Drilling in the final piece of siding on a service trip to eastern Kentucky. |

A group pose with Okie (the woman whose house we repaired all week)
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Dancin' up a storm in good ol' IC! |

Surf's up in Florida!
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Pensacola Beach
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Native Americans from California thought that this mountain, Mount Diablo, was the birthplace of the world.
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Ironically, I met someone from the University of Iowa in Yosemite National Park, where this picture was taken. Weird.
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Feeding kangaroos
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The Sydney Opera House
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New Orleans Disaster Relief Crew
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Six small town girls try to navigate their way through the Windy City to see Wicked, their first Broadway musical. After a magical night of delicious Italian food and spell-binding music, it ends with a painful hour of rushing around downtown Chicago in high-heels and dresses in the rain.
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They manage to locate Union Station just in time to catch the final midnight train back to their hotel in the suburbs, but only with the help of a considerate homeless man! Minor disagreements throughout their journey were overlooked, as today the six can look back and laugh at the memories they created on their trip. However, only with the promise that next time they won't forget the GPS!
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My brother and I riding the waves onto the beach, only to be sandwiched between the two (Maui).
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A fantastic sunset in Lahaina (Maui), setting a particularly relaxing ambience for a delicious, oceanfront opakapaka (crimson snapper) dinner with the family.
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A snowy spring break in the North Chicago suburbs.
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Peppermint chocolate made from left over candy canes and white chocolate by my best friend and I! Yum!
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