Sold! to the lady in purple!

She's mine all mine! :)

Dont we look good together?!

Dining Room

Kitchen!

Downstairs bathroom

Downstairs bedroom

Family room

Guest room

Spare bedroom

Upstairs bathroom

and as a BONUS...they left some pans! and since I (had) none...yay!

Visitors welcome :)

Rub-a-dub-dub!

It's SHOWER time! I had two over the weekend, a baby and a bridal - 

Four friends, two mommies to be -

 Non-mommies to be -

 The mommy to be -

And the lovely bridal shower for Gwen was on Saturday; my friends are AMAZING!

So fun! Great to celebrate the happy times of life! :)

Save the Date!

So I'm in a season of life that revolves around a lot of weddings, this year was slower, only three and I wasnt in any of them.  Karla is guest blogging this, she sent it to me.  A little preview below:

The wedding party - 

Ken and his men - 

The Happy Couple - 

Ha! Thanks Karla for guest blogging this one! :)  Click here to see the entire 'Wedding Day'

Happy Week my friends!

Tennis Wedding

Several of the 'Tennis Girls' were able to meet for Olivia's wedding which was in the Cedarville area since she's from there.  So fun!  It was great to catch up - even with our coaches!

Here comes Olivia and Winston! 

Winston the Oneston! :)

Centerpieces - simple and elegant; ooo lala!

Friends :)

Such fun!  and a testimony to truly making Friends for Life!

Boston in the Spring?!

Busch League?

One of my 2011 resolutions was to play more golf, so I joined a league!  Really my friend begged and twisted my arm, and I finally gave in!  But it turned out to be very fun and I'm glad I did it -

Ryan shot par on the LONGEST hole ever - way to go!

Play more golf in 2011....CHECK!

Miss Melis

My college roommate came to visit me the other weekend. We had a lot fun shopping, chatting, eating, chatting, cooking, and chatting!  We hit all the high points, and enjoyed our day so much! 

Farmer's Market!

A birthday treat trip to Sweetlands!  

Fabulous dinner and dessert! yumo!

Thanks for coming Melissa!  Cant wait to see you soon!!! :)

Take Me Out to the Ballpark!

Church bulletin night and 10 cent dogs?!  Sounds good to me!

Buy me some peanuts and Cotton Candy! :)

Just a little rain.

Ahh good night with good friends!

Favorites

And to wrap things up a few of my favorites -

From Camp:
This little guy loved carpetball

I spy with my little eye...Susan Lamb!

Counselor challenging the heart and mind of her camper

Amanda! :)

Jessica! Such a sweet counselor :)

Things we did -

Went to the mall and tried new foods!

Drank Water!!!!!

Ate chicken hearts at a Churrascaria

Kayaking!  Hands down my favorite thing of the trip!

Just in general some fun picts that you havent seen -

Stacy's artwork

Meggsie Venison and her silliness

Being with the girls

Going to the beach

Getting to know and spending time with the Cooks

Oooo!!!  Estace!

 Our team! 

And we'll leave Brazil with this last one which kinda sums things up!  

Again it was a great trip, involving great people.  God showed himself to be good, loving and ever faithful.  What a mighty God we serve! :)

Faces

Last night we presented to church what we did while in Brazil.  It was fun to hear what the kids had to say especially after about a week had gone by.  Here are some shots of the people who were on and who really made this trip special for me; because, while we did service projects, the main thrust of this trip was relationships, both with our team and with our Brazilian friends.

Chelsea and me - Miss Vera Vera Vera! :)

Willis' and the Cooks at breakfast - Great guides, great hosts

Gracie Lu and Me - dont we look SO Arabic?!

Marybeth!  My roomie and buddy for the trip - so fun spending time with her, this was just before kayaking, what a saint to go with me!

Me and Jess on Alien night! Just waiting for the UFO to come get us!

Jo Jo and Estace!  My Angel Loves.

Meggie Venison, Susan(ne), and Chels

Aneeeeeeeeeekeeeeeee!!  Mama Mia! :)

Liam - this was his favorite: speaking English with the team and translating too!

Favorite camper shot - they were getting ready to do slip and slide!

Drying dishes! Way to go teamo!

ET Phone Home!  Calling Susan(ne) Lamb! :)

Singing!  We sang all the time while we were there.  Duda was great about busting out the guitar and accompanying!

Mila, Sweet Mila.  She gave me the Brazil bracelet I'm holding.  She was showering us with gifts and kindness all week long - what a doll!

Aline.  My first and best Brazilian friend.  We met first thing on Tuesday and I just loved chatting with her throughout our time there.  She might even come to Michigan next summer - I hope so!

Another Marybeth shot.  I truly truly enjoyed my time (which was most of it) with her!  So glad I could spend it with her! :)

These are just a few snapshots of the people that made our time there so great.  It was a beautiful country with generous and beautiful people.  Not to mention the group we brought down did a fantastic job working and being together for two weeks.

I've had several questions in the comments section; I'll do a Q and A later to wrap things up - so keep them coming!