Memorial Day Weekend

What a wonderful weekend:) I was not anticipating having such a good time, but it was better than I expected. To some up how I have felt this weekend it would be blessed. I felt so many blessings this weekend, and thank God for them. Friday I worked until 6, and then afterwards I went to Lisa's condo. Hannah Schick, Hannah Martin, and Jaylyn Knobloch were all there also. We sat around and talked for a long time, and then made smoothies and popcorn. After that we played a couple of rounds of Hit or Miss. It's a really fun game. We stayed pretty late, but that's ok, because it was the weekend. I got up at 6:15 on Saturday, because I had to open at the bank. Since I didn't go to Rittman for the invite, I went to Eureka on Saturday night. It was a nice evening. Invites tend to wear me out, probably because I am very introverted, but I thoroughly enjoy them. Sunday was a pretty normal day at church. I helped Tonya Martin teach Sunday School. She teaches 1st grade, so that was pretty interesting. There are a few rowdy boys in her class, but it makes it exciting. My twin cousins Colton and Connor Wagenbach are in that class, and I'm not sure how they felt about their cousin teaching them:) I teach Tessa's class VBS next week, so we'll see how that goes. Princeville's graduation was Sunday so I went. I sat by Jaylyn, and we both commented on how strange it felt to be back. I know both of us were so glad to be done with high school, and college has really been a great experience(much better than high school). We saw a few of our classmates, and old teachers. It really is such a strange feeling. Probably because you really don't have anything in common anymore. I went to Kristy Kieser's graduation open house. Lisa, Hannah Martin, and Whitney Streitmatter came over afterwards to get changed and then we were going to go fishing at the Murphy Farm. So I headed out there in my car with all the fishing gear. Victoria Stoller was already there, but when I got there it really started raining. Victoria sat in my car awhile and we had a really good talk. Then we decided it would be best to go home, so we did. Jaylyn came over after the party, and so did Claire and 3 of her friends. Me and Victoria made a skillet cookie, which if you have never made one you are really missing out on a sweet part of life:) Then we sat around and watched my younger sisters show off:) We played some games and such. It was raining super hard by then and Dad started getting nervous, so we all did too:) We had to clean up everything off the floor in case our basement flooded. I told our friends to think of it was a work team project. All of them left except for Victoria, because her parents thought it would be safer if she stayed over night with us, which was completely fine. She slept in Rhea's room with Tessa. Today(Monday) I got to sleep in. How I love sleeping in:) Around lunch time, Claire and I headed up to Ben and Katie's to help with the kid's. They were all home from school, so we played with them for most of the afternoon. We got to meet our new cousin Ellie Caroline. She is only a couple of days old, and is the sweetest thing ever. I always forget how small newborns are, and how precious they are. On the way home, we stopped at Steve and Betsy's to meet another new cousin, Josie Shae. She was born Sunday, so she is only 1 day old. She is quite darling also. They both have dark hair, which is so cute! This makes for 21 girls and 5 boys in the Endress family. We got home, and I ate some supper before heading out to the Murphy Farm to fish. Since it rained on us on Sunday, I wanted to still go some other time. Victoria, and Katie Schick came too. Although we didn't catch anything, we had an amazing time being out in God's creation, and having talks to strengthen our relationship with Christ. It was such a peaceful night. We found a small rowboat and some oars, so we took it out to the middle of the pond. It was absolutely amazing. Everything was really still, and it was just perfect. I felt so blessed by my friends, and family this weekend. I have so much to be thankful for!

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.
Psalm 64:10