I've been SO busy the last 5 weeks with doctor appointments, trips, ortho appts, church activities, youth group and time to spend with my friends that i haven't blogged- but now i'm back and my schedules starting to slow down giving me a perfect time to blog :)
As many of you know, the last time i blogged i was sitting in my hotel room in Custer South Dakota, preparing to go rock climbing. Wow was rock climbing one of the most amazing things i've ever done. Besides the cute little chipmunks running around everywhere, i had my closest friends with me with these HUGE rocks. Although the climb to the top was challenging at some parts, when we came back down and looked from the ground how far we got, it felt accomplishing. Here's a pic of the mountain;
The day after rock climbing, we went caving. We were in the second largest cave in the world. The scariest part was when our ranger turned all the lights off and we couldn't see anything. It was fun and weird at the same time. The cave is already second largest in the world and the ranger said that the cave can determine a lot of things like whether, and volume and they have only found 15% of the total cave which i thought was interesting. Down under 350 feet the temperature was 49 degrees- cold compared what we were used to in South Dakota. That evening we also went to Mt. Rushmore. 
Me, Christen and Kendra ion front of Mt. Rushmore! :)
South Dakota was amazing. I loved the little town shops and the people, they were so friendly. We definitely had a lot of laughs in South Dakota but of course most of them were caused by Ian and he blamed in on the time change. The next day, we drove 7 more hours in our charter bus to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
What happened in Colorado is unexplainable. It was absolutely the most amazing 3 days of my life. Imagine this. A church; New Life Church. 6,000 people. 6 speakers, 6 bands and singers, 7 sessions, two early morning prayer meetings and ONE GOD. Sounds pretty cool right? Hahahah, plus meeting my favorite singer? I honestly haven't felt as close to God as i did at Desperation. The first countdown was when i knew things were about to become amazing. The Desperation came out and started playing a song. thousands of teens on there feet arms open wide worshipping God. Words cannot explain how emotional it was. To see some of my closest friends got on their knees and sob broke my heart and made me a wreck. I just explain the greatness of God that showed up in that church. I'm definitely going back next year. I wanted to share one of the most amazing parts of the week. Besides Kari Jobe praying over me, she also made me feel at peace with my dads death. It was the night after she prayed over me and she was leading worship so of course, i got as close as i could. Kari Jobe and Jon Egan were singing the song; Strong God by the Desperation Band. The opening lines are; Father to the fatherless, defender of the weak. I don't know why but that song totally made me just break down. I hate crying in front of people but i couldn't help the mad rush of tears flowing from my eyes. They were endless. I had to walk back to my seat where my friends were sitting who instantly started praying over me. 8 people holding me praying loudly telling me the words my heart needed to hear. I was speechless so they had no idea what was happening to me. Later that afternoon when i actually caught my breath, i told those 8 people that were surrounding me why i was a wreak. I'm attaching the song below.
Home sweet Home
It was an amazing trip- but i was glad to be home. Immediately i went back to my super busy schedule. Representing YFC in speeches, youth group 2 times a week, church plus the million of other things going on. The first week that i was home i went with Sarah to the Italian Festival which was like the funniest part of my summer by far. Sarah's Italian- very Italian and she is in love with anything Italian. First we went to dinner and of course she got spaghetti ahahah. Than we walked around downtown Mt. Clemans enjoying the Italian culture. She then came back to my house and we just lounged around the rest of the day. I was so glad to spend time with her again after a few weeks of being away from home!
Last week, she came over again. We were in my kitchen when all of a sudden this HUGE bee came flying by us. If you know me well you'll know there is three things i will run and scream from. 1. spiders 2. bee's 3. snakes. I hate them SO much. We jumped up and went screaming down the hall way into my room only to be on the ground laughing really hard. Sarah decided that we were on a mission to kill the bee. So she raided my closet for appropriate "bee killing clothes" It consisted of a hoodie, sweat pants and a scarf for our faces. We also grabbed one of my Bibles so the killing of the bee would be "holy". ( as you can see teenagers have really weird imaginations still) We walked out of my room James Bond style to chase the bee and throw the Bible on it. It worked the bee was dead. Lol, i even said a prayer for it than picked up up in a paper towel and threw it away. Here's a picture of us inn our bee killing clothes;
I seriously would not laugh as much as i do without this girl <3
A few days ago, my friend Nicole and i went to Partridge Creek to just hangout. Well we spent a lot of time in the apple store taking pictures lol
Yesterday, my cousin and i woke up early to finally take my grandma and dad to their final resting place. Before we did this; we filled a necklace with my dads ashes, and a little urn;
There ashes are now in the same cemetery that my grandpas are. Right next to each other. The cemetery is in East China Michigan. It's a really pretty location and i know that they would love it. My dad took me here often to visit my grandpa and always commented on how beautiful it looked with the marble wall and the trees surrounding it. I feel as if this is the final piece in my heart that needed fixing- it gives me final closure to know that they are there- right next to my grandpa.
This summer has been amazing. I just got my schedule yesterday- and surprisingly i'm pretty happy with it :) Schools just around the corner. There are some medical things i have to take care of before school starts but i'm looking forward to the first day :)
Here's a link to pictures of my summer;
And here's a link to a video put together after our Desperation Trip;
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