Playing Catch-up

How-dee!
Well it's been a crazy two weeks but here's a recap!

The week of June 9-13 my three nephews, Wade, Zach & Garrett, were in town for Vacation Bible School. My sister came into town as well and we were one BIG happy family! VBS went well and the boys seemed to enjoy themselves and the new songs they learned!

In the afternoons we took them to lunch and on Monday we went to a Huntsville Stars baseball game. Tuesday we played on the slip and slide, Wednesday we went to Point Mallard water park in Decatur and on Thursday we went to see Kung Fu Panda! After VBS on Friday they left to go back home but not before Ice Cream Friday! Garrett got bubble gum ice cream with gummy bears! YUCK! But he loved it and that was all that mattered!

Hey, and I did really good cooking for 6 people all week...so at least I know I can do that!

LAST WEEK June 16-20 I was in Gulf Shores, AL at Camp Baldwin with my churches Middle School Camp! We had such a wonderful week! The kids were absolutely amazing! I was so impressed with their love for God and the eagerness to share what He is doing in their lives. They are such a great group. My small group made up of 6 girls and my co-leader Mitzi Werline was a fabulous group! We had great discussions and really bonded! Torrey, Cara, Elissa, Melissa, Kalle and Michelle are 6 really awesome chicks! We are going to continue to meet to learn about God's love and show our love to others! We also had a great time hanging out and laughing and just being silly! I love my girls!

And finally yesterday! Yesterday I traveled to Birmingham to attend Luci & Rob Davis' baby shower! They are expecting Will to be here sometime in the middle of August. It was a great shower and Luci & Rob got so many nice things for baby Will. Brannan and I went a little over board! We had such a good time finding gifts for this special baby boy!

Do Not GO SEE the Zohan!

Do Not Mess with the Zohan is the worst movie ever! Brannan and I decided to go see it this afternoon since it was such a hot day, we thought it would be a nice afternoon.

Well, we were wrong! I thought the movie looked silly but still funny, and I admit I DID want to see it. But that was a huge mistake. I have a place for stupid comedy in my heart I.E. Malibu's Most Wanted. However this movie needs to pay the person who edited the film for the preview because they did an excellent job making this movie appear funny! Like I said it is horrible. Now, with that being said, there are funny parts...but trust me, if you've seen the preview you've seen those parts.

I guess I wanted a light hearted comedy about Adam Sandler becoming a hair stylist in NYC. Well, he does...for about 15 min and then the rest is about Palestinians and Israelites feuding in NYC neighborhoods the way they do in the Middle East with a heart warming, "It was all a misunderstanding, let's all hug" at the end. EVERYONE in this movie speaks with a middle eastern accent and it gets very annoying a quarter of the way through.

I think this is the fist movie in a long time that I actually wanted to get up and leave. It seemed to have lasted FOREVER.

I know some people can not live their lives taking someones word on such matters, so if you insist on seeing this movie for yourself I suggest you have a drink first, a big meal and bring a pillow!

I've gotta go Malibu's Most Wanted is coming on USA and I don't want to miss it!

My Wonderfully Fabulous Boring Life

I just hung up with my bff Susan! I had some time to kill and we chatted while Susan waited for her daughter Meredith to wake up from her nap.

As I sat here in my little office in Huntsville Susan and I simultaneously talked and checked people out of Facebook...a favorite past time of ours...and we discussed how boring we really are.

But know that I think about it...there are pros and cons to every lifestyle you choose. What matters the most is that you are happy. When I was in High school I was dead set on becoming a fashion buyer, moving to NYC, never getting married, no kids...a very Sex and the City lifestyle is what I had planned for myself. Of course if you are a Christian, as I am, you learn that God puts you wherever He wants you, and I'm glad He put me here. It wasn't until my oldest nephew Wade was born that I thought twice about the very vogue life I had planned. When he was born I loved him more than I had ever loved anything and he wasn't even mine. Not that people who live in NYC don't have families they love...but I realized how much mine meant to me and I knew I would never be able to move that far away from them!

So here I am, a church secretary in Huntsville, Alabama. Living the dream...or living God's dream for myself. I love my husband, I know that everything in my life led me to meeting him and for that I wouldn't change anything.

So, I'll make the most of this life God has given me and I'll never say my life is boring again. Because it is exactly what it is suppose to be.

What's boring about this!

Day Two

Remember how I felt bad yesterday...?

Yeah, now it's worse.

Day One... "I'm Having a Day"

I woke up this morning, late, I had overslept because I stayed up too late watching the Stanley Cup playoffs. The sad part of this story is that my husband was out of town for work and I willingly watched the game by myself. Somehow over the last two years my husband has tricked me into enjoying this uber-manly sport.
I was standing in front of the t.v. brushing my teeth watching a VERY exciting 3rd OT when the Pittsburgh Penguins scored making it a final of 4-3 over the Red Wings and keeping the series alive for another game Wednesday night in the Steel City.

But that was the end to my girls only Monday night. I went to see Sex and the City after work, yes by myself, and YES it's OK ladies to go to a dang movie by yourself. It was 4:30...who cares... there is only 10 other people in the whole place anyway! Anyhow, it was a really great movie and I enjoyed it immensely. I have never been a faithful follower of the high powered fashion drama but I did have a good time watching it. It has moments of extremely graphic um...coloring...scenes but I'm married...I've seen it all before. So by the time I got home it was time for the Bachelorette! I love Deanna and her brood of men. I'm pulling for Brian but I don't think he can beat out the competition. But still, I'm a sucker for the salt & pepper, poo on you Brannan for being a blond. Left to my own desires and no need to cook dinner I searched Rhapsody for new songs and old favorites. I wont post any videos (not that there are any) but there was some dancing involved.

Back to this morning.

I woke up late and I'm tired and feel uck and the power was out at work when I got there which lead me to believe I could have come in a whole hour later and gotten as much done.

Highlight of my day, I got to talk to Susan, my bff. You're never to old for a best friend, if you don't have one, go get one. But get a good one, they can save your life if nurtured correctly.