Baby Girl Blair

We went to the doctor today & they said they were 95% sure that our new little baby is a GIRL!! The doc said everything looks great & she is healthy, so we have lots to be thankful for. I made pink cupcakes tonight in order to celebrate. Good thing Dr. Dobson is about to come out with his "Bringing Up Girls" book, we will need that (it should be coming out sometime this year)!

Here are a few pics of the newest Blair.

She is waving at you :)

Only 20 more weeks left...should be a long summer!

Megan & Sean!

Last week my cousin, Megan, got married in Tallahassee, FL. Bekah, Mom, Dad, and I were able to fly down to Florida to be there for her special day. The wedding so pretty & Megan was a beautiful bride. Can't wait to spend more time with the happy couple!

The beautiful bride - with her stylish boots!

The Shacks & The Hills :)

Zach & Josh - being the perfect gentlemen

Mr. & Mrs. Hill!

I loved being in Tallahassee for a long weekend. I didn't know much about the city before going there, but it is so cute & very southern. I felt like we were in Georgia most of the time because of all the big old houses & trees. One of my favorite parts of the city was definitely all the flowers, they were all in full bloom!

Cali

A couple of weeks ago we took an amazing trip out to Santa Barbara, California to see my baby sister graduate! I still can't believe that all of us have graduated & are out in the "real world."

There was a pretty big fire going on in the hills of Santa Barbara the weekend of graduation & at first we were a little nervous to go, but graduation was still going on so we headed out west. The fire was crazy & very sad to watch. The school was completely evacuated, so everything had to be held down by the beach. No one was hurt in the fire but there were tons of homes burned to the ground.

Despite the fire our trip was so great. It is always good to be with family & I am thankful we were able to be there during this important time in Bekah's life.

Proud parents with the graduate

Cody & I with Bekah & Tyler

The happy couple

On her way to graduate

At the graduation party - it was at the cutest house with an amazing garden

Mother's Day breakfast at one of the best breakfast places around - Summerland Cafe

We love Mom - Happy Mother's Day!

Senior Club & Mud Volleyball

We recently ended our regular Monday night Young Life clubs. In May things seem to get a bit crazy for all the kids & lots of our college volunteer leaders begin to have finals so life gets a little crazy for everyone.

Our last club was the traditional "senior club". At this club the senior leaders get to chose their favorite games, songs, skits, and then we have a couple of them share. I always love senior club b/c it usually always turns out to be a powerful night & this year was no different. The seniors that shared at the end did a great job & it was cool seeing how much they had gotten out of Young Life. The seniors that shared were faithful Young Lifers, they hardly ever missed a Monday night & we have so many great memories with them. I pray that they will hold onto these things as they enter the crazy college life. I also hope that we can continue to keep in touch with them & that they know that they can always come to us no matter what is happening in their lives.

A group of seniors singing "Wonderwall" - a Monday night favorite

Getting ready for a skit - thinking his skit is going to be "number 1!"

For our final event of the school year we had a little party & planned on playing sand volleyball, but it turned into mud volleyball. This is what we found when we got to the courts that night:

Lots of standing water on sand volleyball courts = mud volleyball

None of the kids seemed to mind the mud at all, in fact it probably made the night more memorable for them.

Although our clubs are over for the school year ministry is still continuing to happen & that is why I love being a part of Young Life. Young Life is not a program, it's life on life ministry. We have been busy going to games, eating meals with kids, weekly small group Bible studies, and keeping up with all the drama that goes on in the life of a typical high school student.

I am thankful for the year of clubs we have had this year. I never dreamed that we would see so many faces on Monday nights & that we would get the opportunity to tell all those kids about Jesus. I also never dreamed that some of the kids that showed up on Monday nights would actually come, kids that we pray would come hear the gospel but never thought would. And finally, I never in my wildest dreams thought that so many kids from our high school would sign-up, on the first night available, for summer camp. God has been faithful.

It's been a good year :)