Valentines, road trip, Brasil, peanut butter and transfers! February 18, 2014

I just want to start off with saying thank you to every one who sent me happy Valentine's things! (: I cannot tell you how much of a difference it makes when I get something in the mail or delivered to me. It really just made my week, which I really needed cause I was feeling somewhat crappy.. So yay! Thank you! It was a nice surprise to get something from the Englands and Tina Westlund! Thank you so much! So sweet. And Mom and Dad! I am totally loving the Hawaiian gifts! Sister White and I loved them! We were SO excited about that! (: And Lucy! You are so great. Thank you for your packages. They're always a fun surprise. I have the best family and friends, and I am so grateful for you all.

Last week Sister White and I got to go on a roadtrip! WOOT WOOT! Roadtrip to Cincinnati! Sister White had a doctor's appointment there and we made it all exciting and super fun! We're only 30 minutes from Cincinnati but we left in the morning, so we hit traffic.. Cool! Ha. It took about 45 minutes and it was exciting! Going to the big city! Well we went to her doctor's appointment, then I tried convincing her to "accidently" drive to the zoo, but we missed the turn (; Then we treated ourselves to breakfast. At IHOP. Delicious! In case any of you want to know, I got cinnamon pancakes with icing in between, hashbrowns, 2 fried eggs, and 2 sausage links. SO MUCH FOOD! But it was so good (: We hurt. But it was worth it. It was an exciting little roadtrip.

Then it was Valentine's Day! Sister White and I were in such a happy mood, it was hilarious, we decided to point out EVERY red thing we saw. It got super hilarious. And we realized that Ohio was so prepared for Valentine's Day because they had so much red! I mean red stop signs, red fire hydrants, red business signs, red stop lights, red flags. It was great. Way to go Ohio (; Then it snowed 5 inches.... Haha! Suck. But it was really pretty. I've always dreamed of a white Valentine's Day (not really).

I had a dream that I got a visa! A year into my mission... Ah! But who knows. Maybe that was Heavenly Father giving me a sign. We'll see! How exciting.

We had dinner at Sister Green's! She's the lady that grew up in the state that I will be serving in down in Brasil! It was so much fun. She is so sweet! She made us a Brasilian dinner, and oh my gosh, it was delicious! It was rice and beans, asparagus and fried yucca (I'm not sure what that is exactly, or how to spell it, but it was good!). And of course, Guarana and some Brasilian desserts. It was fantastic! And super happy. We were talking in Portuguese, and I was doing okay. It felt good to know that I could understand her. Talking back however was more difficult. I said the closing prayer in Portuguese, she said it was good. So I haven't lost all hope on my language! Let me say, I am grateful for grace. Cause I am trying to study the best I can and I know the Lord will make up the rest when needed (:

I had a terrible day a couple days ago. And it all started when I got peanut butter in my hair.. AH! Suck. Peanut butter is sticky and greasey and after that it was all downhill from there! Hahah. Seriously, at the end of the day, I just went into my room and knelt down and just talked with my Father in Heaven. I was so upset and not wanting to be on my mission, and I just let it all out. Well it ended with me just bawling my eyeballs out while laying on the ground (but even better, I was laying in like a 1 1/2' wide space between my bed and dresser, so I was tucked away crying), and Sister White just comes in and sits on her bed and waits for me, and then just says, "Sister Dunn... What's wrong?" It was the cutest and sweetest thing ever. Sister White and I are supposed to be together. Well I ended up just getting up and telling her that it's what it always is, that this darn mission is so hard and I'm still just waiting for my visa. But after I talked it out with Heavenly Father and then cried it out, I felt a whole lot better. I'm working back up. I've kind of gotten into this darn hole that I digged myself into, but I'm slowly getting back out with the help of my Savior. And my family. Mom, I got your letter right before coming to the library. I read it in the car on the way here, and I just started crying. It was perfect. And exactly what I needed to hear. Really. It couldn't have been any more better. Thank you. You help me want to keep going, to just push through. I can do this! I can serve this mission! Whether I'm in Brasil or Ohio! The work is the same no matter what, and like you said, as long as I'm doing my best and working my hardest, that's all that matters! So thank you (:

So transfers were today. And!....... Sister White and I are staying here in Milford! Yay! Meant to be (: However, like half our zone is being transferred, so we'll be all different! Transfers are always so exciting (: I had an elder sign my transfer journal (which is just a book where missionaries sign it, like a yearbook), and an elder said that Oregon is pretty hipster, but that I seem like I was indie before my mission. Haha! That was basically it. Elders are funny.

Well that was about it for this week! Another transfer here in Milford! But my guess is that I'll leave after this one. Only because that's the pattern of my mission. I stay in an area for 1 transfer (MTC), then 2 transfers (Miamisburg), then 1 transfer (Lebanon), and then 2 transfers (Mildford). 1, 2, 1, 2, etc. Hahah! Has anyone noticed how Mildford, OH is super very a lot close to looking like Medford, OR. Cause I notice! It's strange. But fun.

Familia. I love ya. A whole lot of a bunch! I don't know what I would do without you. I honestly couldn't do this. Thank you for everything (:

Sending all my love to all of you! Wherever you are!
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.

P.S. Um... I noticed that all of my belongings are under the house in Oregon.. So what happens when I get off my mission and go to Hawaii?.. Am I seriously going to have to be wearing the exact same 7 skirts that I am now for awhile?! NOOO! I can't wait to burn a lot of my clothing (; hahah. But I just noticed that. So who knows what will happen. I'll just steal Sydney's clothes (; Hah!

Love you all!

1. I sent so many Valentine's cards! I'm the best missionary ever! I seriously think I send more letters than I get.. Ha!

2. ROADTRIP! Cincinnati, here we come!

3. We be so excited!

4. In the elevator at the doctors office! Fancy.

5.Cincinnati!

6. IHOP delicious breakfast!

7. Valentine's Day outfits! I think I put on all the red and pink stuff I had. Haha!

8. Language study!Conjugating verbs!... yuck.

9. Decorated my planner for this transfer! This is equivalent to setting a picture as your lock or homescreen on your phone, or perhaps a profile or cover picture. But I have to actually cut out pictures, unspiral the whole planner and then use packing tape to homemade lamanate it. Then use a metal hanger and heat it up over the stove and poke the holes and then respiral it all again (: Oh the things we do as misisonaries. Ha!
Well I decorated it wil the cute Hawai'i sticky notes that momma got me and with this funny guinea pig in a birthday hat, cause it's my birthday transfer! It's the best planner ever. I'm pretty proud of it (:

I sure do love you family! (: MUAH!

Another week passed and gone February 10, 2014

Hi family! (:

Happy Valentine's Day! Well, in a couple of days. Just thought I'd wish it while I remembered it! I sure do love you all and will be thinking about you lots! (:

This week was an exciting week! It all started with Sister White's colored pencil. She had been using it, and when she would try sharpening it, it would get all messed up and hacked and choppy. We were desperate to fix it! So we problem solved with this solution: lets cut the sharpened end off and start over. Cause maybe if we cut passed the hacked part and start over, it will go smoother. Well. We started with scissors. That's not going to work. So we got out a serrated knife and started to saw at it. I would hold the two ends of the pencil and S. White would go back and forth, sawing at it. Well we made some progress, but it just wasn't getting deep enough to cut it off. So I stepped it up and went and got our cutting board and our big butcher knife, and I just put all my weight into it. It finally was making some progress, and we sawed at it a little more, and it snapped! We finally got it! It took us about 20 minutes, 3 different knives, 2 people, and all our effort, but we finally cut off the pointy end! She then begins to sharpen it and says, "I could have just sharpened the other end of the pencil..." AH! We just about died laughing! We felt super dumb after that. We worked so hard to get one end of the pencil looking all good and ready, while the other end was already that way! I'm sure I could use this as some sort of analogy, I just haven't thought of one yet. But it was SO funny, we died laughing! Silly us (: We were just determined.

We had a meeting on Wednesday. And on Thursday. And on Friday. And on Saturday we had exchanges. It was a busy and full week! Always doing something! It was crazy. But way good. My brain is full yet again, and I have so much I need to work on. So much I can improve on to be a better missionary (: It was about 12 hours of meetings throughout this week! Crazy! There was obviously something we all needed to learn this week!

It snowed. Again. Yuck. I'm tired of the snow. But this time, it actually just iced. We got about... (I'm bad at guessing measurements) 5 inches of ice snow. It was way tall, and you could walk on top of it. It was super weird. Well there was about 2 inches of solid ice on our car. We literally had to chisel it out. There was no way to scrape it, we had to take the corner of our ice scraper and just hit it against the ice to break off pieces. It was hilarious. We were having fun with it. In the evening, we still had some on the roof of our car, so we pried some off and decided it was a good idea to through giant chunks of ice in the air and watch them shatter in the street... (: It was so much fun! They exploded and make cool sounds. So that was exciting.

One evening I was writing in my journal, and not much happened that day, so I asked S. White if she could remember anything that happened and she responded with, "I took a nap and when I came out you were laying face down on the ground. That was different." Hahaha! I had finished studying Portuguese and my brain hurt so I decided to lay down and I happened to lay face down and she came out to see me that way. It was funny. To us. You guys probably aren't laughing.. But it was funny! Okay?!

GUESS WHAT?! Oh my gosh! Biggest announcement EVER! (It's not about my visa, don't get your hopes up, it's not that big). We can go to the temple! YAY! Our mission has 3 temples around us, but none in our mission. But they got special permission to allow missionaries the chance to go, because it's such an important thing to be doing! I am SO excited! When President told us I just about started crying. I cannot wait to go! It's going to be so great and so happy and just what I need! (: They're making a schedule now, and so I'm hoping we'll find out soon when we get to go. Big moment right here. Happy.

Now to visas. There were 11 visa waiters in this mission. 3 got their visas last transfer. 2 got theirs this transfer (they leave on the 17). So there are 6 of us left. The numbers are becoming fewer! There were only 3 on us sisters waiting, and Sister Jackson (she was my travel companion to get to the field from the MTC) got hers and is leaving in a week! So there are only 2 of us left, against 4 boys (; But visas are moving along. Hopefully we'll be getting them soon. I didn't get mine this transfer. By next transfer I'll be at 8 1/2 months.. That's almost half my mission.. So we'll see! But they're moving.

Last night, when we pulled in for the evening, I got out of the car and heard a cat meowing! So me being me, I of coursed meowed back. And so we were talking to each other, and she sounded stressed, like something was wrong. So I made S. White listen and we decided she sounded like she needed help. So we followed her voice and after a bit we finally found her. She was stuck in a tree! What?! Cartoon status right there! You hardly ever see that! She was just stuck. We didn't know what to do.. I almost started climbing the tree to get her! But we just talked to her and encouraged her, and she slowly made her way down each branch and then scurry clawed down the trunk and just bolted away! It was so sad and funny! But we felt good that she had gotten down and we walked to the main door of our apartment and then got to our apartment door, and we looked back, and there was the kitty at the main door just looking and meowing at us. And it kind of looked like she wanted us to follow her.. So we decided an adventure might be fun (; So we went and followed her, and she took us to the back of our apartment and then she just hid under a van.. We finally coaxed her out to us and she was so desperate for some lovins! So we pet her and loved her and she was so cute! And then finally we decided we should feed her. Ha! We had her follow us back to our main door, and she waited outside while we got her some salami and string cheese (I knew that's what Peener likes, so I figured this kitty would like it too), well she loved it! She just gobbled it all up! She was cute. We finally had to go, and it was sad. She didn't want us to leave her. But we finally went back to our apartment. S. White peeked out our door about 10 minutes later, and she was still just sitting at the main door. But we aren't allowed pets (it says so in the white handbook), so we had to just leave her. About another 10 minutes later we just hear this loud meow... And it's too loud to be coming from the main door, and we have this little balcony thing. We are on the first floor, and so half our apartment is underground, so our balcony is set in the ground about eye level. Well we look out our blinds and there's kitty! She is down in our balcony at our sliding door! SHE FOUND US! How did she do that?! It actually freaked us out! She must have recognized our voice or something, but it was creepy. So she was doing that sad "let me in" meow, and being like Peener by putting her paws on the sliding door. It was adorable! Hahah. She was super cute and cunning and smart. We didn't know what to do. So we called our Relief Society President, Sister Macy, who loves animals, and she said to just leave her, and she'll go away eventually. Well we shut the blinds and she just kept meowing at us for awhile. But she wasn't there this morning. She went back home.

So that's my exciting story for the week (: Hahah! I just love cats. It was fun.

But besides that, I do want you all to know that I am working hard, I am helping others come closer to their Savior, Jesus Christ. And I know that Christ atoned for us, that He went through all He did so that we could receive forgiveness for our mistakes and become more like Him. I also know that we are never alone. That is something I've truly learned while on my mission. He always knows exactly how we feel. Even when we think that no one understands, He does. He went through what I did, what you did, personally. He can relate. And He did that for us. For each one of us personally. Can you imagine the love He has for us? It's perfect. He loves us perfectly. I read an article in the Ensign that was talking about the true power of the Atonement, and that we need to pray to have strength to change our circumstances, not pray to have our circumstances changed. Heavenly Father will always match us to the task ahead, and we don't have to walk it alone because Christ is right beside us, holding our hand, guiding us. And that is how we go through life. We grow. We learn. We come closer to Heavenly Father and Christ. We endure to the end. It's hard. And frustrating. And sad. But this mortal life is only a dot compared to the eternities. So we need to take our time and use it effectively. Christ never was lazy, or tired, or decided to do something He would rather do than help others. We need to do the same. We need to understand why we are here and where we are going. I want to become so much better, so much more like my Savior, and I know I can through His help and through His Atonement. This church really is the true church here on the Earth. Christ established it, He brought it back, He runs it. Joseph Smith was a prophet to help bring it back to us. We have the Book of Mormon for us, today, to help us through these terribly wicked and difficult times. I'm grateful to be serving the Lord every day. It's hard. I've never had to do a harder thing.

As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are The Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our Great Eternal Head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him? It seems to me that missionaries and mission leaders have to spend at least a few moments in Gethsemane. Missionaries and mission leaders have to take at least a step or two toward the summit of Calvary. If He could come forward in the night, kneel down, fall on His face, bleed from every pore, and cry, “Abba, Father (Papa), if this cup can pass, let it pass,” then little wonder that salvation is not a whimsical or easy thing for us. If you wonder if there isn’t an easier way, you should remember you are not the first one to ask that. Someone a lot greater and a lot grander asked a long time ago if there wasn’t an easier way. The Atonement will carry the missionaries perhaps even more importantly than it will carry the investigators. When you struggle, when you are rejected, when you are spit upon and cast out and made a hiss and a byword, you are standing with the best life this world has ever known, the only pure and perfect life ever lived. You have reason to stand tall and be grateful that the Living Son of the Living God knows all about your sorrows and afflictions. The only way to salvation is through Gethsemane and on to Calvary. The only way to eternity is through Him—the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

I believe that to be true, for missionaries and for every one out there. I am so very grateful for the Atonement and for the love I am shown every day through the strength that I receive. I could not do this without Him. I know this church is true. I know Christ lives and loves me. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

I love you all so very much! You truly are the best family in the world and I am so very grateful for you!

All my love!

Sister Clara Kay Dunn.

1.Hacking at ice early in the morning!

2.Seriously. It was SO thick!

3.I tried to get an angle where you could see how much taller it was on our window. It was CRAZY!

4.This window had a super thin layer that just shattered.

5.It was insane. Ice everywhere!

6. My battle wounds! Me vs. The Ice. I won! But I came out with cuts. They look clean now, but they were bad. Hah! They're healing now (:.

7. Sister White with a GIANT chunk of ice that fell off the hood of our car!

8. Me standing on a 3 foot pile of ice chunks!

9. Poses!

10.Chucking my chunk of ice!

11.The result.

12. Sister White's turn! I like her pose (;

13. Cincinnati East Zone! Represent!

14. Best goofy picture ever (: Oh missionaries.

15. The sisters!

16.The sunset was super pretty, and we were by railroad tracks, and I made S. White stop and pull over on a road that had no shoulder, so we were still just in the street, and I climbed up a 4 foot steep hill to get this picture! Hahah (: I wish I had my Cannon, but it turned out pretty good.

17. Selfie!

18. Sister Visa Waiters! Sister Beeson, me, and Sister Jackson. All going to the same mission in Brasil!

19. Kitty!

20. We were being so nice to her (:

21. Feeding her string cheese!

22.Look at how adorable!

23. Sometimes when we grocery shop and see pretty apples we want to reenact the cover of Twilight. We thought it came out pretty well (:

Haha!

Happy Valentine's Day!
Love you all SO much!

Elders, blessings, Brasil and updates (: February 3, 2014

So the week before last P-day was wretched! And this last week was a little less wretched. PROGRESS! Hahah. Things were digressing and getting really hard and I didn't know what to do. And as I was laying on the floor crying and talking to Heavenly Father and saying "wo is me," I thought, "If I could have anything, what would I want, what would help me?" I then began to think about it.. And as I came up with my answer, I just started crying harder. I realized what I wanted. I wanted my dad. For the first time in my life, I wanted dad to ask me to go for a walk so we could have a PPI (; I wanted to just vent, and then to have him give me his awesome and wise fatherly advice, and then, ultimately, I wanted him to give me a Priesthood Blessing. But unfortunately, he's an ocean away! So I said a prayer, and sent my love to my parents (I hope you felt it!) and did the next best thing that was available to me. I asked my Zone Leaders for a blessing. I love the Priesthood! I am so grateful that I was able to recieve a blessing and was told the things that Heavenly Father wants me to know. And I'm glad that I had willing and worthy elders (who like sister missionaries, ha!) to give me a blessing. But let me tell you: I cannot wait to receive a Priesthood Blessing from my dad and to be able to talk things out.

You wanna know something else? I'm a wimp! But not anymore! I decided to be happy! And it worked! And I was so "wo is me" and miserable. But rather, happy! We just have to find the positive in life and choose to be happy. So even though an elder told me I was fat, I moved on! He obviously does not know WHAT is he talking about! Because he had nothing to base it off of! Bah! Take that elder! It was funny. And offensive. But I just brushed it off.

Work equals happiness. Therefore, I will work and then I'm happy! (:

This week was very Brasilian! YAY! I had dinner at the Garcia's, and they told me again that they are still praying for me to get my visa (: They are so kind. Brother Garcia served in Brasil, and he called me his Brasilian Homie. Ha! Sweet! They made Brasilian deserts and these cheese roll things. It was good. And guess what else?! I had Guaraná! Hotdog! It was delicious! I was SO excited! I had it before I even got to Brasil! Hahah. Then on Sunday, I got to talk to a lady who is from Brasil and is from Paraná, the state that I'll be in! She was speaking Portuguese and I understood her! I was so proud of myself! She was super impressed that I was only in the MTC for 6 weeks and have been out for 6 months and knew Portuguese so well. Gift of tongues (: It made me SO happy! I forgot how much I love the language! I cannot wait to be able to just speak it and be around it. When we were talking it was amazing how much came back and how much I remembered. I still have a lot to work on, but it was fun. She's in a neighboring area, so I'm gonna ask President if I can leave my area to go have dinner at her place to practice my Portuguese (:

Sister White and I have been having fun. Which is important.

Can you believe it's already February? Like what the? Quick! Time is just moving along.

Okay. I just want you all to know, that the beginning of the week did suck, but I am so much better now. The blessing helped, the positive attitude helped and working hard helped. And now I am happy (: I just gotta keep it going. It is very hard that I still don't have my visa. I turned in my paper work 9 months ago, and am still waiting. I know the Lord knows what is best for me, I'm just hoping getting my visa this next transfer is best (;

Props to mom who wrote me, not only a paper letter, but like a 5 page hand written paper letter! Best mom ever! It was the happiest thing! We haven't gotten mail in weeks, and it was a happy day to see a letter in our mailbox! Thank you! I just love you so much. And thank you SO much for answering my questions! Ah! Finally! Happiest thing! Love you.

You asked if there were other questions, here are some:
What happens when dad's one year contract is up? Back to Medford?
How much longer will we be there after I get home?
Am I related to Paul Dunn, an authority? So many people ask me, and I don't know..
Were you able to see my pictures from the #socialmediasplit day?! There's a video of me singing! Ha.
And that's it (:

Oh! And I'm excited to get pictures to put into my beautiful photo album. Could you include some from the airport when I said bye? I haven't seen those..

Well that's about it. I've got to get going. We have lots to do today!
Thank you for everything you do and the sacrifices you've made for me to serve a mission. I love you all so very much!
Sister Clara Kay Dunn.

1. Selfie! Ha (: I bought that shirt, and it was only $7. Yay Christmas money!
2. Missionary snow art. Heart shape with my footprints.
3. Dramatic. I like to think I was holding the Title of Liberty.
4.Nerd.
5. AH! Sometimes I want to be Sydney and so I buy a shirt that she has!
6. Check it! Second hand store, it was $7 too! And now we can be twinners! YAY! I was SUPER excited (:
7. My first letter from Hawaii! COOL! (: Post marked from Honolulu!
8. Guaraná! Yippee!

Well I love you family! (:
Até próxima semana!

Baby email January 27. 2014

We have the best family. I hope we all know that. Go team Dunn! (:

I don't have a lot of time. So this will be short, but I'll include lots of pictures! Yay!

MOM! Thank you SO much for the package! That was so happy! You don't even know! To have my OWN straightener! I don't know how I did it for 6 months! It's SO nice and works perfectly. And I really liked my calendar! AH! I love it (: I hung it up and it's happy! And thank you for the other gifts! I liked that it was in a Brooks Brothers box (: And I needed more socks! I really liked the used notebook (; But really. I really needed one. Ha. And the bracelets are super cool! Real different. I like them. Thank you!

It's been reallyy cold here! The lows are in the negatives. I wear 3 pairs of socks and 2 pairs of tights. And I'm tired of snow and cold. Ah! But if I go through this winter, then go to Brasil, it'll be winter there, and then I'll get back in January, which is winter. Yay for a year long winter! Hahah.

We had a zone conference that lasted 10 hours. My brain hurt afterwards. SO much to take in! But it was great. And fun. Lots of role playing... My favorite... It's not.

I hit my 6 month mark! Yay!

I curled my hair with MY straightener. It was perfect and made me happy (:

On Sunday, a family, who's husband served in Brasil, told me that they pray for me. That I'll be able to get my visa and go down there. It was SO sweet to hear. I love members. Then he said that he had Guarana and thought he saw me and my companion walking down his street, and he grabbed two cans and ran out in the cold snowy weather, chased "us" down to give us the soda. Come to find out it was the singles ward sisters. Hahah! He didn't give them the soda. Ha! But we're having dinner with them this week, and they said they'll have Guarana and Brasilian food! Yay! (:


Well that's about it. Nothing exciting. Just living the life of a missionary. Oh! Did you guys find the pictures and video of me singing online? <---- That's another question I would like answered. HA!

I love you all! Thanks for the prayers. I really need them.

Love,
Sister Dunn.


1-4.So I think I'm now a real missionary because I cut another missionaries hair! I feel I always hear stories about missionaries cutting other missionaries hair (: Well I did, and it looks good! Sister Sofele and I have known each other since we got out to the field, we've been in the same zone! We even moved together this transfer (: So she's been needing a hair cut, and I jokingly said I'd do it, then it became a joke, then after a Zone Meeting, she came up to me and said I was going to cut her hair. We went to the library in the church, got scissors, went to the bathroom and I cut about 5 inches of her hair. Her beautiful Tongan long hair! Haha. It was exciting (: And it looks good. Best friends.

5. Yay, we still love each other after I chopped her hair (;

6. Happy Harry & David package from Lucy! I was SO excited.

7. Fingerprinting! Ah!

8.I'm in the system!..

9.Sister White and I getting ready to go!

10. January 18 was a big day! My planner was pack full of social media split info, Sydney's birthday, the weekend of Hawaii and Disneyland! Yay (:

11. We decorate our planners to make them fun. So in honor of January being Sydney's birthday, I put a picture of us on it.

12.My socks didn't dry fully... Ha!

13. Sometimes I do pushups before we leave, and my homemade hat from momma falls over my eyes. No biggie!

14. And then I stretch. Ha!

15. Hipster.

16. Sister White and I being goofs!

17.Zone Conference! Our tables were littered with papers and scriptures and learning materials!

18. My companion, Sister White and I!

19. Friends! Sisters Erickson, White, Dunn (me), and Sofele. By the way, Sofele's name is pronounced like so-fell-ai.

20. And with our Zone Leader, Elder Foster, behind us with his Golden Bears. Haha!

21. Sister White won a scripture chase contest and the reward was the classic Cincinnati Golden Bear lemondade drink. And I asked if her companion got one too, and they said yes. Yippee! So us and our winnings (:

22. Saw this while backing out the car. I made her stop backing so I could take a picture! It was PERFECT! Dunn. And I'm in Ohio and from Oregon! And yes. There's a town called Oregon IN Ohio. Ridiculous. Ha! But it was so perfect I was freaking out.

23. I've started to sketch. I'm slowly getting better. But here's what I drew yesterday. God is helping with my talents. Yay! (: