Sweet Summertime

Strawberry Pie

I just LOVE to make pie!! My favorite part is the crust...

Although, I like cutting the fruit, too...

Looks like Sarah Beth enjoys pie, too!

Camp Counselours

Being a camp counselour is one of the best parts of my summer. It's so rewarding!! We love camp.

It's a lot of hard work! And it's a very serious responsibility.

But, it's a lot of fun, too!!

Do, Re, Mi....

My sister Katie taught a music workshop at camp last week.

Some of us tried to help her... (Note: emphasis on TRY....) Notice how most of us look totally lost?
On the last night the children performed for us... it was beautiful!

More Camp

We really had a blast at camp last week!!

My Grandpa taught some of the boys how to raise the flag and take it down at night.

They were very diligent about it.

We did some hiking.

Fanny Crosby made an appearance, too!!

Camp 2007

This year was the 5th youth camp that our church has hosted.

60 kids between the ages of 3 and 17

plus babies

Our theme was "Running the Race"

Needless to say there was lots of running!

.... and duck walking....

Well, that's all for now!!! I have piles of pictures to sort through. I'll share more soon!!!!

Back from camp!!

I'm sorry I don't have any pictures to share, yet! I do have pics... I think Steph ( my sis) took about 3 or 4 hundred... but, right now, they are downloaded on the other computer. I'll get to it soon, I promise!

But, I just want to say...

#1 I LOVE CAMP!!!

#2 I LOVE THE CHILDREN!!!!

#3 GOD IS AWESOME!!!

that's all for now... pictures soon!!!

Cheerio!! I'll be back soon!

On your mark!

Get set!!!

Go!!!!

Youth Camp 2007!!!! I'll be back in a week!!!

I just want to say...

Moms are the best people ever invented!!

Fourth of July

Well, we're back from our annual "Fourth-of-July-Church-Conference."

We've been going to this particular conference every year as long as I can remember. If we ever missed one... I don't remember it.

For me, the conference means many things

• A chance to see lots of people I haven't seen since... maybe last July 4th?
• Lots of Video Editing/camera operating
• Cutting flowers in a field at sunrise
• Arranging flowers into LOTS of bouquets in the afternoon
• Learning about The Lord
• Staying with Ty and Shan and girls
• Happy memories....

Movie Stars

Stephanie and Sarah B. wore sunglasses for a picture together.

But, Sarah peeked....

Strawberry Crepes

Recipe:



In a large mizing bowl whisk together:

1 cup flour

2 eggs



Gradually add in:

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water



Add:

1/4 tsp. salt

2 tablespoons melted butter



Beat until smooth



Heat a lightly oiled griddle. Pour approx. 1/4 cup of batter into pan, tilt the pan with a circular motion so that the butter coats the surface evenly. Cook the crepe for about 2 minutes, until the bottom is light brown. Loosen with a spatula, turn and cook the other side. SERVE HOT.



CREPE FILLING:



Blend:

1 pkg. cream cheese

1 cup sour cream

1/2 cup sugar



Spoon filling into center of crepe. Fold and top with fruit and powdered sugar.

puppy love

Sarah Beth

Met a puppy

It was love at first sight

She wanted to take care of him... so she tried to feed him a balloon....

Happy Independence Day!

As a Good Soldier of Jesus Christ

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

-Matthew 19:14

play-doh

Remember the fun of squishing play-doh between your fingers?

Sarah Beth enjoyed it!

Nancy Drew

If you had been in a theater in my hometown a few nights ago, you might have heard me mumbling under my breath during the opening credits of the movie.

"Please don't change Nancy Drew, Please don't change Nancy Drew..."

Then you might've heard my sister elbowing me in the rib cage and saying "SHHHH!!!!"

I'm not sure why she did that tho' since the only other people in the theater were in our group.

Anyway, I went to see the Nancy Drew movie. I was very nervous. Nancy Drew has a special place in my heart. I have many fond memories of curling up under a blanket or laying on my front lawn with a Nancy Drew book in my hand. I love Nancy Drew. I always have.

So, like I said, I was nervous.

But, I was very pleasantly surprised!

The script writers DID change Nancy. They made her 16, and a peppy over achiever who likes "old fashioned things".

Nancy has been a smart, but mostly serious 18 year old girl for 75 years!!

Despite that, though, the movie makers did manage to keep the overall feel of a Nancy Drew book. I can't tell you how many times I elbowed my sister.

"Of course, there's always a haunted house"

"Chloroform. The bad guys always use chloroform when she gets kidnapped"

"I love the high speed chases in Nancy's blue mustang roadster"

I think my sister wished she had sat next to someone else.

My favorite line: "I just hate it when people try to kill me. It's so RUDE!"

So, all in all, I liked it. It was pretty good even though the Nancy Drew I saw was this one.

Maybe someday I'll write my own Nancy Drew screenplay. But, my screenplay will be about THIS Nancy.

Hydrangea

My sister, the gardener, left today for a couple of weeks vacation.

She was gone for all of 5 hours when I snuck home in the middle of the day and cut these gorgeous hydrangea blossoms off her *clears throat* OUR hydrangea bush. :-) I put them on the passenger seat and made a speedy getaway!

See, I like to take our beautiful garden flowers to the flower shop and use them in bouquets. My sister prefers to leave them in the garden.

Ah well, my customers certainly loved them!

"Woe be to him who reads but one book"

In my room

There are stacks
and stacks

and stacks....
...
... of books ... this isn't even a tenth of themAnd it's not even a hundredth of my wish list...

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

I need some more bookshelves. And a bigger bedroom.

It's always "daisy-time"