ummm. i went on vacation with Justin and his family last week. we went to AuSable ((near plattsburgh)) NY. we stayed in their camper and possibly the worst “campsite” ((aka campground)) we could have chosen. haha. good ole Bob is the psycho who owns the place. who legit yelled at Justin for tossing dog crap in the weeds where noone walks. the mosquitos were horrible. we could NOT fish in the river. however. we did go to Lake Placid and visit all of the olympic stuff. we took a ski lift to the top of a big hill then rode an elevator up to the top of the 120 foot ski slope. which was sort of terrifyingly high. haha. and we went through the museum. and we rode a gondola up to the top of little whiteface mountain. then drove to the top of whiteface mountain. which are both quite a ways up. haha.  i decided that some day. Justin and I are moving to Lake Placid. i looooove it there. we also went to a bunch of shops and stuff there. andddd we hiked up to the top of Poke-o-Moonshine Mountain. Justin, his dad and I hiked up the like 1.2 mile trail which was pretty sweet. it took us like 2 hours to go up and back down. Justin and I decided that hiking is something we would like to do a lot of. ummm.. we went to a state park and fished and let the dog swim for a while which was fun ((and decided we would like to camp there)) and we walked through AuSable Chasm. it was like a mile walk. and then we rafted down the river. in one spot the river is 80 feet deep and in another its 100 feet deep! craaazyy. aaaaaand we went to this restaurant called Arnie’s. hahaaaaaaa. dont go there. we got in. got our table. ordered our food. then waited an HOUR. watched other people come in, get a table, get their food, eat and leave before we got our food. it was ridiculous. but when we asked about getting a discount for waiting so long. we were told we “got a discount just by coming there” HA. you dont even get a salad with your dinner. you have to pay an extra 3 DOLLARS for a little salad with your meal. soooome discount. so. Mrs. Bennett fought with Arnie himself for a few minutes. and then ended up just paying cuz he was dumb. so that was basically our vacation. i will say that i wont ever return to plattsburgh because most of the people we encountered were rude. also. the walmart there. huuughlt! the worst bathroom experience i’ve ever had. disgusting stalls. no soap. laskdjgl. it was not good. i had to have Justin get soap from the guys bathroom. i was scarred after that experience. and now i carry hand sanitizer in my purse for such occasions.

i think there was something else i wanted to post about. butttt i cant remember what. cuz im watching gymnastics. oops. oh well.

so. I’m really bad at updating this thing. soooo. over the last few weeks i haveeee…

-gone to Dorney Park with Jenise. Sarah. Jeremy. Laura. and Randy… no Justin :(  i rode with Jeremy in his sweet mustang while Jenise drove my car with her sarah laura and randy in it. which is silly. it was a lot of fun. we went on all the big rides. including steel force. and the new one voodoo ((which is silly because the name doesnt match the colors of the coaster.. they painted it bright blue and yellow.. when they should have painted it like black and red.. but oh well.)) we also spent some time at the water park playing like kids in the water works which was a lot of fun. floating on the lazy river. and we did a couple tube rides. one of which was this multiperson raft ride.. we thought we could put all 5 of us in one raft ((we could have fit)) but after waiting forever to get to the top we realized you can only put 4 people in a raft.. soo we had to split up. Jenise and Sarah rode together. and me Laura and Randy rode together.. the water was freezing. and the ride was really scary. i basically felt like i was going to fly over the side wall / fall forward on top of Randy when i was at the top of the wall. i pretty much would never go on that again.

-ok. i also tought the 4 and 5 year old Vacation Bible School group at church. the first day was HORRIBLE. and i didnt want to do it anymore. we didnt have enough time. i didnt plan well. we did the wrong verse. we didnt do the packets. and i didnt know we had games and crafts. and i didnt know what time they were at and they ran into each other and it was just bad. however. that tuesday. wednesday. and i guess thursday went much better. i figured out how long we had and what we had to do. and did things in an order.. the same order each day. they kids were very hyper and rowdy on thursday though. and for some reason we didnt really have enough stuff to do. so they ended up just playing a lot. haha. oops. i wasnt there on the last day of VBS ((friday)) because i had to be at the art gallery for first friday. but all of the kids in my group got perfect attendance ((so they got to go up on stage and they got a prize)) except one little boy who had missed on tuesday. apparently he kept asking the helper if it was his turn to go up yet. but it never was his turn. well i heard about it and i felt horrible. so saturday at the church picnic i found Sue ((the organizer of the whole vbs deal)) and we got a bag and put a bunch of random, fun little toys in it. and i gave it to him on Sunday and told him i heard they missed him to go up on stage but that was for him. he was happy about it.

-..andddd the art gallery. well that thursday of vbs i was called to come into the gallery to help John set up the upstairs show. this meant taking screws out. spackling. hanging a 6 panel quilt which meant pinning like 5 or 6 spots on each side of each panel which means my thumbs hurt for like 2 days after that. i also helped John hang his lightbox photographs which are really good. then we had to go to biglots to buy extension cords. and then nail all of the lightbox cords to the walls so they looked all nice and not just dangling all over the place. this all happened in like 3 and a half hours. because John had a news crew coming in for an interview. i left when they got there. thennnn. that friday. was first friday. and i was pretty much at the gallery from 130 in the afternoon til like 930 at night. i “linted” ((aka used a lint roller on a table cloth and the quilt. which is actually DE-linting. but thats ok)) swept. vacuumed the stairs and the downstairs perimeter. went and printed pictures. then put them in frames. set up tables and food. and then poured wine. then just watched the gallery for the last hour of first friday. cuz John was upstairs. so i had to make sure no one stole or broke anything. and i was supposed to politetly tell people we were going to be closing. but i just couldnt do it. haha. woo!

-my family was in north carolina from wednesday til monday. and then Jenise was at kingdom bound from monday to wednesday. and nowww i’m going on vacation with the bennetts on saturday for a week. we’re going camping in the adirondacks. im really excited about it!!! hiking. and fishing ((in style with my new sunglasses)) and just hangin out! woo! kkkkkkk thats my life. bye!

-oh. ps. i have a consultation about getting my wisdom teeth out on the monday after we come back. ahhhh!!! im nervous about it!