Travel & Frog in the Blender

Three of our best friends had the opportunity to do some mission’s work over in Haiti. They have been there since last Monday and will be back home in a few days. I think it is such an amazing opportunity to experience and I’m very thankful that they were able to serve the Lord in this way. I would have loved to have gone with, but it just didn’t work out for me and Ben to do so. It just never seems to work out to do these types of trips.

I had a chance to go to the Dominican Republic in High School, but it fell through. I remember being really bummed and hoping that I’d have another chance. My freshman year of college I thought that it was finally going to happen for me. My softball team offered a chance to go to the Dominican over Interterm. It also fell through though.

The fall semester of my Junior Year I was all signed up and paid for to spend my semester in Africa. I was very excited to go, but felt God calling me to stay at Greenville. I was the captain of our softball team and the RC of my floor. I felt that I had a lot of opportunities right there in front of me. So I reluctantly backed out of the trip and stayed. I did end up dating my future husband that semester and I formed some great relationships with teammates, roommates, and dormmates. So I’m definitely not complaining…I just can’t figure out why these trips have never worked out for me.

Maybe someday…I know they will go to Haiti again in two years. Fingers crossed!!

We’ve had a fun week though. We did the following:

- Test drove bikes. Ours got stolen. Boo to that!! Bikes are darn expensive though…boo to that too!

-Had our first Shaved Ice of the summer. One of my favorite kinds is Frog in a Blender. It is Green Apple with a splash of cherry. Morbid name, but very tasty!

-Played some washers. (read previous story)

-Ben got his XBOX 360 back. It had the Red Ring of Death. I thought he was going to cry. He is happy that he has it back. He hugged it when he got it back. It was precious.

-Had the chance to chat it up with my friend Emily. She is quite the bike riding stud now.

-Had dinner with the Churchills. Talk about some great people…we love hanging out with them. They have the funniest stories.

-Worked on a video for our nephew Simon. Almost done…the party is tomorrow at noon. I better get moving on finishing that up. I hope they like it!

That’s about it!

AFV Worthy

Tonight Ben and I were playing some washers in our backyard. (See photo of the day)

This is a very low key game. There should be no physical contact or injuries. It isn't lawn jarts for goodness sakes. Lawn Jarts could possibly be one of the greatest outdoor games ever created though. If anybody knows where I could get some we would be willing to play big money for them. (They are illegal now and are not sold anywhere!)

Anyways...so both of us walked away from our game of washers with an injury.

First I tried to stop one of Ben's wild throws with my foot. Instead it hit me square in the ankle and made quite the tink noise. I of course did a little hopping, that hurt, dance! It instantly puffed up and turned a dark shade of blue. Wow. I am talented.

Then about 10 minutes later I threw a wonderful toss that swirled around inside the cup and popped back out. It was almost a 3 point toss. Anyways, it ended up popping right up out of the cup and hitting Ben in the crotch. I some how managed to hit him in the crotch from 20 feet away with a washer! Now that's some skill. I of course bent over laughing almost to the point of tears. Ben was also almost in tears, but for a very different reason.

Then he beat me both games. I think God was rewarding him for taking a shot down there. Ben did successfully cover himself during each of my throws after that. I guess he just didn't want to take that chance again. Maybe he will wear a cup next time.

Baby Mama

I haven't blogged for over a month. That should tell you how stinkin funny I thought Baby Mama was. Go see it! Pick that friend who laughs when you laugh or that friend who still quotes Anchorman, Mean Girls, or your favorite Office episodes with you and go see it.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are hysterical and the Lamaze coach has a lazy R. I'm not sure the technical name of it, but when she wants to say really she say weawwy and when she says lesbian lovers she is really saying wesbian wovers. I almost peed my pants I was laughing so hard.

Plus it has Steve Martin who gives one of the best performances I've ever seen him do. It's filled with amazing quotes!

If you've seen it let me know what you think!

Oh and I watched the new Indiana Jones movie and was very disappointed. It was cheesy and played the theme song a whopping 9 times. Oh plus Shiloh LeBoeuf swings from some tree vines with a bunch of monkeys. WHAT?