...to a hockey game, a turkey feast and Seattle.

Whew, a lot has happened in just the last couple of days.
First off, Happy Birthday Kim!!! You sexy beast! Yeah nothing but fun on Kimbo's birthday. I got to Centralia after three hours of sitting in traffic and I wanted nothing more than to see the birthday girl. EYC was hosting the first annual broomstick hockey tournament, wow was that fun. I was on a rockin team that included Brent, Jay, Carissa and me. We lost to a prolonged shoot out, but we'll be back next year to win the tournament. After the tournament, we took Kim out to Sharis to relax and have some fun. I arrived back home at 2:30 am and went straight to bed. Pretty much the cutest ref I've ever seen!
Thanksgiving morning! (I woke up extremely sore, from playing hockey I guess.) My family was having the usual meal at my grandparents house in Kent. It was a smaller group than usual this year because some people went off to the other side of their families. So we decided to ask some thought-provoking questions. The best one was "If you were to get a tattoo, what would it be and where would you have it?" The prize winning answer goes to my grandpa. "Well I don't know what I would get... you know sometimes when girls bend over you see a tattoo on their back... I don't know how far down they go but..." I don't remember what the rest of his sentence was because we all broke out in laughter. It was pretty funny. That's my mom with her mom and her brother. We left from there and went straight to Seattle. We decided to celebrate my mom's birthday (which is on the 24th) and Thanksgiving together and spend a few nights in Seattle.
On the day after Thanksgiving we were not shopping at 4 in the morning. We were sleeping until 7 when we got up to get ready for the Macy's day-after Thanksgiving day parade. That was fun, but very cold. I wasn't sure if I had toes or not by the time Santa came around. My favorite character from the parade was this guy. Disco man. Wow. Pretty amazing huh? We thought he had an ipod in because his head was continually bobbing. We just spent the rest of the day wondering around Seattle taking in the sights. And the weekend isn't even over yet!

... to the inside of a cow.

I know I don't have a magic school bus, but I did get to play with some cow insides. It was so much fun!!! My family butchered a few cows a little while ago and I asked the butcher if I could keep some of the organs. I wanted to have a show-n-tell time with the fourth grade class that I volunteer in. They just finished their organ unit and what better way to finish than to actually touch and see the real thing?! So the buther gave me a heart and lungs attached with the trachea, and an extra heart. I cut off all the extra fat and junk at home, I also made sure to cut the heart in half and a little part of the lungs. Then I tried to inflate the lungs, I only got one little lobe to inflate, but it was still really cool! The kids had no idea that I was bringing it in, they were only told that we would have a special activity in the afternoon. They were so excited!!!! I brought gloves so everyone could touch it and feel the difference between when the lungs were inflated and when they weren't. They enjoyed sticking their fingers in the aorta and feeling the cartilage rings in the trachea. They thought it was so cool to see the valves in the heart. Some of them wanted to know if our heart and lungs looked the same. There was still some blood in the heart so some of the kids were grossed out but the majority wanted to make sure and get some blood on their gloves. They had a blast and I certainly did too!! I hope that next time I can get the liver or an eyeball, or maybe part of the intestines, or I could get part of a bone, maybe even a kidney....

...Crimson Bridge and the SEAHAWKS!!!

One of the coolest things about being back home is that I get to be a part of Crimson Bridge again. Hurray for Crimson Bridge!! I have been in CB for a total of 10 years, basically since it began. I have missed out on it though for the last two years since I was living in Centralia. Crimson Bridge has played a huge part in my life. They are the reason I love missions. I think it takes too long to really explain what CB is so I will let you check out their website.
The weekend started out with worship, and this is my most favorite part of the entire weekend. We just dim the lights and let the music play. We have the whole gym to ourselves. I love it. I got to do a small teaching before we started. I think I will have to expand on it some time. We usually try to have something fun for the teens to do so this time we played underground church. Whew that was intense! Saturday we got to split into three teams and do an outreach on some kind. One team went to a retirement home, one went to the Auburn food bank, and the team that I was on went on a prayer walk (more like a prayer drive.) We happened to go to the school that I volunteer at and pray, so that made me really happy! We played games later and had a creative intercession time. It was just fun being part of a team again.

Sunday, me and my sisters had a little date with our dad. We went to the Seahawks game!!! Woot woot!!! We had so much fun! We all got sweet little green foamy things to wave around (I have no idea what you call them.) It was a great game! Pretty much a fab weekend!

...to Green River Community College.

So I thought I should give some of you a glimpse of my second home. Good ole GRCC. Yep, worked and went to school here for two years. Got my AA here. Only good memories. So this is the main courtyard. They remodeled it my first year back in 2003. Very nice, I must say. But I primarily stay on the other side of campus. This is a view from the building that both of my classes are in. I didn't want to bother taking a picture of it since it is kind of ghetto. It's probably one of the oldest buildings on the campus now. Both of my classes are in the same room, with 4 hours in between them. Lame I know.
My classes are in the SMT building (lower left corner.) The previous photo showed you the technology and science centers. So as you can tell it is a pretty big campus, much bigger than CC. I really do enjoy going to GRCC, and I love my classes this quarter! I can't wait to teach!

...to wish Kacie a happy birthday.

Yesterday was my dear friend, Kacie Bates', birthday. I had to go down to Centralia to wish her a happy birthday in person. She has been a little under the weather, but we still took her out to Berryfields to chat. ("We" was all the second years from last year, Brent, MaryBeth, Kim, and me.) After Berryfields we went back to the house and chatted some more. We just like to chat really. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures, so this will have to be a pictureless blog.
Kacie is one of the most amazing people you will ever meet. I didn't make her a card so this will have to be my card:

Kacie dearest, I love you more than the sun misses the flower and like the day is long! There are no words to express my admiration of you. You are tough, fierce, and yet gentle and caring. You have been such a trusted friend. I know you make the most of every opportunity. Even when you are not feeling the best, life is still just radiating from you!I am amazed! The Lord sees you as able; able to persevere no matter what happens, to still trust Him through everything. The Lord is so pleased to see how you have put all your faith in Him. The Lord is pleased with you Kacie! He is so pleased. I can't say it enough. I know you feel like you are not doing much, but really, you have brought God such joy by simply showing Him that nothing can waiver your trust in Him. I love you tons and tons and tons. I'm praying for you always. Megan (aka Hudson)

... to a spooky night.

Well I didn't really have a spooky night. Halloween out in the country is... kind of boring. No one ever comes to our house. So I went to the metropolis of Enumclaw to catch the action. It all started at my dear friend Amy's house. Here began the night's festivities of carving a pumpkin moonshine (Tasha Tudor). He was a nice little pumpkin, a little deformed, but it worked for our advantage. A kid actually thought it was so cool, he got his picture taken with it! While we waited for the trick-or-treaters we sipped hot apple cider and watched It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. What a classic, no Halloween night is the same with out watching it. I can't believe I've missed out on trick-or-treaters all these years, How much fun is it to just have no clue who is going to be on your doorstep with each ring of the doorbell?! Wow! Although there are some scary looking characters. We finished off the ight by heading to good ole McDonalds to see my sister Kathryn. The rumor was that she had dressed up for the night, and we had to see if it was true. I am glad to say that the rumor was true, she busted out an old ballerina outfit from back in the day. Isn't she cute! The rest of my family was at our church's trunk-or-treat, where you dress up the trunk of your car. They did an Army theme and won the most creative trunk award. Way to go fam!

P.S. I changed a few pics in the last post per my sister's complaint. So... yeah...