2007.

So I was sitting here at Panera early this morning waiting on some film to develop down the street thinking of memories of the past year and I realized how many of them happened while living with 5 other amazing girls... At the beginning of the year in 307 as well as the second half at 321..... college memories are priceless and it's very bittersweet that I only have one semester left..... It's going to be so weird not to come home to a living room full of girls on their laptops playing jetman.... and getting a real job and going to bed at a decent time just doesn't sound as fun as working on a project all night and chasing a mouse around the house... Who am I going to scare in the shower? Who are we going to spy on making out on the front porch? Graduating scares the _______ out of me and at the same time makes me very very excited about moving on to the next step of my life. I hope this last semester of college was just as awesome as all the rest. With that said (and stopping before i get emotional) i leave you with a video that's just a glimpse into the awesome times we have at our house.... i can't wait to be back there in a week!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=K4FzQdFYzxw

and now i'm going to pick up my first roll of film from my new camera! yay!

christmas morning surprise.

So I wake up christmas morning and head downstairs to look at what "Santa" had brought me and my siblings just like every year. Except this year my pile looked very plain and boring... there were some things I knew i was getting and then there were two brown cardboard boxes. I looked around at the other stuff first and then looked closer at the boxes to see the label on the side said nativity..... My immediate thought was, "Nativity, I didn't ask for a nativity? What am I going to do with a nativity?" Then I sat down with the boxes, (No one else was up yet) and opened each lil wooden character up, slowly I of course got emotional because one, conviction of my immediate reaction being so ungrateful and two, because of how beautiful and special it was that I now have my own very nice nativity that I can keep forever in my own home and share with my family someday. These figurines are so special and symbolic of the true meaning of Christmas. The nativity quickly became my favorite gift by far. It's still sitting out on display and I love looking at it. It's something I would have never thought to ask for but something I will treasure forever....



and oh yeah I also got this BALLIN vest....



I should be easy to spot in that one :0)

something i need to work on.

you are.

So recently I recieved a belated birthday card from my 21st birthday which was well over two months ago.... but i'm kinda glad it came late... because if I would have gotten it at the same time as my other presents and cards I probably wouldn't have paid attention to it like I did.... the card as pictured above states 21 qualities that the person who gave me the card thinks I posess.... or they just thought it was a cute card...... but i'm gonna go with the first option, but I'm not going to agree completely... there are lots of qualities that think I need to work on. the 21 qualities are as follows....
1. Fun
2. Smart
3. Talented
4. Confident
5. Passionate
6. Capable
7. Generous
8. Admirable
9. Likable
10. Nice
11. Personable
12. Genuine
13. Successful
14. Kind
15. Inspiring
16. Considerate
17. Understanding
18. Enthusiastic
19. Friendly
20. Dependable
21. Wonderful

hopefully this blog will tell stories of me being some of these things... i strive to be more PERSONABLE with people and care about their lives in a GENUINE way..... I want to be more DEPENDABLE seeing as I graduate in may and enter the real world.... i wanted to use my TALENTS in way that glorify god and not me somehow incoprorating my photography, still havent figured that out yet.... I want to be WONDERFUL in the sense that I am full of the wonder of the awesome God I serve.... I also want to have a never ending PASSION to live for christ, not just when it's convienient for me, which happens a lot..... I want the words that come out of my mouth to be KIND and NICE about others and not bring them down, even if i'm not saying it directly to them, actually especially if i'm not saying it directly to them... I want to be SMART about descions I make and learn from DUMB mistakes, that one probably only makes sense to me but that's ok.... I know that I will never be all 21 of these things but listing them out at least reminds me of goals and what I strive for.... but I know that if I live my life like my lord and savior that doing that will encompass all these things and more... because this measly list of 21 things i want to be is nothing compared to what my father has to offer :0) ......

mytunes.... Sara Bareilles, Bloc Party, Celine Dion and Little Big Town.

"My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Ps 73:26

-lg.