general but this was just strange. As most of you know, they have to have all the graves above ground because of the sea level, but actually seeing this was weird. I am so use to seeing out very clean, structured cemeteries and even those thee were above ground, it was just a mess and seemed "run down" and dirty... but thats just how it is down there. They were all crammed in there and some were broken and very dirty. It was neat to see, but very different.
We also made many trips to Cafe Du Monde, did some shopping, ate a ton of crawfish and lots more- it would take me forever to share our whole trip.
We now have one day to unpack, do laundry, re-pack leave for camp!! I had a blast last year and have been looking forward to it since we got back last year. Mitch is going as a nurse and I am a leader and have a group of girls! I am really looking forward to seeing God show up and bless these students this week! We loved being so involved in Bentonville and miss it, but we love our new lifegroup and know it is exactly where God wants us. I am just thankful we are still able to go back to Bentonville and help with events!!
We ate more food than we should of and saw so many neat things while we were there. We ate seafood I think every meal and it was so good. Some of the best food I have ever had!
Friday we just hung out, exploring the town and we had one of my favorite meals friday night. We went to Copeland's Cheese Cake Restaurant... it is a branch of the original Copeland's (we always eat there when we are in AR). It was amazing!! They had some of the best New Orleans Fried Chicken I have ever tasted! Later that night, we picked Will and Michelle up from the airport.
We stayed at the Olivier House.. it was a very unique hotel right in the middle of the French Quarter. It was your typical "new orleans" hotel and if you want the true feel of the town it is a great place to stay and the location was perfect. I loved being right in the middle of the French Quarter, there was always something going on and everything was in walking distance. The hotel is not even a block form Bourbon St. So that was neat that we were so close, but we could also get away from it if we needed.
Saturday morning we went on a swamp tour and this was probably one of my favorite things we did. We were out there for over 2 hours and saw lots of alligator and heard some pretty funny stories! The life down there is just so different. The rest of the afternoon, we walked all over downtown! I don't think we missed a street. We road the street car and bus as well trying to get all through the town. There are some pretty neat things to see.
Sunday it rained in the morning, so we spent all day at the World War II Museum. We got there at 10:00am and didn't get through until after 3:00..we did have a little lunch break in the middle but still-you could be in there for hours! It was so interesting and we also watched the movie "Beyond All Boundaries" by Tom Hanks. It was about an hour long and it was a 4D movie.. it was crazy and so interesting. If I had to pick one thing to recommend to do in New Orleans, this would by far be it.
Monday, we toured the famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 and it was so weird! New Orleans is so "weird" in general but this was just strange. As most of you know, they have to have all the graves above ground because of the sea level, but actually seeing this was weird. I am so use to seeing out very clean, structured cemeteries and even those thee were above ground, it was just a mess and seemed "run down" and dirty... but thats just how it is down there. They were all crammed in there and some were broken and very dirty. It was neat to see, but very different.
We also made many trips to Cafe Du Monde, did some shopping, ate a ton of crawfish and lots more- it would take me forever to share our whole trip.
We now have one day to unpack, do laundry, re-pack leave for camp!! I had a blast last year and have been looking forward to it since we got back last year. Mitch is going as a nurse and I am a leader and have a group of girls! I am really looking forward to seeing God show up and bless these students this week! We loved being so involved in Bentonville and miss it, but we love our new lifegroup and know it is exactly where God wants us. I am just thankful we are still able to go back to Bentonville and help with events!!
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