the last week or so and the 4th of July whew

The last week and a half or so have been busy busy busy ones. Even though I haven't been working on any shows I have still been a busy little bee. This summer I am not teaching any theater classes either but I am nannying instead. It has been great fun! We have filled our days with endless fun activities like the zoo,parks,pools(well fountains haha) and many of the great summer stuff that Chicago has to offer!

My weekends have also been filled with the great things that Chicago has to offer during the summer months! Of course as with any Sunday after church if the weather allows I go to the beach so my summer has been filled with tons of trips to the beach witch I absolutely love! I have also been able to get to the pool a few times this summer for the first time in years!

Even though I haven't done it yet I am super pumped and excited for something called summer dance! Summer dance is a great fun program sponsored by the Chicago Park District, every Thursday through Saturday a different dance studio comes out and teaches about and hour long lesson of a beginning dance like salsa,merenge,swing,tango,bachata,belly and so many others and then the rest of the time there is live bands or DJ's that play the appropriate music for those dances! It's a super fun way to get some exercise and hang out with great people all at the same time haha.

This weekend was no different. This 4th of July Weekend was fantastic!!!! Friday a friend and I went to see that darn 'Eclipse' movie it was fantastic I think that this one was the best on of the series and is also my 2nd favorite book in the saga after twilight it self. Saturday was also a fantastic day friends and I cooked out and had smores on my back deck and just hung out it was a great time of fellowship and fun and of course on Sunday it was a beautiful day so after church some friends and I went to the beach for a couple of hours and then a great family from church invited us all to their house for a bbq. We had a great time swimming in the huge pool,playing volleyball,jumping on the trampoline,dancing salsa in the backyard and watching great fireworks! I hope that your 4th of July weekend was just as great!

I'm Alive and kicking

Wow it's been quite a while since my last post I have been a busy little bee with rehearsals and lots of things going on with church and such. Where do I even begin haha. Well this past week was the last week of school for me and summer projects will begin the week after next, so next week and plan I enjoy a fairly low key week with just rehearsals at night and tons of hangage with good friends.

The past two weeks have been filled with tons of fun and wonderful events. Two Saturdays ago some close friends had a graduation party for their daughter Natalie. She just finished her senior year and Whitney Young High School on of the top high schools here in Chicago Michelle Obama's alma mater along with many others. Natalie will be going off to Grinell in the fall, I am so proud of her and all of her wonderful accomplishments and I am praying that she has a wonderful and enriched college experience but remembers who she is and who she belongs to, the Most High God!

This weekend I had some great things going on as well for sure the high light was being able to celebrate the quinceanera of a wonderful young lady who goes to my church. This was my very first experience with attending a quineanera ceremony but from what I understand the ceremony does have a faith based component to it but the way that they did Selena's ceremony was amazing! It had all of the traditional aspects of a ceremony but the main focus of Selena's ceremony was her vow to remain pure until marriage the ceremony was a public declaration of her promise to God to stay pure until marriage and live for him. The ceremony was so touching, after the presentation of her purity ring there were many people who had major influence in her life other than her parents that came and prayer for her but the one that got was her older brother! He just has sooooo much love and adoration for his baby sister and to hear him praying for her and the love and tenderness just touched my heart! And of course her Dad praying over his daughter was so touching as well :)

The ceremony was amazing and the reception afterwards was super fun I learned how to dance salsa and bachata and tore it up on the dance floor haha. well maybe not but I had tons of fun.

I am so proud of Selena and the young lady she is becoming she is such a wonderful and amazing little lady and she is such a blessing to her parents and her friends and all those that come in contact with her!

Saturday and Sunday were fun filled days as well Saturday I went to a festival held on the south side of Chicago that is to raise awareness for various causes for social justice and promote love and an understanding of people to help end the violence in our communities. It was great fun for all ages all day and great concerts including some big names like Mos Def and it was all free! my favorite price haha. Sunday of course I went to church and our pastor had a great message for fathers and men in general it was so powerful and then trying to keep up with my Sunday ritual some friends and I went to the beach after church and just relaxed by the water and hung out it was GREAT!

Now I get to enjoy a great quite week yippee! I hope that all is well with all of you and that you all have a great week!!

It's official, summer is here to stay!

Finally summer has entered the building to stay! Gone are the days of the summer weather making a one or two day guest appearance to tease us and then letting winter take hold again. We have been in the 70's and 80's now for a steady 2to3 weeks. I am thrilled to have summer here to stay and excited to get my summer fun plans going.

Memorial day weekend was an awesome start to the summer fun season. Saturday the pool opened and some friends and I took full advantage of that and swam our little hearts out, and when we got too cold we hopped over to the hot tub and then once we were warmed up we hopped right back over to the pool.

Sunday was another amazing day of course I went to church and had a great time of worship and time to reflect on what the memorial day holiday is all about,being thankful for all of our wonderful service men and women because without them and the call that God put on their hearts to fight for our country and protect this country I would not be able to even be in church praising my God,and I would not be able to enjoy my weekend filled with pools,beaches and fun. Speaking of beaches after a great service a friend and I took the weekend partay to the beach! It was an absolutely great day for it and the beach was packed with tons of people and families out having a great time and enjoying each other.

Of course Monday was another great day. I had a lazy morning around the house with the four legged kid.we just lounged on the couch and watched a movie and relaxed.Most of the morning Monday was rainy out so it wasn't hard to to lounge and relax. Once the rain calmed though friends and I went to see the Sex and the City movie which was great fun. Then we got dinner and came back to my apartment and watched our hometown boys the Chicago blakhawks take down the Philadelphia flyers in game two of the stanley cup playoffs.

All in all it was a great weekend full of fun and I am always grateful for ling weekends because that means a shorter work week haha! I hope you all have a good rest of the week and a great weekend