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Miles got the news that he could take off Monday and Tuesday so we hit the road for Tybee Island.

We go there around 4. The water was great. Nice and warm, perfect for swimming.

Ate at StingRay’s. I love see food.

Love,

Ashley

Tom, Hilary and I meet up and carpooled together to Heather Kinney’s graduation party. I had fun watching Hilary do card tricks and play piano.

Later we all came back to my house to play CatchPhrase and jam.

Wish Heather happy travels. She leaves July 17th for London to study abroad.

Love,

Ashley

Miles and I ate some delicious ribs from Spiced Right. That’s some serious barbecue.

He dropped me off and I went to my Collegian meeting with Mr. David. Zoe was supposed to meet us but had to rush to the hospital because of serious back pain. Please be praying for her.

Mr. David and I talked about where the paper was headed for the Orientation issue.  This is going to be an awesome issue. Very arty.

Hilary and I began working on designing the campus maps. Looking forward to cranking out the paper.

Got a call from GPC today. I won the Ann M. Knight Memorial Scholarship! I wrote an essay, the supporters really liked it and picked me. This money will help me buy my textbooks.

Love,

Ashley

Jesse, Miles and I took the cookout supplies over to Huntington Village off Jimmy Carter.

Then we went to check on safes at Armors Locks and Safes.

Went to eat Thai. It was the most delicious yellow curry I’ve ever eaten. Thanks to J who bought it. Way to go little bro.

Love,

Ashley

The kids only have 2 more days of school so I thought they’d enjoy a begining of summer cookout.Dad and I went to Kroger to pick up the supplies.

The bus rolled up and the kids came running up the hill so excited to see me, the grill master, cooking them something bigger than a snack.

They ate it all up.

Then the girls did a stomp dance.

Went to hang out with Heather and Alyssa at Nacho Daddy’s.

Love,

Ashley

The whole family went to Madina today to meet with some new missionary partners.

Chop Chop chicken, goat meat and Tibis beef are always good.

I scratched my eye somehow and it got really red that I couldn’t open it. Mo took me to Walgreen’s to get some eye drops. I was in pain so she went to Kensington for me. I just got up from resting and feel a lot better now.

Anna and I walked 3 miles around Stone Mountian.

Went shopping for sunglasses. Need to protect your eyes.

Went to Movie Tavern and watched Iron Man 2.

Ever tried a Ginger Chew? Sweet and Spicy.

Love,

Ashley

Mama, Dad and I went to CIBC to hear Pastor Phil preach. He’s always really dynamic and fun to listen to.

Ate Picadilly with the parents then went to spent time with Miles.

Around 4, we left to celebrate Lynsie’s 21st birthday at a cookout at her house. Her mom cooked delisious steak wrapped in bacon and carrots with cream.

Click here to see all the birthday pictures.

Love,

Ashley

Pop drove up from Dublin, Ga to spend time with the family. He just got a brand new 2010 Ford F150. It’s huge!

Took Lynsie to get our nails done for her birthday. This was me getting bored and trying to decide on a color.

Went over to Ashley’s and hung out with her and Lee on the porch while the rain came down.

Love,

Ashley

Miles and I picked up about $40 worth of KFC for the staff picnic. We had fun eating in the shade with the news crew. I enjoyed showing Miles all off. For some of us this will be the last time we see eachother.

Love,

Ashley

Dad started teaching me how to edit some of the Costa Rica video this morning. I’m realy enjoying it so far. I can’t wait to apply what I’ve learned and use it for The Collegian.

Went to eat Metro Cafe with the family.

Worked on creating a training page for The Collegian. It’s call the 3 minute Student Sound Bite. It teaches what to say to people when you’re interview, what questions to ask and how to frame your picture.

Drove to Azalea to work with the kids. I helped Rebecca on her book report.

Talked to Mrs. Zana about working with her horses this summer. I can’t wait to be around the big guys again. I designed her website. Take a look http://www.brookwoodranch.com.

Love,

Ashley

Studied a long time for this final and it really paid off. I know I did well on the written conrast, comparison essay.

Meet Hannah outside the library. She’s trying to get enrolled for summer classes.

Sold my books back.

Took Josh and Hannah out to Madina for some roast goat. Hannah liked the injera. Yuck.

Hung out with the kids at Kensington. They don’t have much homework now that it’s almost the end of school.

Samara was making some crazy faces.

Later we all celebrated the end of school at Miles’.

Anna points out a pig.

Love,

Ashley

This class was really easy, a slack teacher, and no homework. That makes the tests and quizzes hard. I studied all day. Took it and I think I did OK.

Talked to Zoe in the newspaper office. Did some planning for the Orientation Issue.

Studied Religions at the library for about 2 hours.

Came home went for a 2 miles run then back to studying for 3 more hours.

Love,

Ashley

Studied 2 days for the Geology final. I feel confident about it. I won the Outstanding Student Award for Geology. Sweet!

Miles and I climbed Stone Mountain together in 40 mins. Woo! Are my legs burning.

Picked up Mo on her bike and we went to work with the kids at Kensington.

Played football with Malik.

Love,

Ashley

Went to Mountain Park First Baptist for church this morning. Richard King spoke. I always like to listen to him since he was one of the track coaches at Parkview.

He talked about journaling with God. When you look back over the months you see what direction your heart is pulling you in.

Picked up Jesse and meet Mama’s brothers and sisters at Old Hickory house. Yum.

Gave Mo her Mother’s day picture. She really liked it.

Love,

Ashley

Jesse and I went to an estate sale looking for silver.

Came home and took pictures for our mama’s day present.

Ate Quizno’s with Miles and then took he and Roxy’s pictures for their mom.

Jessica and I spent the day together.

Roxy ate sushi for the first time and LOVED it!

Love,

Ashley

Ate at Madina with the whole family.

Went over to FBC Atlanta and spent about 2 hours thrifting through clothes. We all got some great stuff.

Helped the kids and mothers at Azalea with their homework.

Had fun watching Dad and Jesse race the kids.

Love,

Ashley

No school today. It’s supposed to be a study day.

Mama rode her bike to work so I took the van and meet her at CIBC before heading to Kensington.

Had a good time with the kids. They’re having field day tomorrow. I know they are looking forward to that.

A bunch of us went to Eastside to hang out on the wrap around porch.

Love,

Ashley

Went to school early to listen to a lecture about nanotechnoloy and the environment.

Click here to read the Collegian blog I posted about it.

Took a quiz in CPR class.

Mo went to Azalea with the boys. I was sure glad to have Mrs. Opal’s help.

After working on homework we prayed that Dajuan’s mom would find a new home and then we all enjoyed buttery crackers.

Love,

Ashley

Today was the last day of Geology class. I can hardly believe it’s been 5 months.

We talked about the oil spill that just hit. Good thing I got my shirmp fix yesterday because prices will be going up, up, up.

Took the Religions written exam. I feel really confident about it. I must have written the study guide over 3 times.

Ate lunch with Nathan and Tom at Madina. It was their first time to eat roast goat.

The comedian Damon Wayans is coming to GPC see the blog I wrote about him here.

About to start working on my Geology test corrections.

Love,

Ashley

Yay! Momo and Daddy got home today.

Miles and I went to Red Lobster to eat. Shrimp yumbo. Watched the Brave’s game. We won 7 to 1.

Miles went to cook so I came home to work on my religion’s study guide. Tomorrow I have an exam.

Just about finished with all my classes. I’ve really learned a lot from  my Geology, World Religions and CPR classes.

Love,

Ashley

I had fun at our all day training today. Yes, it was long but helpful.

Click here to see my  The Collegian blog post.

Came home and worked on email while Jesse worked on his computer.

Made dinner for J and I now I’m starting to work on some Religions and Geo homework.

Love,

Ashley

Parents left for Chatta. Jess and I ate lunch together before I had to leave for my CPR class.

Made a welcome home sign for Hannah.Click here to see the video.

Love,

Ashley

Miles mowed his lawn it looks so much better. Then we went to Always Fresh for lunch.

Darnishia and I did our skills check splinting in CPR class today. Afterwards, with half the classtime left, Renee, Telly and I did a photo article on the CPR basics. It’s going to be a great piece for our orientation issue in June.

It’s always great when Mrs. Opal comes to Kensington. She worked with Timothy on his spelling words.

Samara and I practiced her letters and words. It was super gusty and our homework papers kept flying away.

Finished the Costa Rica bookmark project. Click here for instructions on how to make your own.

Love,

Ashley

There was a opposum at Kensington today.

We didn’t have snacks today and the kids would ask, “What do you have for snack?”

“Just Jesus to fill you up.” I told Dajuan, Kayla and Samara.

“What?”

“Yeah, Jesus loves you so much his love will fill you up.”

“Does Jesus love bad people too? Dajuan asked.

“Yes He does.” I went on and told them the story about the garden of Eden and the evil snake.

Climbed the mountian with Justin and Anna.

Love,

Ashley

Mrs. Ziegler comes in the classroom shaking her head.

“Did you finish grading the take home tests?” Lydia asks from the second row.

A pained expression forms on Mrs. Ziegler’s face as she sucks air violently in through her teeth.

“The take home test, don’t ask me about those. The highest grade was an 85.We’ll discuss it later.”

Turns out people did pretty poorly on the 7 question exam.I was anxious to see the grades. At the end of class she passes them back. I flip up the cover page, “An 84! Sweet!”

Flipped through the pages of Vanity Fair and read a great article about Grace Kelly. Beautiful lady.

Finished up Buddism today. We talked about “anatman” or the “no-self.” The way I’ve come to understand it is that there is no distinction between your pain and my pain it’s all our pain.

Ate a speedy with Miles at El T before Mo and I headed for Kensington.

Maintance was draining the pool, which created a huge water slide for the kids to play in. They were having so much fun playing football in the water. Later we collected in the tennis courts for a game of giant soccer.

When we got tired we all sat down in a circle and played the name game. First say your name, spell it with claps and then say the name of an animal that begins with the first letter of your name.

“I’m Ashley, A_S_H_L_E_Y, the Anteater!”

“I’m Hanezor, the horse!”

“I’m Zeirious, the zebra!” his twin brother shouts.

Little Tatiana is up next,” I’m Tatyana, T_A_T_Y_A_N, uhh A,  the turtle!

After the name game I asked if anyone had any prayer requests.

“I’m just glad the wearthers nice!” Hanezor yells.

We laugh and pray together thanking him for the sunshine.

Happy Birthday, Mama! We love you!

The whole family went to Rock Bridge Baptist Church today to hear Dad speak. I talked for about 5 minutes then he came on and cracked everybody up.

Ate lunch at the church while Dad went over the 5 levels of engagement.

Miles and I watched the Food channel until he had to go to work. I came home and wrote up my newsletter.

Went out to eat Italian at Provino’s for Mo’s birthday dinner. Yumbo!

Love,

Ashley

I worked on calling and hiring my new newspaper crew.

Miles, Jesse and I went out to eat some Chile’s. Yum.

Dad called and told us his plane arrived early so we jetted off to pick up Mom and then Dad.

YAY! It’s soo good to have him home. We watched some of his Costa Rica video.

Love,

Ashley

Miles and I enjoyed eating some seafood at 6 feet under with Roxy.

Miles and I went down to Urban Outfitters in Little 5 Points to  get Miles some new shoes.

Later that night we watched, The Men who Stare at Goats. We really liked it.

Love,

Ashley

The Collegian goes to the MOON!

Finished up earthquakes damage today. People build up on the side of mudflow mountains and act surprised when the house slides down.

Compared and contrasted Hinduism to the Western religions.

Recycled newspaper by creating headbands. We’ll use them tomorrow for your big “Reuse the News” Earth day event.

Passed out a TON, literally, of papers.

I got a work out.

Tom and I rode over to the Decatur campus to deliver and passout papers.

Click here to see my  Collegian post.

Love,

Ashley