What my 2009 was like

One of the blogs I follow Fort Cox showed what her 2009 was like through pictures. I thought it was a cool idea so I did it also.

Janurary 28, 2009
First snow of the New Year

February 7, 2009

Lindsey comes to visit by herself for the first time

March 17, 2009
Trent teaches Lannie lacrosse

April 25, 2009
Maggie's second litter of puppies

May 5, 2009
Greenwood Lacrosse Team won their final game of the season

June 16, 2009
First year at Ichthus Festival
AMAZING

July 17, 2009
Family Vacation in Gulf Shores, AL

August 27, 2009

I saw the most beautiful sunset coming home from church

September 17, 2009
Montgomery Gentry Concert at WKU

October 25, 2009
I got my favorite thing..... a bonfire

November 7, 2009
Homecoming at WKU and the annual Hoedown with the BCM

December 21, 2009
I started dating the most amazing guy

On the Monday before Thanksgiving I was driving to class and heard on The Beaver that if you were the 7th caller when they played Chris Young's "Gettin' You Home" then you would win tickets to see him a couple of weeks later. I have never been the kind of person who has won something off the radio. I would call and call but wouldn't be the correct caller. So this particular day I was feeling lucky so I called in when I heard the song. I tried 3 times and all 3 times it was busy so I tried for a 4th time thinking maybe just maybe I will win. It started ringing and my heart started beating really fast and then Scooter Davis picked up the phone. Here is our converstation:

SD: "Good Morning the beaver"
Me: "Good Morning"
SD: "Nah nah nah you are the 7th caller!"
Me: "OH MY GOODNESS!!! *screams*"
SD: "I guess you are excited?"
Me: "Oh you have no idea how excited I am about this. I saw him this summer and loved him! Are you serious that I won?"
SD: "Yeah darlin' we are. What's your name?"

I told them my name and give them my information so that I could pick up the tickets. Right after I won I called Sharayha and told her that I had won tickets and that she was going with me and of course she was just as pumped about it as I was.

Friday night came and I was so excited! Not only did I win tickets but Brandon from work also won some so we had a group of us going together. It was going to be a much needed night of fun before a crazy week of finals, work and traveling. We stood outside in the cold for over an hour waiting to get inside.

Once we got inside it was time for the party to start. We were able to get on the floor right infront of the stage.

Here are some pictures from the concert. They speak for themselves

Easy Street

Josh Thompson




Chris Young and his bass player Shane

This was my favorite part of the night......

I got to get my picture made with Chris, got his autograph, and talk football with him. Yes I know that he is just a person like everyone else but there is just something about him that I got so excited about. See he is a huge Texas fan and me being the big Alabama fan I am I thought I could have some fun with this. We made a little small talk and then here is how the rest of our conversation went:

Me: So I have a question for ya Chris.
CY: Alright darlin' what is it?
Me: Alabama or Texas? Whose gonna win it?
CY: *gets down and looks me straight in the eyes* Hook 'em horns! What do you think?
Me: Roll Tide all the way!
CY: Oh no you didn't!
*His band mate whispers in my ear- You don't know what you have just done. Just start crying and he will feel bad and stop tearing you apart*
Me: Oh he won't tear me apart. I can hold my own with him

CY: So what happened to Ingram? He has is worst game ever against Auburn and he is still up for the Heisman?
Me: He did have a bad game but did you see that he got hurt and didn't play over half the game? He ain't the only player on the team. We got Cody, McElroy, Jones, etc. But tell me something, what happened to your boy McCoy in the Nebraska game? He was on the ground because he got sacked more than he was actually playing and he is still up for the Heisman?
CY: Dang darlin' you can hold your own and you do know football *big smile*
Me: I told you I did. I'm not just some girl who thinks she knows football, I do know it *big smile*

He then went on to sign Brandon and Sharayha's things and take pictures with both of them. Then he looked at me and said something smart and I just looked at him with this puppy dog look. It made him feel bad and he gave me the biggest hug in the world!

As we were leaving he yells "HOOK 'EM HORNS!" Of course I couldn't be out done so I yelled "ROLL TIDE ROLL BABY!" This went on for a few more times and then he yells "Hope to see you at another show soon darlin'"

I was so excited about this that I couldn't calm down for like an hour. It was the best night I had had in a long time. I will never ever forget this night.

This is a song that Chris wrote with Craig Morgan's drummer. It is the sweetest thing in the world and I'm in love with it. (sorry for the screaming fans...not much i could do about them)

20 Random Things about Me

I was thinking the other day that I am a very random person but I love it. Its what makes me different from everyone else and that makes me feel special. So I thought I would share some of these random facts :)

1. I have an extra bone on the side of both of my feet. And its not like a little bone its like sticking out so it makes shoe buying hard

2. I love the summer time but my favorite is winter

3. I have no filter between my mouth and brain

4. I have no clue what my natural hair color is because I have colored it so much

5. By the age of 16 I was already getting grey hair

6. I could eat a whole jar of whole dill pickles by myself

7. I'm lactose intolerant but work at an ice cream shop

8. I would much rather text or email than talk on the phone for long periods of time

9. At work I have rubber band fights

10. My senior year in high school I got my nose broken because a shoe was kicked in my face

11. I dip my cheese burgers in ranch dressing

12. I keep my desk at work somewhat organized but my room looks like a tornado came through

13. I love driving for hours listening to music

14. I have gotten my heart broken twice

15. I miss my grandfather everyday

16. My little cousin is a spitting image of me when I was her age

17. My dog Gracie has one bright blue eye and one brown

18. I'm addicted to facebook and texting

19. I love scarfs! I was just recently told by my mom that I get this from my great grandmother

20. In my opinion I have the best family in the world!

My life

I recently wrote a blog about different questions I had about my life and what all is going on in it right now. After a lot of thought, praying, talking with my parent's, and research I have decided that I'm going to go part time in classes for the spring semester. I will only be taking 3 classes which equals 9 credit hours. They will be on Tuesday and Thursday mornings so I will have the rest of the week to work and study.

Once I figured out this is what I was going to do I felt a lot better about things, well most things at least. I still have to find a second job since I will be quitting Chaney's. I have applied to a couple of places but nothing yet. I do realize that right now is a TERRIBLE time to find a job but I'm hoping for the best.

As far as me and this boy goes.... I have no clue still. I was texting him Sunday night (when I should have been studying) and both of our lives are really busy right now so we can't get together much. I told him though that we need to get together soon and figure out what "we are" because I don't want to keep on doing this casual thing. I'm starting to get attached some and if nothing is going to come of this then I don't want to get to attached and get hurt in the end.

Why I love this week

I can't remember the last time that I wrote a Why I love this week. How sad is that?

* I get to babysit the daughter of my Music Minister while him and his wife go to her Christmas party. Eden is just a little over 1 and so much fun. I can't wait to see my favorite little panda.

* If all goes as planned I get to meet with my Dgroup for 2 weeks in a row! (We have had a lot of sickness this semester)

* Friday night I'm going to see country artist Chris Young and Josh Thompson in concert. I won tickets from The Beaver!!

* Possibility that I might be going on a double date to Nashville to see the Christmas lights in the Opryland Hotel.

* The annual Moo Christmas Party is next Sunday....should be another interesting time. Can't figure out what I want to get for the Gift Exchange/Dirty Santa/White Elephant....any ideas?

*Also its the last week before final.... don't know how I feel about that but I have made up my mind about next semester but I'll blog that later

Why is life so crazy?

Being away from everything while I was in Gatlinburg really gave me sometime to think about things that are going on in my life.....

Here is what all is going on in my mind......

* I'm going to be quitting my job at Chaney's after we close for 2 months. I feel that I have been there long enough and its time for me to move on.

* Where am I going to get a job at? Do I want to work full time?

* Should I take the spring semester off or take night classes?

* What's going on with me and this guy? Should I wait to see what's going to happen between the time he leaves for basic training, the time he gets back, and the possibility of him moving?

* Is a major in Education really for me?

* Do I need a new car or should I get my own apartment?



I just really don't know what to do right now with all of this. There are a lot of things on this list that are more important than others. All I know to do is pray and think hard about all of this.....

Special Time with the Family

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays that we celebrate in my family. My mom's side of the family always gets together and has a big feast! This year we rented a cabin in Gatlinburg for 5 days. It has been perfect! The cabin is amazing, the weather is perfect, and getting to spend time with my family has been great!

The cabin that we have rented sleeps 14 people so it is perfect for our large family. We have laughed, played games, ate, laughed some more, and just had a great time being with each other. I think this year has been one of the best Thanksgivings in a while.

Yesterday was the Iron Bowl, Alabama vs Auburn football game. Everyone in my family is Alabama fans which is just great! We moved the couches around to have it like theater sitting. The game was really intense but a great game! Alabama won 26-21 in the last few minutes. When Bama scored the touchdown and then blocked the pass when Auburn was trying to score we went crazy!!! I'm sure that all of our neighbors around us could hear us scream but we didn't care.

Its been a great and relaxing Thanksgiving that I wouldn't trade for anything.....Now I'm not wanting to go back to classes on Monday.....

Respectful or Disrespectful?

Normally I don't really pay attention to what is going on around me while I'm walking to class. I'm either walking with friends and talking, listening to music, or going over note cards on my way to a test.

Yesterday I was on my way to Women's Choir with Laurabeth and when we walked out the door we heard bagpipes being played. At first her and I didn't think much of it because it is International Education Week or something like that so we thought someone was just outside of the library playing the bagpipes. As we walked out the door we saw about 30ish guys walking behind the bagpipe player all dressed in suits. Some of them were carrying a casket with their fraternity flag draped over it, one was in front of the bagpipe player carrying a picture, and the rest were behind the casket walking. Laurabeth and I looked at each other and stop to show respecting thinking someone in their fraternity had passed away recently. I started thinking and I hadn't heard anything about a fraternity guy passing away, so we were really confused.

As we were standing there a professor walked out and said "Are they doing that again?" I looked at the professor and asked "Are they doing what again?" The professor proceeded to tell us that every year the SAE fraternity walks around campus with a guy playing bagpipes and they pledges carrying the casket to show "respect" of the death of their founder. I was floored by this!! I couldn't believe that they were doing this.

After dating someone who was in a fraternity at a different school I understand that their founder is a big deal to them but why does it have to be a big deal to everyone on campus? Did their founder go to WKU? Was he that important? What good did he go on to do in the world?

I feel that because President Ransdell is a memeber of the SAE fraternity then they can get away with this! It isn't right or even respectful in my eyes. I understand wanting to remember someone on the anniversary of their death but you don't have to make a show of it. Some of the guys who were just walking behind the casket were laughing at the students who thought that it was someone who really had passed away. Recently there have been many deaths of students who were enrolled at WKU and the SAE fraternity going and doing this was a poor decision on their part. I didn't know any of the students who have recently passed away but a week from yesterday will be the 4 year anniversary of my grandfather passing away. So seeing that brought up all of those emotions of missing him and the week that I was in Alabama before he passed away.

I just don't understand why they did this or why WKU allows them to do this. Someone told me that they do it every year. What do you think?

Every person is a new door to a different world

Recently I have been thinking a lot about the different people I have come in contact with in my 3 years at WKU. Some of those people I have gotten really close with while others I have just become semi-friends with. And then there are those that I have grown up with that just like everyone have changed over the years.....

I feel very blessed to be friends with several amazing young Godly women. It seems like just when you are down and out about something God places some amazing people in your life. This semester it seems that I have gained so many girlfriends who have blessed me in ways that they will never know. I have gained the friendship of several girls in the education department who have helped me through tough times and who I will always be friends with.

One friendship that is dear to my heart and that's being friends with Jennifer. We became friends in the spring but didn't really talk all that much. We would see each other in Sunday School and speak but nothing major. One day though we just started talking and talking and talked for the longest time. Jennifer stayed here in BG this summer to work and this was just amazing! We had the time to hang out and not worry about school work or anything since it was summer. Jennifer was accepted into the Semester at Sea program for the fall semester and is on a ship sailing around the world, visiting different countries, learning about their cultures, and having the time of her life. I'm so thankful to the internet because we are able to stay in touch through emails while she is gone. Its an amazing thing! Even though we haven't seen each other since August we have still remained close friends. I can't wait for her to return so we can hangout, talk about things, go to church together, have fun girl nights, and just be college students.

In my post of wordless wednesday I posted pictures of most of the lovely ladies that have come into my life this year. As I said I feel so blessed to have them in my life during this time. Just like always God knew just what I needed in my life to get me through these hard times. I love all of these girls to death and know that we truly will be friends forever.

Its just the start of the crazyness!!!

So I have been a bad blogger but lately my life has been so crazy!!! I have been sick, had homecoming at WKU which was so much fun, my grandmother had suregery, and I have been working nonstop and doing homework all the time!!

I recently blogged on being sick but for those who didn't read it, I had a sinus infection that brought me down for a couple days but then got better thanks to some medicine! Homecoming on the hill was so much fun!! This year's theme was "Roll out the Red" I had planned on going out and helping decorate the BCM float but due to sickness I wasn't able to but the float looked great! This year BCM, CFS, and CCC joined together and it was great! Friday night before homecoming we had Big Red's Roar which was a blast. It was basically this huge pep rally but a ton of fun!

Saturday, homecoming day was so much fun! That morning I went shopping with some lovely ladies for clothes for the hoedown. We went to Goodwill and had a blast! I actually found some cute stuff not for the hoedown....super pumped about that! After that lovely adventure we went tailgating with the BCM and that was a blast. We ate, talked, danced, talked more, danced more and just had a wonderful time fellowshipping! Then to the game where everyone knew that we would lose. In the beginning it looked like we might actually win but then it came to the last quarter and we screwed up like normal and lost 40-20.

Saturday night was the night that I had been lookig forward to for a while. It was the annual BCM hoedown! I love line dancing so this was right up my ally. We weren't able to have it out at Chaney's lik previous years but it was still fun up in Garrett. The group had decorated the ballroom really nice and it felt like a hoedown. (Not really sure how a hoedown is suppost to feel but it felt like one) That weekend was so much fun and I haven't had that much fun in a long time!!

This past week wasn't as crazy as the week before but it still was busy. Worked A LOT, had class/homework, and Nana had surgery on Thursday. She is fine now but still really sore from the surgery. I'm not for sure what she had done but it wasn't anything really serious.

This upcoming week is going to be another crazy one. My aunt bev is having her gallbladder taken out on Wednesday so mom is getting the kids on Tuesday for them to stay until Friday. I really excited about them coming up for a while!

The one thing that I'm really really excited for is Thanksgiving! Its one of my favorite times of the year. I love it because everyone in the family gets together and we have a ton of food! Its a sad time because its the anniversary of Pop's death but its also a celebration because we all know that we will see him again in Heaven.

Wordless Wednesday

Sickness

So for the past 3 days I have been sick and it stinks!!! Do you remember when you were a little kid and you got excited about staying home from school? You got to do whatever you want, watch cartoons all day long, and really didn't have anything to worry about. Well those days of being a kid and being sick are long gone! Now a days you have professors who could care less if you are sick and want you to come to class and not miss even though they have been told to cut the students a little slack since we are in the time of H1N1. But do I have professors like that? Nope! They want me to come to class sick and get not only them but the rest of the class sick. How crazy!

Sorry had to have a little rant and rave blog :)

Bonfires

Yesterday I posted pictures of a bonfire that I went to this weekend. I don't know why but bonfires are my favorite thing about fall. I don't know if it is the warmth that comes from them, the smell that most people can't stand but I love, the memories, or what it is.

Don't get me wrong I love the colors of fall and the cool crisp air but there is just something about bonfires that I just love. I have a lot of memories from going to different bonfires but I think my favorite is when I went to Michael and Wendi's last year during the spring. Yes I know that I have been talking about bonfires in the fall but you can have them in the spring also.

In the spring Michael and Wendi had the college group from church out to their house (which is in the middle of nowhere) for a bonfire and just to hang out. We played campture the flag, rosted hot dogs, made s'mores and sang songs around the bonfire. Everyone but myself, jennifer, andrew, tyler, chelsea, and of course michael and wendi had left for the night when the fire had started to die down. Jennifer and I were laying by the fire looking up to the sky at the stars. It was the most beautiful night have seen in a while. We were talking about the beauty of the sky and how God had created the most perfect picture in the world! Every star was placed just where He wanted it to be and just how awesome God is. This night was the night that Jennifer and I started getting really close and becoming really good friends. We talked for hours and just laughed and cut up. It was on of the most perfect nights I had had in a while.

I don't really know where I was going with this post but I just had to share my love for bonfires.

Wordless Wednesday

Wonderful Monday

So this week has already started off great compared to last week....

Last night I got to go to a bonfire for the Moo Crew (workers at Chaney's) and bonfires are my favorite! I love everything about them; the smell, the warmth, the s'mores, and did I mention I love smelling like them? Yes I am weird but I love standing infront of the fire and letting the smoke get all over me and then smelling like it for a while.

But today I got up and just decided that no matter what happened to me today I was going to make it a good day. I wore my new GAP cartagain that I got for $3 at a thrift store (wuhu!), styled my new hair cut (I got 2 1/2 inches cut off thursday), cute pair of jean, flats and my favorite scarf from Old Navy and set out for the day. When I got to work I popped in my new Steve Means cd that Bethany made for me and got started working for a little while. Then it was off to class even though I didn't really want to go. Sit through Psychology and then going to study with Timothy afterwards for a little bit. We asked our Professor if we could stay in the classroom to study since class ended early and he told us to come over infront of him and he would help us. When we did that he handed us a Review sheet that we got to keep and handed us the test and told us to go over it with him and he would explain it. Now how many times does a professor hand you the test to let you study over?? Not many! Of course we didn't get to keep it but that's okay.

The rest of my day proceed to go fairly good and then I got to work this afternoon where my day got so much better! I was messing around on facebook and was looking at things people had posted while I was away. I came across that one of my best friend's Jennifer Hail who is currently on a Semester at Sea program had posted something. I kinda got a little down because I have been wanting to talk with her "live" for a while now. Ever since she left we have been emailing back and forth about every week. After getting over that and reminding myself that there would be other times to talk with her I continued what I had been doing. I decided to check one more time to see if Jennifer was online before signing off and calling it an early day. Well low and behold there she was! I was so excited that I let out a little squek in the office and the guys all just looked at me funny. I got to talk to Jennifer "live" for over an hour! I miss that girl so so so much and can't wait for her return on December 14.

After all of this I have concluded that even if you have had a bad day you need to brush it off your shoulders and just keep on going. Jennifer told me this today and it is so true "remember that God loves you more than the number of stars in the sky, and He shows you each and every day. just take the time to look for it."

Celebration in the mist of losing a friend

On January 30, 2009 I lost two of my friends, Emily Paige Long and Brittany Shea Wells. I went to school and grew up together in the youth group at our church with them.

Shea, Emily, Shea's boyfriend and another guy were traveling down Three Springs Rd. going to the movies in Emily's car. Shea was driving and was known for driving to fast. Just like any group of young adults they had the music up loud and having a good time but Shea was trying to scare all of them by jerking the car back and forth. She did this one to many times and lost control of the car and it spun and hit a tree splitting the car in half. Shea and her boyfriend died on the scene, Emily was rushed to the hospital where she later passed away, and they other young man survived. None of them had been drinking or under the influence of anything.

It has been hard on everyone who knew them because both girls were full of energy and could make you smile when you were down. I hadn't seen Shea in a long time and regret that I didn't have a lot of contact with her after high school. But recently I have been remembering different times that I was able to share with Emily. One of those times was the last time I was able to go to church camp. We went to Crossing at Cedarmore that year. After worship we went down to our meeting area to talk with Frank about what all had been said in the message that night and just to reflect on things that day. There was a big storm that came through and we were stuck there for a long time. Emily was the type of person who could eat all the time and never gain any weight. Everyone had been talking and cutting up and then we noticed that Emily wasn't around. We all turned around and looked and she had found some donuts and was trying to hide them from us all but Emily wasn't that good at hiding things.

Also that year for some strange reason we didn't have enough beds for all of us girls so we thought hey its camp and we are supposed to be bonding so lets all push out bunk beds together and make one big bed. So that year we did and some how Emily always got in the crack and would yell out in the middle of the night HELP I'M FALLING DOWN!!!!

Yesterday would have been Emily's 20th birthday and her parents wanted to do something for it. So they invited her friends and just people who knew Emily and loved her to come out and celebrate with them at her grave site. I was a little skeptical about it because I wasn't for sure what we would be doing but I'm so glad that I did go. Her family had gotten balloons that said Happy Birthday on them and we could write her a little note on the balloons if we wanted to. We all sang happy birthday to her and then let the balloons go. It was so pretty seeing them all in the sky together and the really neat thing was that when we did let them go its like they all gathered together before floating away. And the whole way up they all stayed together.

It was something that I had never experienced before but something really awesome. Its was a celebration of her life and how she touched us. I know that Emily is up in Heaven having a great time! I can't wait until I get up there and see her beautiful smile again and get to ask her if she ever found out the answer to her question; "If God took the rib out of Adam to make Eve then does Adam have a bellybutton and is that how we got them?"



This is Emily's tombstone with her writing and her drawings. I think this is the coolest thing I have ever seen! Love you EMILY!

Its the little things in life that mean so much

So this past week was kind of an unusual one for me. There were a lot of things that I had planned to do but didn't or couldn't. One of those was going to our church's annual barn service.

After seeing how cold it was going to be I decided not to go to the barn service and go with my parent's to pick up my little cousins for them to come and stay the week with us. When we met Aunt Bev to get the kids we ate at a mexican restaurant, our families favorite. Ever since Lindsey could eat table food she has and she loves salsa! Sometimes that girl will eat it straight from the bowl. This salsa must have been a little to spicy for her because she looks at mom, in the middle of mom ordering her food and says "Aunt Beda this salsa bit my tongue" Everyone got so tickled at her even our server did and she knew that she made us all laugh.

On the way home we decided to stop by Build A Bear Workshop to let Lannie (5) and Lindsey (4) build bears for their birthdays from us. They had never done this before so we knew that we were going to be in for a treat. (I'll blog more about the trip once I download the pictures to my computer)

When we got home last night I was checking my email, facebook, blog, etc. since I had been gone all day. Well Lannie runs back to my room where I was and was like "Hey Sarah Katlyn! Can I watch Life is a Highway because its my favoritest awesome!" How in the world could I tell him no? So of course I gave in and he jumped in my lap and we youtubed life is a highway videos. After we got finished eating supper Lannie said that we wanted to wrestle with my brother. So Trent was a good sport and took Lannie into the living room and wrestled for a good while. Well Lindsey didn't want to miss out on the fun so she joined in. She informed everyone that Trent was the joker, Lannie was Batman, she was Wonder Women, and I was Wonder Women's grandmother but then turned into Cat Women.

These kids have a wild imagination but its so much fun at the same time! I'm sure before the end of the week is over so much more will be said.

Sunday Preview

This week has been so much fun! A lot of my plans from last week changed but that's totally fine. I'll blog tomorrow more about what changed and what I did do this past week. But on to my Sunday Preview :)

* the main thing this week is that my little cousins are in town!! i'm so excited about that. they are 4 and 5 and full of energy. i just want to skip classes and play with them

* i have my first women's choir concert!! wednesday we are sining at BGHS and then friday night is our concert

* we have a moo crew bonfire that i'm pumped about! well the bonfire part at least

* i get to see my amazing girls from dgroup. i didn't get to see them this past week :-(

i'm sure that there will be other random things that happen but that is the main things. hope you all have a wonderful week!

You Won't Relent

Tuesday night at BCM the band played a new song called "You Won't Relent" by Misty Edwards click here to watch When they started playing the song I knew it before they even started singing it because over the summer I had heard it when Tyler came down for the weekend. At the time that I heard it this summer I didn't pay much attention to the words. I thought it was a pretty song but didn't think much about it.

When the band played it Tuesday night I fell in love with the song! There was just something about it the song that just drew me to it. The words in it are so true
You won't relent
Until You have it all
My heart is Yours

I'll set You as a seal upon my heart
As a seal upon my arm
For there is love that is as strong as death
Jealousy demanding as the grave
And many waters cannot quench this love

Come be the fire inside of me
Come be the flame upon my heart
Come be the fire inside of me
Until You and I are one

When God is pursuing you to do his work and wanting to work in your heart he doesn't give up. He keeps at you until you finally give in and let him do what he wants to. I know this from experience and once you give control to God it is amazing what he will do in your life! There are times in my life that I wonder where God is going with things but I know that he has a much bigger plan for my life than I can ever imagine and to me that's so amazing to know!

As I think back on what my life was a year ago, I can see how God is using me and sculpting me in to the women he wants me to be. I just have to remind myself to sit back and let God take full control. God's got this!

Wordless Wednesday

Sunday Preview

Just like every week in my life it seems to be really crazy! So I was thinking today of something fun to do for my blog and I thought of this.....Sunday Previews. I'll kinda give you a heads up of what's going to be going on in my week and what all I'm looking forward to. I know random and some people might not care but I thought it would be fun :)

So this week isn't going to be as crazy as some but it will be fun!

• Tuesdays are my favorite days of the week! I go to yoga with some girls from class, I have Dgroups and I absolutely love the girls in my group! We have some random people but its fun, then I eat with my best friend in the world, and to finish up the night with 180 worship with the BCM :)
• Wednesday I have a meeting with my advisor and this should be really interesting to see what she is going to say... little nervous about that. I have church and then Glee comes on :)
• Thursday is Grey's Anatomy night! Wuhu ♥ it!!
• Friday is the Hilltopper Histeria that I'm super pumped about! I love basketball season, espically when our football team is like the worst in the country!
• Saturday is another home football game....maybe painting up with some guys from the BCM....not sure yet
• Sunday I'm super pumped about!! Its our church's 9th annual Barn Service! It is one of my favorite times of the year! And my little cousins who I just adore are coming up for the week! I'm so excited to be able to spend some time with them

I'll blog more about what happens during the week but just wanted to give you a little preview

Metalfest Recap

I can't believe that we worked for 4 months on Metalfest and its over! But in that 4 months God taught not only the whole group but myself a lot!! When you work at something, want it hard enough, and its in God's time then it will happen, you just have to keep your faith in God and let him control things and not try to do everything on your own. We had so many troubles and trials, doors slammed in our faces, and jumped through so many hoops and it was all worth it! When I heard that first drum beat Saturday night I knew that we did it!! All total we had about 300 people show up for Metalfest. Originally wanted to do this and reach the high school age group but once it was moved to campus then we thought that we would reach more college students but that was the total opposite. We had people of all ages come out for it. There was even one little girl who it was her 8th birthday and all she wanted to do for her birthday was come to metalfest. Wendi and I were talking with her parent's afterwards and they didn't realize that it was a Christian rock concert but they were so happy to know that it was. They said to us "We didn't realize that all Christian music isn't all hymns and praise and worship but that you can rock out to Jesus with some rock music."

The night before Metalfest and the gals of The Bonevalley Project

Just about everyone who helped with Metalfest

Cord of 3

Burning Yesterday

This Fires Embrace

Steve from This Fires Embrace
I love this picture because it looks like his head is in 3 different places at once

The awesome and amazing T Benton

Yes T is playing a saw blade

White Collar Sideshow

God is so awesome and amazing!! We might never know if someone was reached at Metalfest this year but deep in my heart I feel that someone was touched by something that was said at Metalfest. Satan was working and trying to not allow this to happen but God and his army of angels are so much more powerful and amazing that we over came everything for this to happen. All of this couldn't have been possible without God. He is the one who truly planned this. All we did was just follow what he told us to do. I hope in years to come that we can keep this event going and it get bigger and bigger every year.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us during this event and time. We could feel your prayers everyday and especially on Saturday!