s'mores. oh yes.

just wondering.... why is it that every time Kristen comes over, we have insanely embarrassing and crazy pictures afterwards?

.

haha. don't answer that.

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so anyways. we made s'mores in my backyard after a long walk....

kristen suggested eating an entire s'more without wiping our mouths.

and i said sure.

and then i suggested we make it an extra special s'more,

if we were already going to the trouble of eating it messily.

what did we come up with?

quadruple-decker dessert.

(please forgive the extremely unflattering pictures that follow)

pc to Em for all of them.

K refused to smush hers down for fear of crumbling the graham cracker.....

we each had 4 squares of cracker, 4 marshmallows, and 4 bars of chocolate.

(i am SO on a sugar high right now...)

it was hard to get your mouth around....

the aftermath.....

and my personal favorite:

hahahaha. love ya kris :)

busch gardens :)

time for some pictures!!

so we went to Busch Gardens during spring break with my cousins. tons of fun.

i hogged the camera for most of the time and used it as an excuse to stay off all thsoe big scary rides ;)

the two braves souls heading off for a water ride... this was thier last hug of the day, since they came back wet :P

i rode a total of two rides. this was one of them. and totally the best from the whole park :)

(smiley face? yes.)

schmulie was sleeepy. ;)

whooo knew that Elmo was taller than me. who knew.

piggy back rides = alllll day. i miss those kids.

how many people can you fit in a telephone booth? six. yes, there are six.... see if you can find Hannah :)

they got WET. haha. losers. ;)

the aftermath..

the whole gang

pc emily :)

ELMO WORLD. hehe.

the fam. and oscar. of course.

esther is over.

5 shows. 3 months. hundreds of hours.

i can't believe we're done. its really hard to understand.

you have to think really hard.

--

and then you get a little sad.

like, hey. i'm never gonna do this play ever again.

i'm not gonna see these people every day for three months in a row.

some of my favorite peoples ever are graduating.

and growing up.

and leaving.

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but i've been thinking about other things too.

about how AMAZING God was to us these past few months.

about all the blessings he's given me.

time with old friends.

time with new friends.

people i never would have known.

but i'm so glad i do now :)

so many ways to learn and grow.

opportunities to improve.

chances to encourage.

lots of laughter. it's a gift from God.

and most importantly...

one of the most amazing opportunities to give my all to honor Him.

it really is all for Him.

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so yes. i'm going to miss it. a whole bunch.

i'm going to miss my friends. a whole bunch.

i'm gonna miss late nights cleaning up in the dark.

early mornings listening to sleepy kids warming up.

pizza orders. walkie talkies. set changes. birthday cakes. mustaches.

but God said it best (surprise!)...

for everything there is a season.

and a time for every matter under heaven.

:)

these next two i stole from Devin's facebook page :)

yes. that is sharpie.

i know. we're pretty amazing.

:)

my little sister Brandon MEchelle :)

popple!! :D

brain twin. duhh.

hannah is the coolest awesomest most amazing set manager everrrr

hey look. i'm as tall as elliot! ha.

aaaand the most amazing history teacher in the world.

so...

the end.

:)