Bakersfield.

Sometimes you just have to write about fantastic weekends, and I definately just experienced a really great weekend. My parents had been dying to have some of my friends come to Bakersfield so they could BBQ for us and pamper us as much as possible... so I invited some friends and we went to Bako! There were four of us: Jackie (my roommate), Kyle (her fiance), and JD (friend and also Kyle's roommate), and yours truly.

It was really a great weekend of fellowship, lots of laughter, too much food, Dewars ice cream, frisbee, swimming, too much food, coffee, the tour, visiting with mom and dad, too much food, darn good BBQ, a real fire (and if you know me, you know this makes me extremely happy. I even got to use a headlamp), country music, church, and way too much food.

Let me tell you about the food: cream cheese and salsa dip (my fav), smoked ribs for days (the boys took good care of those), rice pilaf, cheese bread, smoked tri-tip, mom's caesar salad, homemade oreos, Dewar's ice cream, banana walnut pancakes, eggs, bacon, orange juice, homemade lattes, frappuccinos, etc... but really, there was just a whole lot of meat... and that's the most important part.

So blessed. Can I say that I have never been happier in my entire life than these precious months have been to me? It's true... rejoicing in the abundance of the Lord.