And the Move is on....

To say that this year has flown by is an understatement.. but as Sara, Rachel, and I stood outside Lowes tonight.. it all hit me! I am one year down.. dang!

Tonight was our late night breakfast and we had a blast. Then we all jumped in Sara's car and took off to find boxes to move our dorm junk into. Wow.. i am so amazed at how incredibly fun this whole year has been. Though there have been rough patchs (ie. roomate:) ) and long study nights (8 hour american govt. study groups), when looking back it is the girls I have met, the movie nights and slirpy runs... and lets not forget .. frequent dance parties...that have made this year all that it is:)

College life is all that i thought it would be and I can't wait for the coming years... Being an RA, playing volleyball, more studying.. ahhh!!! I am so excited..

Here are pictures of me and my girls.. and the fun squeezing into the car crammed with boxes:) Oh the life of crazy college girls:)

CAMPUS DAYS

well.. i thought that I had experienced some great days here at CBU.. but not until I experienced campus days did i realize how truly amazing this place is.

People always ask why private schools are so called so much better than public schools and for this very reason.. i see why i am at a private school!

Campus days was a day devoted to playing super cool games, hanging out with your halls, and having a great time. We got to compete against other girls and guys from different parts of the campus... from inflatable obstical courses to watergun tag (kind of like laser tag, but with waterguns), from inflatable basketball to ultimate frisbee... we laughed our heads off.

My hall decided to dress up gangster and we created a chat that went along with the dont'ch was wish your girlfriend lived on 2b? It was soo much fun.

I think that a smaller school helps you connect with a variety of people from different backgrounds and we get to really get to know people. Today we got our yearbooks and it was cool just to look through the pictures and recognize a good percentage of the people on the pages. This is what College is all about!

I can't wait for the upcoming years and the memories that I am never going to forget!

Campus Days was incredible! This picture is of my hall girls... I luv ya 2B!!!

LAZY ALMOST SUMMER DAYS

2 - tests
1 - 5 page paper
1 - 20 page paper
1 - 15 min presentation
6 - Finals

Totally procrastinating and hanging out with my friends cause it is so gosh darn warm outside

Priceless

There are somethings the sun can't buy but for everything else... there is the thought of being almost summer...

Only 2 more weeks... and Washington here I come!

FINALLY SPRING BREAK!!!

Wow... i don't know who thought up of this late of a Spring Break... but I am so ready for it to be here!!!

Why does the clock seem to tick by so dang slow when I have a flight to catch?

I am so excited to see my grandma in Texas, where my mom and I will be staying for a couple of days!!! I am stoked to see my mom, because i haven't seen her in almost 2 months.. and a girl go only go so long without dying to see her mom:)

Then.. next wednesday I am goin home!!! YEP.. to my house:) I am so jazzed i don't even know what to do with myself.

My plans include but are not limited to - babyshower, kambria and jaylen, kevin x 2, Girls night, breakfast with fav. teacher, EASTER:), AUNTS:), Good old family time:)

Wow.. soooo exciting!! i am so jazzed, i don't even know what to do with myself.

Oh yeah, and I have to write 2 papers.. but hey why not procrastinate?

Well.. gotta make sure I am set to go and then I am off to see cody and then to catch my flight:)

Talk later:) - shy

Reaching for Desire

Reaching for Desire is my goal right now.....

Desire is something that is in my heart and makes me long after it
Desire is something that my heart craves
Desire is something that I will do anything to gain...
Desire is something that I am reaching for...

A Desire to follow only Gods heart!

In a mixed up world.. with every other priority more important than our relationship with God, it is easy to take my eye off the main goal of my entire life.

I want to DESIRE God above every other thing in this world.


I think that as a 19 year old girl.. i am pressured to think that everything else is more desirable than a relationship with God. Yet.. that is what I want!

I don't want to worry about tomorrow.. but soak up every second of today. I don't want to always think about that cute guy or that perfect tan I must achieve.... but of that relationship I desire to have with God.

I want to be passionate about devoting my life to God and His will for my life.

Reaching for Desire..

Something old and something new

These are my babies from home... i miss them so much:)

Party it up at BJ's with the girls....(um.. yeah.. since I am such a partier:))

My summer Job... Washington... with baby Charlie... :)

In That Moment

This last Saturday I got to go to a Christian Conference for leaders from various Christian campus'. It was an opportunity to meet some great new people, learn some much needed skills, and get to know some of the leaders that I will be working with this next year. It was a great day and I learned a lot, but something was a little heavier on my heart when I left the gym that afternoon.

A couple of my friends and I were talking about the thought of "Forever" and it made me really start to think.

Have you ever just stopped and really pondered life? The questions that so many times seem to hard to handle.. The ones that I (in particular) try to set aside.

We started talking about how hard it is to comprehend the thought of eternity and I began to question everything that I stand for. Why do I make such a big deal about things that are soon going to slip away. As I walked on.. I started imagining sitting at the Throne of God and wanted so much to please God.

I guess it was on that day, that I started to realize that I am not just living to live. I am living to learn who my creator is. To learn who He wants me to be.

Though I have been a Christian for many years, I think that everyday it is about finding the desire in my heart to grow closer to God. I want very much to spend FOREVER with God and though it makes me head spin to think about forever.. I feel like there is no one else that I would rather spend my life worshiping, than my Abba, Father, Daddy, and Savior!

I know kinda of random.. But just thoughts coming out on paper..

My very first blog!

So, my friend Julie (the only person who gets me through the many boring hours at work), told me about this cool thing called blogging... I feel kind of out of the loop, so here is me trying to get computer smart.. um not!

Life is going faster than it ever has in the past, and so I thought I would write down the many thoughts that pass through my CraZy mind.

College always seemed like such a far away time in life and yet as I look back over the last year, it amazes me that I have almost finished an entire year. It is interesting to me to think that at one point I was so intimidated about college, and yet somehow I survived the first year.

The first little while was pretty bumpy.. I missed home, all my friends, and having a room to myself. While I still miss many of those.. I have learned a lot about myself and how to be independent.

I can't believe I only have 5 weeks left.. Then I am done with my first year. My professors decided that the best thing to do is pile on every test, paper, and assignment on my for the next couple of weeks and my roommate is killing me.. But hey I have a light at the end of the tunnel right? I am so jazzed to see what these next couple of weeks hold in store for me!

woo... hoo.. My first real blog! Exciting!!!