Fusion was sweet!

Hey all!  How's it going?  Fusion was stink'n awesome!  I had a great time and cried a lot of happy tears at the end.  Thank you to all of you who have impacted my life and helped me to learn so much!  I will miss directing Fusion so much, but mostly, I will miss seeing all of you twice a year.....so you better keep in contact because I will miss you and already do!  I put some pictures up last night...sorry that I did not get all the team pics up...I couldn't get my computer to upload anymore....so I will keep working on that.

Lets see...some of the highlights....definitely the pudding wars!  There was not a single person who was not covered in pudding!  It was so slimey and just downright awesome!  I especially liked when people would find pudding in their ears later on that night and the next morning!  ha  ha!  The soap game was pretty exciting.  Matt and Jon....you were cracking me up!  Oh, and can we say or maybe I should say smell SPAM!  That is possibly the most disgusting thing I have ever seen!  Who thinks of these games?!?!  ha ha!  The cow was stink'n awesome!  Props go out to my aunt Gina and uncle who created that thing!  It was sweet! 

The hoedown was quite exciting!  My altime favorite dance is the Virginia Reel, however, I did enjoy the barnyard dance when the chicken layed the egg!  You guys crack me up!  A special thanks goes out the Britni and Elizabeth who got me a bed to sleep in on Saturday night.  ha ha!  Also, a thank you goes out to the guys for bringing me leaves at the formal dinner!  How romantic! ha! 

Fusion was great!  Um....Go Gang Green!  Matt, Megan, Lydia, Andrew, and Nick...you were stink'n awesome!  I loved having you in my group!  We definitely had the best team chant....orange who? 

A huge thanks goes out to all who helped out with the retreat!  Thanks to the awesome counselors who gave up so much of themselves for this!  I don't know what I would do without you guys!  Thanks so my mom and aunt who honestly amaze me after every retreat!  Also, thanks to Liza who was a trooper the entire weekend! 

Most importantly, thank you to the kids who came to the retreat!  You all inspire me and make all the time and energy put into Fusion more than worth it!  I would do it a thousand times again if I felt God calling me in that direction simply so I could hang out with you more!  Thanks for all the good times!  I wish I could have had that faith you guys have at your age!  God is truly doing amazing things through all of you to reach the world!  A special shout out goes to all of those who did the skit for me at the end of the retreat!  You made me cry with all of your kind words!  I love you to peices and am truly inspired by you!  Keep in touch always and Keep Smiling!

Hello world of Xanga!  I have not been on this forever, but I thought I would chime in to say hello!  Fusion is in 3 days!  Oh man, I am getting so excited!  I can't wait to see how God is going to work throughout the weekend!  We have some wild and crazy activities planned, so I hope you all are getting pumped up as well! 

Anyway, since I haven't updated in forever, I could tell you a little bit about what has been going on in my life.  I graduated in May (yikes!).  I remember when I went to orientation my freshman year in college, a women kept saying "class of 2006" and I was thinking....oh geez that is in forever.  Ummm...but now graduation was here and over.  It is hard for me to believe that four years passed so quickly.  It was wonderful though!  I will miss my friends and professors like crazy....but I am so excited to see what God has in store for me in the next four years in Kansas City.  Yep, I will be leaving for Kansas City on August 5th where I will be attending medical school.  I don't think it has really hit me yet that I am moving, but I know I am both really excited and a little bit scared/nervous all at the same time. 

Well, I think that is all I've got for now.  I am sure I will update after Fusion!  I can't wait!  See most of you then!  Keep Smiling!

Well, hello world of xanga!  I haven't updated in forever!  Life at Saint Mary's College is going great!  It can be crazy at times, but, hey, God always provides enough time to get everything done and to have time to have fun.  I am living in an apartment this year and am LOVING it!  The apartments are only 1 year old, so everything is really clean and nice.  It's great!  Currently I am on fall break!  Having a week off is defintely a perk of going to SMC.  It seems like it always comes at the perfect time.  It has been really nice to be able to catch up on some work and also have some time to chill.  I have been working hard core on my senior comp which has been pretty cool.  I love what I am studying and I find myself starting to read about it and losing track of time b/c I am so engulfed in it.  FYI, I am studying the allergy response in the body and how antihistamine drugs counter-act the response.  It is really cool, and as far as I'm concerned, proves that there is God....ask me about it sometime...I will tell you all about it!

Anyway, enough about that!  How about that ND vs. USC football game last weekend!  At first I was jumping up and down b/c I thought they won, and then I was slapped in the face with the fact that USC won!  Uggggg!  Annoying.  Oh, well!  Hopefully we will get in a good bowl game!  Go Irish!  Alright, well I am going to try to be productive!  Have a great day and Keep Smiling!!