The Girls' House

Meet 6/8 of my house this year. MJ (sleeping on the floor), Lisa, Lauren, Casey, Jeanne, and Lydia. (Katie and I not pictured) I already love these girls.

Conan, Blow Up Elaine's Car!

We made this video but missed the deadline by TWO HOURS. We're laughing about it though. But still... it hurts just a little :)

I want to create.

I want to create. But I feel stunted sometimes.

Birthdays

My birthday came at a perfect time this year. It was right after tour ended which meant I could be with all my friends and get a drink. A group of us went out to Fred's and got Margaritas and Mexican food.

We roll deep.

My team at Pete's.

Ocean Beach

Back in San Diego it was back to work, but we did have a whole day to spend at the beach. Here are some pictures from beach day. And yes, I am aware that the last 3 look like engagement photos.

This is Mandy, my summer teammate. We had many conversations on tour, but the most meaningful one for me was the one we had on these rocks.

Jump rope. I love it. This is Ivory showing us all up.

Sunsets were such a good idea.

Best Friend Brandon Palma.

Gabe!!!

Jonathan

The road trip back to San Diego

We met up with NorthEastNorthAmerica and East Coast in Oklahoma where we caravaned across the country back to San Diego.

most of the group

Keepin' it real with Jonathan and Brian.

Signs.

All in all it was a great trip back. Oh and Austin filled up 5 bottles of his urine.. I know, gross. But braggable on his end.

RISK

We played Risk with Adam Litchfield one night for FOUR HOURS. Adam beat us all, but I enjoyed playing a lot. The only other time I had played before was with my dad when I was probably 8. It was a lot of fun. I love board games.

Some Odds and Ends of Summer Tour

Awesome T-shirt at Camp McDowell

Wonderful, Wonderful Camp McDowell

Korean BBQ thanks to Korean United Methodist church.

Doe River Gorge in Elizabethton, TN

Playing guitar/harmonica with Will's brother, Jim (Will was Mandy's friend from Alabama who she met in Dublin who we kayaked with). Jim gave me a harmonica holder which I have been putting to good use.

Wonderful People

We stayed/got together/hung out with some wonderful people this summer. Here are a few pictures of my team with them.

FAITH RILEY! We stayed at her house (in Georgia) for 2 nights. We had a screening at Kennesaw State University and had an awesome response. She is one of the most generous people I know, and she's so fun to be around. Mandy especially loved her because they got to sing Disney songs :) Faith is now a roadie on the Mid-Atlantic team, which means I'll get to see her when she comes through to my school.

We love Aveda!!! They make us look presentable.

Lunch near Collegedale, TN with Andre, Litchfield & Company

After watching the fireworks in Chattanooga, we crammed into Adam's van. Laura Kigweba is a former roadie and we got to see her a LOT on summer tour. Lucky us.

With Trigg at Doe River Gorge. We were there almost every week and we stayed at his house and his parents house. I love the Trigg family.

Summer Recap

Gosh, so much has happened over the past 2 months. I'm having a hard time organizing the events to put into simple blog posts. In a nutshell, summer tour was a blast. My region was awesome,, my team was great, and the response we got from our screenings was so encouraging. Our tour was dubbed “Summer of Love Tour” as a joke, but really, that's what it was. We were able to meet up with a lot of former roadies, we got to meet each other's families, and we got along really well.

We were able to do a lot of neat stuff over the summer, and for free! Here are some pictures from our adventures.

Cliff jumping in Tennessee with Trigg. 60 foot blind jump. Looking back, probably not the safest thing, but it was awesome. I jumped twice.

Kayaking with Will in Mobile, Alabama. Mandy met Will in Dublin, Ireland last year. They only spent one day together but kept in touch. We ended up staying in his barn in Mobile, hearing crazy stories of his trip across the Atlantic to Ireland, and got to go kayaking.

Caving in Tennessee with Trigg. Trigg worked at a camp for a few years and told us about this cave that was nearby. So we went in at night and romped around the cave. It was sweet!

A tour of Braum's in Tuttle, Oklahoma. Brian is from here and we got a tour of the Braum's ice cream factory. We got to see how ice cream is made and all that jazz. And yes, we got free ice cream!

White water rafting with the Litchfield's (fall roadie, assistant in the spring). We went down with Adam's brother, Ryan, who had only guided people down the river once before. We flipped over completely during “Hell's Hole” Scary but awesome.

Tubing in North Carolina!