Mission Possible. About 95 youth accompanied by adult chaperones invaded Colorado Springs last week with the mission of serving the poor, elderly, and less fortunate. They normally live on the outskirts of town and spend their summer days working, playing, and lounging. Last week, their steps took quite a different pace and I found myself jogging along with them.

Basically, we slept on a church floor all week (leaders included), ate meals there, split into groups of 10-12 during the day for service work, attended daily Mass, and embarked on a "fun" adventure each evening. My group of 10 ranged from age 12-17 and we found ourselves at a shelter for homeless teens, the Soup Kitchen passing out socks & toiletries, doing yardwork for an elderly woman, making meals for a half-way house, doing church chores, and doing upkeep on a labryinth for a local group of Religious Sisters. PHEW! It was a fun week filled with many lessons for all. (and a large excuse for my lack of blogging ; ) )

We did have a break in the evening for Wal-mart shopping (where the kids bought all the food for the week- with lists of course!) **on a side-note, I don't think I ever want to go with that many teenagers to Wal-mart ever again!**, to Joyrides (my 1st time Go-cart racing), and the Wave pool (you won't believe it, but I had no energy to get in!), and Narnia movie night with yummy popcorn and ice cream : ). No pictures yet, because I refuse to put a digital cameras on a worksite around kids! You'll have to wait for the real film to be finished and developed...

While it was fun to be a kid again, I was glad to return to the world of adults and finish unpacking my apartment. It's slowly being decorated and getting put together...bit by bit. Carmel is now home from prison, pretty well behaved and without any tatoos or piercings (for those of you who were concerned). We both got a little banged up on Sunday at my Softball Game...Carmel didn't see the ball coming and I didn't react quick enough...I got a line drive right into my thigh....it's becoming quite a pretty bruise.

Now I'm off for a long weekend in Phoenix for the wedding of my friend Jenny. Yay for vacation!
I'm sure there will be pictures posted soon from that trip. I'm excited for a fun girl's weekend. : )