James and I at the Missin Inn...

Practice makes Perfect Trust ..

Well I am just about done with my finals I just have a presentation today and then I turn in my paper in and YES! It's over.....Actually I am not so thrilled cause I really did enjoy this semester of classes, "I never thought I would say that." But it has bee a very good semester, let me recap,
Lets see this semester I did my fare of traveling, I went to Indiana, Gatlinburg TN, California, and wait that's it but next semester I am going to ITALY! Yep for a class....I played soccer for the first time ever, I worked on the website at my school a lot more, it was my fist semester being and RA, I made lot's of new friends, and I have awesome roommates! It was overall a joy, believe me it wasn't perfect by no means, but what's the fun in that?....

.....Seriously I had a great talk with my friend Becca last night about life and stuff, and I was sharing with her something that God continues to teach me everyday...You know everyone has problems and some greater then others but when we do go through little obstacles in our day those are blessings, because God is just molding us and shaping us...I know thats sounds so cliche, but it's so true how much God prepares us for the future by placing troubles in our lives. See all the little problems will bulid in us a character trait of peace and patience. If we go through life with no real problems and then one day something huge is thrown at us, we would probably completely crash because we have not had practice with trusting God. I truly pray that God would continue to throw obstacles in my everyday life, so that I may be better prepared for the many challenges I am going to have when I have a husband and kids some day. You can not get better at anything in your life with out having practice and that's what challenges are in our life their just practice and practice makes perfect trust in God....I love this quote..."Our passions are not too strong, they are too weak; we are far too easily pleased" -CS LEWIS

AWWW! 

FINALS week

Well its the week of finals, and thank God I was very diligently this weekend and I only have one more paper to write by Wednesday ...Oh wait and write a paper..Oops my bad..LOL. Actually this has been the most relaxing week for me because all my finals were either take home, or papers, so no tough exams to study for except Micro biology. I feel so bad for all my friends who are franticly studying and writing 20 page papers (sorry Kati:) I leave in a week to go home for Christmas...And I have some major shopping to do well not too much just some last minuet things, hey there's only 19days left, and that's last minuet to me! LOL...

Becca and I in Oak Glen

Jeremiah (Brother) and I in the Snow.. 

I' Am Blessed

Well after a crazy past week I have to say going home for Thanksgiving completely made up for it. There were a little bumps a long the way like my plane being delayed 2hours and having the stomach flew the night before I left all was good. I left Memphis last Wednesday and headed to the beautiful sunny California. When I got in I had Thanksgiving with my Mom and Step Dad. This was wonderful, because all I had to eat that day was a small diet Coke and about 10 mini pretzels. My mom makes the best candy yams so you bet I had some good eaten that night.

I woke up on Thanksgiving morning truly refreshed, because I am on central time I woke up at 7:00 am Cali time and went for a morning run. It was so nice to be at home and know all the roads and not even think about getting lost...As I ran up King Street it brought back a lot of memories of when I was in High School and I ran Cross Country. I thought about how disciplined I was back then and I tried to push myself so hard. The weather outside was amazing, so crisp and clean. The sky was so blue and the mountain tops were covered in snow. I miss that, the mountains that is. I was so blessed by all the beauty that was around me I couldn't do anything but offer up thanksgiving to the Lord, which was such a great way to start my Thanksgiving weekend off.

Thanksgiving afternoon I went over to my Aunt Yolanda’s house where my Grandma, Uncle, Aunt and lots of cousins accompanied me. It was real nice; she makes the best honey ham and mashed potatoes. There was a whole entire counter dedicated to desserts and lets just say I know what they all tasted like...lol...It went on to the evening where I caught up with my Dad and my step siblings, and the best part was being able to see my nieces, Breanna, and Allisse. They are so precious, truly beautiful little girls and I am not being bios) Then that evening my cousin Celina, her husband Miguel and I continued our traditional movie's after dinner. We met up with one of my very best friends Jaime at the theater to see Christmas with the Kranks. I was so anxious because I have not seen Jamie in over a year because she's been in Germany as a nanny. Oh have I missed her so! When I first saw her I was so taken back I hardly recognized her, she looks great! I think we hugged for like 5 minutes, it was one of those run out of the terminal at the airport moments! I will not give my opinion about the movie; it was cute but probably a renter.

Oh ....now on to the morning after Thanksgiving, oh yes I ' am one of those who got up at 4am and went shopping! My cousin was the one who mainly wanted to go; I was just a long for the ride. As long as I could to grab a peppermint mocha before we were off on the crazy adventure... I was cool. So we got up and headed to the zoo! My Aunt and I rode together and went into Target first, let’s just say we walked in saw the masses and ran out! There is nothing that is worth a tow hour wait in line! The rest of the day went well, we were done about 12pm and then I was off for another Thanksgiving dinner, that’s right another one! My friend Jaime was celebrating her's late and she invited me over. More yummy food and good conversation, I met Jaime’s new boyfriend and all her new friends which were nice. We went to the Mission in Riverside where we met up with Justin, Jeremy, and Courtney some of my most favorite people:) We looked at the little shops filled with very ornate Christmas decorations, and drank some hot coco of course.

My last day of the weekend, Jaime, Becca, Nate (Jaime’s boyfriend), and I went up to Oak Glen. , One of my most favorite places to go in the world. It's at the bottom of the mountains in the hills. There was still some snow on the ground and we took lots of pictures. We got some apple pie alamode and sat next to the fire in this very sweet cafe/store.

Ok now do you see why I feel so blessed! I feel truly thankful for the large family and great friends that I have in California and here in Memphis....What a Blessed THANKSGIVING!