So it's been an exciting past week. Tuesday we had food bank, Jewell and I worked outside giving away the clothes and other donations we had gotten in, that was pretty interesting. We had yet another group staying with us, a youth group from Elizabeth, CO, they were all pretty young. They were working with the Salvation Army during the day and went to the park with our Clubhouse kids on Tuesday and Wednesday night. Jewell and I decided to take the teens to the park on Tuesday, while we were playing basketball we watched this probably 8-9 year old little boy start to attack his little cousin who was maybe 6-7, it was very heart breaking to watch the amount of violence they already know and understand at such a young age. I got to pick up my car from the shop Wednesday late afternoon!! When we got back to ROP we found out we were running Clubhouse because Angelina needed to leave early, and it was a madhouse. We decided we aren't going to be going to the park anytime in the near future, even if we do have extra hands. Thursday morning I dropped Jewell off at Food Bank of the Rockies and I went and picked up kids, Angelina and I were taking a couple of the kids to a ranch in Boulder where they could go horseback riding and be away from the city for part of the day. On our way up there I was attempting to merge onto the highway when I was plowed into from behind. I was going between 10-20 mph, she was going probably between 40-50 mph. Thankfully no one was hurt yet again, Bulldog on the other hand is looking pretty bad. The back fender was pushed into my tires, so I couldn't drive, a tow truck came and towed both of us, and the police officers were wonderful. It was so nerve wrecking being in yet another wreck with kids in my car, I'm so thankful that Angelina was in the area this time. After getting the wreck taken care of we went to Nancy's ranch. The kids got to feed and play with the chickens, and then they learned some of the basics about horses and maintenance of having/riding them. Nancy had me hop on Danny to ride him down to the arena where the kids could ride, it was so great to be on a horse again, it's been such a long time since I've been on one. Danny and I got acquainted pretty fast, he used to race barrels, I was showing some of the girls how you do barrels when Danny I guess decided he was warmed up enough that he took into a full run doing them, it was so much fun. The kids rode around for about an hour and then we headed back up to the house for lunch. I got to deal with the insurance companies, and thankfully her insurance took full liability for the accident, we got me in a rental and headed back to Aurora. I'm pretty sure I've never been more aware of everything going on around me then I was on the drive back. Coffee house went pretty well that night, Ashley came, and I think it was really good for her to get some time for herself without all of her younger siblings. Friday we took the day off and spent it with Angelina at her and JJ's house. We had Margarita Pizza and it was sooo good. We spent the day just hanging out and talking, went for a walk at the park near her house and got some incredibly delicious ice cream from a local place right down the street from her. Friday night, Jewell, Amber, Kaitlyn, and I went out for a girls night. We walked to the 16th Street Mall, which is an outdoor shopping center in the midst of downtown Denver, it's really cool. We ate at Chili's and spent the night just walking around and talking. Saturday was our annual Bikes and BBQ event, which was so much fun. The Christian Motorcycle Association met us at a local park and cooked for everyone and took the kids and adult on rides around the city. The kids absolutely LOVED it!! It was so cool to watch the kids go from scared to getting on the back of one of the bikes to not wanting to get off the back when they came back. It also didn't hurt that I got to go for a ride too, I miss riding and find it so funny that I used to get so mad at Dad when he would talk about getting a Harley. Saturday night Jewell and I ordered pizza and watched Gran Torino and Diary of a Mad Black Woman with Denita. Both incredible movies, I had seen Diary before, it's one of my all time favorites, and Gran Torino was a new watch for me and has become one of my favorites, I highly recommend everyone watch it. Yesterday was a lazy day, after church I picked up Kaitlyn and we went walking through a shopping center, window shopping has become a new favorite past time. Scum last night was incredible!! They did the service completely different from normal, and it was so good. I continually get fed so much spiritually when I go there, I am so happy that I found them. After Scum Jewell, Kaitlyn, and I drove downtown to grab some late night food at Hard Rock Cafe. The food was great and we walked through the 16th St. Mall again. We had a blast talking, laughing, and taking pictures. Jewell leaves on Saturday so we're doing "lasts" right now, and it was a great "last Sunday night". Today has been a slow day, we have a group helping us during the day from Iowa so there wasn't too much set-up work for ROP's food bank. Jewell made me go running with her, which was pretty interesting, after 8 blocks I was pretty sure I was going to die, so I headed back while she ran 3 miles. And now it's just been random office work for the majority of the day. And now I'm off to make dinner for us, I'm going to attempt a random chicken dish, fingers crossed it tastes good!
Muchos love!
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