So I cant seem to find the options I wanted to add my etsy site as a link on my blog, so I'll just add it in here.  Hope this works.http://www.etsy.com/shop/BecksCrafts?ref=search_shop_redirect

Life in Jackson is going well.  We are getting ready to head to NC for a week of canoing with the Pasquarello family.  Should be lots of fun.

CA!

Heading out for CA in about 30 min.  I can hardly wait!  Going to see my whole family, my brother is out there right now for training, and he graduates Friday.  My mom, sister and niece and nephew are already there so we'll get alot of time to hang out.  My dad and other sister will be getting in on Thursday.

I believe we are going to Sea World tomorrow, which should be alot of fun, and the beach hopefully at least once.  i would also enjoy seeing the shops in San Diego area, since I have not been to that part of CA.

Aside from that, not much else is new.  Camp finished up last week... after I get back from CA (Monday morning) I will be spending most of my time at school working on class prep, and then my second year working at Belhaven University will begin.  It seems very odd that we have already been down here over a year.  Alot has happened, we've met tons of people, and made new friends.  But I suppose 1 year out of 26 won't feel like alot until it's more has happened and more years have passed.

Ok, I think thats all for now, probably won't write till I get back, and hopefully I'll post some pictures.

Camp and other things

So I haven't written in a while, I've been somewhat consumed with the summer theatre camp that I'm running through Belhaven right now.  Thankfully it is almost over.  This week is the last.  It has been good, and fun, and for the most part I love working with the kids... however the last few days has me wanting to strangle most of senior high group, which is even more annoying because one would think that the 4-9 year olds would be worse... but no.

In any case, camp is going well, they ending performance is Thursday evening at 7 p.m., should be at least interesting, I'll wait to say good until I see how they might improve the next two days.

After that I fly out to CA to see my little brother and his graduation from the Navy Seals!  I'll be there for almost a week, and get to see the rest of my immediate family which will be nice.  Mary with Joy, and Joshua and my mom will all be there before I get there so we'll have alot of time to hang out, which I'm greatly looking forward to... especially getting to go to Sea World and spend some quality time at the beach!  And I like the beach in CA, though the last time I was there was much farther South than San Diego area.

Hmmmm, aside from camp and heading to CA I don't think I have any other major news.  Nanaki is growing quickly, which is normal, I'll post some pictures later, I can't access them at the moment.  He started his training class two weeks ago, and already has alot to learn.  He picks up on things quickly, but being a puppy generally doesnt always want to listen even if he knows what we are saying.  So it is a slow process but at least we are making progress.

School will be starting again soon, I can't believe our summer as disappeared so quickly... I'm not sure I'm ready for the semester to start yet, but I suppose I will be when it happens, or I'll at least make due.

Ok, that really is all for now, hopefully the dog will be a bit more quiet tonight so we can get more sleep?  We shall see.

More Summer happenings

So we are currently getting ready to go on the youth groups first retreat (Luke started up the youth group after we moved here), so that should be fun.  We will be doing a combined event with Calvary Chapel Bartlet, in Tennessee, leaving Wed night and having stuff all day there Thursday then going to Magic Springs Water park in Arkansas for the day Friday which should also be alot of fun.

So in my attempts to get the house cleaned up, buy what I need to for the trip, and try to get packed I have found that Nanaki likes to interrupt anything and everything so that I only get maybe half of what I planned on getting done accomplished.  Speaking of which he has had an intestinal bug the last few days and been feeling pretty awful.  Thankfully the medicine seems to be working and he's been doing somewhat better.... though naturally the medicine he tries to refuse is the one he needs the most off.  Below there will be a few newer pictures of him, he's growing really fast.

Our New Puppy!

Here are a few pictures of our new puppy Nanaki.  He is now 6 weeks old (as of Saturday) and is already starting to get bigger.  He should end up being between 40-50 pounds.

Summer Time

So it still feels somewhat odd to not HAVE to go into work only because it's summer time.  Though that was one of the reasons (among many, many others) that I wanted to work in a school setting.  I know there are lots of other things I need to get done this summer...  Between camp, possibly a camp for youth group, yard work (lots of that), some design work, and getting ready for classes again, I still feel very busy.

I have managed to find time to do a few things though, like:

1. Finish Mass Effect 1
2. Start AND finish Mass Effect 2 (great game)
3. Finish Dragon Age 1
4. Start And finish Dragon Age 2 (which was awesome btw)
5. AND reread at least 10 of the books off my shelf

Now since my birthday is coming up in a few weeks I'm hoping that I can actually get some new books that I've been hoping to get for a while.   I think I may have set a record on going a whole year without buying a new book.  And text books don't count, strictly talking about novels at the moment.

In any case, I'm looking forward to being able to spend a little money on some books that I've been dying to get my hands on, and a few that I've already read but I need to get to finish off my sets... I can hardly wait!  Though it does feel slightly odd that I'll be turning 26, not sure why, but it feels like just yesterday that I was turning 25!  This year has gone by very quickly that is for sure!