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I'm too excited to sleep!! Ricky comes home TOMORROW!!! I can't believe half of my summer didn't include him. and none of my summer included yl camp. yet it was still amazing. so thankful for God pushing me out of my comfort zone! and so privileged to share life with some extremely special teenagers. and some great friends that make sure I don't get lonely. and some sweet labs.


but for real. can't wait to share my life with Ricky again! I think we've had enough of this long distance thing in our four years together, I'm over it! there's no such thing as home without him.

three things

a little fun libbo shared with me...

three names i go by:
1. ang
2. angmacbram
3. redneck (i love my husband!)

three places i've lived
1. lenexa/shawnee, kansas, represent the 913!
2. the little apple!! specifically 1807 todd road, love!
3. williams, arizona. moving there was probs the best idea i ever had.

three places i've worked
1. johnny rockets (got a number in my pocket...) first job, they made me wear a funny hat and say "soda pop"
2. young life's castaway club and lost canyon...best places/jobs in the world!
3. johnson ferry! i love my church and can't believe i get paid to love teenagers AND make spreadsheets! so perfect!

three things i love to watch
1. any college football or basketball. but i love watching k-state football and basketball the most, duh!
2. so you think you can dance dance dance
3. penny sleeping like a FREAK!

three places i've been

1. on the k-state football field and basketball court with thousands of my closest friends...both after upsetting texas
2. charleston, south carolina, love that place!
3. at the top of a little mountain named wounded ranger, looking at this

three people who email me regularly
1. libby marie bailey
2. my daddio
3. laura chmielewski! when we're being good at our plan...

three things i love to eat
1. jose peppers nachos, hold the beans
2. west coast pesto pizza at big pie in the sky, yumm!
3. rasberries...cheese-its...fro yo...oklahoma joe's...my mom's baked potato soup...edamame...holy cow, narrowing this down to three is impossible, there are so many things i love to eat!!

three things i am looking forward to
1. penny being fully potty trained! so close!
2. college football season, it's that much better in the south
3. RICKY COMING HOME!!! about a week and a half, woot!

we've messed with texas

july has been a month of work hard, play hard! by the end of the month, i will have been in my office a total of 9 days (some of them half days). i love that so much of my "work" takes place out of the office!

july began with a bram fam lake vacay! somehow took zero pictures which is really unfortunate because there were some amazing rednecks there! including my banjo picking dad :). family + large body of water + food = the perfect formula. ricky was bummed that we missed out on the shoji tabuchi show in branson.

ricky headed to dallas straight from our vacation and has been working like a maniac ever since! he was able to come home this week to recover for a couple days and will be home for good in a few short weeks! but he's really enjoying it!

our dallas mission trip was amazing!! it was a little bit warm in texas and behind the scenes, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, especially with the buses, but whatever, our students were awesome and loved on kids the way that Jesus does! i was so proud of them and we had so much FUN! God did amazing things in and through students and leaders alike. it was my last big trip with the 8th graders, but i'm working hard to avoid that thought.

k-state represent!

and a little puppy update...penny got spayed this week and she does not like the cone of shame! but she's really cute! i love being a crazy dog lady!

highlights

highlights of this week include:

-the AC breaking at jazzercise...oh wait...that wasn't awesome. but the frozen washclothes they gave us brought back some sweet childhood memories

-penny has reached FIFTY pounds!! how did that happen so fast? and how does she still manage to escape from her crate? little houdini...she's bad but at least she's not dumb!

-i got to tutor one of my fave 7th grade boys yesterday. i love combining ministry and math!

-maureen is getting married tomorrow!!! can't wait! we got married december 29, 2007. within 2.5 years, all of our sibs got married...sorry dad & dad-in-law!

-RICKY GOT A NEW JOB!!! the Lord is so good to us!! ricky is now a project manager at a commercial construction company, with huge opportunities to advance and he is pumped!! they need him out of town for his first three weeks on the job, not so great. but he will happen to be out of town in dallas, which means we'll be in the same place for one of those weeks, woohoo!

-bram fam vacay in one week! it came at the perfect time!

recent happenings

bad blogger, my b! libs inspired me to post again! we've had lots going on lately, here's the rundown:

doggie update: penny is getting big & bad! she only has a few puppy teeth now, and double sets of canines until the puppy ones go, she looks like a crazy woman! but she acts like one too. she woke us up at 5:45 this morning running around our room. she sleeps in her crate...not a good wake up call! so she now gets twistie tied into her "home". we also have a third lab hanging out with us this month! murdock stayed with us last year when his parents were on yl assignment and again this year, i don't think i can give him back! i'm in love! minus the fact that he & penny bite each others faces and leave marks and scabs. hunter is enjoying the break from playing that murdock has given him. he's as sweet as ever! i gave him his summer buzz last weekend...major dog fail! sorry for the bald spots & patchiness buddy! but all in all, we LOVE having labs in our lives!

job update: my summer is crazy! we have no interns this summer and my boss is on sabbatical, so there are two of us getting the job done & i'm having a blast! i'm loving the challenge of more responsibility. and i've already gone to camp (amazing trip!), played whirlyball, and enjoyed chick-fil-a spicy chicken & fro yo with some awesome middle schoolers. do i really get paid for this? tomorrow is a scorching day at six flags & our dallas mission trip is in less than a month! oh yeah, and my pastor just got elected president of the southern baptist convention. he's a pretty big deal. and has a pretty big vision for missions, so awesome.

ricky's at an interesting transition right now. his position won't exist by the end of june, but apparently he is amazing (well duh) and has already interviewed & has his sights set on a couple of great gigs! the hope is to get him out from behind he desk and on site more and to have a new challenge since he already has this decorating thing down. :)

house update: we've been here a year and are loving it! lately it's been lots of yard work, but it is HOT in Georgia so the work is moving inside. ricky crossed a $30 mirror project off our list & we have some repainting on the agenda...

we've got some fun family stuff ahead with the royals-braves showdown on friday, maureen's wedding next weekend, and bram fam vacation the week after that, woohoo! life is good!