Day 205 and a Visit from a Friend

Jessie!

I haven't disappeared, I promise. We are closing in on staff training (probably the busiest two weeks of my entire summer), so things should slow down soon. Yesterday while I was making about 1,000 copies (literally, I'm not kidding), one of my co-counselors from last summer, Jackie showed up with my favorite sonic drink! She is one of our die-hard blog followers and was quite upset that it hadn't been updated in a week. So the deal was...if she took the picture with me, I would update the blog. I can't wait to catch up soon. When are you leaving for Baltimore again??

Miss you roomie,

Bailey

Day 204 and Cutting In

Hey Bailey,
As I read the line, "I am 'his' brain this summer," I thought to myself, "that sounds like what I do!" You're going to be awesome at that job.
I know I emailed you some pictures of the room we will be sharing in the fall several days ago, but there has been a slight change. Because of the layout of the house, Stacey and I thought it might be better to move us into the room next to Rachel's... which had dark red walls. So today I went over to their house and painted... and painted... and painted. While I did most of the cutting in around the molding, Stacey (and Stanley and Tucker) did most of the roll-brush painting. I managed to take this shot while the kids were still napping and Stacey was working in the other bedroom to make it more boy friendly.
I'll probably move in during the second week of June so I have plenty of time to decide, but I'm having trouble choosing between using more of the pinks and greens from our bedroom or more of the reds and greens from the living room. What do you think?
Hope you're having a great week!
Love,
Jessie Jean

Day 203 and The New Job

Sunday, May 17, 2010

Hello!

I think I've finally settled into my new job here at the Ranch. I am on the team called "Black Box Cor." Basically, I am the assistant to our Camp Director. He told me that I am his "brain" this summer. This is my desk in his office; I will be spending a lot of time here this summer! I think it will be a lot like what you do at your job. Hope you enjoyed your time with Jill this weekend! Sorry it's so short...I've got a lot of work to get back to...more counselors are coming this afternoon!

Love you!

Bailey

Day 202 and Jill's Senior Recognition Day

Hey Bailey!

Abbey looked so pretty and grown up; you did a great job on her hair! Hope she had a great time
Jill had her prom on Friday; she did not ask me to do her hair. (Haha I don't blame her.)
Today was the Senior Recognition Day at First Baptist Church here in Conroe. I was running late, (surprise surprise) and got there just in time to hear them call her name out. Afterward the seniors and their family members fellowshipped together over lunch and cake. Seems like it was just yesterday that we were going to our proms and telling everyone where we were going to school in the fall doesn't it?
Have a good day, hope you're getting settled at Sky Ranch!

Love,
Jessie Jean

P.S. If we look tired in this picture its because we drove to Austin yesterday to help Tyler move out and didn't get him home until 2am.

Day 201 and My Sister's Prom

Dear Jessie,

Today Jeff and I got all of our things ready for camp...we head out there tomorrow! It was also Abbey's senior prom. She asked me to do her hair....notice the bump?? She wore it proudly :)

Talk to you soon friend!

Love,

Bailey

Days 100-200 Rejects (honorable mentions and pics that are just too funny not to be on the blog)

Day 200 and Moving Out

Thursday, May 13, 2010So it's been a school year's worth of photographs. Jeff and Bailey came to pack up her things and head out on the road to Mineola, TX.
When I asked Bailey how they were planning on fitting the mattresses in the truck, she looked at me and said, "I don't think you know just how country Jeff is. He'll make it work." And sure enough, with some creativity, strategic planning, and a lot of rope, he made it work. haha
Oh how I'm going to miss my roommate this summer!

Though the school year is over, the project is not!
Bailey and I will be hours apart for the summer, but pictures will still be posted on a regular (hopefully) basis. You may be wondering how this will work, as were we a few weeks ago. We really want to hit 365 photos before she leaves for good in January, so we knew we needed to keep up with the project while apart. Collaborating pictures each day would have been so difficult with our busy schedule, so we came up with this brilliant idea:

Bailey and I will be Blog Pen Pals! Bailey will post a picture of something she did that day at Sky Ranch and tell me a (and other readers) a little about it. Then the next day, I'll post a picture of something I did here in College Station (or where-ever I am) with a description and a response to her photo... and so on and so forth...

So that's the plan. We're excited and hope you are too! Can you believe we we're over halfway done!? Happy 200 :)