Wedding 💒 Trip!! (Devon and Priscilla's Wedding)

Sooooooooooo you know when you go on a trip and you PLAN to eat TOTALLY HEALTHY?????

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT YOUR SISTER BRINGS UNCRUSTABLES???

Why, OH WHY are uncrustables soooooooo much better than regular PBJs???

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REHEARSAL!!!!
When I got there it was like DEAD SILENT IN THE CHURCH!!! I was liiiiiiiike, WHY IS IT SOOOOOOOOOOOO QUIET IN HERE???? They're like, weeeeeellll IT WAS QUIET!!!

Saira, I KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT!!! I asked her and she LIIIIIIIED!!! LOL Oh  I asked her to be my photographer during the practice cuz ya know I was in it!!!! 

sAIRA MY PHOTOGRAPHER!!!

She was tired and Happy!!! Louie and Saira announced it two days later at their church!!! You guys, Saira is the one that LISTENED to my advice and didn't wear all black to camp and whatda ya know, BAM she's married!!! Hasn't worked for ME, buuuuuuuuuut still, 

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I think all rehearsals should be like in the Philippine's- NO REHEARSAL!!!

Sooooooooo we had to do this really weird stop and pause every other foot thing and I just could NOT do it!!! Sooooo Morning of I told Louie, lets just walk slow and they won't be able to stop us the day of! WHICH IS WHYYY i repeat we don't need practice cuz you can just do what everrrr the day of!!! LOL 

See i'm trying to be coordinated but i'm just all awkwardly CLUMSY!!!!

    His shirt says, FATHER OF THE BRIDE

The back says I LOVED HER FIRST!!!

Awwwwwwwww sooooooo cuuuuuuute!!!

My little niecey Leilani!!!!
 Best friend's kids are ALWAYS your niece and nephews!!!!

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REHEARSAL DINNER!!!

Devon was NOT HOLDING BACK AT ALL!!!

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WALMART RUN!!!

When it's supposed to be a 5 minute run buuuuuuuut you go the wrong way and the next thing you know your heading back to Phoenix---OOOOOOPS!!! I told JENNY TO DRIVE BUUUUT NOOOOO!!!! There was cops everywhere, Jenny was laughing and screaming, this is so fuuunnn, it's like I'm single, buuuut,  I don't have my license! What if border patrol comes??? I'm gonna miss my kids!!! I was liiiiike, don't worry, Ill talk our way out of this, i'm white enough for BOTH OF US!!! That was a BLAST, buuuuuuuuut Jenny, NEXT TIME YOUR DRIVING!!! 

Starbucks was a 30 minute drive-WHICH MEANS DEMING IS UNHABITABLE!!!

This was where we ended up driving to the night before because there were no exits to turn around till this gas station!!!

Priscilla comes to visit!!! For

Soooooo I’ve been meaning to blog about this foreverrrrr and I just kept forgetting buuuuuuut my friend Priscilla came and visited me this summer!!! We had literally met a 1 month earlier, the last night of AMA , after church just chilling with everyone at night and we were laughing so hard about stuff an the next thing I knew she was coming for a visit!!!

You guys have noooooo idea I just was soooooo sick!!!! I warned her… just to let you know I am soooooo sick 😷 buuuuuut she still came and I felt bad cuz I’m usually like, go, go, GO!!!! Buuuuut she was totally chill about me wanting to nothing buuuuuut sit there and talk!!!! And we literally just on the couch ALL DAY  and talked and talked and she told me her testimony and I told her about every guy that has everrrrr broken my heart which IS actually is a very short list and I was liiiiiiike, wait so we’ve only known each other for a month??? How’ve we only known each other for a month???? 

OF course I had enough energy to get coffee!!! We got these orange 🍊 cold cream coffees and they were sooooo bomb 💣 

And of course I did NOT lose my appetite like a typical GINTY and we went to Fry Bread house for dinne…

She was pretty impressed with them!!!

Sunday morning she got to experience my cooking skills, she saw first hand that I can make an immaculate kitchen look like a tornado 🌪️ swept through it in less than five minutes… and ALSO that I absolutely can NOT multitask… not only can I NOT talk and drive, I can NOT talk and cook… the first batch of breakfast sandwiches got burnt buuuuuut we stopped talking for the rest!!! Lol she even got to experience the fire alarm going off for me!!!! Bahahahahaaa 

Church ⛪️ time!!!!

Even my sister liked her!!! She said good job on FINALLY making friends with someone that’s NOT annoying!!!🤣😂

After church ⛪️ a group of us went to a Thai place called Malee’s!!! It was sooooooo goood!!!!! Bomb coconut 🥥 shrimp!!!

And then it was time to say goodbye 👋 
Buuuuuuuuuut NOT FOR LOOOOONG… she’s staying with me for Landmark Conference next week…
And single Apostolic MEN, guess what?????
She’s siiiiingle!!! 😜 😘 

♥Mary Frances :)

Apostolic Jr Camp 2023!!! (Part 1)

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll it's TIME TO BLOG ABOUT JR CAMP!!! I was going to try and just fit it all into ONE REALLY LOOOOOOOOOOOONG POST like I did for AMA, buuuuuuuuuuuut that just wasn't going to be possible....soooooooooo it's looking like TWO REALLY LOOOOONG POSTS!!!!

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Soooooooooo I have to start off by saying that Jr. Camp was absolutely amaaaaaaaZing!!! Kid's just have the ability to bing down the presence of God!!! That must be WHY Jesus tells us, "Except ye become as little children, you will not enter the kingdom of God" Weeeeeeeelllllll let me tell you something, when the majority of a conference is children, the power of God is POURED OUT!!!! 

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And I was telling Denae Monday night, I ACTUALLY think that JR. Camp was better than AMA and thats really, really hard to say because that camp is POWERFUL!!! And she said I shouldn't compare conferences, it's not like I'm writing a yelp review...WHICH  IS TRUE...buuuuuuuuut God really touched me in some areas of my life that i needed to work on and maybe it was just that things are simplified for children...buuuuuut some of those object lessons made some things clear for me in a child-like way and weeeeeeeelllll we all know I'm just a BIG KID trapped as an adult!!! HAHA!!! 

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Buuuuuuuut don't worry Denae, I'm NOT going to yelp review Anitoch...I'm sure it will be JUST AS AMAAAAAZING in a completely different way!!! HEE, HE!!!

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ON OUR WAY!!!

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AMA 2023!!!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeellllll I was a LIIIIIIITTTTTTLE nerveous about camp this year BECAUSE 9 of THE GINTY FAMILY were staying in a room together...I was liiiiiiiiiike, OH NOOOOOOO!!!! Buuuuuuuuuuuut since we literally were hardly in our rooms at all, EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT and I'm pretty sure we're gonna do it again next year and every year till Jesus comes!!! 

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Sooooooo we get to the border of Tucson and Chelsea see's his mountain and says, 

"WE'RE THERE!!!" 

I'm liiiiike, uh, no we're NOT!!! She's like no we are! I'm liiiiiiike no Chellie we still have a LOOOOOOOOOONG WAYS to go!!! She's like, No look, A MOUNTAIN!!! We're going to A MOUNTAIN APART!!!

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Burrito- making good times!!!

Joe and Anali came to town!!!

Anali said that on the drive over from camp that Alina said are these  cousins that we’re going to stay with? And she said basically cousins… she explained Mary was friends with both Mommy and Daddy but Mommy and daddy did not know each other and then she introduced us to each other at Heritage one year!!!

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These pictures are completely out of order buuuuuuut I’m to tired to go to the library and do this!!! 

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Time to go to churrrrrrrch!!!  ⛪️ 

Odin and Alina licking 👅 tajin off their hands!!!

The kids building and listening to AIO together!!!

Me and Alan- last day annnnnnnd he FINALLY let me hold him!!!! We all went to go get boba 🧋 and they said the WHOLE car ride over he was crying 😢 for MARY!!!!! I was liiiiiike awwwwwwww!!!!!!!! 

Anali was like this is your chance to hold him!!!!

Alina and Aunt Mary!!!

Boba 🧋 it was pretty good welll my drink was bomb 💣 I got the watermelon 🍉 float which is seasonal buuuuuuut I think they should keep it on the menu permanently cuz I tried everyone else’s drinks and they were like eh 🤷‍♀️ 

Hanging out!!!!

Anali taught me how to roll a burrito 🌯 soooooo now I don’t have to do it all ghetto- white girl style now!!! Lol

I was soooooooo proud I went ahead and rolled up four more burritos 🌯 for whenever 😝 

COUSINS!!!

Watermelon 🍉 Float at Tortoise Tea House

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Alan learned two new words from me talking , chunky and GHETTO!!! Alina after being around O is now comparing everything to God! Is that good? Yes, buuuuuuut GOD IS BETTER!!! 

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POPSICLE!!!

Alina, what was your FAVORITE THING you did while at our house???? After really thinking about it for a while, she says, getting to make MY OWN SANDWICH 🥪!!! I was liiiiiike WOWWWWWW, they really deprive you in Roswell!!!😂

On Sunday after church several families came over to fellowship with the Velez’ after church ⛪️! Abe and Grace, Martin and Lucero, Tommy and Kelsey 

You guys need to try this toast…

Cinnamon sugar banana 🍌 toast

Soooooooo I don’t like to brag about my cooking, okaaaaaay that’s NOT exactly true, buuuuuuut I knoooooow I shouldn’t brag about my cooking, but I gotta tell you guys these were literally the best fried chicken strips I’ve everrrrr had in my life!!!!liiiiiiiikd I think I got CFA best and that’s pretty hard to do!!!! The key is pounding the chicken breast and then before we left for camp I covered it in buttermilk and froze them…. Seriously soooooo tender and moist… plus seasoning it right oh yeah sooooooo I’m not bragging I’m helping you all to know how to make THE BEST CHICKEN STRIPS EVERRRRRR!!!!!

Best meal everrrrrrr!!!!!

Tommy and Joe with their kiddos! These to bros were THE IT guys at AMA back in the day!!! Let’s see if their kids can live up to their reputations!!! ;)

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The men chilling together!!! My sister literally had the most comfortable living room everrrrrr!!!!

Odin was liiiiiike soooooo I have to call you Brother Joe cuz you’re not my uncle??? Joe’s like you can call me Uncle Joe if you want that’s fine! Odin was liiiiiike I HAVE ANOTHER UNCLE!!!! Yeah!!! lol 😝 

Once again I shouldn’t brag, buuuuuuuuuut… well you’ll just have to taste it for yourself!!!

Jalapeño popper skillet dip!!!

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All in all it was a gooooooood time of eating, playing, eating, swimming, eating, talking and eating and fellowshipping and OOOOH DID I MENTION EATING??? 

♥Mary Frances :)