star struck

Once again, school got real busy and tateblog got sacrificed. But not it's spring break, and it's time for another update.

Last weekend I got to travel to Oregon for a sweet reunion with some of my New Orleans people.

That's Jamie, Regan, me and Cait there. We had a great time reminiscing about New Orleans--laughing at some hilarious stories and once again standing in awe of the amazing work God did during our time there. It's amazing how much that time changed all of our lives, and so it's always refreshing to spend time with the people who experienced such a great event with me. In fact, Jamie has decided to work on writing a book about our experiences, which I think is a sweet idea. So sometime in the next 6-8 months we're planning to have a reunion that requires attendance by the whole team of nine: Kevin, Jeremy, Nik, Jacques, Regan, Jamie, Cait, Heather and me. Love those people.

And now I need to talk about the two big highlights of my trip, besides the obvious awesome time with my friends.

First of all, on my way to Oregon I was flying into Eugene, the home of the University of Oregon (and Caitlin Murphy). So on my layover in the Portland airport, I find myself walking behind a tall young black man wearing a backpack with the U of O logo and his last name. Just then we pass by some more very finely dressed and very tall black men, and I realize that this is the Oregon basketball team.

I then go sit down to wait for my flight, and several of these boys start surrounding me in the other seats. It was awesome. The problem was that they all looked really angry and unfriendly, so I looked up what game they had just played. Turns out they lost big the night before and I'm pretty sure their season was over. So I opted not to say anything. But they were on my flight and then waited for our bags in the same area, and I even got to listen in to a mini team meeting with the coach. I was like college basketball star struck, even though I didn't even know who they were. But I do remember that guy from the picture.

Oh and then, about an hour later, Cait and I took a walk around the campus, and as we headed toward the fieldhouse, I made a joke like, "Ha what if I see those guys again?" Sure enough, as we walked by a couple of the guys on the team were on their way out. It was awesome, but I was just hoping they didn't think I was stalking them.

Second awesome thing. Cait and I were getting ready to drive up to Portland to hang out with the others, and I mentioned something about the show Little People Big World (it's on TLC--watch it if you haven't). And Cait says, yeah I think they film that here. I immediately freaked out because I remembered that the Roloff family from the show lives on a farm in Oregon. One thing led to another, and we drove to Hillsboro, OR, just outside of Portland to take a look at the Roloff Farm. Unfortunately, they only allow visitors during pumpkin season, but at least we could do this:

Love it. We didn't see any people though, so that was slightly disappointing. I really wanted to meet the Roloffs! Sophie and I are planning to go back to visit during October so we can take a tour of the farm and meet the family. Because Sophie is destined to be with Jeremy Roloff.

In other news, Melanie Tate joined the Facebook, so that's fun. Also, everyone is whining about the new facebook layout, as they always do. It's so ridiculous. I just want to be like, people, it's a dang web site, get over it! If you are getting really worked up about a new layout on facebook, I would say that's a red flag that you need to get a life.

Not that I'm one to talk, because my life currently revolves around college basketball. I am watching games whenever I can and checking the scores constantly whenever I can't. I love this month!! KU made it past round one, so we'll see how they do tomorrow!

I'm getting really excited for the summer. Why? Because I'm going back to work at YouthFront Camp in Kansas with my BFF Jen. I am way way pumped!!

It was a difficult decision, but in the end I realized God was wanting to bless me by getting to spend the summer in one of my favorite places with one of my favorite people. This year I will be the "Cabin Leader Supervisor," which means I'll be in charge of training and leading those people in charge of the kids. I think it will be a sweet opportunity, so I am really excited. I will miss Colorado and the people here for sure, but I think it will be good to get away for a little while. Afterall, when I moved away from Kansas, I kind-of thought it might just be a year and I'd be back, but God had other plans. So yeah it will be good to be "home" for a summer.

So you may remember that holiday called "Valentines Day" that occurred about a month ago. Well, Sophie was having a girls night, and I came home from babysitting just as they were discussing making a music video. One thing led to another, and this was the result:

Yeah, I think I'll just leave you with that. Check out the facebook for a better quality version. Compare us to Beyonce, you'll be amazed.