our summer plans

Even though it's only actually spring, I'm calling it summer b/c today is over 90 degrees outside!
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1st trip: MEXICO Thursday May 21 - Thursday May 28

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2nd trip: MICHIGAN Thursday June 25 - Monday May 29

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3rd trip: HOME Wednesday July 15 - Sunday July 19

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4th trip: CAMP Sunday July 19 - Friday July 24

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5th trip: LARAMIE / DENVER Sunday August 2 - Saturday August 8

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Our first trip takes place in less than two days. We are going to Mexico to visit our friends Adam and Krista Crumpton. Terry went to Moody with both of them and Adam lived w/the B's for two summers plus a little extra. This was the same time that Terry and I started hanging out, dating and got engaged. They are missionaries and here is their website. They are in the process of finishing a new home due so they can get out of their mold filled one... Krista is also 8+ months pregnant with their second child, due in just a few weeks. We will help them move, maybe paint??? and scope out the ministry for a possible future youth group short term mission trip.

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Secondly, I re-arranged my refrigerator to reflect our summer plans: weddings! As you can see from the itinerary, we'll be in Michigan for my brother Nathan's marriage to Ana Johnson on June 27th. I will be a hostess and Noah will be a ring bearer. I should probably start working with him right now on how to walk down the isle... At any rate, it's an outdoor wedding in a state park. Nathan, or "Nate" as everyone else but his own family calls him, and Ana are pretty outdoorsy, so an the venue fits.

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After Nathan's wedding, is Shari's. Shari is marrying Jesse Herrington on July 18th. How sweet does Shari Herrington sound? Yeah, awesome. We'll be heading back home for this. I'm a bridesmaid and Terry is a groomsman and will also give the message. They're getting married in the same church Terry and I did, not to mention that they both grew up in it and we all met there.
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Okay, the day after Shari's wedding Terry will be going to Junior Challenge Camp. He leads the youth band, directs games and organizes his cabin leaders from our youth group. Adam and Krista will probably be the missionary speakers for this camp.

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After Maranatha, there's a couple weeks off before we go to Laramie for the disConnect youth group retreat at Table in the Wilderness. We get rid of the student's phones and ipods and go do fun stuff outside: mountain biking and climbing, hiking, canoeing and one more thing I can't remember. After Laramie, we'll go to Denver for Heavenfest, a huge music festival.

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So, our summer is quite busy, but not too much so. If we had decided to go back to Wisconsin for Terry to be Chi-Ko speaker, THEN we would be in over our heads. But we regretfully turned them down. I'm bummed about it too...but maybe not as bummed as I would be if we were going. Maybe we can go next year when we don't have 2 weddings to attend...

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See Steph, you're up there too!