June 30, 2007
June is almost over! This week has been a pretty good week. It has rained everyday! Despite the rain, the heat persists though.
I have been working this week every day. The mall has been busy. Yesterday was the day that the iphone came out, so there were tons of people at the mall waiting in line all day, and today they had a competition there for America's Next Top Model. The winner of the competition today goes to LA for it. July 13th is Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-a. If you wear a cow costume, you get a free combo! I am very excited. That's a fun day!
Friday night we went downtown again. It's fun to talk to the people there. This is my shout-out to Roger - Hi Roger! Here's our friend, and he just started reading our website. Also Friday night our friends came over for dinner, and Ryan and Matt played the banjo and the acordian (yes, we have a banjo and an acordian..you can imagine hor thrilled out neighbors are....)I am hoping that Ryan puts the picture on for you to see.....
We went to the movie Ratatoulli (I don't think I spelled it right) today! It was a good movie, you should see it!
- Emily
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June 27, 2007
Today was a pretty normal day, more rain though. There's lots of flooding, there have been suggestions to build arks.....
- Emily
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June 26, 2007
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day......
That was going to be the title to my journal today, but then this afternoon I had so much fun in the rain, and it didn't seem so bad. I went to go running, and it was POURING on the way to the gym, and I got soaked! But the rain kept me cool while I ran! So it worked out great! It sure has been raining a lot though.
Yesterday Ryan and I both worked, and it was a pretty normal day, today too. I like doing marketing for Chick-fil-a. It's fun!
- Emily
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June 24, 2007
Yesterday and today have been great! I worked yesterday, and it was really fun! I hosted a party and did a bunch of food and coupon deliveries at the mall. That's always fun because when you give people free Chick-fil-a, they love you!! They're so excited to see you! It's so great! Ryan met me at the mall for a late lunch, and then we went home. He and our friend Matt suprised Sukey (Matt's wife) by cleaning our cars too! It was a great suprise! They love us!
Today I stayed home to rest. Ryan had to be at church all day, and I needed a day off. I rested and cleaned and did laundry, and rested more, and planned out the week. I need days like today! - days where I have nothing planned and I can just get organized and refreshed! Sometimes, church for Ryan and I isn't very restful.
I had a dream the other night that was the best dream I think I have ever had! I was in a city, but it was an old city, like a biblical city or something, and I felt this peace, this overwhelming peace that I don't think I have ever experienced before, it was this awesome feeling! I asked the people that were there with me in my dream where I was, and the guy said "this is Zion." It was the best dream! I wish I could go back to that dream! Maybe that's what Heaven will feel like, I sure hope so!
- Emily
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June 22, 2007
For some reason, this week has gone so slow since we got back! I have to work again tomorrow. I ffel like I need a day off though where I have nothing planned. Tonight was fun though. We got to go downtown and spend time with our friends. And there was a rainbow in the sky! I love rainbows! There aren't very many of them here in Dallas, so it's a fun thing wehen there is one. They always remind me of God's promises. He's so faithful!
- Emily
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June 20, 2007
Well, Disney is over. It was very sad to come home! It's always hard to say goodbye to family. We did get to see our good friends Monday afternoon before we left though, which was such a blessing. We met the Voss family at Downtown Disney for lunch. It's always so encouraging to see them! We love them so much!
We had a good flight home, and Tuesday started normalacy again. I worked all day at CHick-fil-a. We had a beach party in the evening. It was very fun! Ryan was the cow, and he wore a hula skirt and a lai - very cute!
Today we finally got unpacked and a little more organized. I wish we could go on vacation again. I feel like I need a day off now!
- Emily
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June 17, 2007
Another day at Disney, and I think everyone is Disneyd out. We had such a wonderful day though! We started out at Epcot, and right away we went on the race car ride, which was okay, but not my favorite. But then I went by myself on Mission Space, which was sooo very cool! It was like a real spaceship! Everyone else missed out! Then we went on “Soarin’” which is a ride where you get to fly! It was another really cool ride! We walked around the countries of the world too, and ate lunch in Germany, we had brats! And I got a churro in Mexico! Then everyone but Ryan and I went to Magic Kingdom, but we stayed behind to see Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, and Chip and Dale! We got our pictures with them! Then we went to Magic Kingdom, which is my favorite park in Disney! I love Main St. with all of the singing people and excitement and the castle! We went on Buzz Lightyear’s ride, and Kari, Tamira, and I went on Space Mountain, which is my favorite ride in Disney! Then we all went to Mickey’s Philharmagic. Everyone loved it! We ate dinner at Pinochio’s place, and we watched the night parade and Wishes, the fireworks. It was so so very wonderful! I love Disney World! It’s so fun! You can imagine things and be a kid!
After a long, great day, we headed back to the condo, tired. It has been the best vacation so far!
- Emily
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June 16, 2007
Today was a much needed day of rest after yesterday! We slept in and relaxed all day. We swam, and Ryan’s family played tennis. And then at night we went to Downtown Disney and went shopping and went to Cirque Du Soleil, which was the coolest thing ever! They did the most amazing things! There were these little girls who did these tricks…..it’s really hard to explain, but it was so cool! And there was trapeze people and they did a part with tramplenes, and a part where the people flew on huge pieces of fabric….it was like a dream! It was just the coolest thing!
- Emily
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June 15, 2007
Today we went to Disney World with our families! It was great! First we went to Animal Kingdom, which was a lot like a huge zoo! My mom loved the birds! We went to a bird show, and we went on the Dinosaur ride, which was so cool! And we watched a baby monkey swing too! And we rode Everest! I got to ride with my dad, and we had lots of fun. It’s scary! I screamed all day and lost my voice. And after Animal Kingdom we went to MGM! We went to a car stunt show which was really cool! And we rode the tower of Terror too! Ryan even went on that one! We ate dinner at a pizza place. We were all exhausted by the end of the day! It was a great day! at Animal Kingdom we also went inside the huge tree and watched a Bugs Life 3D movie. At the end of the day we watched “fantasmic” which was so so cool! It had dragons and these really cool water movie things! And all of the characters of course! We had so much fun with our families!
- Emily
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June 13, 2007
We went to Disney World today! And I didn’t think Ryan would like it, but he had lots of fun too! We went to Magic Kingdom and Epcot. It was a beautiful day until about 4:00 when it rained.
Ryan’s favorite thing so far was the Mickey’s Philharmagic, and mine was pretty much everything! We went on Soarin’, where you get to fly! And we had a huge turkey leg for lunch! And we had fun dancing after the rain ended to a Mexican waltz! Disney World is so much fun! We are excited for our families to get here tomorrow to share it with them!
- Emily
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June 12, 2007
We’re in Florida! It’s so great! And, we got to ride first class on the way here! I’m not sure why, I think they overbooked the flight or something and the only seats left were first class, but it was so fun! I had so much room on the plane! Enough to cross my legs and curl all up on the seat! It was a huge blessing! So fun!
Our condo is great! We went swimming in the pool, even though there was lots of bugs. And we grilled out for dinner. We also played mini golf this afternoon while we were waiting until our check-in time. Ryan won. We had fun!
- Emily
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June 11, 2007
I am officially on vacation! No more work for a week! TOmorrow we head out for Disnay World! We're very excited! I'm pretty sure I'm a lot more excited than Ryan, but he's excited too!
So today we went to the mall, and we got a cup of ice cream. We could get three different kinds in our little cup, and I said said I wanted chocolate chip first, and Ryan ordered two yucky kinds, to which I was jealous that he got two kinds and I only got one! I said that out loud and you should have seen the look the guy behind the counter gave Ryan! You could tell he was thinking "what kind if a guy are you taking two kinds for yourself?!" Well of course I only got about two bites because my chocolate chip was touching his two wierd kinds, I think cinnamon and something else. So I gave the cup to him, and he didn't like them either, which made him feel really bad about picking the two bad kinds when I only had one that I liked. So he was very humbled and walked back to the ice cream place and bought me my own cup of chocolate chip. It was very funny. The place actually gave us a cup for free because we didn't like the other kinds. I think they thought we were wierd. It was a fun date!
- Emily
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June 10, 2007
Today was a fun day. We were in Frisco until about 3:00, then we got to come home and take a nap, and our apartment is now clean, and life seems a little bit more organized! Finally! Now I can start getting ready for Disney!
- Emily
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June 9, 2007
So I thought that summer was supposed to be at least a little bit easier than the school year, but so far I'm pretty sure it has been busier! HOw is that possible? My poor husband has a messy house and no food because I have been so busy with things! Lord willing, tomorrow I will be able to clean our apartment. Only a few days until vacation!
I started work full-time at Chick-fil-a this week, and so far it's going well! I liek working there. So many of the people that work there have such sweet spirits, and they have such servant's hearts! They serve with smiles on their faces, and don't complain. I learn a lot from them. Well, I need to get some sleep! Goodnight!
- Emily
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June 4, 2007
Today was the first full-time day at CHick-fil-a. It went well. We did lots of VBS deliveries and did some planning. Then tonight I worked more on my quilt and got really frustrated with my sewing machine. I'm pretty sure that it was probably my lack of knowledge about the machine, but I was pretty frustrated. It was a fun evening though.
- Emily
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June 3, 2007
Today was a great day! It was a long day up in Frisco though. We got to go out to eat with our friends, which was fun. I love Sunday lunches with friends! And I went over my friend's house to work on my quilt too. And on the way there I saw the most wonderful fields! With cows even! And there was this one perfect field with sooo very many hay bails all the way to the horizon! I wish Ryan could have seen it. It would make a great picture! Such a fun ride through the country!
- Emily
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June 2, 2007
Today was a wonderful day! I finished som eof my quilt, and got to take a nap, and RYan and I played baseball in the "park" across the street! This time no birds pooped on me or dive-bombed me and dropped dead right beside me like before. But there were a few birds hanging around that made me a little nervous. Ryan scared them away though. TOnight we went to Barnes and Noble. I had a gift certificate that I got to use. It was a fun little date for us.
- Emily |
