HOOOOOORRRAAAYYY!!!!!!!

My sister and brother-in-law are moving!!! To the midwest!! Michael has been interviewing with the E-Free Church in Hastings, NE for a couple of months now. He just had a second on-site interview this last weekend and they got THE call last night that the church wants him!! He will be the new Worship and Music Ministries Director!! So the two of them (3 if you count the dog) will be headed out of Los Angeles on August 5th to make there trek eastward!! I believe Michael's first day is August 10th!!!

Happy Sister here!!

Lake Okoboji

This last weekend, some of my family members and I headed up to Lake Okoboji! We camped at a really nice state park on Big Spirit Lake!! I don't know if any of you know, but I LOVE TO CAMP...in a tent!!! We had so much fun just hanging and checking out the area. Saturday my cousin and unlce set out for a round of golf, while my aunt, my cousin's fiancee, my mom and I headed to Arnold's Park!! Then plan for us girls was to get me up and parasailing...that didn't happen as is was too windy:( So instead my cousin's fiancee and I shopped the little stores they have there while my mom and aunt sat and talked it up!! Then, we stopped at this clothing shop on the way back. All the clothes in it were $100-$700!!! Holy Buckets! Needless to say, no cool clothes were bought there. We went back to the camp ground and picked up the boys to go to our family reunion. I LOVE FAMILY REUNIONS!!!! Love to see family I haven't seen in the last year or more...see who's new and who's married, engaged, etc.

It was a quick weekend but I had fun!!

Day 4- Canon City

Today we woke up before the crack of dawn, put on our swim suits and shorts, and headed out to go white water rafting!! I was so nervous about this, I has huge butterflies in my stomach the whole morning. After some office complications at the rafting place, we loaded a school bus that took us out to the Arkansas River. When we got to the river, I got even more nervous/excited/intimidated. It was not until we were in the boat on the water that I lost those feelings. White water rafting is SO FUN!! I loved the mystery of not knowing if the rapids were going to go under or over the boat. We were with a family who possibly had done this before, they wanted to go all out (like flip the boat). I was not so keen on this...but we did it about half way down our 9 mile trip and I actually enjoyed it!!! This is by far the best venture I have ever been on! I would go again in a heartbeat!

We then went to Buckskin Joes Frontier Town to check out the old city and take the train ride up to a look out point for the Royal Gorge! Very cool place!! We even got out Old Time Photo taken as outlaws breaking free from jail!!

After that train ride, I really felt the need to actually be on the suspension bridge over the Royal Gorge!! So we did it!! We paid the money and enjoyed ourselves some Aerial Tram, walking the bridge, and Jess and I did the incline plain!!

God's land out here is so beautiful and majestic!!

Love ya'll

Day 4- Canon

Beautiful!

God is so good! Shan, Jess and I visited Seven Falls and the Garden of the Gods today!! It was amazing...I can't even fully take in the greatness!! I just want to pitch a tent and stay here...maybe I will!!!

Outta Here

So small update: Nothing new has occurred...I just work and chill. My summer has been spent on the go. I really haven't had a chillax weekend in I can't tell you how long...and it's not going to end anytime soon. That's alright though, I am getting to see lots of friends and family!!!

Tonight after work I am headed to J's house! J, S and I are going to Colorado Springs tomorrow!! I can not even wait!! I am so excited I barely slept last night.

After that it's weddings and family reunions, the Iowa State Fair, and then Labor Day Weekend...wooo.

I will try to update some during my vacation!!

love ya'll