The Fourth Day of the Seventh Month

... Of the Two Thousandth and tenth Year,

was the Independence Day. Sorry Britain :( But horray us!

So the day before the fourth we went to a block party. Yes, we have become 'cool' enough to be invited to small block parties :) this really is a step up for us.
We have been promoted to lower middle class, "we can invite them to be nice"

From

lower class/complete lameness, "Armstrong who? OH those people with the dead yard..."


The party was a success with a fun little fireworks show at night.
On Sunday we went to a friend house for another celebration. It was great. I got to shoot off a smoke bomb and bottle rocket for the first time.
I made and brought striped Jello. My grandpa always used to make this for all his grand kids when we would visit.

After the party we went home just to be invited to the neighbors to watch another neighborhoods AMAZING fireworks. (seriously 10 thous. easy was spent) Although, no fireworks can ever be the same after watching thunder over louisville. At that point I also got to set off a fountain. :) I felt so enriched with culture, as I have lived in AZ most my life, fireworks are illegal. So coming here is full of education with fireworks.

The fourth was great and Jared wasn't even on call. (BTW he is now officially starting his 3rd year! Only 3 more til fellowship!)

Todays Quote

"People always think that monkeys are so smart. Its just because they have thumbs. If you gave a dog a thumb they would do quite a lot... open doors.... and all kinds of stuff."
~Jared




Happy 4th of July!

Vacation

Last week Jared and I had the opportunity to hang with the Hunsaker family at a beach house in Oceanside.

This is what I mean by beach house...

Overall it was a great vacation and I nearly forgot that I have a miserable job and live thousands of miles from any family.

On the vacation we mostly hung out on the beach, hence the many beach photos that I stole from kate because we forgot our camera. (thanks kate!)

Last year Jake saw some kids with an air mattress on the ocean so this year HE was the kid on the air mattress... with 2 other guys too. We called it the gay mattress!


See what I mean?
This is James' girlfriend Sydney. Lets just say they were so lovely dove'y' that Jared and I were on the verge of vomiting. ;) She is super nice and they are cute together.

While at the beach we made a HUGE sandcastle. (Jared has the blisters still to prove it was some intense shoveling) We don't have pictures (yet) But we did make a wall to protect a random piece of seaweed.

Did I mention that there was Frisbee and football. It was just overall fun!



James and I turned 23 while in Oceanside. We went to the wild life park that day and then to olive garden and cake!





At the petting zoo. When Jared would pet them they would go into complete relaxation.

CAKE!

Visiting family was great I hope I get to see them again some time sooner than next summer.

(As a side note Jared and I put TOO MUCH sunscreen on and ended up coming home with hardly any tan... a sad sad story. :( I really am sad)

Last Week on Moving On

I have found that I have a live soap opera playing for me everyday at work.

I work as a counselor at a day camp for 11-14 year olds. The camp is called 'moving on'. I enjoy it mostly except for when I have to punish kids for doing things that are against the rules and they know it.

So to continue with the title...

Last week on moving on...

(for privacy reasons I will not use names but numbers... so try to keep up)

Monday-
Girl 1 started to flirt with boy 1. (the passion patrol heightens and a speech was made by the counselors about a strict NO PDA policy.)(That is; Public Display of Affection)

Tuesday-
Girl 1 and boy 1 are 'official'. Girl 2 and boy 2 start to go out.

Wednesday-
Girl 1 and boy 1 are still going out with no issues or fights. (I think at this point I thought these pre-teens were more mature than a gave them credit for. Then the rest of the week followed to prove me wrong). Girl 2 breaks it off with boy 2 which included girl 2 telling girl 1 she was going to break up and girl 1 telling boy 1 who then told boy 2 he was going to be broken up with. Then girl 1 and girl 2 ran around trying to fix the mistake it was to tell anyone. The end result was a very distraught and sad boy 2 and a happy girl 2.

Thursday-
Girl 1 and boy 1 are still going out but have gotten in an argument about men going to hooters.
Boy 2 is happier today. After taking the night to get over girl 2. Boy 2 starts talking to girl 3.
Girl 3 was wearing a bikini at the pool sealing the deal with boy 2 and making it 'official'

Friday-
Girl 3 got a text from her ex-boyfriend saying he wanted to go out with her again. She said sorry I'm dating someone else. the X asked 'who do you like more?' Girl 3's answer was clear when she decided to break up with boy 2. Of course girl 3 told all her friends including girl 1 who told boy 1 who told boy 2. (sigh, at this point I intervene.... need to break up face to face blah blah Many fish in the sea...blah blah) Boy 1 somehow gets girl 3 and boy 2 to stand next to each other and tells them it is over. (yes that was boy 1 doing the break up, and yes I was standing right there watching. AND this was all before 9am)
So, we go bowling where girl 3 and boy 2 get back together and then girl 4 breaks up for girl 3 before three more frames of bowling.
THEN, the relationship we all thought would last. Get your tissues... girl 1 broke up with boy 1. (TRAGEDY!) Leaving room for a bet to be made between boy 4 and boy 3 that if boy 3 won he should date girl 1.
He won. Girl 1 is now with boy 3

We leave this week with girl 1 dating boy 3. Girl 2 with no one. Girl 3 with her ex. Boy 1 with no one. And boy 2 sadly, lonely.

And yes I get paid to watch this all happen before my eyes.

This is the reason there should be a few new laws.
1. No child under 16 should have a phone
2. No child under 18 should date
3. No boy should tell a girl they want to kiss them within 3 hours of "dating" at day camp. So romantic.

1 out of 611

I WON!

Firstly, I'm always trying to win things on blogs, because seriously who doesn't love to win?
there is a crafty blog called Craftaholics Anonymous that I follow because she makes nice and easy stuff... AND she ALWAYS has a giveaway going. I have no idea how many I have entered with no avail. But this time, I won big.


This was the post.


csn.com $100 Gift Card WINNER is....

out of 611 entries {wow!!} random.org selected comment #171 Jenny Ann who said, "This giveaway sounds amazing! Pick me!" Congratulations Jenny!! Please email me at craftaholicsaon@gmail.com to claim your prize!


It wasn't some pillow or cute button thing, but a HUNDRED BUCK GIFT CARD to spend as I CHOOSE!!!! (the best part)

I still have to pick what I would like... I'm thinking firepit :)

HERE is the blog. She is so cute and crafty.

Frame

I do have an interesting story to tell, but i will do this later, because I have been working on something for a while and it is finally done.

It all starts with an ugly frame. Mine had a picture of horses in it, and I got it from goodwill.





Then some black spray paint.


Then some stencils and paint and taduh!





This little piece.

I poo in blue

I was watching tv (well the tv was playing in the background while I was trying to figure out my new computer) and I saw this HILARIOUS commercial. Maybe I'm immature, but it got me laughing.

"The coolest you'll ever look pooping your pants."

:)