I moved.....again!!

I moved into a room in a wonderful family's home up closer to the Seminary. It makes my commute to Gordon college brief for my summer job as the Assistant Director of an Adventure Camp here. It's been a blast but exhausting so far!! I love the new place and my own space! I only have to share the bathroom with another female tenant but she is great too! Here's some pics of my new room and more from camp to follow!

The view from the back looking at the front door (I have a private entrance to the room). That's a bit of a walk-in closet on the left!

TV nook (free cable!)

Bookshelves and little fridge/microwave when I don't want to cook in the kitchen! The bathroom is where the door is just to the left of the book shelves.

Desk and Bed in the back...the door goes to the porch and on to the kitchen

the view to the right of the front door...there is a huge mirror in the room making it feel bigger

The outside private entrance

The entrance is to the right corner of the picture...this is the side yard...in the back is the small pool

Path to the front yard and front of the house

The house!

the garage...my room is off in the back to the right

Heritage

The other day I was procrastinating and remembered a conversation I had with my grandma not too long ago. She mentioned that my great-grandfather August left money for an orphanage in Haiti when he passed away. In efforts to see if that orphanage is still in existence, I googled his name....sure enough, one of wickipedia's sister websites had something to say and a photo to offer. They had this picture and a brief synopsis of him being a pastor listed on the page...crazy!

http://wikibethel.bbcde.org/index.php5?title=August_Ballbach

However, Time Magazine reported this story from 1930:

Peddle Larceny

Monday, Oct. 27, 1930

In a countryside famed for pheasants, applejack, cabbages, antique furniture and Princeton University, lies a place called Hightstown, N.J., seat of Peddie Institute, foremost Baptist institution of secondary learning in the country (enrollment: 355). Last week aged Headmaster Roger W. Swetland and Peddie's trustees and alumni were mortified by the unfavorable publicity which three Peddie boys had brought upon their school. In the dead of night three students—August F. Ballbach, 16, Harold G. Newman, 18, Ralph W. Hamn, 16—stole out of the school grounds. For the past three weeks this trio had been enjoying nefarious nocturnal outings unbeknown to the authorities. Excited but confident, they made off down Hightstown's dim little main street. Belted, muscular State troopers suddenly appeared, surprised and arrested them. The charge: larceny, robbery.

They confessed having purloined three automobiles, having held up three people at pistol-point. Total profits: $85.

Nice contrast of stories huh? Guess it's not a bad thing you go from robber to pastor....sounds pretty interesting to me!

First Night at Fenway!

I finally made it to Fenway!! Last night me and two friends watched the Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals!! Although we were hoping to catch a game against the Seattle Mariners...a tuesday night at a baseball is nothing to complain about! Fenway is probably the most fun park to watch a game at...the fans are wicked crazy!

Me and Clevette

Me and Chelsa!

Not a bad seat in the house!

Manny and the Green Monster

From Boston to Austin!

Just after I completed my last final of the semester, I had the lovely opportunity to go to Austin, Texas to soak up the sun and visit my sister and brother-in-law! It was such a wonderful trip and I had an awesome time with my family! Thanks Sarah and Spencer!!

Me and Sarah at the Oasis restaurant over looking the lake!

I had the great privilege of seeing a wonderful friend from Biola who is now living in Texas...it was so nice to see Terri!

I got me some boots!!

Thanks Spencer and Sarah for a great weekend!!! You might have talked me into moving but we'll just have to see about that :)

Chris and Kendra are engaged....

and I got to throw a party!! My good friends got engaged on Friday and we had a surprise celebration at our apt. It was great fun....to catch some photos, go to this link:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2043743&l=d50b4&id=68600710

here's a free extra credit picture to send you there!

my attempt at Red Velvet cupcakes

Spring is finally here!!!

It was surprisingly 70 degrees outside and I absolutely loved it!!!!! But...there's a catch. I lasted an entire winter without slipping on ice or falling on my face, but today, while admiring the beautiful weather, I was not paying attention and turned my ankle really bad while walking down a couple steps. Ridiculous....I then spent the rest of the day gimping around with a golfball-like bump forming on my ankle....but still loving the sun! I got to campus a little early this morning (pre-ankle incident) and stopped by the beach to enjoy the sights...here's a couple shots:

The Porch!

It's been a while since I blogged anything...and this is why. I've been working on a little home improvement project. We have an enclosed porch on the end of the house and it was in REALLY bad shape. I should have taken "before" pictures but didn't make it happen. So, here's some pictures of the work already done.

I patched up the walls.....painted and put the flooring in

The furniture was purchased at IKEA and it was very fun to shop for

The other side of the room....the door connected to the kitchen is on the right
-the white table is still in progress and we need curtains but it's just about finished!