SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!!

I couldn't wait until tomorrow!!!!!! :o) It's going to be a...................................................................

Bow and ruffle wearing GIRL!!!!!!!!!!

Here is a picture of myself, Big Bro. & Sis. at the gender reveal party tonight. Love them!!!!

That's the news!!!

Peace, Love & Oatmeal Raisin Cookies...homemade, of course! :o)

A post of pictures!

Yay! Is it just me, or does everyone look for pictures on a blog post? :o) So here are a few from the past 3 years. FYI: None of them are in order. :o) Ernjoy!

Lidia & I-She's a cutie-patootie!

Me & My fellow retarded friends @ a youth event

Natty Patty & I - a few Wednesday's ago

Kailea & I- Winter Heritage 2010/2011

My bestest friend, Alaina & I- also a couple Wednesday's ago

My shoebox for Operation Christmas Child

FUNNY Story! While everyone was still shopping in Wally World for their shoebox goodies, me and a couple other friends bought a snack, and headed out to the entrance to sit. Well, everyone was bored, so I provided entertainment by asking everyone who walked in and out of the store if they would like a yummy cookie....or yummy peppermint Kisses! Hahahaha! So this is our famous box of cookies. Btw, only 3 people actually ate our cookies..I think it was because all of us were laughing, so they thought it was a joke! LOL!!!

My pretty Momma & Lidia :o)

Natalie on Easter- in a hat/facinator I made her.

I got to keep Lidia overnight while her parents enjoyed their Anniversary-So here's my little Sleeping Beauty! :o)

Megan&I- W.H. 2010/2011

Heather&I-W.H. 2010/2011

Bree-bree&I- W.H. 2010/2011

My totally sane family! :o)

WinterJam 2011

Kelsi, Me, Brittney&Brooklynn-W.H. 2010/2011

Bella&I-She's a mess! :o)

Memories last a lifetime. :o)

Alaina, Marissa & I- Love them both so much! :o) {Btw, I look weird in this picture!} :o)

Well, that's it for now, but I have some big Big BIG news coming Tuesday....so you'd better stay tuned! :o)

Peace, L<3ve & Sugar-free Candy! Hahahahah!

2012!!!!!!!

Happy New Years, or like Bro. Ballestero likes to say, "Joyful New Years!!!!" because you can have the Joy of the Lord even when nothing has happened to make you happy. :o)

2011 was a very difficult year for me, my family, my pastor and his family, and for our church, but that year is over and in the face of everyone, much to their surprise, we WILL come out on top!!!!! It's going to be an INCREDIBLE year!!!!!!!!! I'm so thankful for what DIDN'T happen to me in 2011! I'm still alive and kickin'....and if you that I can't make it, you better watch out and prepare to be amazed !!! :o)

I feel better now that I got all of that out. Hahaha! So, we ended the old year, and kicked in the New Year with Compass Family Renewal Conference that we just started this year. Goodness Me! My pastor knows just how to do a conference. :o) That was one of the BEST conferences I have ever been to! Can't wait until next year's conference!

As many of y'all know....I graced Winter Heritage with my presence on Thursday, and boy was that exciting...and weird! Hahahaha! Many still accepted me with open arms, and others who I thought I knew....well...they went all snooty patootie on me, and since I have enough of my father in me I put my biggest smile on, and acted like I didn't care. :o) There were a couple (one in particular) who surprised me, and I got a little teary eyed, but I held it all together. :o) I do want to say that I have some of the world's GREATEST friends, and a HUGE support group! I love it when a friend's love is bigger than a mistake, and any difference that could come between you. Thank God for people who know how to let His love show through them. Makes me smile! :oD

And here is a picture for your trouble! Hahahah!

Katie&I @ lunch today. Enjoyed spending time with this lovely lady! ;o) (and I'm REALLY white!) Hahaha!

Peace, Love, & Coffee...lots of coffee!!! :o)

Missing puzzle pieces....

Well, today has been a bit of a struggle for me. Over the last year I have had way too many lost friendships. No matter how strong I appear to be, or even think I am, I find out that in a little corner of my heart I still miss my friends. Well, most of them! Hehehe! Seriously, though! I see names in my phone, I read cards, see gifts, and I never really know why they aren't there any more. Just knowing if I hadn't stood behind my pastor and his dreams and visions {that have become my family's dreams and visions} then I wouldn't have lost any friends. If I had to do it again....well...I would!!!! Number 1. Because I love my pastor and believe what he is preaching, and I believe in him and the path he is taking me and my family. Number 2. Because my friendships shouldn't control my life and what I believe. I realize other people have different beliefs and I respect that! I always say "The world would be a VERY boring place if everyone were the same." I just don't get why nobody can talk to me because I don't do things the same as them, and if that isn't the reason then why can't I at least get an explanation? Life is so difficult sometimes. It's so easy just to go with the "in" crowd and try your best to be like them and be accepted by them then to stand up for what you believe and get thrown under the bus, ran over, and then they back up and run over you again. It's also difficult when you have dreams that you and your friends have dreamed that included them that is destroyed just because they think I have to be like them. It's not my place to judge, so why should I be judged? People hang out with friends in their public school's and college everyday and they don't throw them to the side of the road and say, "I can't talk to you or love you because you don't go to my church or believe what I believe." No, you show them love so they can see Christ through you, right?! Well, if they don't show them much love and respect then they must not have any friends! Hahahah! Anyhow, I said all of this to say, I still love and respect my friends oh, so very much I just wish I had answers.

I know a couple of my blogging friends may still read my blog...so if you are I want you to know that I love you so very much! I'm trying to get over the confusion that is in my mind. I know nobody is perfect and maybe you didn't have an option and you had to leave me stranded on the side of the road, if you would like to explain it you have my number, email and address! :o)

Peace, Love & Chocolate!!!!

Life is short....

.....and so very precious! And today I am reminded of this. Earlier I went to a funeral of a 33 year old lady who died of cancer, and what is tear jerking is that the day before she died her daughter celebrated her birthday. Life is so short and oh, so very sweet! I can only hope and pray that everyday when I get up I can live each day to it's fullest. God gave me life for a reason. :o) So, today I am very thankful for LIFE! And I am also thankful for my friends and family, and their honesty. True friends don't sugarcoat the truth. :o) I can't wait to see a few of them soon. Oh, what a surprise this is going to be! hehehehe! I'm evil! :o) Well, that is it for now....I'd prefer Facebook over blogging, but I might as well keep this for those who don't have a FB, and to keep people in suspense....you never know when I'm going to blog. ;o)

Peace, Love & I LOVE LUCY!!!!!!

Where to begin?!

Whoa! I haven't been on here in ages! :o) There is SOOOO much going on I don't even know where to begin! :o) So, I have picked up a new hobby....*drum roll, please*.....rollerblading! Don't laugh! :o) It's so fun, especially when you go with a lot of friends, and it's great exercise! :o) There has been a lot of Mobile Services, feeding the poor, outreach, youth class, youth functions, church and a lot of other awesome things!!!! With everything that our church has been through this year, and is still going through, we have really become a stronger church! Our city is hungry for God and we have answer! Just this past Saturday while doing outreach in the projects a bunch of little kids come running up to me hungry for love and attention. They were doing cartwheel's and flipping and all they wanted from me was attention...of course I started cheering for them and then when I got ready to leave they followed me while still talking to me. They are so easy to love! :o) Hopefully in the next few days I will be going back to be their cheerleader again. :o) The other news is our new conference!!! We are having a Family Conference, Compass, the end of December!!!! It's going to be amazing! The preachers will be: Bro. Ken Bow, Bro. Ballestero, Bro. McLaughlin, Bro. Tim Pixler and my AWESOME Pastor!!!!! It's going to be insanely incredible! :o)

Anyhow!!!! I have posted, so this should last me another few months! Bahahahhaha!

Peace, Love and a Green Tea Frap!

A little late?! Why of COURSE!!!!! :o)

Well, there has been a LOT going on recently!!!!! Next week I officially start my last year of school and then I will be looking into taking fashion designing courses and if it takes me far I may go to school for fashion designing...and haters are gonna hate, but whose life is it?! <--- all said in the nicest tone possible :o{D ANYHOW!!!!!! I really have been busy and when I haven't been busy I didn't want to blog. Hahaha! Right smart reason, ya thank?! :0) I have been having a BLAST with my youth groupies!!! From our functions to our Wednesday youth services. It's has been refreshing! It's awesome just to get away from all the stress of life and get together with your true friends and worship like nobody's watching and also not having to worry about what they think about you. They are the best. Period! This has been a very exciting year and it's been a very hard year too. I have learned a LOT about people this year...some good and some bad and some that I am really glad I came to realize before I got any older. :o) I have made new friends and I remembered the old ones. Sometimes we get caught up in making new friends that we leave out the old ones and then we realize further down the road just how much the old ones have our back. It's nice to be able to have friends that I can be myself around and not trying to be something I am not....and always being afraid of stepping on someones toes. It's still not easy, but who said life was?! :o) All of that aside...here are some pictures from a couple of recent youth functions and a few from our trip to the circus. :o) Hope you enjoy!!!! {after this it will probably just be a "you" that reads my blog} :o)

My brother and I....Stinky didn't want a picture with me.! :0)

Me and Alaina :)

Me, Lianna, Tim and Alaina~ At the "Black Out"...after the regular lights were back on :o)

My cousins and Austin @ Our day at the circus

The clowns were my FAVORITE part!!! ;o)

Self explanatory ;o)

The "bendy" ladies. WHOA!!! They were all "bent out of shape" :o)

Well, that is it for now! Sleep time for me!!!!

Peace, Love & Pickled Pigs Feet! :o)