*This Christmas*

*Song of the Day* Any Christmas song :) (I know, I'm not creative right now)

I am finally done with finals and so excited to enjoy the Christmas season, and even more excited to go home to Turlock for a couple of weeks.
This morning after my last final I went straight to get all of my Christmas shopping done, and I did it!! In one full SWOOP! Which is exactly how I like to shop. I'm not a lingerer. When shopping, I have to know what I'm getting...get in, and get out :).
The Lord has blessed me with a pretty good pay check in order to get gifts for the people I love.

The other night, as I was avoiding studying for my last final....I enjoyed a classic Christmas movie, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I'm not gonna lie, I usually am up for the original Home Alone, but I was so excited to watch this because just last year with my family WE were in New York City for Christmas and it was so beautiful, exciting, and memorable. We don't often take big vacations except about every 5 years, and last year was probably our last family vacation before there might be additions to the family (brother might be married in a few years, so exciting).
So I wanted to dedicate this blog to showing how fun our trip to NYC was for Christmas last year. We also went to Washington D.C. It was amazing!

The streets of New York









Shopping on Brother's birthday in Time Square


Rockefeller Center
















Family Photo on top of the Empire State Building

*It was a great, memorable Christmas with my amazing family*

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Friday Mornings

*Song of the Day* "I'll Be Home for Christmas"- Michael Buble, just because I LOVE him!

I just wanted to post something really quick about how thankful I am for Friday mornings. This whole semester Friday mornings have been the one morning (besides Saturdays) where I can sleep in, and enjoy my morning. I have an eventual afternoon shift at work, but I can still wake up slowly, enjoy a cup of coffee, slowly, and just relax before work....slowly.

Another thing that makes my Friday morning so enjoyable is the switch-on fireplace we have in our apartment. Not going to lie, it's so nice that we have a fireplace where WE don't have to start the fire. I mean come on, 4 girls..totally incapable of starting a great fire in the fireplace. Trust me, we've tried :)


So right now, I am sitting next to my fireplace, watching The View, in my PJs, with a cup of coffee. Thank you Lord, for Friday mornings*

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I'm Back!

Wow! It's been so long since I've posted a blog. But I guess I've been pretty busy.

School kept me busy for a while because of certain projects and papers due. And now, almost all of my end-of-the-semester assignments are due Thursday December 10 (last day of classes). So I have my work cut out for me until the end of the semester. No worries, the end is almost here and I'm so excited for Christmas :).

Also the Thanksgiving holiday kept me pretty busy. I had a great long weekend at home in Turlock. I got to see great friends, and my family in Watsonville and San Jose.

*My sister Maddie, me, and my cousin Lindsay*

*All the grandkids on mom's side, with Grandpa Glenn*
(boyfriends, and girlfriends included)

While the holiday was a great way to relax, I have lots to do to end my last Fall semester well.

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Something to Look Forward to

*Song(s) of the Day*- Pandora Radio: Type in "Piano", and the greatest contemporary piano music will play. It'll put you in a good mood, or put you to sleep (in a good way). I love listening to it when I'm studying or doing homework.

Just wanted to write a quick post. One, to make up for the slightly depressing posts I've put up recently, and Two, to say that I'm really excited about this weekend, because my momma is coming to visit!
She is flying down just to hang out, and I'm really excited to see her and just spend time with only her. She hasn't seen my apartment yet, and she's also going to come to my Jesus' Life and Ministry class on Thursday. Because one, I'm a dork who brings her mom to class, and two, it's an AWESOME class :)
Just wanted to share my excitement about the end of my week, and how it's motivating me to get a lot of work done. God has definitely given me a push to get things done :)
YAY*

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...Advice...?

I am really struggling with something. And honestly want feedback. I feel that I was hurt by someone in the past couple of months. And haven't talked to them about it. I've tried to just get over it, and move on. I pray about it constantly, but sometimes I continue to ask God "why?" I hate this. It seems to be hindering my relationship with God, and I don't know whether to call this person up and tell them how I've been feeling, and demand an explanation. Or to just continue to rest in it, and pray that I'll just get over it. I'm not bitter towards God, but I'm still hurt. I know it's normal, but I'm getting sick of it. Sometimes I get so angry about it though. Please help!!

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A Memory...

Boy it's been all this time
And I can't get you off my mind
And nobody knows it, but me
I stare at your photograph
Still sleep in the shirt you left
And nobody knows it but me

Everyday I wipe my tears away
So many nights I've prayed for you to say...

I should have been chasing you
I should have been trying to prove
That you were all that mattered to me
I should have said all the things
That I kept inside of me
Then maybe I could have made you believe
That what we had, was all we'd ever need

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*Blessings*

*Song of the Day* "All We'd Ever Need"- Lady Antebellum- I've been having this weird obsession with break-up songs, and this one is great. Don't ask why, but I LOVE break-up songs :)

Hey everyone! I know it's been a good week since I blogged. I guess I've felt that I haven't had anything too interesting to tell everyone. So I'll just start with the weekend.

Friday was great. I just worked, and then I went to Disneyland with my good friend Taylor. I've known him for over a year, and he's been a really great guy friend, we're basically Disneyland buddies, because he's usually the one I go with to Disneyland. The main reason for our adventure the night before Halloween, was because I had not been to Disneyland since they re-did Space Mountain for the Halloween festivities, and they had a new fireworks show for the occasion as well. Since it was such a crazy/busy night, we only had time to do those 2 things. Which I was fine with :).

Saturday was Halloween, which was really fun. I realized I'm not one to be really excited to "go out" or to a big gathering of people. I truly enjoy just hanging out with close friends and relaxing, or just doing something fun. Which is exactly what I did. Me, my roommate Kimi, and Taylor dressed ourselves in aluminum foil and went to Chipotle because they were giving away free food to whoever dressed like a "burrito". Which basically means, wear lots of foil. So that was fun. Then we came back to the apartment and watching the classic horror movie, "The Shining" with Jack Nicholsen. I've seen it 3 times, and I still love it. I hate scary movies, but this one is just tense, with that extra creepiness mixed in. It was a good Halloween movie.

Sunday was a typical laid back day. Attempted to get homework done, but didn't. It was nice :)

Then Monday came around, which was my interview at Yorba Linda Friends Church for a worship internship. And they gave me a position!! God is so good to answer prayer. It's really hard to be in that posotion where you "want" something, and you want to pray that God will say "yes". But then you want to pray, "Your will be done, Lord." The night before the interview I really struggled with letting it go, and giving my worries and nerves to God. I know it's normal to be nervous, but my roommate pointed out that night, that I was probably more nervous that if I didn't get the internship, I'd have to continue looking for one. Which is EXACTLY what I needed to give over to God, and trust him in. It was hard, and God is so gracious to take those worries away. But I know I am still learning to trust that His will is perfect, and not only that but He WILL take care of us. I don't have a lot of information on the internship yet, but I'll keep you posted. Hope everyone had a good and safe Halloween!

Blessings*

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