long day...

yeah. it really was.
it was:
EDGE
church
running errands in Bel Air
cooking at the Olenicks (among other things, such as jumping in the quite cold pool)
church
running more errands in HdG
and then, roughly twelve hours after I leave, we get home. =)

but it was oh so much fun. i got to see all of my favorite people. so that was pretty awesome.

cheers!

FRIENDS!!!

love them.

Last night I slept over at the Skaggs. Andee, Daniela and I had a great time... (iced tea pitcher, cats, loca...)

Then I went to church with them this morning, and yay! My friends make me smile. and make me happy. and I'm so blessed by them.

Came home, Michael and I cleaned (more fun, I'm not kidding :))

Then, I watched TV. :gasp: I almost never watch TV. BUT. A Deadliest Catch marathon is going on. So. yeah. end of story. =) great show. very awesome.

cheers!
Christine

CYMA OUTREACH!!!

Part one was today.
and it was spectacular.

All the kids were amazing. and it was great!

And I got to hang with some awesome people... and see some awesome presentations... and sing some awesome songs... and worship an Awesome God.

and I had freeze pops. and wore a very fun skirt. and I'm, like, deliriously happy/hyper right now (12 hrs sleep)!!

and I only need 13 more hours of driving for my license... yay?

and more awesome stuff for tomorrow(church, outreach part two, RISK, etc.)

smile :)

several things made me smile today:

sleep
friends
movies
spontaneity :)
friends
RISK
potatoes
rain
cool weather
friends
Chrysalis!
music
CT. :P
....
and...
....

CYMA!!!!! YAY!!! I get to see all my favorite people all week long!! and... CYMA is awesome. In case you couldn't tell. like, THE best week of the summer kind of awesome. =)

Cheers!

Happy Day :)

Today was so much fun.

~seeing everybody at church this morning

~Katie's face, when she saw me. =) (LLOL)

~praising God with two of my bestest friends.

~taking a walk with Mom and Taz

~getting a really really cute necklace and earrings from my grandmother.

~planning fun stuff for this week!

~realizing that, in a week from Wednesday, we are headed down to NC!!!!

Night y'all!

Christine

This weekend....

I was planning on posting this last night, so it wouldn't seem as late.
But, after our Confirmation potluck I came home and went to bed. =P

Anyways.

Saturday - Andee's Party. Was. Awesome!!! Then, her spending the night at my house, tattooing each other with Sharpies... =) lotsa funn!

Sunday - went to Mt.Zion.... hung out with friends...

Confirmation prayer service and potluck...
Cat taught us some sign language.

"Look at the scary tree."
"Bacon!!!"

Paulina and Cat and I being peers next year, along with Nate... gonna have oh so many inside jokes.

Retreat is gonna ROCK!!!!
I'm stoked.

=)

PS- Just in case you couldn't tell... I had a SPECTACULAR weekend. =)

Friday....

Had a great time at Andee's last night!!!! Love you girly!

Then... I came home... and left 20 min later for the crosswalk.
And I saw
JoeandAliandNateandRosalieandKatieandHannah.

lots of fun!
And I chatted with Colin today.... he reaaallllyyyy needs to make an OI!!!

And I got four emails from Katie!!

Cheers!

EDIT: I now officially have 20 followers on my blog. Yipeee!

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This weekend...

was awesome!!!
See, I was kinda disappointed not to be going up to PA with the mimes... but I had a great weekend anyway. =)

Saturday was -
sleeping in till almost 11 (friday night was rough)
doing nothing all day =)
going to a dress rehearsal for the Palm Sunday program at our church.
Golden Corral for dinner!! (huge buffet, in case you don't know...)

Sunday was -
~waking up 30 minutes later than I wanted... but only was 2 minutes late to church. But since I just had to be downstairs by nine, it didn't really matter for me.
~getting downstairs to find a hot breakfast(which was nice, cuz I didn't eat earlier.)
~hanging out with Nate and Paulina and Rosalie and Ali and Joe (and lotsa other people) before the program.
~the actual program, which was us kinda posing and acting out what this woman was narrating... but it was sooo fun ny.
~afterwards..... surprising Paulina with a card and balloon for her birthday
~ ((hugs)) i <3 hugs. they make me smile.
~going to the Cheesecake Factory with Andee and Michael(Cooper) and all of Andee's family.
~ having waaaayyyyy too much fun.
~talking with Andee.
~regretting our decision to let the boys sit next to each other.
~and pretty much just having a great time.
~ ooh! and I got fettuccine alfredo for dinner!!! and a peach smoothie for dessert!! yum!

Cheers!
Christine

hi y'all =)

Today was fun, in a surprising sort of way. I hadn't planned on doing much, but my day was quite filled with unplanned fun stuff.

This morning, Nate and I were doing music for the kids at the thing at our church, and the dvd player short-circuited or something, and it wouldn't play. SO, Nate and I got up on stage and improvised. We had to do some type of easy song with hand motions so we sang 'Lord I Lift Your Name On High'. We had a blast! The kids kept wanting us to do it faster and faster, so it was quite amusing.

And, Blake stopped by at church today. Funny how it always happens when we go to the early service, but I went again (can't hurt, right?) and we had a fun time hanging out and stuff.

And and... I <3 emails... specially those that make you really happy!

And and and... I'm writing a letter to Hannah. HI HANNAH!!! I haven't seen her in forEVER!!!

And and and and... my life is just sooo great right now. It's totally everything I want it to be!

Love you all!
Christine

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SMILE!!

Oh boy... I had an effervescent day!!!

So, it started at 8:15 when we left for church. After the first service there is this discipleship program that is from 9:30 -11:00. I help out with the K-5th grades, and Erin is actually in one of the small groups.

Fun stuff today was. . .

Nate. Oh my. He was trying to get his disciple tunic on. It was made for a 12 year old. He's 18. So it was quite amusing. Then, he found this silver, shimmery tunic and tied the sleeves around his neck, and was 'superhero disciple John.'

We had an unexpected visitor at church. He came for the 11:15 service. We were planning on getting picked up at 11, because we had already been to church. So, Erin and I stayed for the second service.

Then, when we got home, we showed off the puppies for about 30 seconds, then had to leave for a party. One of my mom's kids that she works with was turning three, and we were all invited to go. He and his two older brothers (four year old twins) have to be the CUTEST boys ever. So, that was lots of fun.

SWIMMING!!!
Nicole made me smile (actually, jump up and down) because she had seen Arthur on Saturday at Delaware States
Ian. Was. Hilarious.

I HATE MY BEST FRIEND!!! IT IS THE MOST AWFUL PIECE OF SWIM EQUIPMENT
EVER EVER!!!

Oh, and my dad got me a salad from Pat's on the way home. Perfect way to end a great weekend. (Well, not really end. I still have to work on this stupid rigmarole... grr... and yes, I'm late, but this is the first I've been home all day for more than 30 minutes.)

Cheers!
Christine

LOL = Lots of Love

Today was an great ending to the best weekend.
I woke up
went to church
saw all of my awesome friends!
I LOVE them~ so much genuine friendship and love.

So, what made me happy today is love.
Love from God
Love from friends
Love from family

This evening I went to swim practice. Swimming was exhausting, but the steaming hot shower after made me smile =)

Until tomorrow,
Christine