With an "s", as in the Pizza Place. MMMMmmm. We went with Jenna, Nate, Jeremy, Heather, and Lillian. Good folks.

Got to love $5 appetizers. I got (as always) the Mediterranean Fondue which not only comes with more bread than you could possibly eat, but all of us went and ate on it, and we still only managed to finish off a 1/3 of the fondue, if that! So now I have a container and 6 pieces of bread for lunch tomorrow, and the other container to go with chips for a late-night snack! mmmmm!

Now go read my star trek until Micah gets home with the laundry.

"The final frontier..."

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Taken during the 4th of July weekend trip

That's right, it's my 22nd birthday on Saturday, July 18th! We're heading to the park for some fun in the sun and we're going to be wet 'n wild during our beach party blast!

Volleyball, Frisbee, Limbo, Water-Balloon Fight... that's just a glimpse at the fun we're going to have. And let's not forget the food--- mango salsa and chips, tropical kabobs, and to top it all off- a sand cake!

So with all this fun, why would you want to be anywhere else???

-See you there!-

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p.s- Flips flops are mandatory! Hawaiian shirts are optional.

So tonight we met up with our Uncle Wayne who is here visiting and his lady friend, Heather. They took us out to Golden Corral where I proceeded to stuff myself in two plates. Man. I just can't put it away like I used to. And a fast metabolism? You can forget it.

Hmm.. The cat is kneading my arm and purring in my ear.

Afterwards we went down to Kincaid park to get in some disc golf (Matt's new obsession) before the park closed at 10. It was 8:40. Uh... We managed to get in 7 holes before we had to book it back to the parking lot. But the final score: Micah won with 30, Matt and I tied for second place at 32. Wow! Can you believe it??? When we played on Wednesday I got 47 points in 9 holes, so I really managed to bring my game up. This was, in fact, only the third time that I had ever played. As it is, I can't toss a Frisbee to save my life. But I can throw it overhand, kind of like a baseball, and it goes pretty far. I don't have any muscle (like Jackie does) to get it REALLY far (like Jackie does), but it was enough tonight to put me toe to toe with Matt... My drive is strong, I just have horrible putting skills because I have to toss it since it's too close to throw overhand. Micah and I are hoping to go to the park tomorrow to get in some "private lessons", him work on his drive and me my putting.

After the disc gold we went for ice cream and then sat outside in the chilly night air and talked and talked and talked. Codi finished up with work and came by to talk with us some more. Man, I've missed that girl.

So now it's 1:30 am and I'm going to bed. Whew. Glad tomorrow is Saturday.

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This family that we were going to shoot next weekend had something happen. It's a blended family and apparently on Friday the ex-wife came and kidnapped three of the kids and has disappeared with them.

Um.. wow.

Needless to say, the family shoot has been postponed. But really, pray for these people. They are wonderful people and this is just crazy.

Thank you.

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Man. What was it? Sorry.. it went bye-bye... nope.. ain't coming back. Sorry about that.

Well.. um.. hi!

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Back in December Micah and I had taken pictures for our friends, Rachel and Doug, and wouldn't you know it, I got 4/5 done with this one image and totally forgot about it. (horrible, i know). Well, I remembered. :P

Better late than never though, eh?



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We're home, as you see. The 4th of July was AWESOME! So much fun! I took about 500 pictures of the course of the trip.. yay.. just one more event to add to my list of events that I need to review, edit, upload, and post.. sigh... And it's only two weeks until we have that family shoot scheduled. Oo vay.

Micah and I are cooking up some Creamy Mac and Cheese-- the revised version, and are trying to decide whether we want to go play disc golf with Matt, Nate, and a Buddy from work, or if we just want to stay home and sleep and watch NCIS. Hmm.. We're both worn, but he wants to have fun.. so I don't know.

Still no word on the job situation, so we'll see what Monday brings.

I have an idea for a skit, based off of what I shared in devotion this morning during Sunday School.. I'll have to post it once I get it written up. I have about 3 pages of notes right now, so we'll see what I finally end up with.

Man. My feet stinky. Cute shoes, but sweaty!

Btw, our rent went up. Again. Second time in 6 months. Last time it was $50, this time it was thankfully only $25, but still, it's the principle of the matter. This place is not worth $900, much less $925, it was barely worth $800, which is what it was when Matt first moved in. Um, God, a new home please? We'll be keeping an eye out, for sure.

What would really be nice is if I get that really good job where Matt works, that way Micah and I could start saving up for our own place for next spring, if not in the fall. Hopefully Micah will be able to finish his schooling up by next fall (graduate in December of 2010), so he could get a job out in the Valley and we could move out there sometime the beginning of 2011. That's the two year plan.. we'll see where it goes.

Of course, after this weekend we're half wanting to move down to the Kenai Peninsula, but we finally decided that we'll just retire there instead. By some land by the beach side, build our dream house, and then have enough acreage that we'll be able to build small cabins on one or two acre plots for each of our kids, that way they can come in for the weekend and have their own space, but still be within walking distance. Hey-- I can dream, can't I?

Really though, it's beautiful down there. Where the mountains and the seas meet....

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In advance...



We've been rushing around for the past 5 hours, ever since noon, trying to get ready to leave tonight as soon as Matt gets off of work. We've been to Walmart, Fred Meyers, and Costco, got the food to make:

F Breakfast- French Toast
F Lunch- Polish Sausage Dogs and Potato Salad
F Supper- Fried/Grilled Clams and Veggie Kabobs
S Breakfast- Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, and Toast
S Lunch- Classic Clam Bake
S Supper- Food in town from the parade and carnival
Dessert- S'mores (of course!)

Sound good?

I need to prepare all the food so that all we have to do out there is cook it. Yum.

We're either going into Soldotna for the 4th Celebration or into Homer, not sure yet... we'll see, won't we?

Alrighty then... off to the South.. of Alaska!
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Today is the day... I have two interviews back to back. First I'll be turning my resume into the place where matt and tim works (they have a receptionist/office admin position opening up) and talking to them a bit, then it's off to a place called BSI at 11 for another interview. In the end I want what God knows is best for me. I know which job would be better from my human perspective, but God knows the heart and the future. So I'll do my best and leave the rest up to Him.

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