What I'm Loving Wendesday

I decided to be a "copy cat" to my friend Lyndsie and do a post on
"What I'm Loving Wednesday"

I am loving that the fair is going to be in Albany next weekend.

I am LOVING that my friend Kirstie and her husband are expecting another baby

I am loving that "Layla Graces" mom has been in contact with me about working with cancer patients. She is such a sweet strong lady of God. If you dont know the story she lost this sweet baby a few months ago from "neuroblastoma cancer"

I am LOVING that I get to go deer hunting with my daddy soon

I am LOVING my new ovarian "Cancer Sucks" sweatshirt

I LOVE that my good friend Lyndsie and my good friend Jill have become friends. They are both in the process of trying to adopt a baby, and its so nice for them to help each other out through the happy times, hard times, and to help each other look to the future when things get rough.
I am LOVING the hot tub that my neighbor just got!

and ... I am LOVING my precious Chanel :)

Hope everyone had a WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!!!!!

Things on my mind.

Today has been one of those days where I cannot control my thoughts.. so I thought I'd share...

I do not understand:
-cancer
-why one of my best friends has had such a hard time with cancer, a hysterectomy, can not have kids... and now has had a failed adoption
-why my nightmares will NOT go away
-physiological psychology
-why every tv show has gays, lesbians, pregnant teenagers, and crazy sexual content
-why my parents business is so slow right now
-why people choose to go down the wrong path
-why teachers think their class is the ONLY class you have, therefore they give you a ton of work
-how girls can be so mean to each other
-why roaches are always on their backs when they die
-what im supposed to be doing with my life
-how people that are married have affairs
-why parents neglect their kids
-why some people dont want to experience the joy in theirs hearts by knowing My Jesus.
-how i can love my dog as much as i do haha


Im excited about:
-graduating in summer
-fall time
-my boyfriend going to church with me
-having roommates that i love
-the hot tub my neighbor just got
-going home this weekend to see my family and boyfriend
-deer hunting season
-the man my brother is turning into-couldnt be prouder of him
-my roommate getting her first boyfriend
-feeling like the Lords calling me to do something.. just dont know what
-making a B on my physio test!
-fall time clothes
-My friend Geordan having her baby boy in January
-working with cancer patients
-getting my life on track
-what the future holds


I know this blog was really random and not that interesting, but I just wanted to share a few things! :) Hope everyone had a good Tuesday.

Weekend of Hair dye :)

Ok, so these are my 2 wonderful roommates!

This weekend I talked Mechelle (the one in the middle) into dying her hair!

I told her I wanted to do red, but she refused.. So we picked out a color *Auburn*. I had to lie.. just a little bit, and tell her it wouldnt have any red in it, because she wouldnt have done it, and I just KNEW it would be soo pretty on her!!

When she saw that my hands were PURPLE.. I had to admit to her that I lied... just a little bit!

If you know Mechelle, you know that she is ALWAYS criticizing herself. She never thinks she looks pretty. BUT after we did her hair and makeup you could see the glow in her face as to how happy

I look rough, but her hair looks so good!

After I did Mechelles hair, my other roommate Kathryn liked it so much, she wanted to do hers! We did hers a dark brown color, but hers was a little more stressful! We ran out of hair dye, had to get some more, and then she DIDNT like how it turned out! I thought it looked really pretty! She washed her hair three times trying to get the color to fade out, (which it didnt) but she thought it did, and she liked it after that!! I will try to get some pictures to post of her hair! :)

Now I am wanting to do something else to my hair!! Right now I have blonde, brown, red, and black in it... But im already ready for a change :)

Happy Belated Birthday G-Daddy

Happy Birthday G-daddy! Im so sorry im a little late at posting! I have been so swamped with studying for school I havent had a chance to get on here! I hope you had a wonderful birthday! I wish I could have been there to celebrate with you and the family!!

My daddy and his daddy :)

Me and G-daddy. (pronounced gee-deddy)

If you were to ask ANYONE in Albany, Ga who Donnie Lanier is, Im sure most of the people you ask would say "he is a true follower of Christ". He has been a sunday school teacher at Byne Memorial Baptist Church, and also a teacher there. I have heard SO many people talk about how he is such a WONDERFUL Sunday school teacher, but I have yet to hear him teach. I have witnessed his trigonometry skills! I would call him at 11:00 at night last semester to get him to help me over the phone with math problems!

He truly is a Man of God. In his spare time, he studies the Bible, plans Sunday school lessons, and does anything he can to help anyone he can out.

G-daddy,

Thank you for being such a wonderful grandfather to me! My favorite memory with you is when I would spend the night, me and you would be the first ones up (normally around 6) and we would eat our popcorn and then go look for worms behind your shed! haha I love you so much!!! See you soon!!!! :) Happy Belated Birthday!!!

-Your first grandchild

HAPPY FALL YALL!

HAPPY FALL!!!

Today is the FIRST day of my FAVORITE season! My roommate and I decided to celebrate a little earlier this week! On Monday this week, my roommate and I had both had stressful long days ( I think its like that for everyone on Mondays). I had a TON of studying to do, but all I wanted to do was relax :/ Me and Mechelle were talking about how we are both ready for fall, and something clicked in my mind right then to BUILD A FIRE! I think she looked at me like I was crazy, but shes too sweet to say no! So we got out the starter logs, and the firewood, and made a pretty fire! She had a terrified look on her face the entire time, she said shes scared of fire (I just think she really didnt trust me building it!) We didnt stop there though, that just wasnt good enough! We then decided to make cappucino's thinking that would give us our "fall fix". But NOPE! We decided to light some "Autumn Scented" candles. After that, we were both able to sit down and do our studying peacefully, UNTIL we decided it would be cute and more relaxing if we plugged in our tree that has lights all over it. I texted my mom to tell her what I was doing and all I got back was "Did you open the damper?!?!?" So that was two people not trusting me with this: Mechelle and my Mom!!

I am very ADD when it comes to studying, but this was definitely a relaxing peaceful night and I was able to get alot accomplished :)

* Our pretty fire*

Honest Moment: We werent to sure how to keep a fire going. Do we put more wood on it? Do we keep poking it? Do we throw things in it? WELL... We probably went through TEN magazines ripping out pages and throwing it in the fire. I dont know if thats what we were supposed to do, but it worked!

Precious little Elle :)



This was the cappuccino we had. It was SO good.. I didnt like the fact that it was 100 calorie, because it wasnt enought to fill me up :)

One of the BEST smelling autumn candles! Im addicted to candles, but this is at the top of the list :)

Mechelle~

I had so much fun with you this night! Im so glad your lazy like me and like to be in pajamas the second you come home! I hope the fire, scents, cappuccino,"christmas tree", and the air condition turned way down low (to make it feel like winter) made your day better! I dont care if the neighbors continue to give us weird looks about smoke coming out of our chimney, we are having a fire every night for the rest of the fall/winter season :) Love you!

Sue-Ma has gone HOME!

This past Friday, my 101 year old great grandmother went to be with the Lord! As sad as it was to say goodbye, I KNEW she was ready to leave! I remember on her 90th birthday, she was talking about wanting to go be with the Lord then! That has been her prayer for the past 15 years! I wish I could have seen her face as she RAN through the pearly gates and onto the streets of gold! At her funeral, I was able to see how many peoples lives she has touched. My dad said that Sue-ma would be standing at the gates of Heaven passing out tollhouse chocolate chip cookies, a cold piece of pound cake, and a glass bottle of coca cola. The preacher asked everyone to stand up who has eaten something that Sue-ma has made, and more than half of the people at the funeral stood up. It was such an honor to know that was MY great grandmother that was blessing all those peoples lives. Not many people are lucky enough to be able to know their great grandparents. I have been lucky enough to know ALL of mine but one. Im even more blessed to have one stick around for 101 years! I was able to visit her several times the past few years and was able to hear so many funny stories of her and her life and how boys actually fought over her when she was younger. I also learned this weekend at her funeral that she was voted the "Prettiest Girl" in her high school.

Me, Sue-ma, and my brother this past Christmas.


The news interviewing Sue-ma on her 100th birthday!


This was at Sue-ma's 100th birthday party at church


Me and Sue-ma last winter.



Me and Mama at Sue-mas celebration of life funeral.

Me and my little cousin Avery at the funeral.

Suema,

I am going to miss you more than you can imagine! It was such a bitter-sweet weekend to see you go. I was so upset when I got the news that you have left us.. but I prayed for God to send me a sign that you were in good hands, and at that moment, "I Can Only Imagine" came on the radio :) At that moment, I knew that was the Lords way of showing me that he had you in his hands, and there is no place that you would rather be. I know you were so excited to see the Lord, and also your husband! I try to picture those moments over and over in my mind! I am going to miss you suema. I will always cherish that last kiss, when I said my goodbye to you before they closed the casket. Your the kind of lady I dream of being one day. Give my Papa, Grandmama, and Pop a big hug and kiss from me... I am one lucky girl to now have you as one of my guardia angels.. I love you Sue-ma... Cant wait to see you again. Lord, She's yours now.......

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After the funeral, My parents and I met up with Anthony and his dad to shoot some skeet!

Anthony was a pro at it, and didnt miss a single target.


I on the other hand, did not hit one! BUT the day before that I ONLY missed one! So I guess it was just an off day for me ;)

And Daddy, he was a PRO too :)

This was the day before :)

I only missed ONE this day!

CONGRATULATIONS ANDREW!

Friday night was Homecoming at Sherwood.. AND my brother won HOMECOMING KING!!!!! He does not look at it as a big deal at all, and could care less if he won. But I am so proud of him, and I just knew he would win! I think the cutest part is when the announcer was having to read about each representative, and I think my brother won the crowd over by saying that he wants to marry, have a family, go to PEARLYS every morning for coffee, and play golf every day! Andrew gets mad at anyone who congratulates him, and calls him the King, but I am so proud of my brother! Its a HUGE honor, that I know he will cherish for the rest of his life! :)

Me and my pretty friend Ivey!

Anthony went out there to show support for my little brother :)

The King and Queen

Me and the Boyfriend in the stands :)

Me and my pretty Aunt Beccy

Me and my Poppy

Me and Mimi

One thing about Mimi: she embarrassed me in the stands!! When Andrew was standing out on the field (which was FAR away from where we were sitting) she was just a screaming for him!! And when they announced him as HOMECOMING KING, I thought I was going to go deaf! I guess she was one proud Mimi :)

Homecoming Court 2010

The proud parents and the king :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!!

Today is my amazing Daddys birthday!! Im so glad we were able to celebrate last weekend, because I wanted to be there to celebrate!!

This is the cake that my heck-of-a-cook mom made :P

Me and my beautiful Mom!

My daddys favorite two girls :)
My "little" brother :)

Our crazy family :)

The birthday boy with his two children :)

This is me with my Dad's parents

Me and the Mother :)

i love him so much- i think we are an embarrassment to the family sometimes though!

Daddy-

I hope you had a wonderful birthday today! I wish I could have been there to go eat with you, Mama, and Andrew! Ive thought about you all day! I really hope this was one of your best birthdays you will ever have and I hope it was a memorable one! I thank the Lord EVERY DAY for making you my Daddy! He couldnt have picked out a better one for me! I think anyone who meets you can see your sweet spirit and your heart for others! You make me smile every day daddy! I cant wait for our date night!! Miss you so much!! See you this weekend!!! :)

"Every time you cross my mind, I break out in exclamation of thanks to God." -Philippians 1:3

**To the rest of the family that was at the party, sorry I didnt get yalls picture!! I guess I was being a camera hog!! haha! love yall!