everything daddy.

i truly believe that i have the best father in the whole world.
he is the person in my life that is always...
encouraged me to try new things.
inspired me to be a better person.
taught me to always put family first.
showed me how to always love.

he is a

talented,

laid back,

loving,

inspiring,

passionate,

funny,

Godly,

great man

that i am beyond

 honored to call my dad. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

everything WOW GOD wednesday

week 2 of WOW GOD wednesday..

a little taste of my amazing devotional book--becoming a woman of simplicity

"it requires the greatest effort and produces the greatest humility to recieve anything from God; we would much sooner earn it"

-oswald chambers

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

Ephesians 2:8-10

mark lucado wrote-

"you are saved, not because of what you do, but because of what Christ did. and you are special, not becuase of what you do, but because of whose you are. and you are his"

everything in the fast lane.

BASEBALL season?

what? already?

the past six months of my life have flown by.

last night wrapped up the basketball season.
a season that will forever hold a special place in my heart.
when i got home from the game 
& after listening to superman talk about this past season
 it all hit me way to fast.
i will never see superman play another basketball game
wearing fourteen on his back in an east surry jesery.

which is my second favorite thing to watch..
baseball being my absolute favorite.
since basketball season flew by i know baseball will only go faster.

i started flashing back on my senior year thus far & all that is yet to come.
it is beyond bitter sweet.
i cannot believe in less than 4 monthsi will be sitting
with my class, the class of 2011 for the last time ever.
walking across the stage to receive a piece of paper
that ive worked 12 years for.
no longer being a student of ESHS but an alumni.
an alumni? really?
i feel like i cannot blink because it will all past by.

enough about the future.
im currently living my senior year
and making it the best i possible can make it.
but its not to hard when im surrounded by amazing people everywhere i turn.
bring on baseball season..

everything for myself.

this past week i made a huge decision that ive been dragging out all week. i have a difficult time making decisions in general but this one was extra difficult. i finally stopped listening and looking for what other people were saying or believed & put myself and my happiness before anything else..

i would just like to take a few moments to thank a few special people for all the memories that they have given me over the past twelve years of my life. these people will forever hold a special place in my heart and i could never thank them enough for being my second family. i would do anything for these girls and love each and everyone of them dearly. even though a simple thank you could never compare to what they have given me i just wanted to take a few moments to at least tell them those two simple words that mean so much.

everything for faith.

ive decided to dedicate a blog each each week for a WOW God moment.

through either a verse, saying, song, story, or quote.

so here i go..my 1st WOW God blog.

how strong do you think your faith is?

would you give up something that you have a passion for?

would you give up something that you had been dreaming about since

before you can remember?

all for what you believe in.

 joel northrup a sophomore in high school did exactly this.

he had a wrestling season record of 35-4. 

he was so close to accomplishing his dream.

his father (a preacher) quotes..

“He's poured his heart and soul into wrestling and into being the best in the state. He's never won a state championship, so he's certainly looking forward to that day. So it's agonizing, from all the work and the effort and the hope. But it's easy in that, he, a long time ago, drew a line and said ‘I don't believe it's right for a boy to wrestle a girl."

joel before his match

he was about to wrestle in front of over a thousand people.

he was just a couple matches away from being the best in the state.

all his work was about to pay off.

moments later he faced his opponent..a girl.

all he had to do was wrestle one girl.

but he gave up all of his hard work, his dream for what he believed in.

he quotes..

"Wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times. As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner."





joel shows the importance of keeping to your faith

putting no circumstances on your faith

and doing this is front of several thousand people.

he truly is an inspiration to other Christians.

God truly shines through this boy.

the woman who means everything.

happy birthday to the woman who..

gave me life.

is my number one fan.

always puts others before herself.

is an amazing cook.

is a Godly woman.

is madly in love with my father.

always has an opinion.

i love more than words.

helps other fight for thier lives everyday she goes to work.

is my hero.

nothing but net.

the past few months a lot of my time has revolved around a group of guys.
a group of guys that are a family.
a group of guys that would do anything for each other.
a group of guys that have a common talent.
a group of guys that have huge hearts.
a group of guys that have made the record book.
a group of guys  that have set high expectations.
a group of guys that "bleed red"
a group of guys that will forever be remembered.
a group of guys that i believe in.
a group of guys that have POISE.
a group of guys that i need to thank for making
my senior year one to never forget.

everything fourty niners.

this past saturday i had to wake up at 630

and by 645 my mother father & i were off to charlotte

i slept the whole way and my parent woke me up

which felt like 10 minutes later. we were here.

the place i had been dreading to come.

the place i thought was not for me.

the place i thought i would never call home.

the place that i thought was my 3rd choice.

with five minutes of arriving at unc charlotte i had realized

that what i thought had been all wrong. the campus was gorgeous

and the people were friendly than ever.

even though it is a large university it still has the smaller college feel.

plus they have tons of coffee places all over campus.

which wins me over.

after the teaching fellow seminar i took a campus tour..

as i was walking around i thought to myself

can i see myself walking through this campus in just a few months, calling it my home away from home, and knowing that this is the place for me?

and i honestly easy could answer yes to that question.
i still have a few more things to think about before i make any final decisions but if i had to choose right now i know where my heart currently is.





i cannot wait to see where He has planned for me to go.



give thanks to Him for everything.

this semester i have flex first period

therefore i do not have to be at school until around 9:25ish
but today was a different due to the two hour delay so
 i didnt have to be at school until 11:00am

but just my luck i woke up at 7:25am expecting to see the sun rising

which is normally occurring around this time.
i am far from a morning person but sun rises are one of
my favorite things that nature provides.

i was thirsty got i got up to get a glass of water 
& was planning to get back in bed & sleep for another 2hours.
when i looked outside all i saw was a dark cloudy yucky morning.

at that moment i thought to myself about how much i take for granted.

a simple gorgeous sunrise..

is something that i had never took the time to thank God for.

And i started to just realize all of these things that God has given me..

that sometimes i just take for granted.

So i decided to just step back and take a look around me this morning,

and to take the time to see what beauty i have around me

in the things that He has created for us.

i quickly thought of this song..

because from something as simple as watching a sunrise
 to a child coming into the world.

we need to thank God daily for all that he does for us.

Praise the Lord!
   O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
   for his steadfast love endures for ever.

Psalm 106:1

celebrating everything we have.

due to the fact that our anniversary landed on
 a monday during basketball season..

superman and myself decided to go out to eat on sunday night.

he came to pick me up like always (he is such a gentleman)

and off we went to winston-salem where we stopped
at my favorite place to eat ever..

OLIVE GARDEN..home of the best bread sticks and salad.

yumm yumm!

also sunday night we decided to exchange gifts

but save the cards for in the morning of.


everyday i wear pearl earrings and ive had the same 3 dollar pair for over a year.
saturday i lost one of my pearl earrings but i hadnt told anyone.
i opened my gift first and it was exactly what i needed..
pearl stud earrings.


next was superman's turn.
superman received a black fossil watch.
and a note saying that after making sure it was the right size for him
i was going to take the watch and get it engraved saying

"today and everyday"

i realized that i didn't take a picture of superman's watch.
therefore here is a temporary picture of it until i get a more personal one.

the monday morning we exchanged our handmade cards.

my card from superman.

during yearbook that day i was taking pictures in a classroom with fall
when there was a knock on the door.
i answered it since i was the closest and to my surprise there was superman
standing outside the door with a vase of beautiful sunflowers.

& yes they smell just as wonderful as they look.

my favorite flower in the whole entire world.

my perfect gifts. he knows me to well.

this boy is way to good to me.