Then there was July...

Oh my goodness! Started off with a bang for 4th of July! No pun intended. Zambo teammate, Dr. Chris throws a party each year at his house on the lake, so the day consisted of food, sun, boats and getting thrown in the water! And since we didn't get enough Zambo love that weekend, we headed out to another teammate's (Wynne) family vineyard the following weekend for a bbq/bonfire/camping extravaganza!! Most of the folks braved it in tents, but Lily and I roughed it in the back of her GMC. Hey... we had to get up at 7am for church, like we really wanted to get up earlier to put a tent away!!The next weekend was my b-day weekend, and yet again, another weekend with Zambo!! They had races up towards Seattle, so me and my girls Andee and Stacey (the original) headed up on Friday to stay with Andee's folks in Seattle. We cheered our hearts out on Saturday for Zambo and then kidnapped Lily and Kate (friend on Zambo) back up to Seattle to meet up with some our Seattle friends, Jen and Mwiza!

The following weekend I flew to Kansas City for my friend Molly's wedding! It was so great to be surrounded with all my college friends again! It has been probably 6 or so years since we've all been together!! Folks are married, engaged, have kids or atleast have them on the way... but it was like we never skipped a beat!!

I got back from KS Sunday night, just to leave again Tuesday after work. This time I was headed east to George, WA for Creation Festival 2005. This is the christian music festival my friend Ana and I went to last year!! It is such an AWESOME experience!! This year we took Ana's daughter Jayden, her friend Marissa and met up with Ana's 2 brothers and we were a little more prepared for the camping aspect, as well! We even made it to the river several times to get relief from the 100 degree temps!! We saw another great collection of artists including TobyMac, MercyMe, Newsboys, Michael W. Smith, Rebecca St. James, Audio Adrenaline, Casting Crowns, Jeremy Camp, Joy Williams, Pillar... the list goes on!! And as you can see from the picture... you can't ask for a better backdrop for a concert!! The sunsets were beautiful, and words really can't express the experience of worshipping God under the stars, surrounded by His creation, praising Him along with 25,000 other believers. It's amazing!!!