no excuses.

yeah well, what can i say, i have a crazy life. this summer has been a little on the extreme side. I am pretty sure that most people know that Andrew and I are full time youth directors. I have to say I never would know what a blessing this is if it wasn't for our summers. I am pretty sure I can coun't the number of days we have been home on my fingers and toes. If we were not blessed enough to do this together, we would definitley not see much of each other. I want to catch you up as much as possible, but don't worry, I will give you lots of eye candy so that you can see what we've been up to.

I will start in JUNE! in June we went to Panama City Beach, FL (my favorite place in the world) for camp. It was absolutley amazing! we had 7 students give thier lives to Christ. We took 24 students and 5 adults.

Daraja Childrens Choir

I just thought this was funny!

We were home for a week before we left to go to New Orleans and roofed a house. We spent a week there with 15 students and 6 adults. This trip was really cool. It was totally different from any other trips we have been on. We took a totally great group of students, but like none of them were friends first. we drove for 2 days there and 1 and few hours back.

home for 3 days (one of which was my 28th birthday) and next was Austin. We were able to get away for the 4th of july to visit the fam. This was like the most blessed weekend of my summer.

right when we returned to the good ole' state of MO, we went directly from the airport to work where we started our next week which was an in town mission trip where we built a ramp and worked in this lady's yard. I (and a bunch of students) got poison Ivy. That week ended on Thursday, and exactly one week later, on July 17th, we flew out to Guatemala.







and then we got back into town on Friday and my best friend Jodi had her baby on Monday...yesterday!

We leave again on the 7th for Florida for an actual vacation! I cannot wait to go on a trip where we don't have to bring liability release forms. I hope this helps you understand why I haven't been posting! Love to you all and I can't wait to hear from you!

I know it's been a while!

Hey everyone. So, in the case that you haven't realized, I am a part of an Art Group called Red Velvet. Red Velvet is comprised of 5 young women who love art, appreciate art and make art. We love to inspire and be inspired. This past weekend we all got together from differents parts of the US and talked about things to come and made a lot of really great stuff...and ate really great food. Here are a few photos that came out of the weekend:

To see more you totally have to go to the Red Velvet Blog.

after this weekend, i am feeling inspired...make sure to keep up with all the goodness that comes from my mind

re-arranging

I have photos to post but they are on my other computer. Later! So, I am currently obsessed with re-arranging my furniture. If anyone has seen any cute patterns on chairs (with arms) or chaise lounges, please let me know. If you regularly shop or stalk websites with different cool furniture, will you please leave me a link in my comments? THANKS! I promise to post soon.
Sorry guys!

S

And here is a little love from africa 2005

the big day

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!
Love to everyone!

I tried to upload images yesterday but they failed and now I am on a computer that those images are not on! I am excited to tell you that I have a date tonight (with my husband) a date with the chiropractor tomorrow and lock-in tomorrow night another date with the chiropractor on Sat. Kelly Clarkson on Sat. Night! WOOO HOOOO! We have LUMY on Sunday and then Sunday afternoon we catch a plane to see MATT AND JODI!!!! I can't wait for Sunday!!!

So I am guarenteeing you some serious imagery coming up!!

Happy day of Love and I hope it sees you every day, not just on Feb. 14th.

By the way, happy birthday to mike, Feb 13th, valentines day!

(Only Mike will get that, everyone else can just ignore it!)

all over the place

I was inspired by Josh to post some of my favorite photos!

guest art

This is my friend Josh.


I can't remember if Josh and I got along at first, but after 4 years of dating his older brother, we had become pretty great friends. I love this kid, but I don't get to see him ever. He has done quite a bit of traveling and is quite the photographer. He uses a point and shoot, but that doesn't stop his photos from being fabulous! Any way, he posted some photos the other day, and I thought my friends shouldnt go another day without seeing them. So...I stole them from facebook. Thanks Josh, Love ya.

This one is my favorite! I love these colors! I think it is brilliant!Anyway, his work inspired me and I hope it inspires you!!

Love to you all and I promise a new post is coming soon!

Sarah