Practice What You Teach

So since last year's cross country road trip wasn't enough, we decided to take ANOTHER ONE this year! Only this time, my dad decided to rent a car, which ended up being a LITTLE smaller than we would have hoped! We managed to be comfortable enough though and woke up bright and early two Saturdays ago to start off on our adventure! We spent the day driving from Virginia to Kansas, watching lots of movies and episodes of How I Met Your Mother of course! We got to Kansas around 10, and Jonathan took Amy and I on a brief tour of Kansas, with an essential stop at Sonic for drinks of course! The next morning we went to church with the Shipps! We had a great time getting ready while Jonathan blasted his favorite song, "Mary Did You Know?" on repeat! I mean it's never to early to start the Christmas season! He is too funny. Everyone in the Shipp's ward was so nice and friendly, we loved it! We spent the rest of the day just hanging out and enjoying a delicious dinner ...

Now that I'm all moved in to my new apartment and classes have started, things have slowed down a little bit, at least for the time being, and I finally have some time to update my blog! I have a lot of catching up to do! First off, my summer job! I literally had the best job this summer! It was exhausting, but it was by far the most rewarding job I have ever had! I worked as a counselor at Summer Fun, the day camp at the Herndon Community Center. I had rising 5th and 6th graders in my group. I was a little hesitant at first, because I always had thought that I would enjoy working with younger kids more! Boy was I wrong! My 10 and 11 year olds just had so much personality! Even on the not so good days, they cracked me up constantly! No matter how exhausted I was at the end of each day, I was always excited to go back to work the next day and spend the day with the kids! It was such a privilege to get to know them! On the last day of camp as I was trying to leave, I had a huge group...