HOLA ALL!!!
well tonight is our last night in beautiful colorado, as tomorro we leave for Las Vegas. We had a very short but enjoyable time at the latvalas beautiful house in coaldale. where we are completely surrounded by beautiful and majestic mountains! most georgous view!!! it has been real nice to spend time away from cities and cizilization ("gonna shoot it up!" for all the camp ppl reading!! we love you kelly kendall!!! :D) ANYWAYS and just spend time in the country and open clean fresh air!!!
today we spent the day just driving around and seeing some of the sights near salida which is about 30 min drive from where the latvalas live. the first thing we did was go to a pool and do some laps, which was really nice! then we drove up the spiral drive on the salida hill which had a beautiful 360 view of the town and surrounding mountains, before heading down and having lunch at a resturant which used to be a garage and gas station.
after lunch we headed out to m- pass. forgotten the name of it, but it was really pretty up their!!! and then we just did some souvenir shopping at the pass and then back down in town before heading home. their was some really cute stores there!! and then after being home for alittle while, the georgous erin called!!! was sooooo good to talk to you again girl!!! ive missed our talks sooo much!!! cant wait to see you and katie in LA!!! :D YAY!!! the we had a lovely home cooked mexican dinner. and so ends our time in colorado. we are going to gods garden tomorro before going to the airport, so im going to say buenos noches! and see you in LAS VEGAS!!! :D
luv lelle
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY!!!
HOLA (again!)
well as i said in the gainsville post. jess and i spent a few very relaxing days at southern adventist university (for some reason i like writing all that out...havnt figured out why yet!) with christina hack and christina liem who were both counsellors at BLYC (big lake youth camps in case you forgot what it stands for!)
so it was great catching up with them again! they both had alot of work to do, so most of the time we just hung out and had some chilling time, catching up on all the relaxing time that we had missed!!! over the past 2 1/2 months, so that was really nice!!! but we did get to do some shopping and also go to christina liems brothers house and go swimming and make a really nice meal, and watched a movie so that was a fun night! we also got to experience a fire drill in the middle of the night which was also interesting! and we both sat in on a couple of their classes. which was interesting! i went with christina liem (i was staying in her room while jess was with christina hack :D) to some of her classes. she is a music and elementary edu major. (i think it was elemetary edu...and christina hack is a theology major) so that was a really fun time.
it was awesome to be able to catch up with both of them again! i miss everyone from camp so so so so so much!!!! hopefully if all goes to plan then we will get to catch up with erin (the media co-ordinator and the person that i worked with closest at camps and came really really good friends with!) so pray that that all goes well and actaully happens!!!
we had some more drama this morning. we were supposed to be leaving southern at 7:30 to get to the shuttle bus on time so that we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare and so we didnt have to stress...but of course my alarm didnt go off, and so we had a late start, but to make things worse the traffic was horrendous and so we missed the shuttle that we had planned on taking...but as an example of God actually solving your problems before you even realize that they are their, we managed to get to the airport and check in with out any stress on the later shuttle, but as we found out, the shuttle that we were supposed to be on actually broke down and i think we made it to the airport before they did, or pretty much around the same time anyways. so through it all God proved to me that he does answer prayers and that he does care. how cool is that?!!!!
anyways so we got off to colorado springs alright, and have had a very enjoyable evening, having dinner on the deck, completely surorunded by mountains, which was beautiful. and have much enjoyed looking around the latvalas house which is completely enviromentally friendly and self sufficiant. so its pretty cool. they also have a blue heeler!!! which must think that jess and i are cattle or something because she keeps nipping at our heels as if to round us up!!! but she is stopping and not doing it as much which is nice!!!
well i better get to bed as we have a full day ahead of us!!! so beunos noches everyone!!!
luv lelle
well as i said in the gainsville post. jess and i spent a few very relaxing days at southern adventist university (for some reason i like writing all that out...havnt figured out why yet!) with christina hack and christina liem who were both counsellors at BLYC (big lake youth camps in case you forgot what it stands for!)
so it was great catching up with them again! they both had alot of work to do, so most of the time we just hung out and had some chilling time, catching up on all the relaxing time that we had missed!!! over the past 2 1/2 months, so that was really nice!!! but we did get to do some shopping and also go to christina liems brothers house and go swimming and make a really nice meal, and watched a movie so that was a fun night! we also got to experience a fire drill in the middle of the night which was also interesting! and we both sat in on a couple of their classes. which was interesting! i went with christina liem (i was staying in her room while jess was with christina hack :D) to some of her classes. she is a music and elementary edu major. (i think it was elemetary edu...and christina hack is a theology major) so that was a really fun time.
it was awesome to be able to catch up with both of them again! i miss everyone from camp so so so so so much!!!! hopefully if all goes to plan then we will get to catch up with erin (the media co-ordinator and the person that i worked with closest at camps and came really really good friends with!) so pray that that all goes well and actaully happens!!!
we had some more drama this morning. we were supposed to be leaving southern at 7:30 to get to the shuttle bus on time so that we got to the airport with plenty of time to spare and so we didnt have to stress...but of course my alarm didnt go off, and so we had a late start, but to make things worse the traffic was horrendous and so we missed the shuttle that we had planned on taking...but as an example of God actually solving your problems before you even realize that they are their, we managed to get to the airport and check in with out any stress on the later shuttle, but as we found out, the shuttle that we were supposed to be on actually broke down and i think we made it to the airport before they did, or pretty much around the same time anyways. so through it all God proved to me that he does answer prayers and that he does care. how cool is that?!!!!
anyways so we got off to colorado springs alright, and have had a very enjoyable evening, having dinner on the deck, completely surorunded by mountains, which was beautiful. and have much enjoyed looking around the latvalas house which is completely enviromentally friendly and self sufficiant. so its pretty cool. they also have a blue heeler!!! which must think that jess and i are cattle or something because she keeps nipping at our heels as if to round us up!!! but she is stopping and not doing it as much which is nice!!!
well i better get to bed as we have a full day ahead of us!!! so beunos noches everyone!!!
luv lelle
GAINSVILLE!!!!!
HOLA!!!
well gainsville. i can't remember what i last wrote about gainsville so if i repeat myself then i am very sorry!!!!
i think that the last thing that i mentioned was that we had arrived safely and all that jazz. so ill pick up on from wed arvo...
well i went back to good old Hunt Tower (where dad worked) and said hello to a few people that i remembered...and alot that i didnt!!! (well i was only 9 and it was 9 yrs ago!!!) so that was alot of fun just hanging out in the square in gainsville, seeing it all again and bringing back the memories that i do have of halloween and the market in the square where we wanted desperately to buy some fish!!! had a look in this great store called daddys money!!! (i took a picture of it for you daddy boy!!! :D)
the next day we had a lake day. just lazed around on the dock, until Peter came and took us out for lunch to a really nice mexican resurant. then watched some movies. was really nice just to relax after camp and new york!!! then the barretts took us out for a lovely italian dinner at maccarroni grill. was lots of fun catching up with janice, airin, and nina! (who is engaged and has the most GEORGOUS little boy!!! :D) and then to a awesome hang out called jillians. so that was lots an lots of fun!!
the next morning jess left for savannah for 2 days. was really weird not having her around, after living in each others presence for 2 1/2 months!!! i didnt know what to do with myself, while she was living it up on the (very humid) streets of the beautiful savannah with kim brooks! but luckly i got to spend the afternoon with my old friends the allmans, mainly zach and rachel! was awesome seeing them again! spent alot of time in the pool and had a great time messing around...been beaten hands down at every game we played by zach!
on sat we went into atlanta, seth kendall had a soccor tournament in atlanta, so inbetween the games we went to the olympic park. which was really beautiful with lots of lovely fountains! and then beth and i walked around before going and watching seths other game. then we did a bit of shopping and had dinner before picking jess up. then beth treated us to drinks in a lovely revolving restraunt called the weslin which looked out over atlanta city and was really pretty!!!
and then the next day jess and i caught the shuttle bus up to chattanooga in tennessee where we were met by two of the lovely christinas that worked at camp who go to southern adventist university where we spent the next few days chillin and catching up!
gotta run!
adios!
luv lelle
well gainsville. i can't remember what i last wrote about gainsville so if i repeat myself then i am very sorry!!!!
i think that the last thing that i mentioned was that we had arrived safely and all that jazz. so ill pick up on from wed arvo...
well i went back to good old Hunt Tower (where dad worked) and said hello to a few people that i remembered...and alot that i didnt!!! (well i was only 9 and it was 9 yrs ago!!!) so that was alot of fun just hanging out in the square in gainsville, seeing it all again and bringing back the memories that i do have of halloween and the market in the square where we wanted desperately to buy some fish!!! had a look in this great store called daddys money!!! (i took a picture of it for you daddy boy!!! :D)
the next day we had a lake day. just lazed around on the dock, until Peter came and took us out for lunch to a really nice mexican resurant. then watched some movies. was really nice just to relax after camp and new york!!! then the barretts took us out for a lovely italian dinner at maccarroni grill. was lots of fun catching up with janice, airin, and nina! (who is engaged and has the most GEORGOUS little boy!!! :D) and then to a awesome hang out called jillians. so that was lots an lots of fun!!
the next morning jess left for savannah for 2 days. was really weird not having her around, after living in each others presence for 2 1/2 months!!! i didnt know what to do with myself, while she was living it up on the (very humid) streets of the beautiful savannah with kim brooks! but luckly i got to spend the afternoon with my old friends the allmans, mainly zach and rachel! was awesome seeing them again! spent alot of time in the pool and had a great time messing around...been beaten hands down at every game we played by zach!
on sat we went into atlanta, seth kendall had a soccor tournament in atlanta, so inbetween the games we went to the olympic park. which was really beautiful with lots of lovely fountains! and then beth and i walked around before going and watching seths other game. then we did a bit of shopping and had dinner before picking jess up. then beth treated us to drinks in a lovely revolving restraunt called the weslin which looked out over atlanta city and was really pretty!!!
and then the next day jess and i caught the shuttle bus up to chattanooga in tennessee where we were met by two of the lovely christinas that worked at camp who go to southern adventist university where we spent the next few days chillin and catching up!
gotta run!
adios!
luv lelle
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
NEW YORK!!!
Hola!
well new york. WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!! we both really loved it their and wished that we could have spared a few extra days so that we could see alittle bit more of it! it was crowded and very bright! (our first impression of new york was when we went in in the late afternoon to see the broadway show CHICAGO! (which i might add, was brilliant! both jess and i loved it immensly! :D) so as we came out, into times square, we saw people everywhere, and bright flashing billboards. was great!
but we had quite and eventful end to our eventful day (begining in canada) where the airline lost jess luggage (we fortunately got back the next day) and had to run for the train as we very nearly missed it! (but that just made our new york experience more complete....wasnt the only time we had to run either!)
the next day (our only full day in new york) we took a tour for 5 1/2 hrs around new york, and on the staton ferry pass the statue of liberty. which was very interesting and well worth it. our tour guide was an actor by night and a tour guide by day, he was a very interesting and funny old man, which made it all the more enjoyable!
the rest of the time we just spent wandering the streets around times square doing some shopping and alot of window shopping! but the place has a great atmosphere, and once you get over the sight of seeing police men walking around with great big machine guns and huge black dogs, you feel quite safe so long as you have your purse safley buckled and with your hand on it at all times!
we sadly left new york on tues at 2, and caught the train on a lonnnnngggg loonnngggggg ride down to gainsville georgia, which arrived at 7 in the morning. where we were met by the lovely beth kendall!!! was so great to see her again! so far i have not seen any one else that i used to know, but jess and i are currently spending a few hrs wandering round the square and so are going to visit peter in hunt tower (it looks the same dad!!!! taking lots of pics for you all!!!) also drove by mine and ris old school, riverbend elementary school, which looks completely different as they put a new front on the builing. and are right now sitting in hall county library of which...if i remember correctly, i was a member of! so it is very exciting for me!
anyways id better run!
luv you all lots an lots an lots!!!
your darling lella!
xoxo
well new york. WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!!! we both really loved it their and wished that we could have spared a few extra days so that we could see alittle bit more of it! it was crowded and very bright! (our first impression of new york was when we went in in the late afternoon to see the broadway show CHICAGO! (which i might add, was brilliant! both jess and i loved it immensly! :D) so as we came out, into times square, we saw people everywhere, and bright flashing billboards. was great!
but we had quite and eventful end to our eventful day (begining in canada) where the airline lost jess luggage (we fortunately got back the next day) and had to run for the train as we very nearly missed it! (but that just made our new york experience more complete....wasnt the only time we had to run either!)
the next day (our only full day in new york) we took a tour for 5 1/2 hrs around new york, and on the staton ferry pass the statue of liberty. which was very interesting and well worth it. our tour guide was an actor by night and a tour guide by day, he was a very interesting and funny old man, which made it all the more enjoyable!
the rest of the time we just spent wandering the streets around times square doing some shopping and alot of window shopping! but the place has a great atmosphere, and once you get over the sight of seeing police men walking around with great big machine guns and huge black dogs, you feel quite safe so long as you have your purse safley buckled and with your hand on it at all times!
we sadly left new york on tues at 2, and caught the train on a lonnnnngggg loonnngggggg ride down to gainsville georgia, which arrived at 7 in the morning. where we were met by the lovely beth kendall!!! was so great to see her again! so far i have not seen any one else that i used to know, but jess and i are currently spending a few hrs wandering round the square and so are going to visit peter in hunt tower (it looks the same dad!!!! taking lots of pics for you all!!!) also drove by mine and ris old school, riverbend elementary school, which looks completely different as they put a new front on the builing. and are right now sitting in hall county library of which...if i remember correctly, i was a member of! so it is very exciting for me!
anyways id better run!
luv you all lots an lots an lots!!!
your darling lella!
xoxo
CANADA!!
HOLA!
well i know that its very late...but hey, better late than never right!!! so here is what i remember about our few short days in petersborough, canada (just out of toronto bout 1-2 hrs if you didnt know!)
well jess and i arrived in toronto very early in the morning after having a red eye flight from portland oregon after we finished up summer camps with a short stop over in vancouver canada. Aunty Glenda and Uncle Keith were their to greet us at the airport and shipped us off in the car to go see Niagara falls!
even though we were extremely tired, we had a wonderful time. the falls we absolutely beautiful. definately worth the drive!!! the sheer amount of water that flows over is amazing!
on our second? night their Glenda and Keith treated us to see a production of the sound of music!!!! which, as you can imagine, we both enjoyed immensly!!!! it was really really well done and we all loved it! (ris, mum and Q, i was thinking of you when we went! you would have all loved it!)
those were the main things that we did in canada, other than that we just spent time relaxing and seeing the sights around petersborough. which was really nice just to relax after the very very hetic last week of camp.
so that was canada. which we left on sunday. something that almost didnt happen. at the airport, we could not find the address for the people that we were staying with in new york, and as they were doing america customs in toronto airport it caused some problems. they finally let jess through, but for some reason pulled me aside for futhur questioning, but FINALLY let me go and i raced down to the terminal where jess was waiting to stop the plane if she needed to, where i made it JUST in time as they were boarding when i got their. so that was rather exciting!
and thats it for canada (but the good stories follow on for new york! we had quite and eventful few days!) so check out the next blog. i love you all!
your lelle!
xoxo
well i know that its very late...but hey, better late than never right!!! so here is what i remember about our few short days in petersborough, canada (just out of toronto bout 1-2 hrs if you didnt know!)
well jess and i arrived in toronto very early in the morning after having a red eye flight from portland oregon after we finished up summer camps with a short stop over in vancouver canada. Aunty Glenda and Uncle Keith were their to greet us at the airport and shipped us off in the car to go see Niagara falls!
even though we were extremely tired, we had a wonderful time. the falls we absolutely beautiful. definately worth the drive!!! the sheer amount of water that flows over is amazing!
on our second? night their Glenda and Keith treated us to see a production of the sound of music!!!! which, as you can imagine, we both enjoyed immensly!!!! it was really really well done and we all loved it! (ris, mum and Q, i was thinking of you when we went! you would have all loved it!)
those were the main things that we did in canada, other than that we just spent time relaxing and seeing the sights around petersborough. which was really nice just to relax after the very very hetic last week of camp.
so that was canada. which we left on sunday. something that almost didnt happen. at the airport, we could not find the address for the people that we were staying with in new york, and as they were doing america customs in toronto airport it caused some problems. they finally let jess through, but for some reason pulled me aside for futhur questioning, but FINALLY let me go and i raced down to the terminal where jess was waiting to stop the plane if she needed to, where i made it JUST in time as they were boarding when i got their. so that was rather exciting!
and thats it for canada (but the good stories follow on for new york! we had quite and eventful few days!) so check out the next blog. i love you all!
your lelle!
xoxo
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Second phase-canada/toronto and niagara falls!
hola!
well so we have ended the first day of our second phase of our trip!!! saying good bye to blyc and the wonderful people and the best of friends that i have made their was very hard and emotional. blyc was a big learning and growing curve for me. both spiritually and emotionally! it is an experience that i cant wait to repeat and that i will remember for a lifetime.
we arrived in toronto airport somewhere around 6 this morning. very tired and worn out, but excited to start out second phase and be in canada going to niagara falls!!! the falls we so unbelievably georgous! and we can now both say that we have been behind the falls and on the maid of the mist! which was alot of fun! we both had an awesome day!!!
aunty Glenda and uncle Keith are both georgous, and insist on treating us both like nieces! they have a beautiful little house as well, with a georgous garden!
well i must run off and go to bed before i fall off the chair from lack of sleep this past week. finishing up work at camp was tough an long hours...did not go to bed before midnight once....and on sat night stayed up till 7:30in the morning with on 3 or 4 hrs sleep max on both friday night and thurs night. but it was very fulfilling knowing id finished my job well and to the best of my ability! but as you can imagine i am very tired, so i shall try to upload pics as soon as i can, but it wont be tonight!
buenos noches & lots of love!
your girl
lella
well so we have ended the first day of our second phase of our trip!!! saying good bye to blyc and the wonderful people and the best of friends that i have made their was very hard and emotional. blyc was a big learning and growing curve for me. both spiritually and emotionally! it is an experience that i cant wait to repeat and that i will remember for a lifetime.
we arrived in toronto airport somewhere around 6 this morning. very tired and worn out, but excited to start out second phase and be in canada going to niagara falls!!! the falls we so unbelievably georgous! and we can now both say that we have been behind the falls and on the maid of the mist! which was alot of fun! we both had an awesome day!!!
aunty Glenda and uncle Keith are both georgous, and insist on treating us both like nieces! they have a beautiful little house as well, with a georgous garden!
well i must run off and go to bed before i fall off the chair from lack of sleep this past week. finishing up work at camp was tough an long hours...did not go to bed before midnight once....and on sat night stayed up till 7:30in the morning with on 3 or 4 hrs sleep max on both friday night and thurs night. but it was very fulfilling knowing id finished my job well and to the best of my ability! but as you can imagine i am very tired, so i shall try to upload pics as soon as i can, but it wont be tonight!
buenos noches & lots of love!
your girl
lella
Friday, August 11, 2006
FIRE!!!!
HOLA!!!
well we have exciting news here at BLYC. everyone is frantically packing, not only because summer camps are almost over :( tear. but because we have a fire burning rather close to us an we are on code 3 which means that the forest service can call us at any time and tell us to evacuate. so between packing and working, i am very busy! erin an i are going to put all our luggage in her car tonight, as there is a VERY high chance of us been evacuated tomorro morning, and we would need to get all of the videography and photography things out! so it is very exciting news!!!!
well i have to run....
luv lelle
well we have exciting news here at BLYC. everyone is frantically packing, not only because summer camps are almost over :( tear. but because we have a fire burning rather close to us an we are on code 3 which means that the forest service can call us at any time and tell us to evacuate. so between packing and working, i am very busy! erin an i are going to put all our luggage in her car tonight, as there is a VERY high chance of us been evacuated tomorro morning, and we would need to get all of the videography and photography things out! so it is very exciting news!!!!
well i have to run....
luv lelle
Thursday, August 03, 2006
teen 1...
hola!
well its teen 1, an banquet night, the theme is island breezes. we have michelle tumes singing tonight, shes a christian singer from new zealand who married someone who used to work at big lake. so thats pretty cool! cant believe that summer camps are almost over. its soooo sad, i mean im excited about travelling, jess an i have been talking bout it an both of us are soooo excited about it, but its going to be sooo sad to leave here. made so, so many good friends that leaving them is going to be really sad.
after living at big lake for almost 2 months now it really seems like home, an living any where else just seems strange now. but im sure that i will get used to it very quickly!
i must apologise as i have said twice now that im going to upload more pics, but every time that i go to do it, the computers wont work....so i promise to get some up soon but im not sure when that might be! so im really sorry bout that!
well id better finish getting ready for the banquet!
luv you all lots an lots!
buenos noches!
luv lelle
well its teen 1, an banquet night, the theme is island breezes. we have michelle tumes singing tonight, shes a christian singer from new zealand who married someone who used to work at big lake. so thats pretty cool! cant believe that summer camps are almost over. its soooo sad, i mean im excited about travelling, jess an i have been talking bout it an both of us are soooo excited about it, but its going to be sooo sad to leave here. made so, so many good friends that leaving them is going to be really sad.
after living at big lake for almost 2 months now it really seems like home, an living any where else just seems strange now. but im sure that i will get used to it very quickly!
i must apologise as i have said twice now that im going to upload more pics, but every time that i go to do it, the computers wont work....so i promise to get some up soon but im not sure when that might be! so im really sorry bout that!
well id better finish getting ready for the banquet!
luv you all lots an lots!
buenos noches!
luv lelle
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