I really really love this show....

...and I am sad that only re-runs are on! I record it every afternoon! And when we were in Oklahoma I watched it ALL day long...haha!

I love my church...

So I work at Mariners and I absolutely love it! I left work today and ran to Starbucks for a green tea and to read a little bit of this... Our staff is reading it and I'm only half-way, but it's really good! William Young is coming to speak at Mariners.

I ran into our entire Worship ministry staff and I just LOVE them, they are so fun!! I was reminded at what amazing men and women Mariners employs, I love that we are one giant family!!

After leaving Starbucks I saw a guy reversing around the entire parking lot...random?

Then as I got back to work a bunch of us sat in Maguires office to watch our very own Men's pastor on the new show "Wipeout"

I LOVE MY CHURCH!!!

I really miss this guy...

...and I'm counting down the hours till he comes home to me :)

early morning...

So I woke up at 530am this morning because there is some LOUD bird making all kinds of noise outside our window! John is of course still sleeping, he sleeps through any and everything! I get so frustrated because when I wake up in the mornings it's so hard for me to fall back asleep! So I have already had breakfast and am now enjoying my coffee.

Anyway, I am preparing for a very busy, hot day at Disneyland with some of my 7th grade girls. Not gunna complain at all, I would much rather be outside with thousands of people than sitting at my desk!! :) I just hope its not too crowded! :)

Money, Money, Money...

No we are not all of a sudden millionaires :( But we are trying something new :) So the entire Mariners Church staff is going through a finance class to help us all better manage our money. So this week John and I sat down to see what we spend money on and then see how we can not spend so much! We are actually really excited for the challenge.

We started Wednesday and am proud to say we have spent no extra money (we had to buy gas), hmm well, we actually spent 0.42 cents on a stamp too :)

John and I have realized how blessed we are to live where we do, there is so much to do and not spend any money. We are a mile and a half from the beach, we have bikes and surfboards to use, plus who doesn't love just sitting on the beach!

So hopefully, you can pray for us and our new challenge! I'll let you know how it's going in a few weeks :)

Staff pics

Took some staff pics in front of our unfinished student center (hope to be completed mid september!!) And here are a few of my favorite shots!! I love our team!!






meet the team...

Andrew Richey - 6th grade guys Pastor

Diane Gould - 6th grade girls Pastor

John Schuster "Schu" - 7th grade guys Pastor

ME - 7th grade girls Pastor

Bryan Price "BP" - 8th grade guys Pastor

Sadie Day - 8th grade girls Pastor

Phil Shinners - Junior High Pastor


We for sure have an awesome staff and are so blessed that there are so many of us!!

So as I said previously, life has been crazy!!

Well, after BJ left we hit the ground running, from birthdays, to new tours of our student building, to more people visiting, to weddings...craziness, but so dang FUN! Here are a few of the highlights!!!

Birthday dinner for James and Chip!

Top of the World in Laguna beach


Memorial day BBQ at the beach!




Beach with the Shinners family and Abby Pogue! some of my favorite kids ever!!



Corona Del Mar with dear friends!!


Jourdan's 25th Birthday!


Another roommate gets married!!!
Ben and Sara!!

The wedding outfits!

My favorite ANNA!

the roomies!


So much fun, so many laughs!! I'll be better ABOUT BLOGGING~!

life = crazy!

Life has been so crazy that I haven't had a moment to blog...boo I know! There has been a lot going on with people visiting, planningfor summer, touring our new student building, hanging with students, and the list continues! I will give an update this week! I promise!

Let me tell you about my day!

It was awesome!!


9am coffee with kristen (I love friday mornings because we get together!!)

Just so you know, we showed up at disneyland a few weeks ago both wearing the same sweater...awesome!

after that...headed to work and at about noon got a call from Megan, she was out of school, so we headed to Disneyland for a few hours...

Dinner with the boys at smokey's bbq off pch, pretty good...

next we headed to the beach and the montage...beautiful night!







and then we just started jumping...:)

1 year anniversary :)

Well, John and I made it...one year!! Hooray! We had such a wonderful day! I love my husband!

day began with the most beautiful roses :)

OUR CAKE! For those of you who don't know John and I never got to enjoy our cake, we had the one bite at the wedding and that was it, all gone when we got home from the honeymoon! So I was so excited to go to the bakery and get it! The place we got it remakes the top portion on your 1 year~!

Next, a delicious lunch at In N OUT..

And then WICKED!!!

I was really excited!

this is us prior to eating at Katsu-ya (best sushi I've ever had!!) on Mullholland drive

La skyline, hazy day...

us at the most delicious breakfast place in Laguna Beach




It was an absolutely amazing day! So glad I married him!!