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

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.

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!

4th Day...

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

=D

Got an email from Alan today. The subject line was: Hey All You Beautiful Butterflies!!!!!!!!
It made me smile. And get those warm fuzzy feelings.
I love him....
agape love, people. =P

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.)

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

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


yayayayayayay!!!!!!


:D :D :D

Movies!

Today was great.

Highlights:

~watching a trailer for The Shadow of the Bear

~watching the trailer for The Voyage of the Dawn Treader !!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

~ordering Come What May from Amazon... next Film Theology, totally watch it. It's a great movie.

~watched veggie tales tonight. I was feeling very much like a kid tonight... no apparent reason. just was feeling silly. ;)

And... oh my.
driving in circles
and
walking in circles
and
water
and
mud
and
inside jokes.
like EQUINES!! =P

and happy emails. <3

as always,
~Christine

FRIENDS and MIMES and PHOTOS!!!

Yesterday was aMAZing! We had so much fun.

Lindsey and Katie and the Yergers all came over.... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!

Had a blast taking pictures down at the dock... will post some of them when I get them. =)

Then, we went to the mime concert. AWESOME. Everyone did a GREAT job. and I got to see all of my friends. After the concert, a bunch of us went to Cold Stone. That was... emm... hilarious. For lack of a better word. Tons of fun.

Today, I am packing. Tomorrow we are leaving for NC, and three days (ish) after we get back, I'm leaving for my mission trip.


YAY! I'm soo happy. I LOVE my friends.

100th post!!!

Yup! this is number 100.

Swing last night was... pretty much perfect.

Some highlights from last night were:

~talking... and more talking. I love my friends. =)

~making signs to hang on the doors.

~ hanging out with some of my favorite people.

~watching the Chair Skit. (performed in skirts and heels. they did a great job, of course!)

~God. and God-things. and friends who love to talk about God-things. =)

This morning, bright and early(for some of us), I went to our mission trip's flapjack breakfast fundraiser. TONS of fun! I'm really looking forward to spending a week with all these people, they're lots of fun!

... and I'm still effervescent. Swing generally makes me effervescent, but it carried over till today this time.

Peace and Love,
Christine

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

Confirmation & Cookout

Yesterday evening was our Confirmation. Had lots of fun hanging out before the ceremony with Paulina, Cat and Nate. Afterwards, a bunch of friends came over for a cookout. But, it was really, really, windy, so we mostly stayed inside.

The two highlights of the evening, for me, was

eating cookie dough


and playing CatchPhrase... I was laughing so hard... Oh my. It was awesome.

Love to y'all!
Christine

Today was awesome. =)

AMAZINGNESS!!!

Okay, so last night was great. TONS of fun!! Swing is awesome.

Today was awesome too. Rachel was beautiful... and her dress was gorgeous. And I saw lots of my favorite people. And we danced (A very swingy waltz. lol) but it was FUNNNN!!!!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!!

I LOVE this weather!!!

and

I LOVE my friends

and

I LOVE music

and

I LOVE making fun plans.

fun fun fun...

So, so, so...

My grandmother came down today, and we went SHOPPING!!! yayayay!!

and I got lotsa fun, summer-y stuff! and I have some pics for y'all! So,
we went to DEB, and I tried on two gorgeous dresses, but I didn't get
them, only took pictures.

And And - I got three adorable skirts. and I have pictures!!!

Cheerio!
Christine

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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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talkathon!

hi all =)

sorry we didn't write earlier; the internet was out. all. night.

rundown of yesterday:
6:30- talked.
7:30- ate pizza.
7:45- talked.
10:00- watched Horton Hears a Who. (and talked)
11:30- talked.

rundown of today:
12:00- talked.
3:00- feel asleep.
9:20- talked.
9:45- ate bagels & cream cheese; typed this.

TOTAL:
eating- 40 minutes
watching a movie: 1 hour 30 minutes
sleeping: 6 hours 20 minutes
talking: 7 hours 35 minutes... so far =)

Smiley stuff:
Kristen after mime... hahahaahaha =P
Christine met the Savannah cats (google it)
Tag stole said Savannah cats' catnip toy
Katie's emails ...hehe

(and we might walk down to the creek!)
(and we might go see the puppies!)
(and we might talk!)

It's been a week...

exactly since I last posted. I can offer no excuse, except for the fact that I've been busy. But it's been an incredible, awesome, smilely, effervescent week.

Tuesday
was class at HCC. fun. After swimming, I can home to find a friend whom I had not seen in a while. She and her mom came down from PA for a meeting my mom was hosting. And fun emails.

Wednesday
Swim practice was a blast. We were on our taper, and it was just SO much fun. It was probably one of my favorite practices. =)

Thursday
went shopping with my mom. and got a soft pretzel and an icee! Also, I practiced parallel parking. It was my very last swim practice. :sob: I'm gonna miss those kids. hehe... Also, we found out at that practice that TK listened to Cascada before he swam. lol.

Friday
... I was going crazy. Had waaaayyy too much energy. One look at me would show you that. I had my hair is two messy buns on the top of my head, and had big hot pink earrings in. It was sweet! Also, Friday night was a shave-down night.
hehe.

Saturday
Wake up at 5:30. SWIM MEET!!!!! Had soooooooooooooooo much fun. Went back to the hotel to chill. Mom and I watched Get Smart. THE funniest movie. Then went to The Olive Garden, and went and cheered on everyone at finals. More fun than I can express in words.

Sunday
Repeat saturday. x 100. yeah. that much fun. We got home and I had more fun and then we went to the Celtic Concert..... and I saw Katie and Andee and Blake and Livi and Colin and Mark and Andrea and Sarah and had fun. and was blessed. and was super happy. and ecstatic. and
effervescent. =)))))))))

Monday(Today)
Got an invitation to a wedding today. Talked on the phone with Katie for about an hour and a half. =) and I'm still sooo happy. And I <3 fun emails. and I bought about 10 new songs on iTunes today. yay!

Cheers!
Christine

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