First week+ of summer travel

"Pooh Bathroom"

This is an abbreviated version of the transpirings over the first two weeks of summer travel.

Michigan. Played with a band from Ireland. Tried to understand what they were saying. Made them say, "They're always after me lucky charms!". Hot tub. Camp fire. Roasting mallows. Little dog with skin cancer- very sad, but he's ok. Stayed with Caleys. Lemon poppy seed chicken. Strawberry "salad". Gaylord, MI. Big Ticket Music Festival. Rainy day turned sunny. "All Access" pass. Back stage massages for band members. Saw nobody famous. New Hampshire. 19 hour drive. RIP MJ. Stayed at house with home theater. Stayed with two youngest 40 year olds I know. No kids, big house, youth pastor, make little models for train sets, goes to bed at 5 or 6 AM, collects old lanterns, loves Disney. Pizza. Kung Fu Panda. "Skidoosh". Pizza. Autographed an attic. Darts. Ice cream sundae with cinnamon ice cream. Green Mountains of Vermont. Pizza. Ferry across Lake Champlain. New York. Beautiful Adirondacks. Skinny dippers. Convicted felon turned Christ follower turned youth pastor. Changing the community. Dog named Ernie. Pet a little kitty. Lake Placid. Pizza. Home of Winter Olympics 1980-somthing. Ski jump. Olympic Center. Prom. Forgot my sandwich. Got it- best sandwich ever. Old book store. Old church. Awesome town. All American Breakfast.

That pretty much brings us up to speed.

On ferry

Happy girl
Crazy boy
New Hampshire Mountains

Models these people make
Amazing!
Olympic Center, Lake Placid, New York
Ferry

Kelly's Weekend!

This past weekend all of my friends pitched in to get our friend Kelly to Huntington for the weekend! She lives in Atlanta and is getting married in October. It was a great time of reminiscing and just hanging out. It was pretty surreal to have Kelly back in Indiana, considering it had been almost two years since some of us had seen her in this setting =) Being with these girls reminds us all how lucky we are to have each other! College is such a unique time where friendships can grow; And now we are blessed that they continue to do so- I am so thankful for these girls!

As if this weren't fun enough, a few of my friends had a day at the lake, which was also great! These exciting activities have helped me to not dwell on the fact that Jeff will be gone for a total of 6 days (i am on day 5 of 6). I am feeling mostly rejuvenated and ready to live out of a suitcase for the next month+......more summer adventures to come!

Special guest blog from the other half.

Jeffrey Allan Edgel the First here. I got pressured into making a guest appearance on the blog, so here goes nothing. The blog does have my name on it, so I guess it's only appropriate. Forgive me if I repeat anything Molly has said...

We are less than a week away from having a 51 day stretch of traveling. We will get to stop at home once or twice, in between trips, for some relaxing lawn mowing, bill paying, house cleaning, and perhaps a few hours of sleep.

Lately, I have been trying to take more random photos out on the road, just to help document our journeys. So without any further ado, bring on the photos!

On your right, you will see a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Jeffrey, freshly awakened from his bench seat in the van. We drove through the night to Connecticut for a show.

Generally, our meals on the road are provided by the promoter of each show. This is a great blessing from a financial standpoint, and can be a great reprieve from fast food as well. Usually, the all-star church ladies will cook something, but occasionally a promoter will take us to a restaurant somewhere, which is fun too. On the left, we are hitting up some authentic Bristol, CT Mexican food. Below was spinach-loaded Greek pizza in Hartford, CT. (Don't worry, I had pepperoni.)

Exploring a venue can be fun, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Being in New England provided some very historical churches. One dated all the way back to the 1600's, and it was actually visited by George Washington and John Quincy Adams when they were in town. Below is a shot of the front tower.

Since we use all of our own sound and lights, we generally don't have a ton of down time during the day of a show. But every once in a while, we manage to get some random activities squeezed in. Here are some random shots taken during the "downtime".

Okay, well that's enough randomness for one blog. 

THE END.

I feel like this picture pretty much sums up my experience teaching middle school:

My 7th period Pre-Algebra class, the ladies~ 
2nd period ladies~ famous quote from 'little miss sunshine' on the top right: "That's why you're a bad teacher, you don't bring us food."  I sat there dumfounded.....
Jeff was in New England the last weekend of May- really old cemetery out there
The buddies looking at our neighbor's outdoor cat, wondering what it is like to be free.....
My excited face as we are about to see Coldplay! Checked one off my bucket list for sure! It was awesome =)!!!!!
Every year, the 7th graders go on "The Bike Trip".  About 150 7th graders brought their bikes to school and then rode about 13 miles to a state park.  It was a beautiful day and most everyone made it without a scrape or bruise.  This is how I loaded my car with my bike and Brittany thought it was very ghetto and funny:
Now they say you shouldn't pick favorites, but come on! Look at this little cutie!!? This is Jeff Fiechter- my favorite =)  He walks proudly to the beat of his own drum, I don't know if he knows he is funny- but I thought he was a hoot!  His sunglasses story: "I was at the Rural King with my dad picking some stuff up, and I saw these glasses there for $2.50.  I got um!"  

It was a great time working with Brittany.  She helped me out a lot and it was fun to see each other every day.  This is us on the bike trip day.  We took some students out on this little pond on paddle boats and it of course turned into a water fight between our boats =)
Mr. Chet Wellington would like to come on the road, too!

my new hair-cut. the lost triplet!

Ok, so I got my hair cut and I can't help but think that I look like a middle school boy?! It's a fun cut, but i just laugh at the fact that I look like Zach and Cody's big sister!! see if you agree......

(the facial expressions are to enhance the likeness)

 we're triplets!!