Heavenly

Amazing Sunrise Thursday morning. I was so glad I was up for it! The first time studying has had other benefits besides my grades :) Nature has a way of humbling me. The whole time I was outside I had the "Heaven Song" by Phil Whickam in my head. p.s. I officially a SENIOR in COLLEGE!  :)

Jackie's Graduating!

 I will be putting a few photos up of the LOVELY Jackie Smith! I havent had time to edit all of them yet.. Buttt I would like to say Mark and I had so much fun taking her grad pics! Jackie is a little fun ball of energy and seriously a perfect model..!She is graduating and in her time at ASU has done 6 internships- She just got hired at Sitewire and is ecstatic to start her career! She is a business women genius- and so motivated! Thanks for letting us take your pictures and making it a blast! CONGRATS!!!!!

I will be posting the rest soon! :)

FINAL WEEK

Today is the last day of the week before my last week of school next week! WOO.HOO..!!
This week/weekend will be consumed with studying, but at least it will all be done! Mark and I also are taking a few peoples Grad pics this weekend :)

This was our last ultimate game of the season, we played eachother!..we won ;) We have another qualifying game this Wednesday and then the playoffs on Saturday.. From 2-10p.m.!
God is doing some great things in my life.. its pretty cool I can finally see it and grasp what he has been doing this past year at ASU! Praise be to HIM!

PROGRESS!

PLANE TICKET IS BOUGHT FOR COLORADO SPRINGS!!! :) I was searching online then at the top found this insanely CHEAP plane ticket! Every other one I looked for was AT LEAST double the price! So I impulsively bought it ! :)I am almost done with the paperwork minus CPR & First AID which is scheduled in May! WOO!.. its suppose to be 102 this whole weekend... verses CO 72.. :) Oh ya I am going to LOVE SUMMER!

Oh my soul

I went to Phoenix 1 tonight- A young audults gatherin in downtown phoenix! The sermon was soooooo good. The main point: DO NOT BE AFRAID. & DO SOMETHING. The guy(who is a laywer) Told SO many amazing stories, I wish I could list them all- Maybe in another post I will :) 

DA ZOO!

I took Mark to the World Wildlife Zoo & Aquarium as a suprise b-day present! :) He LOVED it, he just adores animals.. and taking pictures of them!. we had such a great time and already want to go back :)! We went the day before his birthday because it was like an hour away knew we would stay pretty along and he wanted to spend his whole b-day with his family!You can check out cool pics of animals on his FB!

LLAMAS- my second favorite animal for those of you who didnt know! :) He looks pretty amused ... hhehe.

Notice the fatness of the front one.

Awww. Bubba the deer whisper.

This guy had the BIGGEST personality.. it was so funny!!!

Seriously.. how cute are they!?

what.a.weeeekend.

This weekend was packed!
- World Wild Life Zoo(an all day event).. Colleens( Marks cousins) baby shower-- VERY fun.. but getting lost getting there from wrong direction.. NOT so much. can you sense the frustration?
- MARKS BDAY Saturday........ Creative card making, Golf Land, Whataburger, Los Favoritos.. and Homework of course ;)
- Church, Errands, bought my first long dress :)!, Out to eat with Marks Familia, Picnic for Ashley Gill's Bday at Lakewood, and more I forgot!? oh the blessed weather we had! Dropped 20 degrees :) BEAUTIFUL and chilly !
I was with Mark and his family like the whole weekend, It felt we drove so much, which we did most things we went to were a 30+ drive.. ! It made me realize how much of life is spent just sitting in a car! Crazy...! Anyways.. get excited for the Zoo pics.. THEY ARE AWESOMEEEE! Mark took 1,000 pictures. Ill be posting all of them............... JK PEOPLE!.

HAPPY BDAY BOYFRIEND!

Sooo, Mark doesnt usually read my blogs- But I am making a post about his bday anyways!!! He is so great to me and I am SO lucky to be his girlfriend!! I love him so much and thank god for our relationship everyday!... !!

This is when he surprised me at NIU.. after not seeing eachother for 10 weeks. I still cant watch the video above.. It makes my heart too nervous!! I got nervous just posting it!!! ps. my friends were the best for flying him out there :)

He loved seeing my campus! And I LOVED showing him! It was so cool to actually show him where I lived, and he understood my life there! That weekend was hands down the best weekend of my life!

clicky chirp

Our hummingbird feeder we got is a success! I was excited about this pic- I was standing by it taking pictures of something else then the hummingbird came up so close!

This picture happened the same way! These birds are so hard to get close too-It was pretty exciting!
Verse of the day:

If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever.

Easter Sunday

After Church!

Something was funny!?

Brandon came over before we went to his house for most of the day!

I went over to Meghan and Shane's  new place after and they had everyone over- alot of people! Did i mention their new place is 5min driving from my house!? SOO HAPPY! Now I can see them, and Mark much more! Amazing they moved in and cleaned and had everyone over!

Shane put in the cool lights all in their new backyard!

Friends NEAR and FAR.

Before College I had not really had many long-distance friendships! I went on a two week medical amazing trip to NY and met some wonderful people but.. sadly after that we never saw eachother again! Trying to keep in contact worked for the first year.. thennnn LIFE!
 But.. with my three best friends living in Illinois and me being here you learn its a constant effort to keep the relationship close! I want to talk to them everyday and talk every day I wish I was living in the same apartment again to share our everyday lives and silly complaints!
BUT I am here now and making the best of it! I am so lucky to have SUCH a wonderful boyfriend- who is also my best friend and his sisters who inspire me ! :) I am also lucky to have met some great people who have encouraged me and taught me about Jesus!
Shout out to Stephanie Boys whom we sometimes do not get to see each other every week due to differing schedules but we still talk on the phone every week! Its great- its so awesome to have a friend who loves on you and makes you feel loved! Having friends you can see in person is also quite important.
That is one thing I am not exactly looking forward to this summer- I know I will meet these amazing people... but I just want more people who are only a drive away...! I love talking on the phone, but doing things together in person is always a little better :) Either way this summer will be great and I cant wait to meet new God loving friends who will impact my life :)

Squirrel Progression..

Hmm.. this human is offering me an almond..

And its tasty.

I want another!

MINE!!!

Wait I missed it! But I look good.(note the foot)..

So.GOOD I gotta lay down and sniff it!!

PALM SUNDAY.