- Hold Music -

Sometimes I'm just so glad Megan has a blog.

Because yesterday we had a blast of a day off and I don't want to upload pictures or write about it.. and Megan did a great job. SOOOO.. BELOW IS THE EXACT POST. AWESOME!

- Megan's Post From June 20 2009 -

"Today we took a day off. I don't want to get into the nitty gritty details of it all, but the day consisted of popsicles, antique shows, old cars, friends, pictures, towels, insanely cold water, the columbia river, grass, pictures, synchronized swimming, wishing we were wake boarding, sun, music, laughing, splashing, laying, sitting, swimming, and driving. We spent a coupla hours in the Columbia river ( I LOVE the Columbia River), then came home and changed. We went to Roberto's, which is Washington's version of Beto's, then went and saw 'Up'. I was basically the only one of my group that liked it. I liked it a lot, but it also doesn't take much to impress me."

Here's a few pictures:

This is the epitome of our friendship:

This is what cool looks like:

- We Won't Need Legs To Stand -

Tonight, Megan Bell and I snuck through the backyard of a semi-familiar house and sat on their dock on the Columbia River. I took a few pictures there and it was so awesome! They turned out super great.. And we're thinking of developing them tomorrow and dropping them off onto the house owners doorstep. Creepy! Ha.

[For a better written and more filled story of the night read the text below that I stole from Megan's blog. I LOVE COPY AND PASTE.]

- Megan's Post From June 20 2009 -

"Mandy and I have become quite the hoodlums lately.

It started out with our with the idea of getting some good Columbia River pictures ( I LOVE the columbia river!). We went to the city side of the river, took some pictures from a park, but to not much avail. All the lights were on the side we were standing on. We remembered how cool it had looked from the other side, when we had been standing on some girls dock in her backyard.

Along side the Columbia river, are a bunch of giant houses with their back yards going right into the river. They all have their own private docks. It's super cool. So we left Richland, drove round to Pasco, found the house, walked through the backyard, and spent a couple hours sitting on the dock, taking awesome pictures, and pondering the meaning of life. Time well spent, I'd say. Mandy taught me all about exposure and such. You can see a few of Mandy's pictures here, the first and sixth ones are my favorite. We plan to print the pictures out and leave them on the porch of the house, as a thank you.

On another note, have I mentioned that Kennewick has the official worlds most used 7-11? 18 flavors! Yet I still get Pina Colada every time... We made friends with one of the workers, so she gives us buy-one-get-one-free cards. It's great. They also sell official looking metallic slurpee straws for a buck each. They're so cooool. I picked up about 20 of them for souvenirs for the fam. I'll definitely be the favorite daughter/sister when I get home.

This is our last weekend in Tri-Cities. We're moving into a house in Moses Lake on Tuesday. I just can't wait to see how these events unfold. I think Moses Lake will be better for all of us. It better, cause we're all counting on it."

Hey It's me, Mandy, again. These are my pictures from the trip. GANGSTA!

^ BIG DIPPR! .. YA SHEMPI!^BACKYARD WE SNUCK THROUGH^ MY FAVORITE- ESP. BLACK AND WHITE

P.S.Today was our last day selling in the Tri Cities and I'm SO glad about that because we need new area, BAD. This morning I sold 1.5 sets and Levi sent me a bundle of pictures :) those things make me glad too.

Happy Birthday Dad! Everyone yell-"Ya 50!" :)

- Seven Swans -

Today I sold 4 sets! Ya! It was a pretty awesome experience. The only part that wasn't awesome was the part where I asked what their little boys name was and found out it was actually a girl. OOPS. BABIES LOOK GENDER NEUTRAL, OK?

Then around 6:30 we ate dinner at a families house (the Warren's) that Jarna had sold to a little while back. This family has SEVEN girls! And no boys! Except the husband. CRAZY!

They were all so cute and wonderful. I loved spending time with the family, though I only knew them for one evening. We all played and ate spaghetti and laughed and I poured a glass of water on one of the girls then we hid from her in the garage and we learned that dryer sheets don't keep away mosquito's and we ate donuts and ice cream and we watched Forever Strong- good movie by-the-way- and we learned about each other (them about us and us about them) and it was just a huge fun girl party! (Mostly.) It just was really fun, and a great way to spend one of our last evenings. :)

- Air -

So far this week I've earned:

A bag of chocolate chip cookies.
Four boxes of cereal.
One box of chewy granola bars.
A bottle of juice.
Two 1/2 gallons of whole milk.
A bag of salad.

Ummm... That's about it.

We move to Moses Lake on Tuesday and I'm SO EXCITED! SERIOUSLY! Like.. WHY CAN'T WE JUST MOVE TOMORROW~!

P.s. I watched TAKEN just barely. ITS SUCH A GOOD MOVIE! .. Officially loved it.

- After Just A While -

Haven't sold yet this week.. Got a bag of chocolate cookies though, from a house I went to today. :) .. I'd rather have money.. but I'd also rather have cookies than nothing. You Know.

Went to an FHE BBQ last night. FUN! And Benjamin Rasmussen is home from his mission! Whoo! I can't wait until the school year to hang out with everyone again. :)

- A-OK -

Megan and I had a pretty peaceful time hanging our feet in the pool while eating Popsicles today.. well.. until our awesome children neighbors came and joined us. They are a bunch of Arabic speaking wild animals that only came swimming to A) getting us all wet and to B) cause lots of chaos for their mother to deal with. They were screaming, chucking trucks and rocks and food into the pool, splashing us, yelling in arabic, you know.. the usual.

These kids, though wild, are sooo cute. The family is from Iraq, I think, and the mothers name is Ala. I finally formally met the little girl today. Her name is Hala. They have four boys, two really young, and two a little older- probably jr. high age- but I don't know their names.

I've seen Hala a few times around but never talked to the funky thing until today. A funny story about her- - - Last night, we were all standing around on the porch talking about how we were going to the swim party/ if I was going to attend the swim party and Hala showed up from who knows where and stood a little out of our circle for almost the whole conversation. She look liked she wanted to be part of it, and I wanted to include her but there wasn't really a way to.. So I just stared at her frequently because it was so weird that she was there. Ha.

SO FUN.

I also met another little girl who lives across the other side of the swimming pool. Her name was.. I don't remember. I think it was Ulle or something. And she was dang cute and super jealous we got to go swimming because she wasn't allowed. Ha. Also, we caught her little sister sneaking into our apartment (we left the back door open) while we were off doing laundry in the building next door. What COOLIES~!

- You And I Misbehaving -

Usually I'm not really interested in having a social life, and tonight wasn't any different but I was partially forced into going to a pool party so social life did come.

My night went like this:

1) Slurpee run with Megan Bell (like always).
2) Make appearance at pool party in Pasco.
3) Walk through pool party hosts awesome backyard to a dock on the Columbia River with Megan, Angie, Kristin, Courtney, and strangers.. then learn about the rivers current, depth, temperature, death rate, and aquatic life (Sturgens?).
4) Meet a lot of people I had never met.
5) Drive to a different river bank with all those new friends.
6) Golf flaming tennis balls into the Columbia River.

Yeah, 6 was definitely the best part. I got to hit twice. First- I hit the ball of fire into some vegetation and Megan and I had to throw ourselves down a savagely brushy hill to prevent a massive dry grass fire- scratched up my legs pretty good! Second- Totally redeemed myself and made a clear shot into the river.

It was so fun! Not safe, or smart.. but fun! Ha. It was definitely a good experience but at the same time, I am extremely surprised and feel very grateful that there were no wild fires created and that everyone is still alive. Seriously, the last tennis ball we did started a fire that was borderline way out of control. Good thing Megan Bells fight or flight kicked in and she dominated the burning bushes with dirt.

What excitement! Who would have thought that we'd do something so adventurous and rebellious while on our quest to sell Living Scriptures. :)

LOVE IT!

I wish I had pictures.

- Panther Dash -

Jarna, Bruuuuuuce, Megan, and I went on a Tuesday night road trip to Portland, Oregon for a Landmark Forums convention meeting type deal. It was totally bogus and I don't agree with it. But the experience was SUPER fun and worth missing work for. (: HA.
Here are the pictures from the trip-














OH and..
I sold 4 sets today.
Finally.
:)