Friends, Sisters, Cousins and more...

It's been such a busy few days! While I was in MPLS, I was fortunate to have been able to meet up with a dear friend, Christie. We met up at Caribou, had a quick chat over coffee and then went our separate ways. It was so great seeing her, and I feel truly blessed to have her in my life! She's going on a trip to Sierra Leone for 6 months to work in an orphanage.... what an amazing woman!

After that, I headed to Brainerd where Erin and I spent some time working in her classroom. It's a lot of working putting rooms together and I am so glad I was able to help out. She says she isn't creative, but she is wrong. She has an adorable classroom and is one of the greatest teachers I know. I mean, how many teachers will dress up in a CRAB costume, write a song about crustaceans and sing to a bunch of 5th graders?? She is truly an inspiration to me!-- Maybe someday we can work together in a school..... that would be so much fun! Anyways- I spent a couple of nights there and then I met with Laura!

Lo and I went out for pizza one night, and then she came home for a haircut and we spent the day together. So- we spent time in her new fancy car, talking about nothing like we always do.... and then off to visit dad at work. Today my cousin Stacy and Dylan came out. Dylan is quite the entertaining 3 year old--very busy! We loaded up more of the junk from g&g's house, played oustide with Dylan, and I even managed to spend some time going through school stuff. Of course we ended our day with a trip to Moosebirds for an ice cream cone.
September is just around the corner. I definitely have school on the brain. I'm sure that my upcoming posts will have much to say about that!
Hope all is well!