Since I last wrote, things have been busy, and yet we’ve been enjoying the slow pace of things and really making an effort not to have our schedules jam-packed as usual!
Last week was same ol’ same ol’ with work – Curt made it back from Louisiana ok, heading out to California today but will be back tomorrow, so work stuff is going fine.
We took the boat out on Thursday evening and had a great time, then Friday we went to dinner with Vinny & Yvonne, walked around Market Street, and went to the store and watched TV and just relaxed, was great!
Saturday morning we took my dad out on the boat as he hadn’t had the chance to join us yet, so we had a great time hanging out with him, and though he didn’t get up on the skate or board, he really did a GREAT job b/c it is hard when you do these things at first! We had to drop him off around 11ish or so as he had a flight to Holland to catch, and we stayed out for a couple more hours as the sun was shining and we were doing great out there. For the rest of the day we cleaned the house, and then had a friend over for dinner on Friday which was great – yummy steak dinner (by Curt), salad (by Chelsea), and Old Fashioned Cola Cake made by yours truly, and watched The Illusionist in the media room, so that was fun, too!
Sunday I slept in (from Thursday and then Saturday, we were both sore!) and tended to Cottonwood (everyone is out of town – Dad in Holland, Mom in WV, Ken in East Texas on business, etc) and the mess she made (she’s been sick – very sad), then went out to work on our backyard which, with the rain, has just gotten out of hand! We can’t keep up with how fast everything is growing!! So that was exhausting, and then I went to Chelsea’s for a party, and then we had Domino’s and watched a movie…
So the theme for the weekend was try and get stuff done that needs to get done, but try and relax a lot in between which worked pretty well! My “slower life summer” is going as planned and I’m really proud of us for sticking with it!
Oh – and here’s a “It’s the Little Things” segment:
I bought a new hairdryer this weekend and I love it! It’s a Remington, and blows my hair dry in like less than 3 minutes – so incredible! I also picked a bouquet of wildflowers that had been growing in my backyard as WEEDS and they are just what summer is all about… sigh!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
DC, Harry Potter, Boating - More Summer Fun!
Hey everyone!
I left off just having arrived in DC, and I had a great time! The work I was there for went great, and in our spare time in the evenings I got a chance to wander around downtown DC and do a little sightseeing! I’ve been there a ton before, but it’s been SO long since I’ve actually had the chance to walk around and take in the sights – and I love this city! Wednesday evening Andrew
(coworker) and I went to dinner close to the hotel, and had a delicious Italian meal – I had lasagna that rivaled my great-grandmother’s – yum! Then chatted with Curt, and read some Harry Potter book 6, and then hit the sack. Did the work thing the next day, enjoyed seeing the people out of the Arlington office and hanging out with them, and then that evening Andrew wanted to go to his favorite restaurant there (another Italian place – geez! LOL, he tricked me!) so we walked probably a good 5 miles around the city, going around the white house, to the memorials and the monument, etc. ending up at DuPont Square to go to La Tomate. The weather was absolutely amazing – like 80 degrees and what every Texan envisions summer should be like – sigh! At the National Monument, they had a ton of adult-type intramural sports games going on, including KICKBALL!! I explained this sport to Andrew (as he’s British) and it was so fun to hang out, watch adults play kickball, softball, and all in the shadow of the setting sun and the towering National Monument – ugh – so cool! It seemed like the whole city was buzzing with laid back summer activity; I bet DC would be a fabulous place to live and work… so we made it to dinner many steps later, and it was great! A meal of Ravioli, lemon drop martinis, and a lovely crème brulee later, it was time to take the metro back, and oh was I tired! Talked to Curt again, read some Harry Potter, and to sleep I went, with Friday being the day I would get to see my grandparents and uncle!
Friday went well with work again, and then headed out in the early afternoon to take the metro to meet my uncle who was going to pick me up and take me to my grandpa. Turns out he had a meeting with the State’s Attorney, so he met me there, but then his friend (also a cop) took me to
meet Grandpa, but not before I got a tour of my uncle’s office! It was really neat and weird to see the different departments – homicide (his), sexual assault, robbery, etc. Then he showed me his office, where he had a bulletin board of people’s faces and how they were connected, with important information – I noted that they were all younger than my little sister, and he said yeah, they start young and those people were responsible for about 8-10 murders in the area, but they just had to keep building a case in order to put them away. It was really strange because in just a picture of their faces, they looked to be nice looking kids, but I guess not so nice. The other really surreal thing was I saw a schedule type board that said At Bat, On Deck, and Next On Deck or something like that – I thought it was just for shifts so pointed it out, but Tony said it kind of is, but really it’s more for who gets the next murder. It struck me I guess because murder is on a schedule, they know it’s going to occur, and the next case
that person has it will be because someone has killed someone. It was heavy stuff, I tell you… made me sad. Somewhere out there someone is walking with limited time, and someone’s family will be devastated, and that At Bat cop will be busy with work trying to build a case, and then they go through the “schedule” all over again… sigh.
Anyway, had a GREAT time with my family – hung out with my grandparents, went out to dinner with them and my uncle and his girlfriend, and just had a great time!! For dinner we went to a seafood restaurant where I had Imperial Crab, and Cream of Crab soup – I can’t tell you how
ready I was for some great crab!! YUM! That evening we watched one of my Netflix movies, and then in the morning we just hung out until it was time for Grandpa to take me to the airport. We ate a nice relaxed lunch once we got there, and then I headed out on the plane for home! It was a really quick trip, but it was so fun and relaxing to hang out, and I loved it!
The Harry Potter book had come out the previous night, so I finished book 6 Saturday morning, ready to get my reserved copy when I got off the plane, but it was so torturous because the girl across the aisle from me already had her copy! It was all I could do to keep myself from glancing over and looking at the chapter titles – grr! She was about 2/3 the way through, so I asked how it was and of course she said great… it was going to be a long plane ride – especially since the girl sitting directly next to me was a trip in her own rite… ugh.
Anyway, so got home, we went to Borders and I happily picked up my copy, and Curt had to finish some work on the boat so I got a good 4 hours of reading in and got about halfway through… and oh my gosh, SO GOOD! I took a break for us to eat a late dinner, and then I choked on my chicken finger! I mean, real choke, reminiscent of what happened freshman year. I stood up choking, motioned to Curt who quickly got up, and I was just sucking so hard for air – what a nightmare it is to feel this kind of stress. After a few breaths I quickly threw up all over our bar, and we headed to the bathroom where for the next hour or so he had to sit with me while my body was recovering. I was SO BUMMED too because we were all ready to go out dancing, but just wasn’t meant to be so we watched a movie instead in between my interruptions. Ugh… at least I didn’t die, though! So thank heaven for that…
Sunday morning I read more Harry Potter for about 45 minutes in bed, then we took the boat out with a couple of friends (a loose potential match making session) and had a GREAT
time wakeskating, wakeboarding, and our friend did the slalom ski (looks hard)! Curt finally nailed his 360 and we all were cheering, and I tried wakeboarding for the first time, which is much easier than wakeskating, so we had a great day! Curt and I both got sunburned, so we need to be more proactive next time with the sunscreen, but other than that, it was awesome – still a little sore though b/c my endurance was great, but I feel it at the moment!
Curt’s been in Louisiana since Sunday night, he gets home tonight so I’m excited about that… I dropped him off to drive with a coworker Sunday night, went and had dinner at my folks’ place and hung out with them, and then snuggled up to read the last of the Harry Potter book – had 200 pages left, and finished in about 1.5 hours, just in time for bed. I laughed, I cried, and it was fantastic, so now just really sad that that is the end of it. Curt and I are going to go through all of the books from the beginning starting in September, because Fall and Harry Potter are synonymous to me, so I can’t wait as Curt hasn’t read past book 2, I think! Yea!
Tonight I am going to dinner with my Young Life girls which I’m so excited about, and we may take the boat out tomorrow night if we can get off work at decent times to get an hour or so in before dark… I’m sure Curt will attempt his 360 again, so I’ll try to get a video of him if possible!
I miss Kendyl – she’s on business for one more week….then when she gets back we’re going to go house hunting (just to look, and maybe act if there’s something good out there)!! Did get some GREAT news this morning though – our netflix membership is getting *cheaper* AND we get 17 hours of on demand movies per month – how cool is that?!
Enjoy the video - haha... we got a new boat tower so the music is awesome! I noticed that on the site it doesn't look like I have a bathing suit on, but I promise I do -it's just pink! LOL And notice I'm just a beginner, and I'm ok with this - I'm getting better all the time!
Hope everyone is well!
Love,
Tasha xx
I left off just having arrived in DC, and I had a great time! The work I was there for went great, and in our spare time in the evenings I got a chance to wander around downtown DC and do a little sightseeing! I’ve been there a ton before, but it’s been SO long since I’ve actually had the chance to walk around and take in the sights – and I love this city! Wednesday evening Andrew
(coworker) and I went to dinner close to the hotel, and had a delicious Italian meal – I had lasagna that rivaled my great-grandmother’s – yum! Then chatted with Curt, and read some Harry Potter book 6, and then hit the sack. Did the work thing the next day, enjoyed seeing the people out of the Arlington office and hanging out with them, and then that evening Andrew wanted to go to his favorite restaurant there (another Italian place – geez! LOL, he tricked me!) so we walked probably a good 5 miles around the city, going around the white house, to the memorials and the monument, etc. ending up at DuPont Square to go to La Tomate. The weather was absolutely amazing – like 80 degrees and what every Texan envisions summer should be like – sigh! At the National Monument, they had a ton of adult-type intramural sports games going on, including KICKBALL!! I explained this sport to Andrew (as he’s British) and it was so fun to hang out, watch adults play kickball, softball, and all in the shadow of the setting sun and the towering National Monument – ugh – so cool! It seemed like the whole city was buzzing with laid back summer activity; I bet DC would be a fabulous place to live and work… so we made it to dinner many steps later, and it was great! A meal of Ravioli, lemon drop martinis, and a lovely crème brulee later, it was time to take the metro back, and oh was I tired! Talked to Curt again, read some Harry Potter, and to sleep I went, with Friday being the day I would get to see my grandparents and uncle!Friday went well with work again, and then headed out in the early afternoon to take the metro to meet my uncle who was going to pick me up and take me to my grandpa. Turns out he had a meeting with the State’s Attorney, so he met me there, but then his friend (also a cop) took me to
meet Grandpa, but not before I got a tour of my uncle’s office! It was really neat and weird to see the different departments – homicide (his), sexual assault, robbery, etc. Then he showed me his office, where he had a bulletin board of people’s faces and how they were connected, with important information – I noted that they were all younger than my little sister, and he said yeah, they start young and those people were responsible for about 8-10 murders in the area, but they just had to keep building a case in order to put them away. It was really strange because in just a picture of their faces, they looked to be nice looking kids, but I guess not so nice. The other really surreal thing was I saw a schedule type board that said At Bat, On Deck, and Next On Deck or something like that – I thought it was just for shifts so pointed it out, but Tony said it kind of is, but really it’s more for who gets the next murder. It struck me I guess because murder is on a schedule, they know it’s going to occur, and the next case
that person has it will be because someone has killed someone. It was heavy stuff, I tell you… made me sad. Somewhere out there someone is walking with limited time, and someone’s family will be devastated, and that At Bat cop will be busy with work trying to build a case, and then they go through the “schedule” all over again… sigh.Anyway, had a GREAT time with my family – hung out with my grandparents, went out to dinner with them and my uncle and his girlfriend, and just had a great time!! For dinner we went to a seafood restaurant where I had Imperial Crab, and Cream of Crab soup – I can’t tell you how
ready I was for some great crab!! YUM! That evening we watched one of my Netflix movies, and then in the morning we just hung out until it was time for Grandpa to take me to the airport. We ate a nice relaxed lunch once we got there, and then I headed out on the plane for home! It was a really quick trip, but it was so fun and relaxing to hang out, and I loved it!The Harry Potter book had come out the previous night, so I finished book 6 Saturday morning, ready to get my reserved copy when I got off the plane, but it was so torturous because the girl across the aisle from me already had her copy! It was all I could do to keep myself from glancing over and looking at the chapter titles – grr! She was about 2/3 the way through, so I asked how it was and of course she said great… it was going to be a long plane ride – especially since the girl sitting directly next to me was a trip in her own rite… ugh.
Anyway, so got home, we went to Borders and I happily picked up my copy, and Curt had to finish some work on the boat so I got a good 4 hours of reading in and got about halfway through… and oh my gosh, SO GOOD! I took a break for us to eat a late dinner, and then I choked on my chicken finger! I mean, real choke, reminiscent of what happened freshman year. I stood up choking, motioned to Curt who quickly got up, and I was just sucking so hard for air – what a nightmare it is to feel this kind of stress. After a few breaths I quickly threw up all over our bar, and we headed to the bathroom where for the next hour or so he had to sit with me while my body was recovering. I was SO BUMMED too because we were all ready to go out dancing, but just wasn’t meant to be so we watched a movie instead in between my interruptions. Ugh… at least I didn’t die, though! So thank heaven for that…
Sunday morning I read more Harry Potter for about 45 minutes in bed, then we took the boat out with a couple of friends (a loose potential match making session) and had a GREAT
time wakeskating, wakeboarding, and our friend did the slalom ski (looks hard)! Curt finally nailed his 360 and we all were cheering, and I tried wakeboarding for the first time, which is much easier than wakeskating, so we had a great day! Curt and I both got sunburned, so we need to be more proactive next time with the sunscreen, but other than that, it was awesome – still a little sore though b/c my endurance was great, but I feel it at the moment!Curt’s been in Louisiana since Sunday night, he gets home tonight so I’m excited about that… I dropped him off to drive with a coworker Sunday night, went and had dinner at my folks’ place and hung out with them, and then snuggled up to read the last of the Harry Potter book – had 200 pages left, and finished in about 1.5 hours, just in time for bed. I laughed, I cried, and it was fantastic, so now just really sad that that is the end of it. Curt and I are going to go through all of the books from the beginning starting in September, because Fall and Harry Potter are synonymous to me, so I can’t wait as Curt hasn’t read past book 2, I think! Yea!
Tonight I am going to dinner with my Young Life girls which I’m so excited about, and we may take the boat out tomorrow night if we can get off work at decent times to get an hour or so in before dark… I’m sure Curt will attempt his 360 again, so I’ll try to get a video of him if possible!
I miss Kendyl – she’s on business for one more week….then when she gets back we’re going to go house hunting (just to look, and maybe act if there’s something good out there)!! Did get some GREAT news this morning though – our netflix membership is getting *cheaper* AND we get 17 hours of on demand movies per month – how cool is that?!
Enjoy the video - haha... we got a new boat tower so the music is awesome! I noticed that on the site it doesn't look like I have a bathing suit on, but I promise I do -it's just pink! LOL And notice I'm just a beginner, and I'm ok with this - I'm getting better all the time!
Hope everyone is well!
Love,
Tasha xx
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Miscellaneous Business
I know it has been awhile, but things have been pretty hectic AND I got sick again, so my apologies!
Here is what has been going on since my birthday post:
That night, Mom, Curt and myself went to see Harry Potter as the movie was released that day and it was SO great! I loved it! Then we celebrated AGAIN on the weekend by all of us minus Dad (he was still out of the country) going to the museum to see the Frogs exhibit and then the Deep Sea 3D Imax movie! I was sick and my neck was huge b/c of my swollen glands, but it was a really fun day and the frogs were so cool! My favorites were the poison dart frogs – their colors are truly amazing and they are so small! The Imax movie was also really cool with being 3D – they have really improved this kind of technology because they had jellyfish, squid, and turtles (and more) all coming out to play… haha! We then went to Marco’s (YUM) for dinner, and then Mom, Curt and I watched Roman Holiday and it was all happy times…
Thursday, Curt and I got off work as normal, but hurried, and took the boat out just the two of us for a nice evening of wakeskating and cruising. It was a really nice night and the water was so smooth as many people don’t go out so late and during the week, but we got an hour or so in before it got too dark, and we really had a great time, though we ended up tearing ourselves up a bit! I took two hard falls in the beginning that TOTALLY rattled my brain as I fell in the water on my head (I was a little rusty and was not letting go of the rope as I was falling – ugh!) so that *REALLY* hurt, and then as I was falling another time my knee skidded the skate so I had a nice skate rash all over my knee and leg… Curt also pulled a muscle or strained one in his arm, so we went home a couple of gimps! Later that evening my sore throat set in, and I felt SURE it was because of my two falls that set my head/ear fluid/everything out of whack!
Then Friday Kendyl got her Harley! It is white, and I will post pictures when I get back into town and on my other laptop, but she looks pretty sharp on it! The night she got it she and Mom rode their Harley’s up to see Mam and they had a good time… Kendyl has wanted one for a long time so check that one off the list! Next time you see her ask her how many pairs of boots she bought to “match” her bike and her many outfits… I love her – LOL!
Then on Sunday Dad was getting in at 7:30 p.m. or so, so because Kendyl and Dad had been out of town earlier, and I still hadn’t had an all together get together, we went out to the Cheesecake factory for dessert, did presents, sang and the whole bit, so that was awesome, too! So it was really a different kind of birthday with a bunch of activities that only a few people at a time were a part of, but I guess that’s how it goes when your birthday falls on hump day? It seems like my birthday has fallen on a weekday FOREVER now!
Tuesday was Mom’s Birthday and we went to Fogo de Chao which is a churrascaria much like Texas de Brazil so I was in heaven! I actually didn’t eat myself silly so that was good, but oh what a carnivore’s paradise! We had a great time, and I got a massage for Mom so hopefully I’ll get to go with her when she goes – I love massages!!
Wednesday I flew to DC for work, so am here now, and tomorrow I’m going to see my Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle who are up here in this area – so fun! I’m staying the night with them then heading home Saturday, so a really quick trip but you take what you can get, right? Anyway, heading off soon so gotta wrap it up. I have a few pics that I want to post and will when I get home. I got a new laptop though (against my wishes) from work and all of my programs are wiped, so I’m going to have to spend some time getting it back to normal… ugh! The laptop is nice and all, but I had a great system, and had everything like I wanted it!!
Oh, and REALLY excited about the new Harry Potter book - will be reading it this weekend so please no one spoil it for me, ok?? I started book 6 yesterday to make sure I'm all fresh and ready to go, and am about half way through so with the plane ride back I should finish it. I was kind of bummed b/c I'm missing the release party at Borders on Friday night, but they'll hold my reserved copy til Saturday evening so you know the first place we'll be going when Curt grabs me from the airport!
Anyway, until next time!
Love,
Tasha xx
Here is what has been going on since my birthday post:
That night, Mom, Curt and myself went to see Harry Potter as the movie was released that day and it was SO great! I loved it! Then we celebrated AGAIN on the weekend by all of us minus Dad (he was still out of the country) going to the museum to see the Frogs exhibit and then the Deep Sea 3D Imax movie! I was sick and my neck was huge b/c of my swollen glands, but it was a really fun day and the frogs were so cool! My favorites were the poison dart frogs – their colors are truly amazing and they are so small! The Imax movie was also really cool with being 3D – they have really improved this kind of technology because they had jellyfish, squid, and turtles (and more) all coming out to play… haha! We then went to Marco’s (YUM) for dinner, and then Mom, Curt and I watched Roman Holiday and it was all happy times…
Thursday, Curt and I got off work as normal, but hurried, and took the boat out just the two of us for a nice evening of wakeskating and cruising. It was a really nice night and the water was so smooth as many people don’t go out so late and during the week, but we got an hour or so in before it got too dark, and we really had a great time, though we ended up tearing ourselves up a bit! I took two hard falls in the beginning that TOTALLY rattled my brain as I fell in the water on my head (I was a little rusty and was not letting go of the rope as I was falling – ugh!) so that *REALLY* hurt, and then as I was falling another time my knee skidded the skate so I had a nice skate rash all over my knee and leg… Curt also pulled a muscle or strained one in his arm, so we went home a couple of gimps! Later that evening my sore throat set in, and I felt SURE it was because of my two falls that set my head/ear fluid/everything out of whack!
Then Friday Kendyl got her Harley! It is white, and I will post pictures when I get back into town and on my other laptop, but she looks pretty sharp on it! The night she got it she and Mom rode their Harley’s up to see Mam and they had a good time… Kendyl has wanted one for a long time so check that one off the list! Next time you see her ask her how many pairs of boots she bought to “match” her bike and her many outfits… I love her – LOL!Then on Sunday Dad was getting in at 7:30 p.m. or so, so because Kendyl and Dad had been out of town earlier, and I still hadn’t had an all together get together, we went out to the Cheesecake factory for dessert, did presents, sang and the whole bit, so that was awesome, too! So it was really a different kind of birthday with a bunch of activities that only a few people at a time were a part of, but I guess that’s how it goes when your birthday falls on hump day? It seems like my birthday has fallen on a weekday FOREVER now!
Tuesday was Mom’s Birthday and we went to Fogo de Chao which is a churrascaria much like Texas de Brazil so I was in heaven! I actually didn’t eat myself silly so that was good, but oh what a carnivore’s paradise! We had a great time, and I got a massage for Mom so hopefully I’ll get to go with her when she goes – I love massages!!
Wednesday I flew to DC for work, so am here now, and tomorrow I’m going to see my Grandpa, Grandma, and Uncle who are up here in this area – so fun! I’m staying the night with them then heading home Saturday, so a really quick trip but you take what you can get, right? Anyway, heading off soon so gotta wrap it up. I have a few pics that I want to post and will when I get home. I got a new laptop though (against my wishes) from work and all of my programs are wiped, so I’m going to have to spend some time getting it back to normal… ugh! The laptop is nice and all, but I had a great system, and had everything like I wanted it!!
Oh, and REALLY excited about the new Harry Potter book - will be reading it this weekend so please no one spoil it for me, ok?? I started book 6 yesterday to make sure I'm all fresh and ready to go, and am about half way through so with the plane ride back I should finish it. I was kind of bummed b/c I'm missing the release party at Borders on Friday night, but they'll hold my reserved copy til Saturday evening so you know the first place we'll be going when Curt grabs me from the airport!
Anyway, until next time!
Love,
Tasha xx
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
More candles, please...
You gotta love birthdays...
My morning started out perfectly - the alarm went off and instantly started playing my summer theme song, "Nothing Left to Lose" by Mat Kearney, had a great lunch and wonderful tres leches cake for lunch with my coworkers, avoided being t-boned by a crazy bmw that ran a red light - hello? Thanks to Corbitt driving like a grandma we hadn't started going yet and this guy hit he truck that was on our rig
ht, but had we been there it would have been an entire lane LESS and surely would have hit us much harder… oh and by the way, it was a hit and run, he ended up hitting the truck lightly, but kept going, and the truck didn’t bother to chase him?! Crazy… Anyway, oh and forgot to say that while on the way to lunch heard my summer theme song AGAIN AND willed a front row spot at Ruggles which is pretty much impossible, so I’m on *fire*!! Tonight is Harry Potter with Curt and my mom which should be fantastic, and it’s been a good day so far with lots of calls from friends and family. The only thing t
hat is missing is Savannah, which I cried about last night, but am holding it together to make it a happy day today… and oh yeah, no rain! I think it has only ever rained on my birthday once, if even, so how about that?
Can’t wait to see the movie, will let all of you know how it is!
Love,
Tasha xx
ht, but had we been there it would have been an entire lane LESS and surely would have hit us much harder… oh and by the way, it was a hit and run, he ended up hitting the truck lightly, but kept going, and the truck didn’t bother to chase him?! Crazy… Anyway, oh and forgot to say that while on the way to lunch heard my summer theme song AGAIN AND willed a front row spot at Ruggles which is pretty much impossible, so I’m on *fire*!! Tonight is Harry Potter with Curt and my mom which should be fantastic, and it’s been a good day so far with lots of calls from friends and family. The only thing t
hat is missing is Savannah, which I cried about last night, but am holding it together to make it a happy day today… and oh yeah, no rain! I think it has only ever rained on my birthday once, if even, so how about that?Can’t wait to see the movie, will let all of you know how it is!
Love,
Tasha xx
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Young Life Camp at Crooked Creek!
Young Life Camp was AMAZING! 
Last week was great in pretty much every way… it’s almost too much to go through b/c we were so unbelievably busy, but to nutshell it to avoid the longest blog posting ever, I rode horses, mountain biked (omg so hard), did a ropes course (I’ve done these before, but have never zip-lined which was so fast!), did an
obstacle course in the mud, in the dark (and it was freezing by the way and people were coming out of the bushes with water balloons and super soakers), square danced, ate amazing food, had fun in dune buggy’s on a course, human rodeo, volleyball tournament, pool games tournament, BLOBBED, slid down a huge water slide, played dodge ball, and laughed a ton at Club every night.
We had 14 girls total in our cabin, 3 leaders and 11 girls. The other leaders were Rachel and Cori, and the girls were: Mikey, Tia, Brittney, Meara, Christina, Shelby, Heather,
Evie, Alex, Laura Ann, and Jenie. They were from both Woodlands and College Park as we’re a mixed club for the moment, and most of them going into their Junior or Sophomore year. We took our trip with another local (and rival) high school, Oak Ridge, who for this trip we termed “Smoke Ridge” b/c they had so many smokers – yuck!, and then a group of Woodlands/CP boys as well, so in total there were about 55 of us. We road the bus up on Saturday afternoon, got there Sunday afternoon, and then began our week of fun in the Rockies at Crooked Creek! All of the activities listed above were jam packed in there, and there was usually some free time in the afternoons but we al
ways seemed so busy! The camp is amazing – not to mention just gorgeous in layout and scenery – but had every amenity imaginable. The pool was huge and was so great, they had a hot tub that sat about 30 kids at a time, and had so many games and things to do, snack bar with WONDERFUL milkshakes and ice cream, and of course the YL store which I spent a small fortune in… I just love that we do this!
The girls were incredible to get
to know, too. As Curt and I have one year under our belt with this group it really solidified my relationship with a lot of the girls, and I can’t wait to see the fruits of that this next year! The message was really incredible too – mostly at YL camp it centers around God’s love for you no matter where you are, what you’ve done, etc. and just walks through Jesus’ death, resur
rection and really where we fit in so that was so good to hear again and even better, have the time to reflect on this as life is usually so busy! I loved it…the only bummer was that Curt couldn’t be there to share in this, but hopefully next year! 
Anyway, going to post a bunch of pictures to make up for what I’m lacking in words…
Love,
Tasha xx
Last week was great in pretty much every way… it’s almost too much to go through b/c we were so unbelievably busy, but to nutshell it to avoid the longest blog posting ever, I rode horses, mountain biked (omg so hard), did a ropes course (I’ve done these before, but have never zip-lined which was so fast!), did an
obstacle course in the mud, in the dark (and it was freezing by the way and people were coming out of the bushes with water balloons and super soakers), square danced, ate amazing food, had fun in dune buggy’s on a course, human rodeo, volleyball tournament, pool games tournament, BLOBBED, slid down a huge water slide, played dodge ball, and laughed a ton at Club every night.We had 14 girls total in our cabin, 3 leaders and 11 girls. The other leaders were Rachel and Cori, and the girls were: Mikey, Tia, Brittney, Meara, Christina, Shelby, Heather,
Evie, Alex, Laura Ann, and Jenie. They were from both Woodlands and College Park as we’re a mixed club for the moment, and most of them going into their Junior or Sophomore year. We took our trip with another local (and rival) high school, Oak Ridge, who for this trip we termed “Smoke Ridge” b/c they had so many smokers – yuck!, and then a group of Woodlands/CP boys as well, so in total there were about 55 of us. We road the bus up on Saturday afternoon, got there Sunday afternoon, and then began our week of fun in the Rockies at Crooked Creek! All of the activities listed above were jam packed in there, and there was usually some free time in the afternoons but we al
ways seemed so busy! The camp is amazing – not to mention just gorgeous in layout and scenery – but had every amenity imaginable. The pool was huge and was so great, they had a hot tub that sat about 30 kids at a time, and had so many games and things to do, snack bar with WONDERFUL milkshakes and ice cream, and of course the YL store which I spent a small fortune in… I just love that we do this!The girls were incredible to get
to know, too. As Curt and I have one year under our belt with this group it really solidified my relationship with a lot of the girls, and I can’t wait to see the fruits of that this next year! The message was really incredible too – mostly at YL camp it centers around God’s love for you no matter where you are, what you’ve done, etc. and just walks through Jesus’ death, resur
rection and really where we fit in so that was so good to hear again and even better, have the time to reflect on this as life is usually so busy! I loved it…the only bummer was that Curt couldn’t be there to share in this, but hopefully next year! 
Anyway, going to post a bunch of pictures to make up for what I’m lacking in words…Love,
Tasha xx
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