I'm Not Dead/June Review

Hey everyone, my name is Lauren. I'm new to the blogging world!

Okay, not really, but it feels like it! Aside from the scheduled Monday Meditations, I've been pretty dormant in the blogging world!

I have some excuses...some good, some lame. Two weeks ago was VBS at my church so for the majority of the month, all my focus and my family's focus has been VBS. The week before VBS we had to set up which took up all day Thursday, all Friday evening, graduation party on Saturday, and more set up all Sunday afternoon. Then Monday thru Friday was VBS each night and the big closing Sunday night!

That was my good excuse for not posting or commenting much. The lame one is that I haven't written anything new recently or editing anything old. So I haven't really had anything worth sharing in a while. I hope to edit some more O'Neals for you guys. (We gotta get through Belle and Caleb's relationship!)

ANYWHO, I'm going to wrap up how June went for me, which is basically just going to be about VBS with a few other random stuff we did :D

VBS was a BLAST as always! Our theme was Life on the Farm, so being a country church, we were all excited about the possibilities this theme had! My Daddy got off work and was able to teach at a site with my Momma and sister (Rachel). Their site was the Stable. Daddy had a friend who came and brought two horses for the kids to pet and feed treats!

I worked at the Milk House site. I worked with a couple I worked with a few years ago. They're tons of fun so I had a great time but little work got done sometimes because we were laughing too hard :P A family we know brought a calf each night for the kids! HE WAS SO CUTE!

The other sites were the Hen House, Grain Bin, and Garden. All the sites were amazing! Here are random pictures from the week.

My outfit :D I've had this shirt for a few years
and I FINALLY had a reason to wear it!

Two of the horses! Bessie and Rocky or "Pharaoh" and "Joseph" for the week ;)

They're so pretty!

LOOK AT HIS FACE. Our baby cow was so adorable

We had these silly animal cutouts that you could stick your face in.
Kids loved them and so did us teens XD

My neighbor with the animals told us we could use anything in her barn or around the yard.
Grant and I looked around the barn and found this old saddle!
My parents wanted the saddle for their site so I decided to clean up this old thing.

After hosing it down and one round of saddle soap...

TADA Another round of saddle soap and all dried off
It's a brand new saddle!

Mural at the Grain Bin! My friend painted this!

ALSO in June, Momma, Rachel, and I went shopping! I need more clothes for when I go to college. We had a good trip! I got four new skirts and like three new shirts. And for someone who hates shopping and has trouble finding clothes that fit, this trip was a HUGE success. Afterwards my sister bought some makeup from a special store she had a gift card too and we ate lunch together.

My friends' aunt and uncle own a pool and we have been swimming there quite often this month!

My church got a brand new bus and we had our first "official" ride in it on the 26th. (I rode in it once during VBS visitation, but the core Youth Group got to ride in it together on the 26th on our way to conduct a service at a local Nursing Home.

One of my best friends is working at a summer camp for the rest of the summer and I won't see her for a month and a half. She and four of her siblings surprised me and my siblings on the 28th and stopped in for a visit before she left that night! We went out for pizza and played at our local playground/park. None of us had been to an actual playground  in a long time so we had a great time playing on the merry-go-round, monkey bars, seesaws, and slides =D

Today is my grandpa's birthday so we are going to celebrate with him this afternoon!

And that wraps up my June. It has FLOWN by.