Lizzys 16th

My little Man :)

8:33 PM |

A few years ago I met this little boy....it started out as just someone who I was going to babysit for, but it turned into something much more then that!

Carter is so much fun! We have had the best summers together swimming and playing outside at his house. He is so funny and can always make me laugh!

We are good buddies. :) Sometimes he insiste that I call him "Peter Parker" or "Spiderman" and he calls me "MJ". We make up lots of fun stories.

I love him SO much and am going to be very very very sad when he and his family have to move away this year. :( I'm not sure what I will do not seeing him at least 3 times a week! I suppose I will survive with phone calls and letters. But it will not be the same without the blonde hair blue eye little boy who has captured my heart.

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Mine are the BEST!

11:16 AM |

I know that you might think it, but I'm sorry its only true for me. No, really, I am telling the truth. I know from experience.

Have yours been there for you WHENEVER you need them?
Always honest with you?
Have a million inside jokes with you?
Can read your facial expression?
Has had tons of adventures with you?
Knows you and still loves you?
Has laugh not only with you but at you?
Can make you smile whenever you need it?
Can finish your sentence for you?
Knows your favorites?
Visits you in the hospital everyday?
Will let you squeeze their hand when you are in pain until you cut off their circulation?
Is your partner in crime?
Give you the most amazing and creative presents?

Yeah, I didn't think so. I told you mine are the best.

Thanks to ALL my FANTASTIC friends who are all those things for me and more!!!! And a special thanks to Katie, Kait, KT, Becky, and Jessie for the amazing "Blog Book"! I love it and will treasure it always.

I

You!

So, nuff said. Mine are the best.

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Strawberry & Sunshine Over The Years

6:11 PM | Labels: Encouragement and Memories, Friends....., Pictures, To Sunshine

Well, a long time ago I met this girl. And she was cool. So I hung out with her. And we did all sorts of cool stuff.

Like rafting with Becky and Katy.

And planning fun photo shoots with our favorite Curdys.

And going on fun trips to places like Destin for her birthday, along with a few other stragglers that we invited to make sure no one was getting jealous.

Just kidding.

Playing volleyball.

Or just chillin' at co-op. And then proceeding to go crazy.

Taking a break from playing volleyball in the co-op parking lot to get some pictures...

Dancing the nights away...

Watching the fireworks...

Going on photo shoots...

Making memories.

Lizzy is one of those people who you can't help but love. She drives you crazy in a good way and teaches you what true fun is. You haven't met true awesomeness until you've met my sunshine.

Sunshine and Strawberry.

I don't know what I'd do without Lizz. She's the one who taught me how to roll with the punches and administer them when needed. She's taught me that life is full of ups and down but it's the ups that count and they are the ones to let your mind dwell upon - not the downs.

I don't think she realizes just how much she has impacted my life. Sure she's crazy and looney and all that jazz - that's why we love her.

In only two months, we graduate in the same class, side by side(Literally - our last names both start with a C so we will be standing next to each other in line :-P). Just a little while ago, we were talking about the future. In five years, we could be celebrating each other's marriages. In ten years, perhaps our kids will be playing with each other while we talk about old memories and memories still to come over coffee.

I can't wait to embrace the future with Lizzy as a dear and close friend - the one she has, and always will be, to me.

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~Senior Year~

4:46 PM |

I remember as a little girl thinking about what "big girls" got to do...one of those thing was graduate. I use to think (and still do) that the best part must be walking down the aisle knowing what you have been through to get to this point in life. I am almost there. Two months to go until I walk down that aisle. I am very excited! A little sad that that chapter in my life is closing but very eager about what God has in store for me next!

I owe so much to my parents for all that they have done for me! Because of God and them is the only reason I have reached this point in my life. "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." -Philippians 1:6

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This girl right here....

12:35 PM |

I just wanted to let the whole world know that this girl right here.....

.....is..umm what was it again? Ohhhh yeah...."awesome." I know, shocking, by looking at the picture you would never know...It scares me too. But as they say..."It takes ALL kinds of people to make this world go around." And I know God must have had a sense of humor when creating ummm...some people. *cough*

No, really this girl is amazing, can't you tell? *Its okay, I couldn't either at first!*

Okay, so Kait, doesn't bite my head off I must say that she is in fact, a great person! I mean not everyone can look like that! :) Love you, Strawberry!!

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I just want to be closer to you

4:34 PM |

Often times we get so caught up in life that we don’t have our priorities straight such as putting God first in our life. A lot of times I just have excuses of what I have let get in place of my devotions or whatever it is that I have put before God. But, ultimately, it’s not something that we can just acknowledge it’s something that we must fix. If our priorities are correct then everything that falls under it will be messed up too…it starts from the top and drips down. In order to set God first in our life we must have a desire to know and honor God.

My new favorite song is, Closer by Shawn McDonald

Looking for a color in a shade of gray
Looking for love in a drop of rain
Trying to find change in the old mundane
Everything I do just feels the same
Spending my life out in the desert
Then gone so long feels like forever

I just want to be closer to you
I just want to be closer, I am yours
You can have all of me anything, everything
I just want to be closer

A day without you is a thousand years
A day without you is a million tears
Tell me what I’m doing wrong when I’m in fear
Why do I run when you are so near
Spending my life out in the weather
Been gone so long and I need some shelter

Where ever you go
Where ever you are
I just want be there with you
I just want to be closer to you

The first time I heard this song it spoke to me in a lot of ways but mainly because it says what I yearn for--to be closer to God. Yes, something that seems so simple but yet has a huge impact on our life. My life goal is to serve Him and that when I die God says, "Well done my good and faithful servant."

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Only Mine....

4:19 PM |

So, I am the oldest kid at home now! I don't really mind it...of course I miss my oldest brothers but change like this is sometimes good. For the past few years I always knew this time would come when God would take us on different paths and I am very thankful for my brothers who are go-getters and will tackle anything the Lord gives them. David and Matt have played a BIG role in my life....they were who "trained" me and made me into their little tough sister who played cowboys with them, who didn't mind getting dirty, and the little girl that when she played dress up with them she dressed up in army gear. They taught me how to: hook a worm at a young age, shoot a gun, clean dead animals for eating, ride a horse (how to fall off a horse), run through the woods barefoot, have a "dirt-bomb" fight, and I still remember when they "taught" (a.k.a) made me ride a bike without training wheels. So you see, they have always been there for me...I was practically raised by them. I am ever so thankful that God gave me older brothers....they are the best! But this post isn't just about them...its about my family. My crazy, wonderful, something slightly neurotic family!

The day before David left he gave me a bottle of pepper spray and told me if I ever had to use it...to use all at once on the same guy. :) Its not much of a replacement for my big brother protector but its better then nothing.