[Extra]Ordinary

Hi, folks! Here's a quick (or maybe not-so-quick) little blurb about my day!

7:00-- Woke up and got ready for the day (white and navy polka dot tank, denim shorts, and navy keds)
8:00-10:00-- Babysat two of my favorite angels!

10:30-2:00-- Hung out with Stacey, Taiter, and Stephen (running errands for MOVE tonight and eating lunch at Pita Pit, which was delicious!)
2:30-3:20-- Organized the pantry (sounds lame, but I love organization!)
3:35-4:15-- Played singles tennis with my Momma
4:30-4:45-- Visited the downtown farmers' market with Daddy (lots of great and local goods!)

(I love cukes!)








 (And tomatoes!!)












A fun drink called "Louisiana Lemonade" consisting of lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, and strawberries!







(And Daddy drinking it!)

5:00-8:30-- MOVE at FPC with 40 of my closest middle and high school friends!




9:45- present-- Watched The Office (which is becoming one of my favorite nightly rituals! I <3 Dwight Schrute)
Finally-- Beginning my 15 day John Piper Bible study (super excited about that!) 

God has given me so many reasons to be thankful and so many reminders of His love for me and others throughout this day.  I am SO looking forward to tomorrow... stay tuned, it'll be a good one!

Jackson Family Beach Week

Our first full week at the beach consisted of rain, rain, rain for the first three days.  During the rain, we saw "White House Down" (so great! I recommend it), made cakes, hung out with our extended family (it was my mom's family reunion, and she has 47 first cousins), and read. I finished The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, then read Inferno by Dan Brown and The Activist by John Grisham. 

The sun finally peeped through for the first time on Wednesday, allowing us to spend a couple of hours on the beach. It shined through for the rest of the week, and guess what? I didn't get burned! Not-a-once. Needless to say, I'm very proud of myself (props to Dad for lathering me up with 50 SPF). We putt-putted, walked up and down the beach, and watched Wimbledon (watching TV is indoors, I know, but I had to watch Djokovic beat Del Potro!!). It was a very successful week in Garden City. I can't wait for week #2!

Here are some photos of my fun week at the beach!

(This is what the weather looked like for the first half of the week. Not fun. Yuck.)

(Baked two cakes and a batch of cupcakes all in my new white denim shorts!)

(And Tyler helped lick the bowl that was not yet empty.)

(We ate at my favorite all-you-can-eat crab-leg restaurant on our final night in GCB.)