4 Queens & Scratch

Everyone should know by this point that two of my big weaknesses in Cedar Falls are 4 Queens, the ice cream place, and Scratch, the local cupcakery.  I go too often and love it!  Don't worry though, this blog is so much more than my love for sweets.  This blog is more about the people who I've gone with to enjoy these places the last few days!  :)

On Thursday, I met up with my friend Rose at 4 Queens.  We have been friends since the summer of 2010 when I worked for CEF.  Rose was my first ever room mate and I will never forget coming into the room that we would share and finding her stuff there already with a note on my bed saying that she was excited to meet me and looking forward to the week ahead.

We've been able to keep in touch with her living in Waterloo, it has made things easy on this temporary Cedar Falls girl.  We've met up for ice cream, cupcakes, and many other adventures.  During the summer, she's been a faithful pen pal for my weeks at camp and her weeks of doing 5-Day Club.  She's such an encouragement to me and to many others!  It is always so good to share with each other about camp and clubs, and life in general.  It's so exciting to see how far we've come in the past couple years, and exciting to think about where we'll be in the future!

Yesterday after class, I ate lunch with Dakota and then went to grab a couple of Scratch cupcakes before heading to Lu's house for the afternoon.  I'm best friends with her dog already!  :)

We spent the afternoon driving around Ackley and seeing the sights and feeding the ducks...

and checking out some brilliant yard decorations...

...yes, that is a T-Rex...

We also stopped by her momma's kindergarten classroom.  What a hoot!  We sang songs and fit right in with those little children!  The girls all thought we were great and we did quite literally have a lot of fun!  :)  We also ate too many Cinderella cookies as we reminisced over the past 2 summers.

When I got back, I met up with Jay, Jani, Nathan, Dakota, and Kyle for one eventful evening!  Supper and then sitting on the lawn laughing and talking before heading to 4 Queens where we continued to be ridiculous.  

Today brings another trip to Scratch as Aaron rolls through on his way back to Texas.  What adventures will await all of us VCBCer's as we join up again today?

I've had Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 on my mind a lot the past couple of weeks:

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Two are better than one,

    because they have a good return for their labor:

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If either of them falls down,

    one can help the other up.

But pity anyone who falls

    and has no one to help them up.

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Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.

    But how can one keep warm alone?

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Though one may be overpowered,

    two can defend themselves.

A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.