Busy

Well I certainly think the Raleigh news team will stop whining about the lack of rain we have had this year. At least I would think so after the amount of rain that came down during a 20min storm yesterday! We have been getting quite the thunder and lightening show these last couple of days complete with what seems like more rain then we get in California in a year in less then 20min.

Hopefully things are different down in South Carolina because on Tuesday we leave to take the girls white water rafting! They have earned this 3 day trip due to some good behavior over this last summer break.

This leaves me with a busy couple of weeks since I will not be home next week (I am on shift at the house Monday, Tuesday, Friday-Monday afternoon, and we are rafting Tuesday-Thursday) and then on August 9th Julie and I will move into a different apartment just up the road. So let the packing begin!

Meaning

I forgot to mention that my tattoo means "Pure heart" in Aramaic and I wrote it myself ;)

My Next 10 Songs

I have been tagged by Chris to list the next 10 songs that come up on my iPod or iTunes. Here is what came up:

Lonely No More - Rob Thomas
Wait - Mat Kearney
A Lack Of Color - Death Cab For Cutie
Trapped - Tupac
I Miss You - Blink 182
Before It's Too Late - The Goo Goo Dolls
Easier To Lie - Aqualung
Boomerang Theory - Gym Class Heroes
Like Toy Soldiers - Eminem
I Hate Myself For Losing You - Kelly Clarkson

I actually just put it on random and kept clicking forward....I am not sure what the rules are but here is my random list! I tag whoever hasn't done this that reads my blog and has one of their own!

Bring on the heat!

So today I walk in to Starbucks and it is somewhat hotter and more humid then it is outside!!!! I look around to see one coworker with a wet towel like a bandanna around his head and the other just aimlessly walking around behind the counter in slow motion. Then I walk to the back office, which is the hottest part of our store at all times and see my manager with a wet towel on her forehead looking at the computer and mumbling under her breath. It was almost worth it to work the next 2 hours in 90 degree heat + humidity to see them all like this. Our air had gone out and didn't get going and down to the comfortable temp of 78 until we were walking out the door at 930pm (I had started at 1:45pm). We let our customers know we were all trying to lose weight...and I think I might have!

Here it is

I realized that I did have a picture of it before it scabbed over - so here it is-upside down but here it is. This should be last one for a while so for those who are not pumped, no worries.

NC History Museum

For those of you who don't read Amberlee's blog....we went to the NC History Museum on Saturday and walked around downtown.

The 3 Presidents NC gave the US (Polk, Johnson, and Jackson)

Amberlee at the House

I had to work on Wednesday and Thursday at the House but got permission for Amberlee to come and hang out with the girls. So she came down Wednesday as we had nothing really on the schedule. My co-worker and boss were nice enough to make us leave each night after the girls went to bed so that I was just there on Wednesday from 2:30-10pm and then again on Thursday. It was fun to be able to show someone exactly what I do and the girls were very fond of Amberlee.

For those who haven't already seen this on Amberlee's blog....

It is her fault....

Pictures are coming...

Wilmington, NC

On Friday Amberlee drove down to Carolina Beach and Wilmington to stock the sites of Dawson's Creek.

Leery's Fresh Fish
Most of these are sweet pictures I stole from Amberlee's camera
The bar where Joey and where they hang out in season 6

"Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina"
We are eating in "The Ice House"

Thanks Keagan!

Last Saturday Keagan woke up throwing up. Yesterday Cruz came home from work throwing up. This morning it was my turn. After about 8 times I mustered some strength to get ready for meetings at the house. I made it through devotions and half of prayer time before heading to the bathroom to get rid of my water. By the time I went to Starbucks at 2pm I was feeling a little better and by 6pm I was finally able to keep down a juice smoothie!

Today also proved to be somewhat exciting as the Qdoba (like Baja Fresh), which is one store away from Starbucks, was robbed by 3 men with guns at 9:45am!!!!! This would be the second robbery in our shopping center in the last month or so. The other was Char Grill, which is across the parking lot with quick access to a main street. Good thing they invested in some top notch security guards after the last one.

The Wedding

Alright girls....steal the pictures! let our blogs be merged!

Christy and I
Keriann, Colson, and I

Julie, me, Jenni, Cruz, Kendra, Keriann, and Ronda

The frist tent
The 2nd tent is up on the tennis court - Kelee is tossing the boquet up on the right
The Electric Slide

Babysitting Keagan

Snacks

He fell asleep before the instructions said he should...so we had to wake him up to meet Ronda at Olive Garden for lunch. I don't think he was very happy about that.

The view from the house
Victory!

Ronda's House

Cruz and I went up to Renton on Thursday (the 5th) to see Ronda and Keagan. On Thursday we hung out at the house and made Kabobs while Keagan swam. Friday Cruz and I hung out with Keagan while Ronda was at work. We met her for lunch at Olive Garden and then it was a 2 hour nap for everyone! That night we dropped Keagan off at Gma's and went to see "Knocked Up."

A fan of Blues Clues
He thinks he is smiling
The Kabobs



Sporting the Angels gear