i dropped in today because i have to tell someone. i am bursting. my hometown just earned the number 3 spot on cnn money's best places to live list. top 3! pretty amazing, isn't it? little papillion, making it big. hooray. how sweet for me and all my fellow papio people. am proud to call it home.

ps. the photograph shown here on the papillion snapshot page is of 'papio bay.' the pool that i used to work at. oh so fun for me to see it get a brush of the spotlight. i had some grand summers there.

june was great, big fun. july is going to be fun, too, but maybe a little more exhausting. finding a balance between work and playtime and nap time and laundry time has become a constant struggle. and finding blog time is an even bigger battle. (as you can tell by the date of my last post.) i am disappointed in my lack of writing so far this summer, but not surprised. camp is just like that. it takes over. and although that means missing out on certain things, like sleep and blogging and shaving my legs, i like it. although we work long days and have short nights, i like it. i guess the moral of this post is: i'm dead tired, but i'm not dead yet. God is giving me strength. He is so good. i never have more than i can handle, because His power is made perfect in my weakness.

tomorrow the junior high camps begin. my goal is to take it all in and not think about the busyness. i want to take my camera outside. lay in the sun. take a nap. sit under a tree with my bible. make a phone call. and maybe even write a blog post or two. wish me luck.