Sad time (yet rejoice)

Hi all. My Grandma died last weekend. Tomorrow is her funeral. It has been some sad times. My Grandma had a disease that over the last 6 years deteriorated her brain and made her lose control of her body. This picture is from my 21st birthday party- that was when she found out she had the disease. I like this picture because it reminds me of what she used to look like growing up.

She hasn't been able to communicate well in the last years with the last year being no communication at all. When she could still talk she was told that life must just suck (she couldn't eat, go to the bathroom, or really move at all by herself) and she said she still finds joy in life. It was just an amazing testament to her life. She was a steadfast Christian and she had more inner strength then I ever thought growing up. She was always kinda stuck in a Leave it to Beaver type era, wore butterfly clips in her hair, lots of polyester, and put her makeup on every morning and had her hair set. When her husband, my grandpa, died a little over 10 years ago, I thought she would be completely lost without him. But she was very strong and we saw her even more then before. When she came down with this disease, she accepted it very easily- I'm sure she must of struggled as she began to lose control of her body, but she always trusted God. Her life was a great testimony. I went to church the day after she died and this song really made me think of her and how she lived her life. She used to sing in the choir too and had a beautiful voice. It is sad but also a time to rejoice because I know she is happy and her body is healed and new.

Take My Life

Frances Havergal
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moments and my days
Let them flow in
ceaseless praise

Take my hands
and let them move
at the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
swift and beautiful for Thee

Take my voice and let me sing
always only for my King
Take my lips and let them be
filled with messages from Thee

Take my silver and my gold
not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect and use
every power as You choose

Here am I
all of me
Take my life
it’s all for Thee

Take my will and make it Thine
it shall be no longer mine
Take my heart it is Thine own
it shall be Thy royal throne

Take my love my Lord I pour
at Your feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
ever only all for Thee

Here am I
all of me
Take my life
it’s all for Thee

Take my will and make it Thine
it shall be no longer mine
Take my heart it is Thine own
it shall be Thy royal throne

Take my love my Lord I pour
at Your feet its treasure store
Take myself and I will be
ever only all for Thee

I'm Back

Ok, so Whitewater was PHENOMINAL!!! And I got to go for 2 weeks! It was such a good time, from the rain, to the fires, to all the good times at camp- 2 action packed weeks! Let me know about your WWR experiences- leave a comment!!!

WhiteWater Rafting!!!

Oh my goodness- I can't believe WWR is almost here!!! It has come up so fast it seems:) I am very excited to go, this trip is so awesome! This time next week I will be on the river!!! For thoise of you going week 2 in 2 short weeks we will be at camp- wow:) It will be incredible. See you there. This picture is me at Ukonom falls 2 years ago. My favorite hike in the world! Can't wait to go back!

Can you think?

Obviously the answer is yes. Maybe the question should be- do you notice the ordinary? You will still have to think about the answers to this test but check it out- you might be suprised. I only got 17 out of 25. How did you do?

Click here to take the Observation Test

Uuuugggghhh!

- too much cake!


Ok- I feel kinda nasty. We celebrated June birthdays at work today and so there was cake and pie and all kinds of goodies. I decided to have a piece of lemon cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate icing. Mmmm mmmm good. Well it was some seriously dense cake and very rich. I couldn't even finish my slice that was the smallest one set out! But now I feel blah. Too much cake. No muy bueno.

But since we are talking about cake, I decided to re-link cake mania for those of you who didn't get a chance to play. It is so fun. So if you have played this already either enjoy it again or just smile over your fond memories of playing this incredible game. Click here to play cake mania. I'm not going to play right now. The thought of even looking at a cake, real or not, is making me nauseous.

Bongos!

Drumming is fun- I'm not any good at it but I can appreciate talent when I hear it:) So I found this game called Bonobo's Bongos. 2 chimps are hanging in the forest- the one on the left playes a rhythm and then you control the monkey on the right to copy the first monkey. Get it? You can either point and click on the bongo to play them or use the arrow keys, I prefer the arrow key method. They start out with some pretty easy rhythms but get complicated fast. Enjoy!
Click here to play game

PS- a pop up will appear when you first click- just x out of it.

Amazing!

Ok- so I love to dance. All kinds pretty much. I did ballet for years and I love swing. I only know a little salsa- but I like it. Lately I've been watching Dancing with the Stars- ooohh so good! I love watching people dance- especially that stuff because there are so many rules and guidelines to follow those styles, its cool. An even better dancing show- I hope it comes back is So You Think You Can Dance. That one they take all kinds of professional dancers in their field and see who is the best all around dancer. So everyone is phenomenal!

Well Cat sent me this amzing video the other day of this couple Salsa dancing. What is so amazing about it is that they are really good and the guy only has 1 leg! Check it out!