Portrait of My Father

Our tree lost a bunch of big branches during the wind and rain...and then my dad got a new toy...chainsaw....

Dear John,

I cheated....and read the end first

Art Project?

Art is the expression of my soul, and so I have decided to express it...lol, should be interesting...

OMG! I Haven't Seen You in Forever!!!!

I met Tammy and Liz in Jr High....they are amazing women. Keeping in touch with friends is actually a lot harder than I thought it would be, but I am so thankful for all of my friends who make the effort to keep being friends.

Scaredy Dog

Thunder+ Artillery Sounds= Golden Retreiver on My Lap

I love my dog Lucy :)

Rainy Adventure....

An epic downpour, really bad windshield wipers, a frantic drug store search for flu vaccinations, and two future nurses who could not figure out how to get home......good day ;)

Two Pretty Ladies

Candace and Erlinda bring me joy :)

Salsa Night!

Their motto: Dance until you drop....literally....

I Have Never....

Ok, time for a little game called "I Have Never". This game will be played when I have nothing else to post... :)

1) I Have Never.....smoked a cigarrette...(although sometimes I play with matches)

One day...

My friend brought back this souvenir from her visit to India....

One day, I will go there, maybe as a tourist, maybe as a Mother Theresa, but one day, i will go...

Cake Batter!

So, lately, my dad has been working a lot, I've been working a lot, and basically my fam has not had an evening with eachother for a while. Well, on this night we were all home at the same time, we all sat down to dinner together, and we celebrated by gettin some white lime!!! I love my fam :)

Oh Baby!

This is Karis Harmony...the most adorable little one i know. She is a little spit fire, and is definitely going to be a heart breaker!!

Disneyland!!!! (a day late...oops)

So basically, the most amazing people, the most amazing weather, the most amazing day.....

Doctor visit

So, the lab tech goes to draw my blood, and after he pokes around inside my arm for a bit he says, "wow, that's the first time I've missed today...I should use a smaller needle...."

It's Coming.....

I have wanted to be a nurse since i was little...i truly think it's God's calling for my life. I want to take it around the world on missions trips, and i feel like my heart is in Central and South America...when i started school, i felt like I would never get here, there were so many challenges...but God has a reason for each one of them, and now, on January 25th, I will officially be starting the nursing program :)

I.Need.Caffeine...Please

This is how i feel in the morning :) hehehehehehe. My shift at work drew this on his ten, and it brought me joy, so i hope you enjoy it too :)

P.S. Check out his amazing slippers...hehe

This is the girl I just started sponsoring. Her name is Eunice, she's 10 years old, and she's beautiful. Now, Honestly, I've never had a heart for Africa...but I have a heart for children, a heart for her. God is protecting her and providing for her in miraculous ways, and He has an amazing plan for her life :)

House of God Forever ~Jon Foreman

God is my shepherd
I won't be wanting
I won't be wanting
He makes me rest
In fields of green
Like quiet streams
Even while I'm walking
Through the valley
Of death and dying
I will not fear
'Cause you are with me
You're always with me

Your shepherd staff
Comforts me
You are my feast
In the presence of enemy
Surely goodness
Follow me
Follow me
In the house of God, forever
In the house of God, forever
In the house of God, forever

Good Morning!

So, I work at starbucks, and one of the, um, benefits of that is that I get to wake up pretty early. This morning I was running out to my car, and i just stopped in my tracks...the sunrise had transformed the morning sky...oranges, blues, purples, this picture doesn't even do it justice....what a sweet way to begin a day...God is good

The Called

So today i went to a missions conference with my amazing friend Shyra Caligiuri. I have never seen so many missionaries togetehr in one place. It was incredible. At one point in worship, the lyrics were "Lord, where you call I will go..." and I was overwhelmed with the thought that every person in that sanctuary had answered God's call, and were living His will...everyone was liked minded, and it was an incredible thing to experience.

The girl on the left is Aubrey, and we met her at dinner. She has a heart for kids, and a desire to go to Africa, specifically Zambia...I don't know if I will ever see her again, but i know when we meet in heaven, we will give eachother a huge hug and i will ask her all about how God used her in Africa.

Oh taste and see...

That the Lord is good! Salvation is sweet...

especially tonight...once communion was over, everyone wanted another sip of the juice :)

Beautiful friends

Beautiful friends, amazing dinner, and the game Taboo...Girls totally kicked butt...twice... :)

New year, new books!

The World to Come by Dara Horn

A million dollar Chagall is stolen from a museum during a singles' cocktail hour. The unlikely theif, former child prodigy Benjamin Ziskind, is convinced that the painting once hung in his parents' living room. This work of art opens a door through which we discover his family's startling history-from an orphanage in Soviet Russia where Chagall taught to suburban New Jersey and the jungles of Vietnam.

I love love love reading. Fiction especially. When I'm engrossed in a good book, there is nothing else around me, no one talking to me, no background noise, just me and an incredible story. I love reading stories about the past, and i love reading stories that take place in other cultures...soooo captivating. The World to Come is the first novel for 2010, and I cannot wait to find out what this story will teach me.

Happy New Year!

Alright, day one of 2010...

PF Chang's, B&N, coffee, and Cardiff....Good day