Summer

So, I really don't have a lot of summer plans. This could be good and bad for two reasons. One, is this is probably the first summer I will have not worked in.... who knows how many years? And I'm a little concerned that I will be bored. This could be good, though, as it gives me plenty of time to prepare for the baby coming, as when school starts up again I will be subbing and fairly busy (hopefully).

The biggest thing coming up on our plate is the high school youth trip with our church to CIY. Christ In Youth conferences are the highlight of our summers for our youth group. The kids love it (and the sponsors aren't necessarily ambivalent about it, either). This year, we're very excited because we're attending the conference in Colorado. They hold the conferences all over the country all summer long; normally, we go to Illinois in the dead heat of July. I'm overjoyed at the prospect of Colorado because we are going to Durango, which I've always wanted to visit again, and because it will be a little cooler and more comfortable for me, being pregnant, to walk around campus. We also have it on good authority (from our pastor who used to intern for CIY) that this is one of the best conferences they offer. So we're excited.

I'm hoping my family will also have the opportunity to visit Omaha. I miss having friends in Omaha that I could go back and visit regularly. A: I miss the friends. B: I actually miss visiting Omaha. At the moment, I'm trying to wrangle everybody into getting up to the Henry Doorly Zoo, but it's still up in the air.

Otherwise, the only real summer plans I have are for the high school girls small group this summer. I am going to be taking them through Hebrews, and alongside the weekly lessons, I am writing a daily study for them if they want a devotional throughout the summer. It's a lot of work to write a Bible study (definite kudos to the professionals out there), but I'm enjoying it. I only hope the girls enjoy it as much.

And then... there's just waiting for the summer months to pass so we are that much closer to the arrival of Baby Kemper. I am excited in July we get to have our sonogram and we hope to find out what we're having. We have the names picked out; we just need to know which one we're using! Hopefully, as well, we'll get work done on the condo and get it put up for sale. I'd like to believe we'll have it sold and we'll be moved into a house by the time the baby arrives, but that may be wishful thinking. We shall see.