i'm back!

I just spent wednesday-saturday with 15 cheerful, crazy, hiper, annoying, fun cheerleaders. Kelli and I went to cheer camp and had a blast! (amy was moving and couldn't come). it was really awesome to be the coach instead of the cheerleader. we also had crazy girls and their drama, but then sometimes we had nice sweet high schoolers. sometimes they were like junior highers and it was awful at some points, but apparently we pulled through. the girls did really good at camp, brought home some trophies, and all that jazz. Kelli and I had a great time learning a dance and rooming together. thanks for coming up with me kelli! i'm telling you though, these girls would go crazy and it was hard for me to control my thoughts. i'm pretty good at not getting mad and blowing up, but in my mind...that's a different story. it was definitely a reminder that what is in your mind and what comes out your mouth, comes from your heart. think about it. have a great saturday!

the cat's out of the bag!

Well, Micah called me yesterday and asked me if I was coming to his graduation...i didn't know if it was a trick...so I said "I don't know..." "did my mom ask you to come yet?" "yeah but i don't know if I can go..." so he knows I was invited. I didn't want to tell him that I couldn't come and then have him be sad (pathetic I know, but he had the whole trip planned out and he was so excited) so I told him my master plan. but if I would've told him "I can't come" (when I would've been able to) and he would've said "no problem" and be completely fine with it and not sad at all and I told him my secret for no reason...someone is going to die! haha
have a great day everyone! and thanks for keeping it a secret up until now!

The Cry In My Heart

Take my heart, I Lay it down
At the feet of you whose crowned
Take my life, I'm letting go
I lift it up to You who's throwned

And I will worship You, Lord
Only You, Lord
And I will bow down before You
Only You Lord

Take my fret, take my fear
All I have, I'm leaving here
Be all my hopes, be all my dreams
You're my delights, be my everything

And It's just you and me here now
Only you and me here now

You should see the view
When it's only You

"I want Big!"

This is a shout out to my favorite cousin Corie. We (amy, pete, mom, dad) had lunch with them today. Corie & Ben and their adorable kids Ethan & Jadea, my aunt and uncle Keith and Shirley, and Corie's bro Todd and his wife Charis were there too. Also, C&B's friends Lindy & David. We had so much fun and Ethan and Jadea our the cutest kids EVER! I wish I could've gotten some pictures. Ethan was eating a bit of a shake and he would say "i want big!" meaning a bigger scoop then what Jadea got. i guess you had to be there to hear him say it, but it was cute. Corie is the best! she has played almost every "role" you could play as a person. she was my babysitter, councelor, cousin, friend, and is a "Paul" to me. I love ya Corie! i can't wait to see you again!

she's ok!

Well, my mom's surgery went smooth today and now she's home relaxing and all that jazz. She wasn't too picture friendly, so i took a picture of the back of her. In the picture she's saying "no more kidney stone!"

Momma Mia

it has probably been almost 3 weeks since my mom found out she had a kidney stone, and since it hasn't passed yet, she is going in for surgery tomorrow morning. the doctor will go in (some how) and take out that evil kidney stone. she goes in at 9:15 and surgery is at 10:15, hopefully she'll be home by 1:00. pray for her and that it will go well and she'll have a fast recovery.

happy birthday micah!

I tried to post this yesterday, but my computer was going crazy, so here it is. July 5th was Micah's 19th birthday! yeah go Micah. i wish we could've celebrated it with him with a BBQ or something, but we will do that when he gets back. So, with that, pray for Micah and know that he is doing really well. he is finished with "basic" and moving to "AIT." it's more free time, class time, and he gets 3 days off to do whatever! (Meredith, he wants to call you and hang out). Happy Birthday Micah we miss you!

free otter pops anyone?

that was the best 4th of July ever! i drove my car up to Hunstville and we entered it into the parade. the best/only parade i've been in. me, suzy and amy were in the front seat. kimber, mat, kelli were in the back. nate, buzz, brent were in the trunk. total of 9 people. 9!!! my car was so low in the back. it was crazy. we threw otter pops at the crazy screaming kids, but we ran out of things to throw before we were even close to the end. i honked my horn a lot and i heard one guy say "hey the horn actually works!" yeah. my car is full of surprises! the worst part of the day was that thay canceled the fireworks! ah! i love fireworks. so we all went back to my house and did our own. good times. how was your 4th?

Pure Magic!

Tonight, I witnessed the most amazing phenomenon ever! Sabrina, Katherine, Suzy and I were at Suzy's house for accountability and we were all drinking homemade lime rickys. Suzy accidentally spilled hers all over the white carpet downstairs. With confidence Suzy says, "Hey don't worry about it, I'll just go get the Resolve." she sprays this amazing product all over the stains, it foams, and it DISAPPEARS! It was magical! I thought I was on a real info-mercial. My jaw dropped. Magical. That's all.