ughh..

yeah, so the awaited sickness has definitely arrived tonight & my last final's in the morning, ughh...i'm just soo ready to be home tomorrow nightt!!

..like you have noooo idea! :(

i just want my baby..!!

:D

2 dayssss!!!! :)

...almost thereeeeee!

i can't wait to see my babyyyyy ;)

..& in 12 days, i'll be with this bunch! :)

the final run..

i'm officially done with allll my classes! ..as of this past tuesday :)

& now, onto finals..which means.........studyingggg! greaaat! ha

well, the good news is that i only have 3 finals left, because i took 2 of them before Thanksgiving break..so i'm really happy about that! :D i have 2 on tuesday, and then 1 on wednesday..& so when my last final's over with on wed, i'm gonna be heading back up to NY for break! a longgg, nice, well needed, month longgggg break! ;) whoo-hoo!! i'm so ready for a break that's longer than a long wknd, or a week..just to be able to relax and have some down time, as well as hang out and catch up with friends and family.

5 days til NY!

14 days til Christmas!

i can't believe how fast this semester's gone by! and i can't believe how incredibly both fast and slow this whole year's gone by..! it's crazy! i mean, in 9 days, it'll have been 11 months since T and i ended.....to me, that seems like a few days ago, and foreverrr ago at the same time. i can't believe it's almost been a year....... woww..life is crazy, yet simple. we're the ones who make it complicated.

Merry 'Almost' Christmas!! :)

mi vida pongo en tus manos..

(my life i put/place in Your hands..)

looking back at this year, 2009, there have been so many ups and downs..but in the end, God has allowed things to turn out the way that He had planned.

from the end of a relationship, to new beginnings;

from the death of many friends, to the birth of a new life;

from friendships being lost, to the start of new ones;

from family heartaches, to family relationships being restored..

sometimes i just wonder why God would allow certain things to happen; but then once i'm able to look back at it, i realize and say to myself, why not. if these hurts and tears & trials and tribulations didn't happen, then another part of God's plan might not be able to take place. in the midst of all of these things, we just need to sit down in silence and listen to God...not just talk Him, but listen for HIS voice in the complete stillness; because He is there..we just have to ready ourselves to hear him.

i'm ready to fully give the next year of my life, 2010, to Him; and to allow Him to work in my life and do all that He has prepared for me to do. without doing this, there is no point in trying to make things in life meaningful.

*contentment comes only when God's will comes before our wants..

i want my life to be completely full of contentment in knowing that everything in my life was done for Him, alongside of Him..& never on my own!

hmm..

umm..well......that didn't last too long, now, did it??

the 'snow' already melted, ha :P

i guess i shouldn't really get used to an actual white winter down here, because from the looks of things, it doesn't really seem like it's going to get very white while the semester's still going....haha

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

we finally got our 1st snow here in Lburg, VA :)

whatever the future may hold..

i've been thinking lately.......

you know when you're a little child, you dream and imagine how your life is going to be when you're all 'grown-up'? well, i know i always did. i always pretended i was married to my prince charming, and had kids and a big, fancy house with a white fence in front...Ooo, and a dog..can't forget the dog.

but i think as you get older, and things start to fall into place (or some things fall out of place) we begin to realize that we need to see the bigger picture.

i know i'm still young, and i still have hopes and dreams of having a family one day with a Godly man who i fall in love with; but until then, i'm really beginning to see that there are so many other things that need to be higher priorities at this point in time...

As i see people around me, and other relationships, it makes me look at my life and really put into perspective what i have been desiring and the desires that God has placed in my heart. i don't want to seek after the things of this world that i may want to, but to pursue the things that He has given to me for desire. this includes any possible future relationships.

relationships....something that has been on my mind a lot recently (especially while being at liberty, because they tend to push/encourage dating relationships, ha). and the more that i look back at my past relationships, the more i am able to see the stages that i was at in life.....

....but i guess i'm just going to jump to a point, because i'm not exactly sure if i know how to build up to it right now at 1:23 in the a.m. haha...but sometime in the midst of school, and meeting all sorts of new people, and just being out on my own..i've really actually been sort of content with it just being me right now and not feeling like it's extremely important to have someone. i mean, it's been just me for almost 11 months now, and that seems a little strange sometimes because he was one of my very best friends...(as cliche as that sounds, ha), but it's so true!

...but right now, i really just feel like God is telling me that things would be alright if i were to end up not being with someone, because His plans are soooo much bigger than i could ever dream of or think of on my own. and just by knowing that, it gives me a peace. so i guess what i'm trying to say, is that if God's plan comes down to that, i am going to be content, because i want to experience all that God wants me to; and go wherever God leads me to go. this is the most important thing.

so, with this being said (& written), i am honestly going to be content with whatever God has in store for my life...& i can't wait to see what the future that God has for me, holds!! :)

night!

how many states in less than 24 hrs..?

well..i'm at 3.....

PA to NY & then back down to VA in the morning :P

Thanksgiving was suchhhh a blessing this year!! we had a wonderful time & i'm blessed with such an amazing family! i mean, don't get me wrong..we def have quirks & things that can make you wonder why God lets them happen...but in the end, it just gives us the need to love on them even more.

i'm heading back down to Lburg in the morning, so i'll get there tomorrow afternoonish..& then after that, there's only 2&1/2 wks left in the semester.....sooo, i'll be back up here in NY for a month when that's over..it'll be nice to be able to see friends for more than a few hrs once every few months of so, ha.

..but anyways....i'm gonna head to bed, & then next time i write, i'll prolly be back in VA ha ;)

pa..

in pa for Thanksgiving!
love family get-togethers! :D

we're having most everyone over for Thanksgiving in a few hrs at A. Janie's & i can't wait for everyone to get here! i love being with the fam, since i never really see everyone on this side that often. i wish that a few more people were coming, but it's all in God's hands & we just give it all to Him.

I'm so thankful for having such an amazing family. both sides.
we'll have a great time & chaotic at the same time....but that's what makes things so great! :P

mom, a. janie & i are going to go black friday shopping again..since it's tradition! i can't wait..we have so much fun! :)


...the only downside to the whole thing is that i have to fly back down to lburg early.......on sat...so then i don't really have a wknd here in PA like i normally do :(
but i guess it all works, because i only have 2 & 1/2 wks of class after i go back, and then i'm home for winter break for a monthhhh!!! :D

have a BLESSEDDD THANKSGIVINGGG!!

ny..

in ny now for break :)

today was quite funnnn!!

i got to see most all of my amazingly awesome Elim friends today....twiceee!! :D

i love & miss them soo much..they truly are wonderful friends!

& then i was able to drive out to houghton with a couple friends today to see a few more friends out there..& we had a great time! it was sooo nice to just see everyone and to catch up and hang out with everyone! :)

..but yeah, i'll have to write more later..because now, i think i'm gonna head to bed........nightt! ;)

longg nights ahead...

the next few nights should be....pretty longgggg..

just considering all that i have to get done...the within the next 4 days [thru thursday], i have a final, a semi-final, a research paper, and regular work on top of that........oh it should be so fun :/ haha...not so much.

but thennn!!!! i head up to NY on friday morning around 11ish, so it'll be sooo nice to be on break for a lil over a wk!! ...but until then, i should prolly get back to all my work and research..

5 days!!!! :D

7 days....!

one week til i head to up to NY for Thanksgiving breakkk!!!!

i'm actualy pretty stinkin excited because i'll be there for a few days...& then i'll be in PA for pretty much the rest of break! i can't wait...i should be seeing some friends in PA that i haven't seen since augusttttt :D :D

i'll also be staying at my aunt's house while we're there..& then we're hosting the whooooleeee family over for Thanksgiving.....sooo much fun!!! :D

..& then we're going black friday shopping of courseee!! haha..can't wait! ;)

I CAN'T WAITTTT!!!!!!!!

houston, we've taken on water...

not only has it been pouring outside here alllll day (& supposively all night long & all day tomorrow)...but we've sprung a leak somehow & it's now 'raining' inside of my room, ha....& they can't do anything about it until it stops raining...i'm just glad it's not over my bed, since i'm on the top bunk :P

...oh yesss, & we've also been put under state alert for flooding, so this should be interesting...... ;)

i'm thankful.....to be sick?

yepp...so now i'm out for a few more days..

more drugs..new drugs......hmmm :/

..............i now have bronchitis/pneumonia.....greatttttttt!

*sigh*

at least i'll be better before break & Thanksgiving..!

[this is the only plus..but if i didn't get sick in the first place, i would already be better.....]

..i guess getting better is just something to be thankful for for Thanksgiving!

Oooo...i sorta like that idea :)

Things to be Thankful for: Thanksgiving 2009

..Dad's recovery!

..graduating!

..Liberty University!

..great quad mates!

..a loving God who ALWAYS loves me!

..God's grace!

..Whitehall! ....& all my wonderful friends there!

..awesome friends who take me to get meds at wal-mart mutiple times overrrr!! ;)

..the freedom we have to worship God

..God's faithfulness!

..life & death

..family!!!! :D

**i'll be back to write more..but for now, i have to go get more of my prescrip. drugs.....

when pigs fly.....ughh..

mmk.......so it's official..

i've been diagnosed with the H1N1 flu..

& let me just say that I haven't felt this crappy in a longgg whileee.....or at least since like Thanksgiving last year..and the year before....& a few yrs before that, ha

it seems like every year around this time, i get sick in some way or another...& of course, this time, it had to be thru mexican pigs :P

every other year it's some type of pneumonia that lands me in the hospital for an overnighter or so, but this time, it's the H1N1........oh well, i guess i should be thankful that it's not duringgggg Thanksgiving this year! & i'm really hoping that the meds they gave me will help a lot and that it won't last long...so i guess for right now, we'll just have to wait & see how long it lasts..

feeling high... ;)

today was much needed....getting out. meeting new people. going to & working with a new church plant. ministering.

i loveeee being in a high from doing the work of God! :D

The Point Church of Charlottesville

www.thepointcville.com

fall...in a cup

a caramel latte with a shot of harvest spice on a cool, fall Virginia day....Mmm :)

a journey thru.....everywhere

so...since it's been oh, so longgg, i decided that i should write again..but i'm not quite sure if i really have much to write about.......so let's see where i end up at..

well, since my last entry was about fall break up in ny, let's start there..

i had a reallyyy awesome time catching up and seeing people during break! it was much needed & i'm so glad that i was able to make it back up to rochester! i hadn't seen anyone in 2 months, so it was really nice to spend some time with my parents & a few of my close friends! :]

i got to spend some time with my 'brothers & our family', which was a lot of fun! i love my brothers & my lil sis...& steffen, ethan & i had a great time bowling too! whoo-hoooo! haha...then saturday night, i was privileged to have dinner over at the lampson's house with them & the leathersich's. that was a great time! ...which of course, always is, when i'm with the guys.....but we really did have a good time eating and talking with their parents too! so many laughs, ha :P

...& thennn on sunday morning, i got to go to ELIMMM!! it was soo nice to be back there! ..& then being able to see everyone from there too!

................& here's where the plot thickenssss....duh duhh duhhhhhh.........hehe, jk..well, sorta ;)

well, it alllll started when i got to the airport sunday evening for my flight out of roch..which, by the way, went perfectly fine...thennnn i flew into laguardia for my first layover, whichhh apparently had just gotten delayed over an hour..meaninggg that i would be missing my connecting flight in charlotte.........soooooooo, after getting 'another flight' that was supposed to go out the next morning, they had to put me up in a hotel in nyc, by myself at like 10 something at night..yeahh, greattt funn, ha :/

...well..i got the airport, checked in, went to my room and then got ready for the next morning [since 'i had' an 'early flight'] and then went to bed. akayy...so then i woke up at 4:45 am.......AM...so that i would make this 'so-called' flight to roanoke, and then from there, take ground transportation right to Lburg............sooo, i get to the airport at about 6:30 for a flight at approx 7:25ishh (stilll AM), and then go to my airline to check in for my 'early flight'....well, that was sooo false! apparently, when they gave me my schedule and re-routed me, they didn't notice the difference in AM & PM for the times, so, my flight wasn't going to leave until 7:25ish PMMMMM....well at that point in time, i was tired, a tadddd frustrated, & just feeling like nothing was going rightt..(& i still had a fullll day of classes ahead of me.........or so i hoped i wouldn't have to miss them)..but they managed to get me another flight that was headed to charlottesville instead..& then i'd have to have new ground transportation from there to Lburg.......

..........i got on my flight about an hr & 1/2 or so later, and then finallyyyy land in charlottesville on virginia soil...after what seemed like foreverrr, ha....& then i had to call my 'cab' ground transportation, which i did........i waited for about another 1/2 hr or so, & then the cab came....well, at that point, i thought all chaos in this journey had come to an end...........butttt, again, i was wrong, ha

...we were going along justtt fine & the driver was really nice..little did i know, he forgot his gps, anddddd.........you guessed it....we were lost. we ended up driving for about an extra hr or so, than what we would of had to..but, in the end, i finallyyyy arrived back at liberty....in one piece, i might add, haha

so, that's just a little of what my trip back down to Lburg was like :P

oh..& here's a pic of me at the hotel...

..After all of that excitement, ha....my grandparents made it down here to LU on their way to florida last weekend, & it was good to see them. we went out to eat in Lburg, & i was able to show them around my campus, which they really enjoyed...& it was just a fun few hours spent with them here at my school.....so i'm glad they came! :)

anywayssss......i think that's all i have to say for now, but if i think of something later, i'll be back..so until then, Díos te bendiga ;)

NYYYYYY!

tomorrow at this time.....I'll be in NY con mis padres!

it'll be so nice to just be back up there and to see everyone, because it's been like 2 months...i can't waitttt! [even if it's only for a few days]

whoo-hooooo!

:D

lyrics of life..

break me, take me, make me new;; broken, surrendered, before You....the light of Your presence reveals my heart, it's there in that moment i'm set apart...Holy Father uncover me, You, the truth that sets me free, break my pride 'till all i see, is all of You uncovering me <3

i love, lovee, loveeee this song!

...enough said ;)

sooon! :D

NY in 21 dayssssss! can't wait to see peopleeeee!!!!! :D

at times..

i really miss................

relaxation & renewal..

so right now, i'm sitting outside right above the stairs at Demoss....

i'm inbetween classes right now, because EVAN got cancelled today, so i'm just waiting for GNED at 4:05..so i have a little while to just have some down time, but not enough to the point where i'd go back to the dorm and then come back...i haven't really gotten a chance to just sit outside and relax, and now that i'm doing it, let me just say that virginia is absolutely gorgeouss! our campus is sorta in a valley, so we have mountains & hills that surround us, and they're covered with trees that are just all different color greens & i loveee it! hehe. the weather right now is just beautiful....let's just say i'm in jean capris & a t-shirt and perfectlyyyyy content...the heat isn't overwhelming right now, which is amazinggg & there's just a light breeze that's really calming right now...it's just really peaceful & i'm sooo enjoying it! ;)

..i'm gonna meet up with some friends after GNED is over, which will be around 5, so we'll meet over a the rot around then & thennnn, i really don't have hw right now since i just had the wknd to do everything, so maybe i'll just get to relax & hang out tonighttt :D yayy!

let's talk about this wknd for just a little bitttt......

friday...i actually don't rly remember what i did on friday, haha, but i enjoyed my wknd, so it must have been something funnn, lol :P Oooo..i diddd to for a walk allll around campus and then watched a moviee, ha.

saturdayyy...i did alllllll my laundry, which was actually pretty relaxing too, cuz i hung around and cleaned my area of the room & the bathroom [whoever thought cleaning would be relaxing...nott meeee, lol], and then i watched the game vs WV around noon...thenn some of the girls & me went out to Ollie's and to Walmart to just get out and to pick up some things..we got a lottt done that day, whoo-hoo!

sundayy...woke up, went to campus church with a few people, and then we went to Sam's to taste test allll of the samples for our lunch, ahahaa! soo delishhh! then we came back & i worked on alll my hw, so that i wouldn't have to work on it this morn after convo & before class, and i evennnn got a little extra done ahead of time, so i was pretty proud of myself, haha :P

so yessss..that's my wknd in a nutshell. i really enjoyed it, and it was nice to just get some stuff done for myself! but that's it for right noww......Ohhh & here's a pic that i just took right now while i'm sitting here at Demoss, lol ;)

home in VA..

here's a few pics from Libertyyy :]

reality...

the truth........

tonight i can say that i truly miss certain people from back in ny..i have a select handful of people that i wish i could see before fall break in oct.....yess, i've talked to them on the phone and everything, but it isn't the same at allllll! 

..now don't get me wrong at all, i absolutely looooveeeeeeee it down here in l-burg and at liberty! i know it's where God has placed me as a part of whatever plans he has for my life...& i can't to find out what they are! there's just a fewwwww selecttttt people that i would have brought with me, which would have made it just perfecttttt [in my mind..], but for now, this is God's perfect, so i want what is perfect in His mind.

"..contentment comes only when God's will comes before our wants...."

this statement...yeahh, easier said than done....but in the end, it's completely and 100% trueeee! it's not about us, it's about Him..! and i'm reminded daily of that. 

but for now, to all my bests in ny.....i miss you tonssssss, but i'll see you soon & i love youuuu!

coming home...

so, for people who are actually wondering when i'm coming back up to ny, i thought i'd let you all know.....i'll be home for my fall break in oct..it's from the 8th-11th, so i'll see some of you then!!!! :D

libertyyyyy!

lovinggg it down here in virginiaaaa! & i'm really loving liberty university! classes started on monday, so i've had all of my classes....& i'm pretty happy with my schedule actually :P i'm taking afternoon classes, which i reallyyy like, yayy! ..and they don't seem bad, but we shall see how i feel about them in a few weeks, ha....&&&& i loveee the girls in my quad, so that's such a blessing!

i'll talk about it more, and post pics later...but i wanted to let you know that i'm here & i'm still alive, lol :]

friends foreverrrrr..

well.....i'm off to VA in just a few shorttttt, but very longgg hours! I was able to hang out with some of the best guys that i know...& i had such a amazingly awesomee time with them! ..as alwayssss of course!!! :P those guys would be tim, brandon & bryan..........these three guys right here, are incredible Men Of God, and i love them all!! these guys are the most encouraging, uplifting, fun-loving, Godly men & i'm sooooo blessed to have them as some of my closest friends!! 

after we finished watching a movie [remember the titans] ;) i was sitting there just talking with tim and brandon, and all of a sudden, tim started speaking this incredible word over my life....& let me tell you..i just losttt it completely and started crying when him & brandon kept speaking..& then we all sorta just realized that this was the last time we'll get to hang out together until novemberrr during thanksgiving break....hopefully maybe even just a lil sooner if they come down, or i happen to make a quick trip up here...we sat there for a couple hrs & just prayed and cried [well, mostly just me, ha] and just had an awesomeee time! i'm soooo thankful for being blessed with such amazing & awesome friends!!!! just all of their encouragement, support & love means the world to me & there's nooo way that i wanna let my close friendship with these guys go.....!! i'd be the most insane & senseless person everrr! 

I thank God for such amazing friends like these guys!! :D

goodbyes are neverr easy..

ackkkk! tomorrow's my lasttttt day in ny.....& i've never felt so mixed about something! it really hit me friday night when i was out at the lake with my parents & my gparents...saying goodbye to my gparents was one of the hardest things i think i've ever had to do so far....& i can't even imagine what it's gonna be like saying bye to my parents! after i said goodbye to mis abuelos, i was crying for the longest time..............ughhhh! for the longest time, i've been waiting for this moment and counting down the days, but now that it's here..i wish i had more time before heading off...

i know it's all part of life and growing up, and that it has to happen sooner or later...but i think just knowing that when i leave for college, things will just never be the same ever again, makes it soo much harder........there' s just too many emotions right now & i don't know how much more of them i can take on at this moment...i'm just praying for a supernatural peace to come upon me and my family, because of all the high running emotion that's going around...it's all a part of His plan & purpose, so He'll help us get through it!

...& whitehall was amazingg as usuallll!!!! i'll elaborate on that more later on & post a few pics of me & my lovessss! :]

& i have a praiseeeee!!!!!!!  dad is COMPLETELYYYYYYY done with alllllll of his treatments! chemo, radiation, everythingggg! he finished this past wednesdayyy!! we serve a mightyyy God who can do anything & everythingggg!!!!! MI DIOS ES PUEDE SALVARRRR POR SIEMPRE Y SIEMPRE!! [my God is mighty to save forever and everrrrrr!!]..PTL! :D

ready, set.....

i'm ready.

ready to just move on. ready for a new start. ready to see all that God has for me.

...ready to be all that i'm meant to be!

there's 20 days until it's time to be down at liberty, and i cannot wait! God has just prepared my heart over this past year for such a time as this. i admit..it has been the most trialing year of my life, and i've cried soo many times, but i could not be more thankful for all that He's going to do with it. i've definitely had time to think so many things over, just replaying them allll in my head over and over, but the more i keep thinking and realizing the preparation they've given me, i couldn't think of doing them over. 

i've spent some time reading and realizing things....this is an excerpt of something that a friend gave to me..

**The Gift of Woundedness - written by Francis Frangipane..

..."Gift?" you ask. Yes, to be wounded in the service of mercy and, instead of closing our hearts, allow woundedness to crown love, is to realease God's power in redemption. The steadfast prayer of the wounded intercessor holds great sway upon the heart of God...We cannot become Christlike without being wounded. You see, even after we come to Christ, we carry encoded within us preset limits concerning how far we will go for love, and how much we are willing to suffer for redemption. When God allows us to be wounded, He exposes those human boundaries and reveals what we lack of His nature...

the things that God allows us to go through are all a part of Him molding us, and preparing us for what He's going to do in our lives. sometimes we just need to live out hard times in our lives so that we're able to have the complete understand and compassion for others in situations similar to what we've been through. to gain a further knowledge of Christ, we need to experience what He has gone through for us....& even though they might not all be pleasant and enjoyable..

i can't waittt!! :]

editing fun - OBX 09

OBX 09

the cousins

here's a few pics of my fam vaca down in the OBX!

it's sooo nice here & it's making me even more excited for LU in virginiaaa!! :D

 

summer livin'

hi again..well, right now i'm at Chautauqua Lake with the whoooole crew & i gotta love it here! i've been coming here for as longgg as i can remember & have so many mems here at this place! i'm really hoping this isn't going to be my last summer here since i've graduated and everything, but who knows if and when i'll be here next... :( I've pretty much spent everyyy summer here with Chris and everyone else, and it's just a tradition that i hope will continue. so i've been here since monday, and we'll be leaving tomorrow sometime to head down to PA for the night & then on to the OBX for friday...i'm looking forward to friday night because i'll be meeting one of the guys i've been talking to who's going to Liberty with me & the fall, and he's pretty sweeet :P so yeah, that's one of my highlights, haha...but then, we'll be in the OBX with the fam for a week, which i'm sooo looking forward to the sun because it still feels like april here when it's almost mid july :/ so i'm praying for good weather & a great time before i head off to LU!

well anyways, it's pretty late, so i should probably be heading to bed...

¡hasta luego!

...buenas noches :]

graduation.....

well.....graduation's tomorrow, & i think it's finally hitting me that it's completely overr. i'm sooo ready to be done with it all, but at the same time it's like all that i've ever known is just a memory now..bitter-sweet.....prolly more sweet tho, hehe ;) but still, life really does go on & it all happens in the blink of an eye. i've been so stinkin psyched for foreverrr to just move on with everything in my life, but now that it's here, it's like i'm starting all over again & i can't go back even if i tried. i wouldn't want to go back thru this past year, because it's been filled with so many trials and frustrations, but at the same time, i've never felt so close to God and willing to allow Him to completelyyy turn myself to Him in every situation. i've only been able to smile and be soo joyful about graduating, but now i know tomorrow will be filled with tears..some of sorrow, and others of joy. i can't wait to see all that God does in my life because i know that with Him it will be made perfect! & that just amazes me.  i'll be so enthusiastic about it all, but i can say this...that when we go give our parents hugs and flowers during our ceremony, i'll be crying just because of everything.......

..but this is enough for now..& i'm sure i'll be back fairly soon

LU address

here's my new address for fall '09..

******NEW MSC BOX # as of 7.23.09*******

USPS Mailing Address	FedEx/UPS Mailing Address
Renee Rose MSC Box 51307 Liberty University P.O. Box 20,000 Lynchburg, VA 24506-8001	Renee Rose MSC Box 51307 1971 University Blvd Lynchburg, VA 24502

you know that you're really going away & on your own when you write your own address in the family phone book...

:]

i think that there are some people who are placed in your life just to make you smile..& i'm soo thankful for them! :D

a late night thought..

I just thought of something last night..in exactly 2 months, i'll be down at Liberty University getting ready to start my freshman year of college.....CRAZYYY!! haha, but so excitingg! i've been talking to a few people wo will be going down to LU this fall for their freshman year too & i'm getting soo psyched! I think one of the things that i'm looking forward to most is seeing what God does with this chapter of my life, and the people that He's going to place in my life...[maybe even my future hubby, hehe ;) ]..yeah, i have nerves about it all, and leaving everything that i've ever known, but it doesn't have to be the end of something, but the start of a whole new beginning. the life that God is continuing to write for me, and that to me, is most definitely worth living for. 

well...guess what else?! I'M DONEEEE! i am completely done with allll things high school/lima christian school related, except for graduationnn! :D whoo-hooooo!! i'm so excited for grad wknd, because i have the ceremony and then my party the next day, as well as a tonnn of other parties from now thru that wknd! hehe, yayyy! :]

this summer is going to be soo much funnn & i'm looking forward to my last summer before i go off to school...in the beginning of july, i'm going down to chautauqua lake to spend some time with aunt kay, uncle dick, and the cordes family [chris's fam..can't waittt!!!] so that'll be for a few days...& then from there, i'll be heading down to the OBX for a family vaca with mi padre's side of the family to spend a wk down at the beach.....after we get back from the OBX, i'll have like a wk & 1/2 to 2 wks home before i leave again, ha..& thennnnn i'm going to Whitehall for fam camp & i'm soo excitedddddd!!! ;D i love campmeeting & i can't wait to see all of mis amigos! it's been wayyyy too longg & i miss 'em all too muchh!! so, i'll be at whitehall & visiting other fam in the PA area from the beginning of august to like around the 12th or 13th or something like that & then i come back home one last time for a few days, and then i finallyyyyy get to leave for LIBERTY UNIVERSITYYYY on the morning of the 17th! i'll go to my last elim service and youth group before i go off to school, cuz i'm gunna miss it soo much! i loveee my church!

my Whitehall girls :]

but yeahh...anyways, that's sorta my summer in a brief moment, and i'll be back soon enough to talk some more about it, and plans so keep checkin in :]

back to describe the pics :]

Well i said earlier that i'd come back and describe the 3 events in detail..so here i am ;)

the first one that took place was our Jr/Sr banquet. it was fun just to hang out with everyone, and to get dressed up 'one last time' and everything, but it wasn't like a huuugeeeee deal. haha..the dress that i wore was just a fun one that i love wearing because i think it's cute, hehe :P but the seniors ended up having an after party after Jr/Sr since it didn't last long at all..we pretty much all went back to someone's house after to eat some more, figures, ha..& to watch some movies and play cards...then a few of us decided to leave and go see a movie, so we ended up going to see Star Trek at like 12:30 in the morning, haha, but it was totally fun, crazy & random.....but that's sorta how everything is with us, ha :]

before i tell about the next wknd event that happened, we went to LIBERTYYY UNIVERSITYYYY! hehe, yayyyy!! :D i'm soooo stinkin excited, like you have no idea! haha..so i'll def have to keep things updated on that ;D

the 2nd weekend of events was Em's wedding! she looked absolutelyy gorgeousssss!!! a few of the other cadre girls went and we had a fun time..at the reception, we sat with some other people from our church and we all had a good time. then later on in the evening...we danceddd!!! whoo-hooooooo! we of course had to do the electric slide as well as some other memorable dances, hehe..i got to dance with the breathtaking bride and some people i hadn't seen in a while & it was a blast!! ;)

nexttttt...i went to Bryan's prom with him, and we had a really good time. we went out to dinner before we went to prom, and it was pretty tasty i must say, hehe. we ended up getting to the place a lil early, so we decided to drive around a lil & we pretty much almost ended up in the ghetto, ahaa...but it was fun & eventful. there are some crazyyy people out there, lol. so then after the drive, we eventually made our way back to Artisan Works for prom and had some fun. we walked around for a lil just to see all of the art work and then took some pics, danced for a while with 2 of his friends & it was just a really fun nightt. :] we left prolly around 11:30ish & started to head back to his house for the after party with Brandon, Tim, and some other guys which led to a longgg, but crazy fun night, haha. BUTTTTTT, on our way back, there was this crazy guy who was driving down the exit ramp heading in our direction and he just like kept on drivingg til we couldn't see him anymore....it was like insane, and he had to have been like completelyyy wasted & out of it, hmm :/ but it was definitely something that we won't forget, ha.
we totally didn't get anyyy sleep that whole night..[or morning, hehe] since we stayed up all night playing games & eating, ha. then the next morning Brandon and i attempted to go to church on no sleep & that was....interesting, ha..well when we first got there for worship, we were like completely pumped and awake..[or so we thought, lol] but as soon as we sat down & they started showing a video clip thing, we totally just crashed for the rest of service....AHAA! & then we woke up at the end of the service & were like uhmm, hmm...& then we just like went back to their house, hahaa! :P

but yesss...that's sorta a quick summary of those 3 wknds, lol............FUNNN! :D

& so now i have 5 days of school left & 19 til graduationnnnn!!!! i'm sooo excited to finally get out of here & have summerr....& then.............go to LIBERTYYY!! whoo-hoooooo!! YAYY! ;D
but i'll be sure & put up grad pics & that sort of thing later..for now, adios amigos! :]

may in a nutshell..thru pics anyway

These are just a few of the manyyy pics that were taken overall...i have more posted on both my facebook & myspace profiles, so check 'em out! :] I had an awesome time at all three events, which took over all of my may weekends, but was totally worth it! hehe ;) can't believe my last day of high school is in less than 2 wks now! crazy...but i'm totally ready for it all! i'll be back to write in more detail about each of these three events!!!!! :D

Bryan's Prom [HFL]

Em's Wedding [5.16.09]

Jr/Sr 2009