Finally some pictures of this summer!

Week 3 girls!

Best L.I.T. Cliff Hanger

Best Surprise Ever!

Just happened to be wearing an APU shirt!

Week 4 Girls!

Azusa Pacific University

On Thursday July 10, 2008 I recieved a bouquet of flowers written on the note was:

"Congrtatulations!
Pack your bags for Azusa!

Love,
Mom & Dad"

AHHHHHHH!!!! I'm going to APU! (you know!!!) starting in the fall!!!!! I am so excited you don't understand!!!!!




I'll post pics soon!

Week 4

Week 4 is officially over! I am now 0n rotation!!! So my girls were pretty good this week. Shockingly (sp?) Four of my girls accepted Christ and on their invitation cards they wrote how through me was one of the main reasons for them to ask God to be their only God!

Week 3

So week 3 is officially over but week 4 starts tomorrow....
Debbie Downer was actually one of the best girls in my cabin actually I LOVED ALL THE GIRLS IN MY CABIN!!! They seriously helped me grow spiritually. I really need to start to post pictures but it is really hard being a counselor and trying to keep up with everything!


OK so this last week my girls names were:
Courtney Jones
Courtney Schmitt
Savannah Bowen
Sean Salas
Ashley Christensen
Natalie Parks
Laura Bobich
Josina Carlisle
Joy


Two of my girls are military kids one of which is living in Germany her parents are stationed there, and the other one is in Ft. Leavenworth. They were the shy ones the ones who decided to step out of their comfort zones on Friday!



Also, Gumby.... oh geese.... so I didn't really see him at all this week and then on Wednesday we actually talked and he seemed really sad that he wasn't being able to see me all the time… it was cute he made me blush and I’m pretty positive that he knows that I like him…. So…. We will see what happens.

Please Pray for Week 4 of camp I will be counseling and all of my girls are going to be in 7^th grade… so pray that God speaks through me to them and that they find the real reason of coming to camp not just all the fun stuff that they get to do but the growth in God!

Gumby

So Gumby.... or Adam.... whichever you perfer, apparentally likes me....

Ok so Sumo (Brittany) was talking to him yesterday and without even mentioning me he started to spill the beans. He likes me (thinks I'm cute and could be a potential girlfriend) but, he has been on again off again with a girl back home and apparentally he was talking about all of the red flags that there are with the relationship back home..... He is seriously an amazing guy and I really do like him!


I didn't come to work here at Frontier Ranch in hopes of finding a boyfriend... actually I gave my liking of boys over to God. You see I figure that by me giving God the power of something I really don't need in my life then he will bless me with the right one and there are so many GOOD things about Adam.

For starters he is a christian ( a frim believer at that), he is all that I can imagine as far as the personality goes, he goes to APU which HELPS a lot.... and there's just so much that I can't describe....




P.S. I'll try to post a picture of him sometime soon

Camp Name

So here at Frontier Ranch all camp staff have nick names and for those who are new staff get names by the end of the week....

Last night was the naming ceremony, I waited anxiously as all the other staff gave ideas for nick names by yelling and screaming trying to get their idea noticed by me.... here were they're suggestions

• Chipper
• Spontaneous
• Ginseng
• Gouda (but pronounce the "g")
• Sweet Pea
• Freckles

So which do you think became my nick name I bet you'll never guess it......

Sweet Pea

So here is how I got the name. A few of the other girl counselors and I were talking about going to the bathroom. One of them was saying how she had been peeing pretty much every hour, I laughed and said "If you think that's bad I peed for almost 2 whole minutes!" Everyone responded with that's a "sweet pee". The name stuck and was brought up during the naming ceremony.... but "pee" is not appropriate so it is spelled "pea".

Onomatopoeia, Button, Sumo, Sweet Pea

Going to square dance dressed as bandits

Update!

So it's been 4 days at Frontier Ranch and it has been so far so good. Learning everything to do and all the rules has been a lot to take in but it's all worth it. So many CUTE boys (I'm blushing if you couldn't tell). I am an official "belay"er... for the rock wall. :) Yesterday we had a free night so all of the girls went out for ice cream at Marie Anne's.... it was really, really amazing! After ice cream we started to get ready for our sleep out on the stage and watch a movie as well. The boys bless their hearts, walked on to the stage singing to all of us girls they were dressed in their best attire... and THEN they said that to make everything more special for our girls night they served us barbie and my little pony fruit snacks and popcorn and juice... it was really cute.... when they were leaving the stage they sang goodnight sweetheart...



Then this morning came and it changed everything that was appreciated! 6 in the morning WE woke up to the battle music from pirates of the carribean and water balloons were thrown to wake us up.... not happy campers now are we....



to be continued

I'm not ready yet

I leave in 2 and a half days and there is no way that I'm ready...
I caught the PROCRASTINATION bug.... I caught it badly :o(

I just don't feel like I've packed enough... or I don't have everything I need... ugh.... I hate packing!
2 day trip not a problem, 1 week sure why not, but almost 3 months what do you pack your whole wardrobe?



I gotta go and pack wish me luck....

What she doesn't know

My sister Courtney doesn't realize how much I'm going to miss her. Even though I complain about her acting more like a mom than a sister, I am going to miss her a lot overr the summer and when I go off to college. I've been ignoring the fact that I will miss her, but it hit me hard today on how much I appreciate the time I spend with her, and that I really will miss her! I like hanging out with her and running errands with her and being her little tag along sister but this summer is going to change all of that because there won't be any hanging out, running errands, or tagging along.... :o(


This is to you Courtney.... I'm gonna miss you, more than you can imagine!

Choices

I got this story as an e-mail and thought it to be an inspiration. I think when I get the moving e-mail's I'm going to post them, and share them with you!

Choices

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, "I don't get it!

You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"

He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood."

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested.

"Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw him about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?"

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.

He continued, "..the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man' I knew I needed to take action."

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'."

Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.



Attitude, after all, is everything.



Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34.



After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Interesting week...

This last week was my last week working as the Children/ Youth Intern at Hilmar Covenant Church. Friday was my last day... I had mixed feelings, I was comfortable with my job and the people I worked with , but I've been ready to move on with my life and grow up or should I say ween myself from my mom (it's like I'm still attached to the umbilical cord.... ewwwwww...) ANYWAYS... So on Wednesday I had a doctor's appointment for a mole on my back and arm and stomach and face and neck.... (I don't use sunscreen as much as I should to put it lightly), I was scared that I had cancer.... LOL in other terms I freaked out and thought the worst possible thing good thing it was a false alarm! My appointment was 30 min. north from where I live so my mom and I made the most of our trip up. We went shopping! I got a one piece (I haven't worn a one piece since the third grade....) and I exchanged some shorts that I got awhile ago they didn't fit like they did when I tried them on... once we got home I immediately started to get ready for the Josh Turner / Carrie Underwood Concert!!! Let me tell you it was an AMAZING concert!!! After the concert we went to The Cheesecake Factory and of course we had cheesecake it was so yummy!
My sister Courtney bought the whole entire collection of Sex in the City so for the past week we have been trying to catch-up (we're seeing the movie on Tuesday with a lot of other girls).
On Friday I had to go and straighten somethings out at Merced Community College all dealing with my transcripts being sent to Azusa Pacific University... 2 hours later I hope they did what I had asked them to do... it was so frustrating!!! After I dealt with stupid-heads in Merced, I had to go to work for my last day working there...


Needless to say it hit me today that I will be leaving for the summer (11 weeks) in one week... I'm so scared and sad and excited and anxious all at the same time that it makes me all the more sad to be leaving my mom and dad all summer not even being able to talk to my mom everyday if I'm lucky once a week... OH GOD BE WITH ME!

Sleepover!

I know only little girls have sleepovers.... but, I won't be seeing friends over the summer unless they visit me, or I actually have the weekend off to come home for a night.


Anyways, we wanted to have a going away sleepover... besides we only get to see each other only once a week so it's nice to get together and have a good laugh!

I always laugh when I'm around these girls. They are amazing friends who all love JESUS! I thank God everyday for Ashley, Kayla, and Valorie. I'll take pictures of the sleepover and post them later!


Have a great holiday tomorrow!

Here comes the bride.

This last weekend was my cousins wedding. It was a lot of fun the motto was "it took 10 years for the wedding so let's party all weekend!"

Let me tell you.... I partied hard!


"Kaitlin, catch-up , this is my 4th cowboy margarita.... you're not even close to finishing your 3rd!" Paige teased.


PAPARAZZI!!!


All the girl cousins, we were goin' for the wind blown look!


Sorry I didn't post too much but I'm busy now that I'm done with finals and have to get everything before the 9th of June!

Today is my sister's birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COURTNEY!!!

Courtney is 8 years older than me. Today she has turned one year younger.... I think once you turn 25 you don't celebrate getting older, you celebrate getting younger! (that is as much of a hint to her age as you're going to get)

A camping here I go....

GREAT NEWS

This summer I am offically going to be a camp counselor.
The director from Mission Springs, Frontier Ranch called me this morning and asked if I wanted to be a part of the Frontier Ranch Team!
I of course said yes and immediately called my mom who started to cry because it will be the first time ever for me to be away from home for so long.
I will be gone for 10-11 weeks starting June 8th-August16th or 23rd.

February 24th

You are very optimistic and that's why you always enjoy life. You are gifted in entertaining others. Your friends love and trust you. You'll be the first they come to when they are in need of someone to speak their heart out. Your Love, Sometimes you fall in love just because you want to be in love, not that you really like that person. You always be seen as a sweet couple but you can't really get over your love ones from past. Your partner is usually crazy about you because you are remarkably charming and romantic.



So this is truly me, I don't usually believe in these types of things but out of curiosity I look at them. But this just by my birthday explained me in a nut shell!


I need to get a life and maybe actually fall in love.... LOL I was kidding I just want to date around right now.

Waiting for an answer

I forgot to mention;

So, I've got a of last things to complete for APU
1. Have my college transcripts sent to APU.
2. Have a Christian Leader fill out a reference form.
3. Call to make sure they have got all the information


I had an over the phone interview with Frontier Ranch and I will find out this week if I will be gone all summer being a camp counselor or not.


Inconclusion I am way too impatient for 2 really important events that will hopefully come true... agh can I know now? please.....

HAPPY MOTHER'S/ BIRTHDAY!

Ok, so this was like 2 years ago.... when I graduated from high school.
Look at how happy they are; their baby is finally out of high school!

Today was an extraordinary day. Yes it was Mother's day.... HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOMMY (and the rest of you who are moms)! It was my DADDY'S BIRTHDAY..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD! So for their day we went to Sacramento and spent the day shopping at IKEA, we got dad new sun glasses because he doesn't need his perscription ones anymore (he got lasik eye surgery on May 8th), we went to Chipotle and had linner (it was a very late lunch and a really early dinner), and on our way home we stopped for Cold Stone's ice cream..... oh how I love banana ice cream with reese's peanut butter cups..... just thinking about it puts me on cloud 9.

Cross it off the list :o)

So I can cross a few things off the long list of things to do.... but I had to add a few more things to do to keep me busy.

• I finished my APPLICATION for Frontier Ranch to become a camp counselor.
• I now have to ask one more person to fill out a reference form and send it in ASAP!
• I'll do that tomorrow :o)

• I turned in my APU APPLICATION
• Now have to ask for people to fill out reference forms for me (I have to ask a Teacher and a Christian Leader).
• And I have to get my transcripts sent to APU (I already requested for my high school transcripts to be sent)

• I need to study for my finals that are in two Mondays from now...
  

• I have TWO doctors appointments in the next 3 weeks... for totally different things..... I'm scared to go to one of them although it has to be done I've been complaining about it for probably 3 years now.... oops!

• I get to go to my cousins wedding at the ranch! I love going to the ranch.... most people think I'm a city slicker but deep down I love to be in the open fields and the smell of horses and cattle. And the beautiful sight of wrangler butts!
  

• I have got to CLEAN my room like majorly clean it! If I'm going to be gone all summer my room will surely be used as a guest room.... so it's got to be clean before I leave :o(
  
• I don't want to clean my room.... and it's not like the floor is covered its that I use my dresser as a catch all and you can't tell that there actually is a flat surface....

• I need to FIND a date for Karly's wedding! Oh and a Pretty Dress!

I know there is a lot more that I need to do but for right now this is a BIG list.... well sort of.

Bachelorette Weekend!

Partay! So one of my close friend Karly is getting married in 39 days.... she brought it up today... anyways... this past weekend was her bachelorette weekend and it was so much fun! We shopped till we dropped and then we learned how to pole dance! I was very skeptical about the whole thing but by the end of the lesson I was comfortable and felt sexy and confident (I also got a great workout). We went to a Japanese restaurant and the chef prepared the food in front of us, he was really funny making stupid jokes about everything! We had little lingerie party, and watched 27 Dresses (pay per view). Today we all went shopping at another mall and we headed our seperate ways home. Karly's wedding is on June 8th and I can't wait, it's just scary to think about her getting married because she is only a week older than me and we're only 20. I got to go to bed I've got school in the morning... eww....