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)

Stop! Drop! ROLL!!!!!

Youth service tonight was GREAT!!!! I will not live in fear of what others think of me.....I am ME because God made me this way!

This is Tim, Alaina and I after youth :)

Hanna and I :) She is too sweet! :)

Well, that is it for now :)

Peace, Love & Birthday Cake! :)

Not afraid of spray paint!

Sooo I think it is time for a bedroom makeover....ya thank?! I DO!!!!! So here is the bedding I am getting http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=20571048&parentid=A_DEC_BEDDING&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority&navCount=0&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=A_DEC_BEDDING&popId=APARTMENT&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=

I LOVE everything about this bedding! :) And here are a few inspiration photos. :)

For those of you who know me, you know that I like all things abnormal and bright.....isn't that deer head CUTE?! I am totally NOT a "deer head person" but that is so awesome! AND the Fork and Knife curtains are to die for!!! :)

So vintage yet modern- Lovely!

Neat way to hang pictures....and 2 I am totally loving frames right now (of course they have to be spray painted first! :)

Vintage LOVE!

Now this is my type of dining room! Totally LOVING IT!

Sooo cheery! :)

Loving the pattern mixing!

ColoredChandy's are awesome!!!! :)

Love the colored furniture :)

Weird in a cool way :)

LOVE the idea

So different...but very neat! :)

http://pinterest.com is my favorite site right now! I stalk it everyday :) Anyhow! :) Life is good....and I now can say I have blogged. :)

Peace, Love & Pinterest! :)

I can't find me glasses...need to ask me mum.

Oh, on me face them are! Hehehe! So, I was thinking the next post would be more pictures from my party.....BUT......I am babysitting and while they are occupied I thought I would make the time to blog, because I really haven't had the time before now. Sooo, next week is me barfday and I am really scared! Hahaha! Kidding! Also next week is our church Anniversary. Bro. Anthony Ballestero, Bro. Willhoite, and Bro. Padgett will be preaching and Sunday night Sis. Kim Ballestero is doing a concert. Can't wait!!!!!!! It's going to be AWWWWESOME!! :) And HEAVENS to Betsy!!!!!!!! I don't have anything else to blog about. I need to put the kiddos down for bed. Goodbye fer now, me friends! Peace, Love & Peaches! :) :) :)

Dr. Seuss?! Check. and. Mark!

SO today was my birthday party...and yes, I did a Dr. Seuss theme! :) Since Dr. Seuss is red, white and blue and my birthday is on July 4th. Everyone's first response was "Dr. Seuss?! You are supposed to be 18!" Hahahaha! What can I say?! I love being different...it just feels so right! Hehehe! It was soooo awesome! I had a blast today and yesterday when I had a pre-party party and we did the decorating and all that jazz! :) So, here are some pictures. Ernjoy! :)

Let the decorating begin! :)

And it goes on and on and on.....

Natalie and Karayan dipping Strawberries

Pretzel Sticks...sooo yum-ola!

Yeah, we do things the hard way! :)

Decor!!!!

My mommy and I :)

Food...obviously! :)

:) :) :) :)

Decorations One of my new purses :) #2 :)

I had SOOO much fun making all the decorations! From the tray all the way to the banners everything was handmade so it would be exactly what I wanted. :) Thanks to EVERYONE who made it happen and came to help eat the food....as most of you can tell we overdid it on the cupcakes.:) Thanks to Karayan, Natalie, Sharel, Alaina and Brookie!!!!! I LOVE Y'ALL!!!!!!!!! I took a LOT more pictures with friends and family. So I will make a collage of those then post them :) Hope you all had a GREAT day!

Peace, Love and Crackerjacks! :)

NOT ALLOWED......AT ALL!!!!!

:) Soooo, I forgot to blog about my Dear Daddy on Father's Day. How could I?! I don't know! Actually I do. So either I just lied or I made yet another mistake. How could I?! I don't know! ACTUALLY........well you get the point. I HOPE! I REALLY don't want to have to go through that again! So terrible! LOL! Wow! I wow myself sometimes....that's the reason for the 'wow'. Hahahahaha!

Okay...whatever! I think for Father's Day the lyrics to "Butterfly Fly Away" By Miley Cyrus puts everything into perspective.

"You tucked me in, turned out the light

Kept me safe and sound at night

Little girls depend on things like that

Brushed my teeth and combed my hair

Had to drive me everywhere

You were always there when I looked back

You had to do it all alone

Make a living, make a home

Must have been as hard as it could be

And when I couldn't sleep at night

Scared things wouldn't turn out right

You would hold my hand and sing to me

Caterpillar in the tree

How you wonder who you'll be

Can't go far but you can always dream

Wish you may and wish you might

Don't you worry, hold on tight

I promise you there will come a day

Butterfly fly away

Butterfly fly away, butterfly fly away

Flap your wings now you can't stay

Take those dreams and make them all come true

Butterfly fly away, butterfly fly away

We've been waiting for this day

All along and knowing just what to do

Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, butterfly fly away"

Some girls grow up without a daddy there to love and protect them, and to push them towards their dreams, but yet correct them when they are wrong. A father's love is unconditional. I have some major lazy days when I don't want to get up and so does my dad...the only difference is I usually give in and dilly dally around for another hour and my dad makes himself get up so he can give me and my family what we want and need to survive. Everyday he sets an example for me and my family...and Dad I want you to know when I find a man (if I ever do :) I'll make sure he is a MAN and he will fight for his family and work for his family the way you do. My dad has taught me that everything doesn't come easy...you have to fight for it. Thanks Dad for always believing in me and helping me find my purpose in life. Thanks for always encouraging me to follow my dreams wherever it leads me and thanks for being brutally honest with me...even though you embarrassed me a few...er...bunch of times! Thanks for eating my exotic meals and for finding what was good about them when even I knew that they were disgusting (I have had some crazy experiences in the kitchen, folks!). Thanks for eating my BIG chicken wings and for eating my "sloppy dogs" :) And a very BIG Thanks for teaching me how to drive and letting me drive LONG distances while mom was praying through in the seat behind me :) and thanks for not having a heart attack when I rolled out into the street with a boatload of traffic coming straight for me...we could have dies, ya know?! :) You have and mom have been my cheerleaders through thick and thin (LITERALLY! :) and for that I owe you everything! :) I hope you had a VERY Happy Father's Day! All my love, Me :)

P.s. We need to get a recent picture to put on here :) Peace, Love & European Chocolate! (that stuff is to DIE for!) :) P.s.s. Stay tuned for all the exclusives of "the BIG number ONE EIGHT birthday celebration....KID STYLE" :) :) :) :) :)