“What is this feeling, so sudden and new?” February 25, 2009

Well it’s been some time once again…but hey, atleast it’s within the same month! ha.

Life just seems to be running away and I feel like I’m in a constant state of holding on for dear life, hoping my grip is tight and strong enough to not let go. Though I know the truth is, my grip is never strong enough…and if left on my own, I probably would have let go a long time ago. But isn’t it wonderful that GOD is so rich in mercy that He loves me enough to help me hold on…to sustain me when I’m weak…to help me jump when there’s an obstacle and push through when there’s temptation. What freedom to not have to live in fear of “letting go”…or fear that if I mess up, if I miss a step, the consequences would be too great to overcome. Thank you Lord for being my strength when I have none…for being my rock when all other ground is sinking sand…and for gently taking my hand and guiding me back to straight and narrow path when I am tempted to wander. Oh what a kind God we serve.  

 

Well, as you know, I love pictures. I always hate when good events go undocumented. But thankfully, we’ve gotten lots of pictures lately, and I think that’s the best way to catch you up (if you so desire to be caught up) on what’s been going on. 

 

First, a few weekends ago was Stephanie Klinger’s (now Peterson) wedding!

Jenn was there…which made me very happy. It was amazing to see her and HUG her and yeah. Miss you Jenn. 

The same night was AGCC’s first Gounds and Sounds coffee house, for which I had the honor of playing for!

(I don’t know if I’m blinking or looking down…hm)

And some fantastic friends (Ariel, Emily and Michael) drove from Orlando for me…I love them!

the Beautiful Ariel

Ems and Michael

 

Not sure where the rest of ems went…

Tall Tree played at the FCA banquet…went very very well! (thank you Lord!)

this is Jimbo introducing us…

Timmmm Tebow. He was outstanding. 

So one lovely Friday my friend Abby (she was on my basketball team btw) came over and we made Valentines cookies! 

ang was responsible for the face ones…can you tell? 

The night ang pulled an all nighter at school Stevo and I were out keeping her company for a few hours!

working. 

rockin her sweet safety glasses…haha.  

And then the next day we had starbucks with ERIN! Hooray! Love her. 

Ang…no idea how she was alive and walking around that day being as tired as she was. 

Ellie was home for the weekend and joined us It was sunny and quite chilly…she only took her jacket off for the picture. ha. 

K wow that was a ton of pictures. So I’ll stop here Hope you all are having a fantastic week!

Slow down February 4, 2009

Wow it’s been a crazy couple of weeks since I last posted! I’m going to try to catch you up real quick without giving every little detail, which most of you know I’m very capable of doing…ha. I’ll just give you the biggest stuff that’s happened. 

 

Last week was my last week of highschool basketball. We went into the tournament as #1 in our district. We played our first game, which was the district championship, and won that which was QUITE exciting! I was able to score a personal high of 21 points (we thought it was 19 but found out the other night it was 21…hooray) We went on to win the pre-conference champ game, won that, and prepared to play in the last game, which was against pretty much our rival. During the season we beat them once and they beat us once. In the end, they came out ahead by 4 points. But it was a good and fun game…one to remember for sure.

 

To say the least, I’m sad it’s all over…it was an incredibly fun season and my team was simply amazing. I love those girls dearly! I hope to keep up the relationships that were built over the past year for sure.  God was gracious to save us from any severe injuries and we were able to make the most of the time. SO! Here are a bunchhhh of pictures from our last game, all-classic game (where a few from each team are picked to play in like an “all-star” type thing…it was fun…we ended up winning against the team we lost to ) and the basketball banquet. 

 

Abby and me…seriously love her. 

Kelly Wing…she played SO well. 

This was in the last seconds of the 3rd quarter…I was able to hit a 3 at the buzzer…if only it had been the LAST quarter…haha.

In the last few seconds of the game…

During the guys halftime, the other team had this little cheerleading squad. They were hilarious and just ok. So our girls (this is not  the first time they’ve done this) decided to do their own thing so they went out and did the “2 bits” cheer. It was amazing. haha so funny…

The crowd loved it. 

Both of our teams got runner-up. 

Our team in the classic game. 

At the banquet (Tori, Hannah, Trish, me and Abby)

(L-R:Jenny, Michaele, Kelly, Rachel, and Kelley)

The team

Awardsss

My WONDERFUL coach and me  

Rachel and Abby  

 

ok, wow that’s a lot. 

Also, the other day ang had to do a photography assignment and had me be her “model”, if you will. and I’m only putting these on here for Jage. They turned out pretty cool (cause ang is good like that)…here are a couple…

 

Ok well that’s all I’ve got for now…Hope you all have a good week!