The Journey is Over

Well...I did it! I managed to cross the finnish line at great speed but with a sad heart. Sad, because I new it was time to move on. Haha man, the tears that were shed on sunday could fill an ocean.

This past week started out kind of umm....icy. It began with a nice trip up to mount washington for our kaleo retreat. We went skiing on that monday (last day of the season) and less than half way through the day found out that Jordan had gotten pretty hurt. He's ok, he just has a concussion and a shredded up face a bit on his right side. Nothing broken and nothing that will not get fixed eventually. I finally gave up cause I was to grumpy to keep going. The next day was much better. It was sunny and beautiful with no one skiing on the mountain. we were given 3 hours for personal time, and we could go basicly anywhere. I decided to go up...up the mountain..in the snow...by myself. It was really encouraging.

On top of that, we had a bunch of dinners. We had one with the staff on thursday, one out as kaleo on friday, and of course the grad banquet on saturday. Other than that we just chilled, packed, had chapels and our last worship. It was quite painful saying goodbye to those times for I looked forward every week to those. I found it so hard to comprehend the fact that it was our last time ever having those amazing moments to sing and share with eachother.


On friday we had like an evening on the town which consisted of going to a resturant for dinner first. At that resturant Jordan left for a while then came back with a bunch of roses. He got all the guys to line up along the stairs holding one rose each. Meanwhile Jen was in the bathroom with Alivia. When she came put she walked up the stairs and collected each one of the roses. Walking up to jordan, he knelt on one knee, popped out a ring, and perposed right in front of us! Jen said yes, so we have another wedding comming up to go to which is sweet! After that we went to a coffee shop and then to the breakwater. There at the end was a bunch of paper bags with candles inside. On it spelling kaleo 6 and one with each of our names on it. It was so neat.Grad....where do I even begin with that? it was amazing. Lots of people and families to meet. The day was long, but started with ben getting baptized. Then began the group shots of kaleo 6 all dressed up. This is my best one. Everyone is looking except for jordana hahaha. Then we had the ceremony and I had the privilage of playing in the band which was sweet. Lech was our speaker, we saw the picture of the year, kylie and jordana were the valedictorians (cant spell) and Kylie one 2 awards (one shared with Jordana) and eric won the other. I was hoping that I had a chance at one of the awards, but unfortunately did not win anything. But that's ok. Then came the banquet. The food was great and the photos after were fun, but then our group got split up forever. Amelia was the first to leave which SUCKED but we new it was comming eventually.
That night I stayed up almost all night with a group of people, only getting an hours worth of sleep down in the lounge on a chair with like 8 others on couches and such. It was an amazing last night together as we all just sat and talked and played games and laughed. But as morning came around, it was time to leave the room and say goodbye. As we all huddled around people to pray as they left one by one, the tears were unstoppable. Even for the men which brought me so much Joy. Seeing Jon cry, oh man he is stronger and more stubborn than the average rock wall. He broke down! Him and Ben watching them weap as they said goodbye to those they loved more than anything brought me joy as well as broke my hears. I managed to get home safely driving myself, though my eyes are sticky from crying so much. Im excited for what is ahead, yes so upset to leave what is now behind. Time to see what's next.As Kaleo is over and a new chapter has begun, the memories still live on. That first day will be forever stuck in my brain, and the people that God gave me are ones who have helped change my life and who are some of my closest friends in the world. All that's left is to remember to pray for them. Thank you everyone for your support through this year. Remember that my blog will keep on going through the next 4 months as I go through a summer. As kaleo would say "Not Goodbye, just see you later." As for now, Kaleo is over.