Do Hard Things... !

Okay. Hi. This is Kathryne, hijacking Christine's blog... but she's here too, so not really :P We are going to map out our day.

5:30 AM- "My Savior" by Aaron Shust playing way too loud in our sleepy ears
6:15 AM- Leave for DO HARD THINGS!!!!!!!!11!!!!1!!
7:00 AM- Katie reluctantly begins Government homework because the sun is now out.
8:00 AM- DO HARD THINGS AHHHHAETOIUHVEOSIYHBS
8:20 AM- Motivational Red Wall Paint makes the shoutout board!
9:00 AM- Pure awesome.
5:00 PM- Fangirl time :) Brett Harris signed the MRWP. Then Joel Harris signed it, and he got to sign it next to Robin Mark so he took a picture :) THENTHENTHEN Shannon Harris, Josh's wife, who happens to sing for Sovereign Grace music including The Precious Blood, (and Christine really has no idea what all this is, so, yes, it is Katie hijacking) signed it too.
6:00 PM- Wendy's for dinner! sitting outside, and then this random old man came up to us and talked to us about Mennonite clothing and asked us if we were Mennonites and rambled some odd thing about modern women's clothing... o.0
7:15 PM- Leave for home. Katie attempts to do more Government. Snakes in the car. hehe.
9:05 PM- We both do homework. And talk. And Christine thinks she distracts Katie. But really Katie is just as distracting. Katie gets hungry.
10:00 PM- Sign on to Blogger.

OH. Bad thing with silver lining. No mime performance tomorrow. Major miscommunication. And so that's a bummer. BUT. We get to sleep in. Relatively. Like, 7:30 instead of 5:30. But it's still nice. And we still get to see all of our favorite people (read: mimes) at church tomorrow.

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello!
 <3 Christine & Kathryne/Katie

What could be more awesome??

Katie is spending the weekend at my house! Well, more like, she is sleeping at my house. She's coming tonight after mime. We are leaving at 5:30 to go to the DHT conference in DC. We will be getting home around 8ish, then leaving the next morning at 5:30 again.
So yeah. Pretty epic, ehh?

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!

life is awesome

Wednesday thru Friday morning we were out on our boat. It was an adventure. nuff said.

Friday was... so much fun. I've never laughed so much in one day. =P
two things especially...

we had our first youth group meeting for this year. it was crazy fun. Paulina was there! and Nate forgot all his notes at home. so we really got nothing done. between reminiscing about our confirmation, and making fun of Nate, Paulina and I were busting up the whole night.

and...

SWING!!! ohmy. between Doug and Rachel and Katie and Blake and Sarah and Drew I don't think I went 5 minutes without laughing. I love these guys. =)

So, yeah. To sum everything up, my life is pretty much awesome.

♥ christine

umm.. yeah.

I LOVE my pajamas. No, seriously. I do. I have this t-shirt with a butterfly on it and my screaming monkey pajama pants. and it's awesome.

**end random thought**

anyhoo....
Saturday we went up to PA. Reminisced about the cruise. and APPLE PIE!!! I <3 my grandma's apple pie. =D Sunday... ~~Mission Trip Services! We had a blast. It was great.
FUDRUCKERS!!!
and
"If you're following me, you're lost too." (bumper sticker we put on Mr. Jerry's car)
and
WE ARE GOING TO DIE!

Sunday was also the Black and White party. Posted on buzz about this. So go read it there. I'm to lazy to copy it. =P

Cheerio!

lots of fun today...

and yesterday. Andee came over... and we walked the Lafayette trail... and talked. and talked.

today, Daniela came over. We are learning Spanish. We had a really fun time; laughed so much.

we had music practice for the 21st today... and Pat was there! and he played electric guitar.
yay! It's always lots of fun to have everything turned wayyyy up and just jam. and not have to worry about being too loud for anyone. =)

going up to PA tomorrow...
then...

MISSION SERVICES!!!
and
BLACK AND WHITE PARTY!!!

so stoked.

ohmy!!

Today was awesome.

Went SHOPPING for fabric with Erin, Katie and Kristen. And we were crazy. We walked down to Peir 1 to try on some masks. So that was fun too.

THEN. We took lots of fun pictures on the computer. Using photobooth =)

AND!! I SAW BRITTANY AT THE ROBIN MARK CONCERT!!!

which was, by the way...
One word:
AMAZING.
and
UPLIFTING. (I guess that's two.)

God was there with us tonight, and it was spectacular.
I'm so, so blessed by:
My God who is small enough to hear my every cry, and catch my every tear.
My friends and family who are bold enough to lift their hands and voices and hearts in praise and adoration of the God of the universe.
and the love I'm given. From God, from my family, and from my friends.

I love you guys to death.

friends...

I talked with Katie yesterday... and planned some fun stuff.
Then I went to pick up Erin and Danielle from small group, and I saw Blake and Colin and Mark and Livi and Pat and the Peace Moose!

Cheers!
Christine

the corrupted chairs

yes. there are two. and they were coined by Andrew. and they corrupted (not corroded) Sarah and me. we couldn't look at each other, or else we'd bust up laughing. people thought we were crazy. it was awesome.

swing in general was awesome too. danced a lot. talked a lot. missed Katie. laughed a lot. smiled a lot. love these people.

CHEERS!

We're home... had a great trip. Lots of fun. Made lots of memories. BUDDIES!!!!! =)

4th Day...

Was awesome. I'm so glad I went. I love, love, LOVE these people. =)

CHRYSALIS!!!

I'm only gonna say one thing:

YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN YET!!!


YaY for GODand LOVE and HUGS and CRYING and LAUGHING and DANCING and SINGING and PRAYING and SMILES and MY NEW FAMILY and AWESOME PEOPLE and FRIENDS and I LOVE ALL OF YOU!!!


FLY WITH CHRIST!!!

(okay, that was actually three things. whatever.)

:sigh: I'm behind... again.

SWING was yesterday. It was AWESOME. SO MUCH FUN!!!

Today... met Heather. Very cool. =)


It's been a great couple days... lots of fun.

Cheers!
Christine

PS- CHRYSALIS!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

QSG etc

:D

KATIE is here!

We have done many fun things this evening.

Like making devious plans for tomorrow, which may or may not involve going to Rita's in 1860s clothing complete with hoop skirts.

Or, like making surprising observations about tomorrow, which may or may not involve the fact that it will be the 1 year anniversary of the first time we ever actually talked to each other.

Or, like making other interesting things, which may or may not involve yet another blog and/or a certain doofus.

Or, like making silly reading errors, which may or may not involve thinking a friend said "the chances of us breaking up get higher when we're dating."

Or, like making even more nefarious plans, which may or may not involve guilt-tripping a certain owner of a certain beloved car who may want to sell said certain beloved car... into not selling said certain beloved car.

BPAC :)


Christine & Kathryne

Sailing! (yes, again)

So, Blake came over today, and he, Michael and I went sailing.
We had a really good time, there was a decent amount of wind, and, once we got going, it was really smooth sailing.

Coming home, however, was a different story all together.
It was:

seaweed
and
algae
and
mud
and
wind & current in the worst direction
and
sand
and
2 inches of water
and
no water (pushing the boat over sand)
and
paddling
and
pushing
and
pulling.

To sum up, it was comic. Hilarious, in fact. We had quite an amusing time out there.

I'M STOKED FOR TOMORROW... AND WEDNESDAY... AND FRIDAY!!!

yay for fun plans. =)

Cheers!
Christine

PS- I'm learning The Lovers Waltz on guitar. And Erin is learning it on the piano. Very, very pretty song.

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

recovery week =)

Well... Sunday was great. all of it. very good day.

Monday.... my recovery day. Talked on the phone... my friends are the best. hands down. THE best. EVER.
God has definitely given them to me to help me out... I don't know what I'd do without them. =)


Tuesday... again... didn't do much. Drove some... need about 11 more hrs. Sheesh, its taking me awhile to get all of them.

Wednesday... well, today's not over yet... going through old pictures made me smile... and reading good books!


Cheers!

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!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

I love it when happy awesome God-things happen to my friends.


yayayayayayay!!!!!!


:D :D :D