Saturday, August 21, 2010

A whirlwind!

"Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you Take It!!" Every time I read that quote I get a sense of joy and excitement from the Lord because I know He has offered me a life of pure joy, fun, laughter, love, heartache, hardship, forgiveness, challenges, accountability, adventure, blessings, uncertainty yet complete certainty in Him, simplicity and complexity. Life is an opportunity for adventure, an opportunity to live, and love and be loved, its an incredible thing. Anyways, now that I have gotten my little blurb about all that out let me tell you briefly where I am currently camped out during my 25th year of life :-)
I just spent the last two and half years in College Station TX livin up the life of an aggie Whoop!! I finally found a place to settle, and stayed long enough to get a college degree. It only took, 3 summer years at Pine Cove, a trip to Costa Rica with Pine Cove, a summer in Austin, a summer in Nashville, a trip to Chicago, gaining transcripts from literally 6 different colleges and changing my major three or four times, a trip to Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Paris,countless jobs waiting tables, and one unforgettable 10 day spontaneous trip to Portland and Seattle with four of the best friends in the world to finally get me to where I am right now in my life. Those moments have led me to  begin seeing what it is the Lord may have for me now, as I transition into a new routine of life. How is it going to look for me to serve the Lord in the adult world and not on a college campus?!  The vision is becoming clearer and clearer everyday! Here is a glimpse of a few of the events that have led me to right now... the beginning of Fall 2010---- Frisco ISD student teaching in a 4th grade class :-)
Aggieland...2003 spreading my wings and flying
Summer in Nashville filled with music and roadtrips
Pine Cove Costa Rica Team 2005
My Tican Peeps
Many a summers under the Pine Cove sky with my 8th graders
Unbelievable Summers
21st Birthday with roomies...2006
The move to Dallas in 2006 provided many nights of this
Chicago visiting Loren
The Bean and downtown Chicago
First time on European soil- Amsterdam
Entering Austria
The best cottage ever
ITALY
Swiss Alps-My first snowy mountains to ever see in person
The Rhine River in Germany-Wine country
Welcome to Paris
Beautiful European Cathedrals
The move back to College Station in 2008 called for a KISS party celebration
Then came along tattoos and such
Spring Breaks at the ranch
Fall Aggie football with the roomies
Kitchen time experiments
Fall days in the hill country
FAMILY FAMILY FAMILY...its a beautiful blessing to always have them around
Finally in 2010 I got my own Aggie Ring day
WHOOP
Laughter is the best
A Successful Ring Dunk
Followed by dance parties
Now it's time to start learning about being a teacher
Shaping the lives of the future
Teach on