the packing has begun

and that's all i have to say about that. :)

before tomorrow

so someday soon i'll get a real picture of the band up here for a look see... but i'm a facebook stalker and wanted to let you meet before tomorrow. :)joe.
tim.
josh.
kara.
jake.
jordan.
tyler.
dino-core.

it's almost ending!!! praise Jesus!!! then i can SLEEP!!! :)

i took final number one today.
can i just say that i can not WAIT for classes... and this week... to be over.
i think that you can judge my insides by what my desk looks like, and believe it or not... it's a MESS!!!! i am super stressed and haven't slept alot, but it's almost over and then i'll be home in my momma's arms making scrapbooks for jonathinny binny, working at lazeza, and getting stoked to venture out into the unknown of camps with my boys. and they are awesome.
update: joe's working!! his elbow is not completley better... he may have to have physical therapy, but he can play the guitar and he's slowly regaining feeling. he's feeling good about it.
anthony, our sound guy, got moved to zion's wake (matt lyle's band) and we got a new guy, tyler hull. he's super awesome. he also plays bass and is crazy and is gonna be a lot of fun. anthony is missed, but it's all working out ok.
and that's about it. pray for me. i need some extra strength if i'm gonna make it outta here in one piece!! i love you! :)

gospel choir tour!! :)

so this weekend was AMAZING!!! i went with the gospel choir to detroit, michigan where we hung out and sang at the church of the nazarene there. they were having some sort of a youth rally and warren rogers went with us. it was a blast. these are the many MANY pictures that we took this weekend!!! i hope you likes!! and thanks for praying for me! :)

our first servicee.. the choir above and the "makeshift" praise team below. ha! :)

miss amy slonecker and i hanging out on the bus!!
zeke was telling everyone how he wasn't in any pictures last year, so one of my first pics was of him... and this is alexis and courtney. aren't they just beautiful? :)
dude... bus rides in the night... with the cohen's and neal and rich are HILARIOUS!!!! i laughed so hard i almost wet myself!! :)
ha!! i spoiled the lovely picture of whitney and melissa!! :)
courtney and linzers were seatmates for the night!
awe... so beautiful!! whitney, amy and melissa!!
the amazing backseaters that crack me vertical!!! you've got biannca, neal, robin, rhonda cohen, rich, eric cohen, danielle, and tammy. they are awesome!!! :)
not sure what's going on with the light.. we were all really disappointed, this woulda been a great one. but it's kinda funny. courtney's face is just messed up!! :)
late night rendezvous with my girls... anne above and amy below. (she's hopping her bunny... HA!)

late night tatoo parlor open for buisness... come one, come all... and let amy surprise you with a tatoo that says... "Christ is Risen" ha... who does that anyhow?? you're funny bunches! :)


on saturday we all went to kim kostoroff's house for a barbeque that turned out to the the most amazing lunch ever with wraps and fresh fruit and cookies and chips and soda... it was the works!!!

here we have o-e (holly) and tiffany looking precious and beautiful as always!! :)
me and linz and ann!! :) i just love ann... and i love her smiles!! they melt my soul. :)
a group picture with kim's mommy.
a random group shot... where no one's looking and it just makes me smile... check out whitney and holly's faces!! i LOVE it!! :)

after lunch the five of us (genesis, lindsey, ann, amy and me) snuck off to go to a park. i have never had so much fun with a camera, a swingset and a slide!!! it's rocked my socks. sorry there's so many pictures to load, but i'm not really cuz they are all amazing and totally worth the wait!!! :)

walking there... kewl take huh?
so amy decides she wants to climb this thing whatever it was, but she needed help... so here i am to save her day... a little boost...
a little leverage...
some shoulder action...
and in return she crushes my head!!
ha ha!!! that's nasty... i'm actually touching your dirty foot!!
oh ha ha you're such a monkey amy!! and i can't really breathe!!! :)
THEY HAD A CURLY SLIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

we set my camera up on timer setting and took some shots of all of us piled on the slide... the one above is me getting it set up and ready... the rest are just awesome. :)




lindsey kline makes me laugh so hard!! i just love her!!! :)
although, that amy girl cracks me up too... this is pretty much the funniest picture ever!! :)
dude.. YES!!! check these two out... the one below is my FAVORITE ever!!! :)

awe, i love genesis peterkort!! :)

AND A SWINGSET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

anne's feet... you're right, amy, it is a good shot!! :)
the butterfly...





ha ha ha ha!! what great fun that was!!!
i love this one of linz!! it looks like she's hugging her shadow... or at least trying to! :) they piled on me... i thought my rib cage would break... but, oh, how fun!!!
dude.. this girl climbs EVERYTHING!!!! :) ha ha!!
um... for a second there nobody thought you'd be able to get down... and remain alive and fully functioining. but you did. so glad.
i love this one... althhough, i couldn't quite make it to the top... i wish i'd had my tennis shoes. they are amazing. can't really climb things in clogs!!
we all discussed how beautiful michigan is. i really love it there. check out these gorgeous flowers!!!
if i don't live overseas or in indianapolis someday i think i might move to michigan. it's just lovely.
after our adventures in the park we rejoined the group and sat in the sun in a big circle talking about church. how funny!!!
yes, that is eric. and yes, that is a sock. and yes, he is preaching INTO THE SOCK!!! oh my goodness gracious!! i laughed sooo hard.

after all that... we went back to the hotel, took showers and got ready in like 20 minutes (all 3 of us... record time, booh-ya basby!) and then headed back to the church for dinner and the evening service.our table at dinner was pretty fun. and dinner was pretty good. ha ha... anne smelling the lovely FAKE roses. :)


THE CUP GAME!!! i finally know how to play!! and it was sooo much fun!!! :)
and here are all the lovely ladies that make proclamation gospel choir what it is! this is early sunday morning on our way to church. i was SLEEPY!!! :)
our last service.
what a bunch of stud muffins!!! oh... that reminds me of a joke!! "so there's these two muffins in an oven. the one muffin looks at the other muffin and says, 'man it's hot in here' and the other muffin exlaims 'AH!!! A TALKING MUFFIN!!!'" ha ha!! that right there goes out to lindsey kline. anyways... the guys above are kj, zeke, rich and eric
jessica, robin, grant, lydia, courtney and janice looking stunning!! MY NEW RA!!! yay!!! i love melissa hurd!! :)
zeke... you're goofier than i'll get out!! :)
our lunch table... beth, melanie, genesis, jessica, amy, me, melissa, and linzers
i lOVE this picture of me and amy and linz!!! aren't we just gorgeous!?!
and this is the one and only eric sebastian cohen all the way from mississippi ladies and gents!! (not really) oh my goodness, he is FUNNY!!! :)

and the final picture i shall leave you with is of the entire gospel choir minus latoyia. i love proclamation!!! :)