Joshua & Lisa Maulucci

A couple weeks ago I had the chance to go visit NY for 2 weeks! Josh had to stay back and work so I made the trip solo. It was a  great trip with a lot packed into it! Here are some of the highlights from the 2 weeks.

I drove to NY with my in-laws church on their way back home from Youth Conference.  The ride was surprisingly enjoyable and fast! The teens boys were very well behaved the entire trip. I discovered  flat bagel sandwiches at the rest stop where we ate lunch and I must say, I am a huge fan of them now! If only I knew of a place to get them around here!

When We got back to my parent’s home my mom gave me a much needed hair cut, we talked for a while and I enjoyed a great home-cooked meal that I didn’t cook! Hannah also gave James is new favorite shirt. She got it from “Weesa” and Josh’s house far, far away.

The first week I was there we did a lot of family things. We had a picnic at the beach one night, a family game night another night, we also went swimming in a beautiful in-ground pool which we had all to ourselves! After we swam in the pool for a while Hannah, Frankie, and I went down to the lake (the house we were at had stairs in the backyard going down to their own private part of lake Erie!) and body surfed in the huge waves that where coming it. It was a lot of fun!

One of the Broughton girls favorite pastimes is shopping! We went shopping a lot! Hannah and I has a special “Hannah and Lisa” day where we went out shopping for hours. It was a lot for fun and we found lots of great deals!

We had Tim’s graduation party while I was home. We spent a lot of the week getting ready for it. I made the cake (which I was told tasted great!), my mom and family made tons of food and we cleaned the house inside and out! About an hour before the party started we started up the grills to cook all of the chicken and burgers. However, someone (we won’t name names ) forgot to close the propane tanks that were under the one grill! They filled the grill with coal and light it up. Once the coal heated up the propane tanks started hissing and eventually caught on fire! The propane made a huge noise when it caught on fire and it started a nearby bush on fire. Tim put out the fire quickly but we still had to call the fire department to help us get rid of the tanks of propane! It was actually a pretty  scary experience but a great story to tell at the party! Thankfully we got all of the meat cooked on the mini grill and stove!

One of my old bus kids was staying with my good friend, Bek, while I was there, so they decided to have an all girl party. We played lots of game, including twister, made a pizza on a grill (the oven wasn’t working ), got all bit up by mosquitoes and  had lots of laughs.

The boys from FBBC make rockets out of paper towel tubes every summer and then have a big show at the end of July  to show them all off. James was in it for the first time and he was ecstatic about his rocket! It took it everywhere with him and talked about it all the time. Frankie was also in it; he is great at making the rockets! My Dad made a rocket out of Styrofoam cups and it actually flew excellent! It was a great show to watch.

We squeezed blueberry picking into our busy week and I’m glad we did! The blueberries were delicious and it was priceless watching James pick them! He kept finding, “giant ones like spaceships!”  and sang all about berry pickin’ while we chowed down on berry after berry.

The second week I was in NY I was actually in PA. I went with the FBBC teens to Common-ground Baptist Camp in Butler, Pa.  It was a great week!  I enjoyed every part: from playing “chubby bunny” on  the bus (I was the winner!) to dunking my head in a tote of freezing water to counseling with girls at the alter to giggling with the girls at night. I especially enjoyed being a counselor to the girls that came and getting to know them all better. The Lord worked in many hearts during the week through the amazing preaching. My team was the “Son’s of the Prophets”. We ended up being the smallest team on camp. We held our own in games and memory verse but the bigger teams still beat us. Our flag came in second place, but our team came in 7th (out of 12) over all.

We  got back to my parents Friday evening, I wash my clothes, packed up my stuff, slept for a few hours and then got up at 4:30am to go to the airport for my flight back home. I landed in Chicago at 8am and couldn’t have been happier to see my Joshua!