well, it's been a while! everything's going great... camp is in a week, and i'm dying to go! i so can't wait! the only bad thing is that after that, there's only like a week left of vacation. *sigh*. summer goes by so fast. time goes by so fast. life goes by so fast! lol. so yah. i went to the beach a couple times this week. i rode a horse on monday. we went to natal last month... that was really fun. i got to go scuba diving for 40 minutes. it was scary at first, but then got really cool. the fish were beautiful. anyways... now  i've started working out at the gym some days... haha. it's just so marvelous. i go w/ elton and my dad and they make me work hard the whole time. that's about it for now...

always, ally

nothing much is up, i've been going to the mall lots lately... probably going again tonight with Elton. it's "dia dos namorados" today, so hopefully we'll be able to go somewhere...

i've been doing water arobics with my mom and marisa and a couple of other people... that's three times a week. we just started though. i'm hoping to lose some weight,get into shape.yay! who knows if it will really work, we shall see. so anyways... mell and maddie are probably coming over sometime this week. time is running short...gosh, it's so scary to think that they're actually leaving,for good. that really makes me sad. what am i going to do w/out mell (my best friend in the whole world!!!)? i dunno.

always, ally

the days go by so slowly when i'm at home...well, i'm on vacation, but Elton isn't. so i still only get to spend time with him on weekends.on week days i see him for about 15 minutes when he stops by here on his way back from work right before he heads off to school. but the good news is... he finishes the class he's taking at the end of this month...and he is gonna get at least 15 days off work,maybe the whole month of july. so i'm pretty much looking forward to next month. maybe i'll get to go to the beach a lot more. that'd be nice...i miss the beach. speaking of the beach. the last week of june my family is going to Natal for the week. we haven't had a family vacation in a while. and Natal has some of the best beaches around... plus scuba diving,camel riding, snorkeling,and horse back riding! i can't way. only down side is that it's a 7 hour drive.it'll be worth it though... yep,so anyways. i'm starving!so i'm gonna go get some lunch...

always,ally

lots of times i think, man us missionaries have it easy... living in a tropical country where it's always pretty warm and the beach is so close... i mean where we live is beautiful... and i'm so beyond happy here! but sometimes i realize how hard it really is. like at graduation. we were all saying goodbye...who knows, maybe for forever. some of us may never see each other again. everyone's heading off to different countries... and last summer i went to the states for 2 months... they were 2 amazing, fun-filled months, but then at the end i had to say goodbye to everyone. and "see you in 2 years"isn't exactly the most joyful thing to have to say. then there's next year when i graduate and leave... i'll be leaving everything i've grown up with behind. so much of what i love stays here as i move on...my home, my friends, my boyfriend, my dogs... and then my fam will come back here and leave me there, on my own. goodbyes are so hard and we have so many of those... but i guess it's all part of our life. right now my brother is in another country, so far away, and i'm not going to see him for a year still! i miss him so much...well, now that i'm in tears... hey, i'm not saying that being a missionary is bad or anything. it's just hard. if i could change it and not be a missionary kid, i wouldn't.

always, ally

a pic of elton and i....

a pic of me and my little sis, marisa.