date night!

Last night, Eric and I had a date--woo! It was lovely. :) We went for dinner and a movie--a classic combo--and ayre some Thai food at Southcenter before going to see Brave.

Highlights: the gal dressed as Merida who took our tickets for the movie, the extraordinarily long line of people waiting to go see the movie, and just how fantastic the film was. It was wonderful!

I wanted to be like Queen Elinor as I felt like I've already been like Merida. I was delighted by the mother/daughter story and the family dynamics. It was so lovely! Eric and I both laughed a ton and Eric almost cried while I cried several times.

If you haven't considered seeing this movie, I highly encourage you to change your mind! It is wonderful!

gradumacations

Tonight, Eric and I will attend our fourth graduation in ten days. Fortunately, I think it will be our last one for awhile, but holy cow...so many!

I am very proud of everyone who we know that graduated (& will graduate this evening). To Tony and Gwen (college graduates and siblings): I have much faith that you will both be excellent teachers! To Erica and Gracie: I am so excited for you to start college. You two are already leaders, and I feel better about the future knowing you'll both have a hand in making it great. To Mark and Elisha: I know you'll make great men because you are both trying to learn all that you can now. Always be teachable. :)

Kudos to you all!

babies and cannibalism

Me: Whenever I see cute babies with chubby cheeks, I just want to chew on them...

Eric: Have you been snorting bath salts?

This *may* be a good reason to hold off on having kids for awhile.

upcoming

We have a couple of big youth events coming up this summer, and I'm getting really excited about it! The first one is coming up really soon in early July, and it will be a missions trip. The second big event will be summer camp in late August.

Because Eric and I work at the same place, we can't take off time together, so I'm going on the missions trip and he's heading up the camp. We've asked one of the young adults to help chaperone with him. She'll be great!

For the missions trip, we're going to be traveling all over! We'll be at a conference in Sacramento, then we'll join up with Bridgetown Ministries in Portland for an event, then we'll wrap up the trip in Yakima. It's going to be exhausting, but I'm excited too. I just hope we can get more kids signed up! :)

Summer camp is always a fun event, and the timing for this one makes it right before school starts back up, which we're hoping will get our teens pumped up and ready to start spiritual wildfires at their schools. Also, we hope that we will be able to have non-Christian students attend and hear about God. So many hopes for this summer!

Together, these events will cost about $500. If you are reading this blog and would like to bless the youth of Rainier Valley, consider helping financially. We can always add to the scholarship fund!

If you do want to contribute, please send a check (w/ youth scholarship fun in the memo line) to:

Trinity Life Center
4402 S. Graham Street
Seattle, WA 98118

Thank you!