Peaceable Kingdom: Day 1

Welp. I arrived here, in the beautiful woodsy wilderness at around 2pm today...

I have nested into my little cabin that I share with about 6 other beautiful counselor ladies...
I have made home made pizza, and breadsticks... and just finished doing the dishes...

Tomorrow I arise at 7 am, breakfast at 815...
and then. I begin the wonder of Ropes Training at 9am tomorrow. woot wooooot.

Peaceable Kingdom is amazing... so beautiful. I love it.

Peace an' Blessin's, Peace an' Blessin's y'all.

Wanna write me?
The address here is:

Lauren McKenzie
19051 FM 2484
Killeen, TX 76542

I'm starting to hate road trips...

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Got up at 630 this morning. Left AZ, Drove through NM...
Arrived in Sonora, TX @ appx 9pm

Britt and I are dead tired.
Checked into the hotel. Better experience than last. Thank the Lord, for Days Inn Hotel.

Only about 5 more hours of driving tomorrow. Then we arrive in beautiful Central Texas.

Peaceable Kingdom on Friday... Pray for me y'all.

Peace an' Blessin's, Peace an' Blessin's

How Could I Forget?

ALSO...

Sunday afternoon Angel Cupp & I went on a long needed little photo shootsie.

It went SWELL!

and when I say swell, I mean SWELTERING HOT. No joke it had to have been friggin 12,858 degrees outside!

But it's okay, because we had our handy Canon Rebels... which makes anything beautiful. :)

Sidenote: We had to have gotten honked at like five billion times (accurate number, btw), it was embarrassing, and then after awhile, quite annoying. And then scary after this truck full of guys circled us like 3 times.

Creeps. However, it made for some genuine "laughs" in the pics. hah.

Love you Angel. <3

Memorial Day Weekend

Welp.

Sunday was a marvelous day.. went to Church, amazing video in service btw.
So I'd like to share a little of what God laid on my heart.
The video was about learning to be silent, I wish I knew how to get a hold of it to share with you, but I have no idea. Anyways, for me-being in complete silence is impossible.

Most people know how I am, and I know several people can vouch for the fact that me being able to sit still, is absurd. I just can't. My hands have to be busy, my mind is always wandering, and my music has to be on. ALWAYS. While I study, while I clean, while I sit, While I drive...

And when this man was speaking in the video his main point to the viewer was to learn to be silent, because it's in those moments of silence that God speaks to you. Loud and clear. And lately it's been really hard for me, because I haven't heard God's voice in my life in such a long time. So the video really hit home for me I guess. Because I realized, dang.. I can't name one time in the last year that I have just sat in silence.

SO. My new goal for this summer is to maintain a balance between; rocking out to music, and sitting in the silence waiting for my God to speak to me...

I have tried hard to find you-

don't let me wander from your commands.

I have hidden your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:10-11

Teach me your decrees, O Lord;

I will keep them to the end.

Give me understanding and I will obey your instructions;

I will put them into practice with all my heart.

Make me walk along the path of your commands,

for that is where my happiness is found.

Psalm 119:33-35

Oh you know, just another day at the Goat Show...

Hah. Goat show, just thinking about it makes me chuckle...

So our fairgrounds had some random Dairy Goat Show today. And my Dad of course, being the nerdy man he is, wanted to set up a booth and advertise our Organic Alfalfa Company...

And what better to have then two saucy looking ladies like me and Brittany to entice customers. Lordy Lordy.

So we got up at the crack of dawn (or more-so, the crack of my curtains at 8am) and headed down the road for a wonderful, educational experience at the Goat Show.

We, uh... saw some things that I almost wish I hadn't seen, but am still glad I saw.

So, for your pure enjoyment...

Here's the Line-Up:

1. Little girl who enjoys pulling on goat tails, and eating "Goat Pebbles" mmmm. Girl after my own heart. Wait. What? Did I just say I like eating poop?
   

2. An overly affectionate, in public, sitting next to mom, teenage couple... PDA PDA! Gag, Gag.

3. And for the GRAND FINALE, this is no joke people, a 60 year old pregnant woman... Yes I confronted her and asked her age. Totally kidding, no but seriously. Oh and the best part, actually it's not possible to top the whole pregnant at 60 thing, but anyways, she had a goat chewing on her hair... Isn't that grand? I'd sure love to be that Baby Daddy... what a cougar.

So, it's been quite an adventure... A swell experience altogether, I must say.

Side Note: I also kept track of how many different ways my Dad inappropriately used the words, Udder, Teet, Nipple, and Breast Milk. About a hundred. Per minute.

Love y'all, hopefully I can become a little more serious on here. Maybe tomorrow. Peace. :)

AZ Summer '09

Well this is my very first little bloggy entry...
pretty thrilled. not gunna lie...

I've been in AZ for about 2 weeks now, took a little road trip with my homegurl B. Tice...
Spending time and relaxing with my family has been pretty amazing.
I love being with them, even if it means helping my Pops hook up, (or rather, not hook up) our satellite dish on the roof using walkie-talkies. Roger that, Papa Bird.


So far I have:

• rescued and adopted a puppy on a highway
• witnessed the death of 2 rattlesnakes
• spent 8 hours driving to the lake, and spent 3 hours on it. :)
• woke up every morning at 6 am (see the first bullet)
• almost died once due to Brittany's driving.
• watched Baby Mama 6 times
• picked my nose in public several times

That's all for now, and enough for my first entry..

But, I'll be back tomorrow to share my experiences at the Dairy Goat Exhibit. Hah...

Ohhh, being home. :)