summer, summer, summer time.

well, on thursday night mattie and i went to see adam lambert in concert. (let me preface the following by stating i had won free tickets.) we went to dinner down at p&l and then headed to the show. dinner was the most fun. you'll see mattie and his nasty napkin below. wings and cocktails never make a good combo. needless to say adam lambert was a people watchers DREAM. we were sort of expecting it to be like a gay fashion show, but it wasn't. it was kind of like Twilight mom's gone wild, except for adam lambert. i don't know. the kid can sing. i give him that, but it was much more a drag show. (and i'm a girl that loves a good drag show.)
thanks for coming, mattie! i love your face!



two weeks prior, strange enough, i went to the counting crows show. (funny because kris allen opened.) it was good. but not their best show. too much going on, but we had great seats after a an upgrade from a lovely woman named jocelyn. she felt bad because we were surrounded by drunk, PDA, girls the entire show. it was a redemptive moment. we all enjoyed it.








don't you love how todd looks so overjoyed in all the pictures? april, michael, he and i had a blast.



and these are some of my favorite memories from the sturm invasion 2010. i love these kids. i still can't believe elijah is old enough to ride the big rides. and i still feel like the luckiest girl on the earth to get to spend times like these with them. my life is much richer because of these six individuals. i also can't believe how different their personalities are. SO DIFFERENT. but it's fun getting to know each of them. and i'm thankful that Jesus gives me little moments with them individually. things i know i'll tuck away in my memory forever. AND to my complete devastation elijah revealed he is old enough now that he doesn't remember me living with them. (heartbreak!) i think i shared some of my favorite memories in my earlier post, but i forgot one!!
so, zeke had reached the final frontier and needed a rest. while everyone else was riding rides i took him to a quiet spot and started singing. we started with 'the itsy bitsy spider' and after about 10 times i could not do it anymore. i started taking requests. and the little man said....wait for it....."beat it." (crap! i don't know the words to beat it.) so i just mumbled the tune and kept saying "beat it, beat it, beat it." after that wore itself out, i said, 'what else?' he says....wait for it....'thriller.' (crap! i don't know the words for thriller!!) so 'da,da,da', cause this is thriller, da, da, da." finally he fell asleep. i mean, these are tough requests.









that's it for now. next weekend we go camping in the ozarks and i'm STOKED. after that the summer is kind of, 'meh'.

after things slow down. wichita....here i come. i've got a short list of three little families i'd like to say a quick hello to.