I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Im on week five on Big A Club. It is SO hard to believe.

This summer has went by WAY too fast, and Im not ready for it to end. 

The past week has been good, but so eventful. 

The fourth of July was AMAZING out here. 

Seein

g fireworks out on the lake gave me even more of a reason to fall in love with this place.

That Sunday I was able to get some much needed relaxation and then go to LivingStones in Reno for church that night. Worship there is always such a blessing!

Monday. the girls and I got to lay out on the beach most of the day.

and finished the night out with Marlise. a church member. coming to cook us fried chicken for dinner. Southern Comfort Food is always a blessing out here :)

Tuesday began another week of BIG A. Even though these are usually are biggest days, and toughest.. I love Tuesday mornings. getting to see my kids for the first time since Friday, and being tackled about 50 times by three year olds... doesn't get much better.

Tuesday was fantastic food fun. fun, fun, fun.

Wednesday brought on an eventful but super fun day.

Since all the other little kids got to go mini-golfing this day, and we didn't because I have the youngest.. we got to do an Easter Egg Hunt this day. Needless to say, my kids absolutely loved it! It was precious, and more space to move around in the church allowed us to get to play with shaving cream that day as well. Very fun for them!

Thursday. I got to go to Wild Island waterpark with the older kids. Big A Club takes three trips to Wild Island in the summer, a

nd they divide it up so that the missionaries all get a chance to go. I always work with the little ones, so spending time with some of the older kids was a lot of fun for me. Forrest, one of my new favorites is 14 years old, and has Aspergers. I was able to spend quite a bit of time with him this day, and his reaction while we were going down water slides together was absolutely priceless. I wouldn't trade that moment for the whole summer.

We all have an hour of wave pool duty during our time there to watch our kids. I was dreading this time all day, but it ended up being a lot of fun. and I got to hang out with some of favorite boys in the deep end ridin waves :) As if this day couldn't get any better.. 

I had told my parents that I would be in Reno at Wild Island when they landed in Reno. They used their GPS system and showed up outside the gate when we were lining our kids up without me expecting it. Supposedly, my reaction was priceless, and I have to say.. I was pretty stoked to see them! I ended up getting to ride back to the church with them since 

there was extra help on the field trip. I finished up the afternoon at Big A, and we went to Brian and Ruth's house for dinner. Our team has come to love this couple so much over the summer, and we love spending time with them. Not to mention, the AMAZING food :)

Friday wrapped up a busy week. My kids got to do pottery painting today which they liked alot.

Friday morning my parents got to come see our opening ceremony and meet a lot of the kids I have poured my heart out to over the summer. That was really neat, and I think they enjoyed their time with my children and my team alot :)

Friday night, we were slow at Parents Night Out and I got let go early to go with my parents. I spent the night relaxing in the hottub

 with my sister catching up on the past seven weeks, and got to bed early that night. thank the lord! At 5AM the next morning, we were Yosemite bound. 

We spent Saturday driving around just adoring God's creation. It was alot of fun, and the sites to see were incredible. After a long day we drove to a town called Mariposa, California and called it a night. The next morning we were up and at it again and on our way to San Francisco. Having family devotion on the way in the car was good as always, and I loved being able to share a little bit of what God has shown me this far with my family :) San Francisco was a ton of fun, but it makes me appreciate the slow country life after being there three days in two weeks. haha. Monday morning, we headed back to Tahoe City after staying in Vac

aville Sunday night. Kaitlin and I got to parasail over Lake Tahoe, and i loved every minute of it. The view was absolutely beautiful, and I think I can officially say that I've gotten to do everything out here that I want to for the summer now :) I took my family to a lakeside restaurant for lunch, and then we did a short hike to finish off their time with me. Saying bye to them again wasn't the easiest thing I've ever done, but three weeks is gonna come way faster than I want it to!

I knew it would be hard taking everything I've learned this summer and applying it to the real world, but my parents coming out here gave me a huge chance to start doing that. I realize I still have a lot of growing, stretching and toughening up to do before I fly home, but God is definitely at work still, and it absolutely amazes me. 

Today, we started week 5 of BigA. Absolutely unbelievable.

The numbers of my three year old class today was 24 children! 

If that's not incredible, I dont know what is. 

This is the biggest number that we've had, and while its such a blessing..

It was a tough day to say the least. When the numbers are bigger, we have to be more careful,

and everyone seems tense. It's those days that I learn so much more about who God has made me, and how much more he can do through me than I often think. I learn to rely on him for absolutely everything, and that he REALLY can do anything. And as if i haven't learned enough, It's not about me at all. 

So.. Here's to a week of Water Day, and Messy Games Day, and hopefully more love than I've ever given away. Time is running out so quickly and it breaks my heart every time I think about telling my kids bye. Pray that God will ease that situation, and allow me to have the energy to give 110 percent the rest of my time here :)

Be Blessed, and thanks for keeping up with me all summer!