MISSING CAMP PIKE...

Like every other day after I got home from camp, I am missing it so terribly much. Although, I've been able to see/hear from all the counselors pretty often which makes missing camp a little more bearable.

The two weeks I got to spend in Colorado were probably some of the best weeks of my life. I got to spend it with great people in God's beautiful creations. It sucks being back in humid Texas where it's 100 degrees all the time as opposed to 70-80 degrees in Colorado. And I never thought I'd say this while I was at camp, but I actually do miss hiking. As tough as it is to climb up those mountains, the views were gorgeous and I wish I could go back right now and enjoy those just a tad longer and take a few extra pictures.

I also miss spending time with the awesome mennonites at camp. The camp we stay at is Rocky Mountain Mennonite Camp and it is run by a great group of mennonites who are also Christians just with a few differences. We got a few chances to just sit around and talk and get to know them and we also did some devos with them and got to discuss a ton of different things about our faith. It was probably one of the coolest experiences especially when we got them to sing all our favorite songs and we sang (more like attempted to sing) their favorite hymns. They are definitely some of the coolest people I have ever met and I couldn't ask for anyone better to run our camp facilities.

OH my gosh and the food... I miss the food. It was sooooooooo good. I don't even know how to put the greatness of the food into words, just believe me, it's delicious.

I just really really miss being in the mountains. Waking up every morning and hiking up to inspiration point with that awesome view. Gosh it's wonderful.

Colorado is just all around perfect in the summer and I wish camp lasted all summer long.

Here are a few pictures, a lot of them are on my phone still so maybe I'll do another post with more later

Top of Raspberry

All the newbie counselors

Top of Crags

This just cracks me up 

Nativity rock

The ridge of Pikes Peak

BIG CEDAR LODGE

This weekend I went to one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. For my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary the whole family went to Big Cedar Lodge in Missouri. And when I say the whole family I mean the entire family, including grandma's sister-in-law's side of the family, the Regesters. That means there was 36 of us total. But it was so much fun with all the crazy cousins and it was really cool to get to hang out with the Regesters because we never get to see them. We spent 95% of our time doing anything and everything outside. We got there Friday afternoon and sat out by the pool all day and then everybody ate together at the Worman House restaurant. After we ate, Hannah and I went outside with all the little cousins and played hide and seek, which was really funny to hear some of the really little ones try and count. Then that night, unfortunately, somehow I got sick in the middle of night and I have no idea what caused it, but luckily I was fine the next day. We started off the morning with a walk around all the cabins and then came back to get ready for family pictures. Then we changed and Hannah, Lauren, Chelsea and I went with all the boys to the lazy river and then went to the Marina. We got to use the paddle boats which was a lot of fun despite the disgusting dead catfish floating on the water. The boys also found a turtle in the water but it swam away before we could catch it. After that we went over to the "swimming hole" and swam in the pool and the hot tub. That night all 36 of us crammed into one cabin and ate hot dogs and pulled pork sandwiches which was really tasty. Then us kids decided to leave and play some sand volleyball which was pretty hilarious because we all messed up a lot. The next day we had to leave because I still have a few more days of school with finals and everything. Driving away was so sad, but we're considering coming back this summer if it works into our schedules!
Here are a ton of pictures from the trip...

the "swimming hole"

view from our balcony

the cabin

dinner at the worman house

me and hannah (who by the way turns 13 today!)

outside of the worman house

the swinging bridge (which didn't actually swing)

WHERE DID THE TIME GO?

It all just hit me today how fast this year has gone by. We only have about three weeks left of school that aren't even full weeks. For me I only have 10 more days because I'm missing a day to go to Missouri with the fam (I'll talk about that in a later post). What's mainly really shocked me about how fast this year has gone by is the fact that my dance recital is this weekend. AHH! That came so quick. I'm already done with classes too because I won't be able to make the rest of them. It's so crazy! This weekend will be my 14th recital with my dance studio and I'm actually starting to get a little excited even though I'm only in three of the dances.

The theme this year is a library theme (I'm not sure what the exact title is) but I think it will be really cute. Each dance is supposed to represent a different book so it will be cool to see how creative all the teachers get with the theme. For our pointe dance I think we chose How to Kill a Mockingbird. And although the book really has nothing to do with mockingbirds, we are birds. Haha, that was kind of a last minute decision after we already got our bird costumes which by the way are really awesome (it's my first real tutu!!). And then for tap we have two dances, Marian the Librarian and then another one which I don't know the name of. They're both really fun, but I still need some practice... But oh well! I'm just excited to go back to the Majestic. Home sweet home. It's just so beautiful and perfect, I couldn't imagine going anywhere else. I'm going to miss this so much after I graduate oh my..

Dance coming to an end this year is bitter sweet, but the school year ending brings no sadness whatsoever! I cannot wait to walk out of the doors on June 5th. This summer is going to be amazing and I cannot wait any longer!!




by the wayyyy
camp pike is in 46 days

BLISS

I am just so unbelievably happy. I don't even know why I just can't stop smiling heehee

EXCITEMENT

So this past weekend we had our annual Lariette banquet! It was a lot of fun, but with being a social officer, which means I was 1 of the 6 that ran the whole thing, it definitely came with a lot of stress... When we came early to set up, we had a few minor issues, but it was nothing we couldn't solve. The actual banquet ran pretty smoothly and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves so I'm really proud of all the work we did. And I have to admit all the decorations looked pretty amazing.
Here's a picture of my handsome boyfriend and I at banquet:

With the end of the year banquet comes the end of this group of socials and the start of try outs for the new group. It was pretty stressful to create my notebook and all that entails on top of all the other school work I had to get done, but I finally finished and it's my last time ever! Crazy right? So next Monday we'll have interviews and I'm thinking we might possibly find out who makes it that day, but I'm not sure! I'm so excited though!

Besides Lariettes, everything else in my life has been going pretty great. I guess school could be better, but it's tough to earn the grades I want. AP tests are coming around the corner and I'm still trying to decide if I care enough to study haha which is probably bad. I guess we'll just see how it goes... I just can't wait for school to be over! Summer is just around the corner and I can practically taste it. I am way too excited it's insane.

by the way...
CAMP PIKE IS IN 58 DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
no big deal or anything...

LONG TIME NO SEE

Wow it has been soooo long since I've posted on here! I have been so wrapped up with tons and tons of school work and other things I haven't found the time to post nor has there been anything to post about!

After being totally swamped and stressed over school, I finally had a nice fun weekend with family and friends. Friday night we had Lariette try outs, which was an extremely long process this year, but it was a lot of fun because I met some new friends who will be joining the team next year. I'm actually starting to get excited for my senior year on Lariettes. We'll have 63 this year and the new girls I met will be great additions to the team. Also on Saturday the new officers were chosen and I am so excited about that because they are such a great group of girls!

Following tryouts, in the morning my family and I went to visit my grandparents in Oklahoma. It was a nice relaxing weekend over there filled with naps, chocolate cake, coffee ice cream, the usual. But now that I'm back home I have a lot of homework I need to finish! Hopefully soon I'll have more interesting things to post about...

OVER DUE POST

I've been meaning to post this for weeks now, but I haven't had the time to work on this video. This is the first video like this that I have ever made so bear with me! At the very end of spring break my family and I went to San Antonio and stopped in Austin on the way home and I took a bunch of random videos throughout the trip and I finally found the time to compile them all into this video. It's not the greatest video ever, but I had fun making it and I'm hoping I'll get better and better at this.



San Antonio from Emily Cox on Vimeo.