Who Wants to Party with Grandma???

So it has been an incredibly busy week and it's only going to get worse from here I think. So Sunday night we had a group of high school students arrive, they stayed with us until Friday morning, they put on a VBS for our clubhouse kids and the other neighborhood kids. They did a great job with the kids. They also made me realize how much I should say thank you to all of the adults who went on trips with me in youth as well as all the people that I stayed with. They fed me and Jewell dinner though, that was awesome, I'm always a fan of free food. I got to spend more time with the kids, causing me to fall even more in love with them. The pictures I have right now aren't so great, but I'm going to try and get better ones pretty soon and then I'll post them. It cracks me up the things that kids say, to see the world through their eyes. They were positive that Luke and I were married and that Matti and Jewell were our kids, it was so funny. Once we finally convinced them they weren't our kids and we weren't married or dating, they got on the fast track of wanting to set us up. Wednesday I didn't go to VBS because Vicki needed my help managing another group that came in to do manual labor and odd jobs for us. I spent the day working in the office getting things prepared for the block party, and the majority of the night doing the same thing. Thursday me, Matti, and Jewell went to the Food Bank of the Rockies, I so love it there!! We had a blast, I love those girls, I'm going to be lost without Matti when she leaves in a week, and then Jewell in a month, it's so crazy, we all feel like we've known each other for years. Thursday night was my first experience of Coffee House, got to meet a couple of the teens, they seem pretty awesome, I'm excited to get to know them more! Friday was a busy day of cleaning the center and finishing up loose ends before the block party. Friday afternoon we went over to Vicki's and cooked for the Summer in the City interns, Matti and Luke's group. I made mom's peanut butter rice krispie treats, they were beyond a hit, no surprise there! Jewell and I watched New in Town after everyone left, really good movie, especially if you've gone to Minnesota and gone to a smaller town and actually met local people. Today was the block party, it was crazy busy from the second I got up until about 5:30. The set-up got done fairly quickly, we were lucky enough to have a lot of volunteers, making things go a lot smoother and faster. Once things got started, Luke and I walked along our street, Boston, and along Colfax handing out flyers trying to get people to come, it was pretty interesting, I'm very thankful Luke was with me, even though he made me go talk to some creepers at one complex. I'm pretty sure we probably walked about 2-3 miles, came back and helped around the party. We had a total of 398 people come through that we know of, possibly more. Over all the party was a huge success I think. After the party, we had a meeting for camp with the girls we're taking. We're taking 7 girls to a camp 4 hours away, Horn Creek I think, we leave first thing in the morning. The girls are pretty cool, I'm excited to get to know them more over the week. I've been typing this while watching Rachel Getting Married with Jewell and Amber, and now we are taking Amber home and coming back to go to bed. It's going to be a long week. Ending with a family picture...



I love our group!! Jewell is the redhead, Matti is the brunette!

Much love!
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