Summer fun

A super, fun-filled month= serious lack of blog posts.

This past month has just been so full of family and old friends...and even some new ones! Its been great to say the least and time sure does FLY when you are having fun. I can't believe its almost been a month since I last wrote a post.

Some of the highlights of this past month have been:

-Meeting the refugee couple that I am mentoring. They are super sweet and I love hearing their life stories. She is 8 months pregnant, so we are currently in the process of helping them prepare for the new baby. I can't even imagine how scared I would be having my first child in a brand new country, where I barely spoke the language, and was away from all of my family...but I know that God is going to take care of them. Please pray for them and for a healthy baby!

-We got to see Justin Morgan, who is back in the US after spending 2 years in Lesotho with the Journeyman program. I can't tell you how good it was to see him again! I loved hearing about his time in Africa and was so glad that he was able to make the trip down from Oklahoma!

-I drove to Temple, TX to meet Amanda Morgan (not related to Justin...) at a lake for a fun and relaxing afternoon. It was so good to catch up with her. She has been in TX all summer as an intern on a ranch, so she had lots of good stories to tell! She also spent the night with us last week, which was awesome as well! :)

We went to Joe T. Garcia's when Amanda spent the night with us

The lake in Temple, TX

-Cory's family (mom, dad, brother, grandma) came in town for a week...we did a ton of the "tourist" things while they were here and got to try out some yummy restaurants. Among other things, we walked around downtown and showed them where JFK was killed, went to the Cowboys stadium, went to the Fort Worth Stockyards, had a 4th of July party, and just spent time together!

Cowboys Stadium

Fort Worth

Cotton Bowl

Mini golf

Yummy cupcakes in Ft. Worth

 

Downtown Dallas

-Cory had his white coat ceremony..I'm so proud of him and excited that he is finally studying what he loves!

-We went to Florida for Cory's great-grandmother's 90th birthday and a wedding. It was great that they were both on the same weekend so that we were able to make it! We were glad to see family and spend some much needed time at the beach. The Blue Angels were also performing that weekend at the beach, so we were excited that we got to see them!

The Blue Angels

-I got to do all of my pre-orientation and health screening stuff for work! I can't believe it is coming so SOON! I am so excited to finally be working and doing what I love and went to school to do!

-My old college roommate (and friend from middle school), Amanda, was in town because her parents just moved out here about a month or so after we did, so we got to have dinner with all of them. One of our other roommates, Megan, also lives in Dallas and came over as well-so it was fun to have 3 out of 4 of the roommates together again...in Dallas of all places! We wish that Sarah could have been here too...but maybe next time! :)