Beach!!

Oh the sibling love..

Beautiful beach!

Oh how I love Sea World...I want to grow up and be a trainer again!

I'm finally home for more than a week.  Not too long though, until I move to Orlando!  Ahh....

Last week my family went for vacation.  Sunday-Tuesday we were hanging out at Cocoa Beach.  It was super fun, but now my back and legs are super burnt.  The water was FREEZING!  We had a great time, and then left for Sea World Wednesday morning.  There we had a great day playing around, and now have passes for the whole year.  I love the fun pass deal, especially since I'll be living really close to Sea World here in a few weeks.  Watching the "Believe" show inspired me once again to work at Sea World being a trainer.  Just so that I can swim with the whales of course...

Yesterday we also went college shopping.  I got my bedding, a hamper, dishes, and other stuff that I need to live on my own.  Matt and I ordered my books (it was so expensive..but we bought most of them used on Amazon), and ordered my parking permit.  Today we went by and picked it up and then opened my SunTrust account.  Busy busy getting ready for this year.  I'm so excited, yet anxious to make sure that all my ducks are in a row before I leave.  I'm so excited that God is speaking to me about starting a Bible Study with my dorm!  We went by my building today and the area is so beautiful.  There are like a gazillion spots outside that are perfect to have study.  Please start praying now that we would have girls excited about it and that God would show us what book to use.  

I'm excited to go to work tomorrow, considering that I haven't been there for two weeks.  I think that's a record.  :)  Speaking of Bible study, when do you want to get together, Emily?  We HAVE to finish our book before move-out time comes!  

Hope everyone has had a fantastic week!  

Brit

Oh what a week...

Lauren, one of my favorite kids from the week.  My bunk mate!

Be amazed...4 hoop houses within each other

Miss Mimi, Kathryn (Lauren's twin), and Jaylin

Me and Becky

So my internet fast is over, and a few days short.  I stayed off all week at summer camp, and it was a great time to do it.  For one, I had little to no free time, and it was just the perfect atmosphere to refocus.  No TVs, very little cell phone use, and no computers.  Needless to say I got to spend time with some wonderful people catching up, and I played lots and lots of board games.  :)

I just returned from Summer Camp last night, and had such a good time.  I miss the kids, but I really miss the female camp interns.  They were so much fun the whole week, and I was reunited with my sister!  If you haven't heard the story, there is this girl Beth that apparently looks a lot like me.  Since we have similar names as well, we are mixed up ALL THE TIME!  She's super cool, and we had a great time hanging out all week.  She's killer at all board games...it's kind of ridiculous.  The kids were all great this week.  We had some interesting ones that caused some issues, but overall they behaved very well.  Some of the boys had some serious issues, so Beth, Ketia and I had to do 'boot camp' to get them to clean their rooms.  By the time we were finished with them, they were begging to clean...:).  The guy counselors stood back and watched in amazement.  All they needed was some tough love.  Haha..

We leave tomorrow for Cocoa Beach until Thursday for a family vacation.  Although I'm excited to have more time off, I'm also looking forward to getting home for a while.  I've got lots of work to do before I leave for college...one being pack!  I'll leave with some pictures from summer camp this week, and maybe even a video or two from the kids.  

The first video is of Foster dancing with Mrs. Lapp.  He's got some serious anger issues, but could be so hilarious too.  The second one is of Destiny when she teased me about our rooming situation.  Moments like these made camp more than bearable.  ;)

Brit

Internet fasting week!!

This week I will undergo my first internet fast.  It's going to happen for several reasons, namely because I will not be at my computer all week (I'm a counselor at children's summer camp), and I will not be at work.  This leaves me time to get my devotions back on track and to just give me a break from those time sucking internet sites (facebook!!).  

I'm so excited about this week.  Last year, I was a counselor for middle school kids at camp, and boy was that a tough week.  Not to say that elementary schoolers don't have their own set of issues, but nothing compared to what we dealt with last year.  Please pray that I would have patience with the kids, and that God would work through us to touch their lives.  

So...I'll be back on in a week.  Refreshed, rested, and ready to talk all about how summer camp went!

Oh, one more thing.  Our "Rock What You Got" tour date was confirmed yesterday!  We still have to go through a committee at our church to make it official, but on November 16th (haha), Superchic[k], Stellar Kart (oh yeah!), Article One, and Starlit Platoon will be at Carlson.  Watch out for more details....:)

Love,

Brit

Amazing.

Here is the long awaited video.  :)

Judge Judy rules...

I'm sitting here watching Judge Judy and thought I'd update on the last few days of my exciting life.  Sunday was kind of uneventful, with church and then we went over to Caleb's house real quick to watch our Superchic[k] video.  It was awesome!  Caleb did such a great job.  

Monday I went to work in the morning, and then rode over to Naples with Mr. Pagan and Victoria to meet my mom and Mrs. Pagan at a conference at the Naples Beach and Golf Club.  I stayed over there until this morning.  We had a good time, but it was such awful weather the whole week.  Our hotel was on the beach but we unfortunately couldn't enjoy it since it was raining all three days that I was there.  I'm so glad to be home, and am just gearing up for camp next week.  

If you guys could pray that next week goes well, I would appreciate it.  This week has been camp for the middle school/high school kids, and apparently it's been kind of difficult.  It's been raining every day, and they are running out of activities.  They also have about five middle school girls that need whole new attitudes (according to Pastor Benton), so that sounds like fun.  

Emily, I'm praying that God would be clear to you, and Anna, I'm praying that you continue to have a great time and safe travel when you come back to us!  :)

Love you all, and have a greet rest of the week!

Brit

The adventure I call my life continues...

Anner and I at her hole

Emily and I waiting out the rain

The lovely Florida

What a few days it has been.  I guess we'll go through starting on Wednesday, since that was my birthday!  

After staying up to midnight to receive birthday wishes and 'special gifts...', I went to bed and slept in.  Emily, Anna, Mom and I went to eat at Forrey's Grill, and then I went to work for a bit.  We had already had praise band, so I just went to dinner at Promises.  After that, we had to stop by my grandparents for a 'card' and there was a surprise party waiting for me!  I have great friends, and I had a wonderful time.  Thanks, guys!

Thursday was the beach day!  We went to Olive Garden to eat lunch (Cathy, Giggles, Chuckles, Anna, Emily, and I), and then headed off towards Wiggins Pass.  We had a fun day of rain, frisbee, water, and relaxation.  Anna, Emily, and I went to Publix and got subs to eat while watching the sunset.  Gorgeous!  My car left Wiggins after that and went on the wrong road...but ended up finding a shorter route home!  Now it's all the more convenient to go to our beach.  Yes, we own it...

Yesterday was fun, but crazy.  I woke up and went with Matt to town to do things for the Cooper campaign.  I really ended up being a runner for lunch and to get Matt's oil changed.  Fun.  We went to Chel's Sweet Sixteen for about an hour later that night, and then went in the jeep to Longhorn's for my family birthday dinner.  Of course, we had to stop by Dairy Queen on the way home to try the new Thin Mint Blizzard, and I thought I might burst yet again.  Dairy Queen is the devil's lair.  I stayed up really late last night to do laundry.  Not fun at all, especially with the early morning today.  

So after a late night of laundry, I woke up at 6:40 AM (yes, in the morning) to prepare for "1000 Homes for Education".  Basically it was a bunch of people gathered together to walk around Clewiston and tell people about Cooper for Super!  Though it was early, we had a great time.  I was paired with Grandpa, and we had a blast walking around right outside of Harlem telling people about Mr. Cooper.  It was ridiculously hot, and although it was fun, I'm glad to be done with it.  After that, we came home and just kind of rested until getting ready to go to Mr. Proverb's 50th b-day bash.  This afternoon was nice, though there was much housing drama.  I made the decision to stay in Libra, so please pray that my family would accept that decision and respect where I'd like to live.  We had delicious food at the party, and now I'm just here writing about my life for the past week before going to bed.  I'm so tired!

Tomorrow should be fun, as our band is totally and utterly mixed up.  I'm looking forward to it.  :)  

Hope everyone has a fantastic night!

Oh, and isn't it weird that Anna is currently on a plane to Paris?  Hope all goes well, Anner! You're in my prayers.

Love you guys!

Brit

What a beauty...

I just had to type out a blog on my brand new computer.  :)

Today was fun.  Cathy, Emily, Anna, Caleb, and I filmed the band portions of our video for the "Alive" contest.  Pastor Duke was our camera-man...I'm sure he had fun watching us look ridiculous.  We had a blast, and then went to the coffee shop, where Caleb got his 2nd freeze of the day.  

Tomorrow we'll start editing the video, which should be fun.  Then we have band rehearsal since Caleb can't come on Wednesday night.  Cathy is playing bass, and I'm on piano, so this should be an interesting week to say the least.  I'm not worried about Cathy at all, but me playing piano is always interesting.  I'll end this lovely post with some pictures from this afternoon.  Photoshop is way too fun.  

Adios!

Brit

Prayer

Hey guys-

Just wanted to ask for prayer for my mom. She was trying to unload a couch earlier and threw her back out. We called my uncle's girlfriend (she is a massage therapist), and she seems to think that she slipped a disk (which would mean surgery). Mom can't move without intense pain, and I think we all know she likes to be up doings things.

Please pray that the diagnosis would not be severe, and that she'd have a quick recovery. I'll be sure to update as to how she's doing.

Thanks!

Brit

woah!

Figured I'd update on my life a bit since I'm really bored, alone, and it's storming outside. Boo for afternoons in a Florida summer.

This week has been gloriously uneventful. First time it's actually felt like summer to me since school got out. I have to say it's a terrific feeling. Not really having a schedule is super nice.

We got a new part in the video filmed this week! The part about living my dreams not just in our sleep. It's fantastic, and you'll be sure to see it as soon as we get it totally finished. This week we are going to hopefully finish filming (zombies, dentist offices, lots of band stuff, and electric sheep). Should be lots of fun! Yesterday was the 4th, and it was lots of fun. The Pagans (the family we actually sold the boat to) took us out on the boat in the morning/afternoon. My dad, Mr. Pagan, Victoria and I all took turns tubing...I realized how much I missed doing it. It was a blast, even if my arms are sore from holding on to Victoria now. We came home, got showered, and then went over to the Pagan's for a delicious, traditional American meal. Yumm...

Then, Cathy, Anna, and I went over to Emily's family's house to watch the fireworks. We all laid out in the yard and dodged flying poppers until it was time to go to the river. The fireworks were fun..and faked us out thinking it was the end several times. Riding back to the house was perhaps the best part of the night with stargazing, sing-a-longs, and dark holes of doom.

Now I'm just waiting here at the house for this storm to blow over. Now it's just raining, but it was crazy earlier! Oh Floridaaa.....

Next time I write a blog, I'll be writing on my Mac (probably..yay!). Until then, stay classy LaBelle. ahahahahah

Brit