Christmas cookies!!

One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making/decorating cookies at my aunts house!!

Every year for I don't know how long my sister and I have gone over to my aunts house and decorated cookies for Christmas! I love it! not only do they taste amazing but it's also so much fun! I love getting to spend time with my cousins and decorate cookies!

Most years my sister my aunt and I are the only ones that actually decorate the whole time. the boys end up decorating a few and then go watch TV or play video games. It's really fun no matter how long it takes us.

Then we make these mint cookies they are amazing! and get eaten in the first few days.

Christmas...(part 1)

Some of you may know that I am not really a fan of Christmas. Let me make a correction...

I don't hate Christmas! I actually really like Christmas I just don't like to craziness of Christmas.

I don't like the craziness of trying to get gifts (why do we feel like we have to give people gifts? can't time just be enough)

I don't like the overload of decorations (you know what I'm talking about... The people that decorate ever inch of their house and you could see their Christmas lights from the moon)

I don't like Christmas music... let me clarify I like some Christmas songs they have a great message, however most songs have become so commercial and lost their meaning, also the fact that they start playing it in October (so dumb), and that the radio doesn't play much else, also how come our standard for music and what we listen to all the sudden goes out the door with Christmas music?... There are a few Jesus songs that I do really like.

I don't like that we have lost the true meaning behind Christmas... I realize that we put nativity sets up and talk about Jesus being born but what does that mean for us?... Do we really see the significance of Jesus humbly coming down for us just so that He could sacrifice His life to save ours? that should change the way we live.. does it? (there will probably be more about that later)

I hate that at most jobs you can't say merry Christmas and you have to say happy holidays

I hate that my allergies go crazy this time of year (could be Christmas trees)

Now on to things I do like...

I love getting to spend time with my family!

I love the time off of school and my family having time off of work.

I love a few simple decorations (I'll do a separate post on the ones that really make me really happy)

I love that we can celebrate Jesus and really see the humility behind Him coming

I love Christmas cookies (every year we go to my aunts house and make cookies, I'll have to take some Pict's from this years)

I love getting up early Christmas morning and drinking tea and eating breakfast with my family.

That's just a few things that I can think of right now more to come later!

Time in the Word with a Friend!

Today I got to have coffee (well tea for me) and fellowship with my amazing friend Johnna! She is such a blessing in my life. I have only know her for a short time but I feel like the Lord has really done alot in that short amount of time!

Anyway we thought we would do a little Bible study together so we opened the word and started talking we read Hebrews 4:9-16! I was so blessed by the entire time we spent together just talking about the Lord and the blessings that He has for us even though we don't deserve it. It was awesome!

We really spent time meditating on the importance to taking time to rest in the Lord! reading the word and being refreshed does so much for us! it helps us see our need for Jesus and the sacrifice He made! It makes us see how humble He is and how great He is!

I was so blessed by it! my encouragement is grab someone and go meditate on the Lord this week. Sacrifice a little of your time to spend with Jesus and encouraging a fellow believer!!

Here Comes the Sun...

In case you don't already know this I love waking up early!
I love sunrise!! and I love getting up before the sunrise so that I have a chance to watch it!!

Mornings are beautiful!!! The best part is getting up between 430 and 530 before most of the world is awake! It's so peaceful and calm. There are stars in the sky (yes stars in Orange County) and it's dark! I love it! So every morning I get up before the sun and go workout. Whether that is a run through the neighborhood or at the beach or working out at boot camp! Sometimes I take my dog, sometimes (like this morning) a friend or two come along! It's so nice to be able to start my day with a little me (and Jesus and/or others) time before the piles of homework and studying and cleaning or whatever else the day has in store.

I encourage you to get up early die to self and go take a walk or something and spend sometime with Jesus before the sun and Experience the Sunrise! My favorite part of the day!

(FYI the picture is from the sunrise this morning but not from here. It was taking in South Dakota) (This mornings wasn't this amazing:( tomorrow should be better)

Beautiful Slave

I recently (Saturday) got back from a trip to Las Vegas. First I really don't like going to Vegas (God please don't send me there) It's such a dark city and while i like to see the world sometimes because it makes me pray harder I hate being in the environment.

So while I was driving there... just before you enter the city there are all these billboards on the side of the road advertising well everything you can think of. well one billboard the last one before our exit said something that really caught my eye and tore my heart. It said if you suspect human trafficking call (888) 373-7888. It became so much more real to me that human trafficking is huge issue even in the united states. I researched the group that put up the billboard. Last year there were over 2000 calls to that number to report suspected human trafficking. CRAZY!

If you have not yet seen/heard beautiful slave by take no glory you really need to it's very powerful and even more moving now than ever in my life.

Prayer changes things!

I love quotes from people! When I was in High School I read this quote and it changed my life!

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"-Corrie Ten Boom

It really got me thinking about prayer! Is prayer really something that guides our life? or is it just something we do when we are at our end and don't know what else to do!

At that point I started to think about prayer and tried to pray more! I soon realized I didn't even really know how to pray or what to pray for! I had grown up praying before meals and praying when someone was sick or something like that but how do you pray for everyday things. So I asked God to teach me. I asked Him to show me how to pray and most of all what to pray for!

It changed my life! The Lord started first to show me to forget about praying for only what we want but to pray for the Lord will. I totally stopped making requests and just asked the Lord what to pray for.

He started showing me things and telling me what to pray for. It was crazy I found myself praying for random people I hadn't talked to in years. People that I had only met once or people I had never even met! I would see someone on the street or at a bible study and the Lord would just say pray for that person so I would. It was crazy! Sometimes the Lord would put specific things on my heart to pray for for people and it was so awesome to see that the Lord would do those things! It's rad!

so now I have learned to not pray for what I want and only what I see but just continually ask God what should I pray for and wait for Him to fulfill it! It's amazing the things that the Lord does when we just ask Him. Lately I have been seeing a lot of things that I have been praying for, for a long time happen. The Lord has finally been opening the doors and fulfilling those prayers and it's so exciting to see and to be apart of!

I would encourage you today! PRAY but don't pray for what you think! ask the Lord what to pray for and pray for that! Pray for the Lord's will! Prayer is essential for fellowship with the Lord! prayer should be something that we do all the time! The Bible does say pray without ceasing!

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing."- Martin Luther

More to come on prayer in another post!

Reality

I am leaving in just a few minutes to go to the reality women's retreat!!

I am so excited to spend some much needed time with Jesus! I have so much to pray about and so many decisions that need to be made in my life!

I can't wait to see what the Lord is going to teach me and what He has in store!!

STOP!!

STOP THINKING WITH YOUR EMOTIONS AND START THINKING WITH YOUR BRAIN!!!

I realize this week way to many people in this world only think with their emotions!

This sounds good... I like that I'm going to do it.... But I love him... these are only a few examples. Why do we let our emotions rule our lives and forget to actually think and pray about things. We are so quick to make decisions without stepping back and waiting for the Lord. We are so quick to get depressed or upset because things do not happen the way we think we want them.

so let's take a step back and think logically and pray about EVERYTHING! in our lives!

Youth at church

So because of an emergency dylan had to leave this morning and I ended up teaching the Youth! we couldn't get into the skate park so I just locked them in jail!

Alaska picts sorry

ok so I realize it has been a long time since alaska but here is the deal!

I only took like 5 pictures in Alaska because I leave the picture taking up to the professionals (well my sister) so you can check out most of the pict on her facebook

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=318789&id=791210716&saved#/album.php?aid=2029724&id=1070580072

and here is a video of my cousins fishing in alaska! this is how we fished!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tigF2lejuI

Silence

I can't remember where I was reading but I came across this reading that really got me thinking!

It was on silence and the power that silence holds.

In the reading was this quote that really got me thinking and praying!

"I think the devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, and crowds. Satan is quite aware of the power of silence." -Jim Elliot

It's so true! think about it. When was the last time that you were in silence? We go from the car with the radio to the store, work, or school with people and music and other noises, bible studies, even going home you turn on the TV or radio or some form of music or people start talking. When is it truly silent?

not that it is a bad thing to have noise and to listen to music or people talking but there is a time for silence. A time to just wait on the Lord and hear from Him.

So I tried silence! Instead of turning on the ipod in the car and instead of talking to God I was just silent. I waited on God! It was awesome! I have to admit at first it seemed a little strange but then it became nice! It is very refreshing! Since then I have been trying to spend some time everyday in just silence and peace!

I challenge you to spend sometime in silence I know sometimes it seems impossible with kids or other people around but there is always sometime you just don't realize it yet!!

Let God work through the Silence!

WHY!!!!!

Is it bad that I have file for jury duty...

how can it be that most people never get that dreaded piece of mail... jury duty?

or some people get it once when they are in their 20s and never have it again?

and then there are people like me that every single year since i turned 18 i have gotten the summon in the mail ugh!!

and then some people that get summoned for jury duty call in and then never actually go to the court house and then if and only if they do get called in they never actually get put on the stand or anything they just sit in the room all day and get let go.

not me... the odds are completely against me! my last day of service was June 17th 2008 and now i get to call in October 30th so lame! and every time I have had it so far i have had to go into the court and then get put on the stand and asked questions. thankfully i have never been asked to be on a case! i would die! i can't miss that much school! hopefully this year will work in my favor and i won't have to go in at all and if I do that they will let me off because of my sisters wedding the next week. that would be nice!

oh well I guess I am just the one that has all the random stuff happen that no one else ever experiences i am that one in a million the one they right all the side effects for :)... more on that another time

My relaxing day with Allison!

Yesterday was such a blessing!

As my first school budget closure day I decided I was not just going to sit around bored all day!

So I decided I would go down to San Clemente to get Pedros and just hangout for the day! So I asked Allison if she wanted to go with me!

Well the day started out amazing! I took Daytona down to the beach to go for a run at 600am it was amazing! It was the most perfect morning!



I picked Allison up around 11 and we started our drive down to get lunch. We at Pedros which was amazing!!!




Then we headed down to oceanside/carlsbad to go to the beach. It was so nice to just relax in God's beauty and hangout with Allison. Then the Lord totally did something awesome for Allison! I am totally excited for her and can't wait till she moves down and I can go visit her!

Anyway the day ended up being very relaxing and refreshing!

When God Opens a Different Door

Sorry this is really long but it's totally awesome to see what the Lord is doing!

So over the last few years and really over the last year I have been praying alot! Mostly praying about direction for my life. What does God want me to do? Where does He want me to live? How does He want me to live? What things need to change? What things do I need to devote more time in? What things is He just saying wait? and the list goes on and on. At first I was really discouraged I was getting no answers or not that I saw at least. I got involved in new ministries like the Monday night hospital ministry, and the Tuesday night hard ball ink bible study, and a women's bible study for recovering addicts and a few others. Basically I was busy doing ministry every night of the week and loving it. I wanted to start a high school girls discipleship group and a Jr high girls discipleship group and some other things! I love being a part of ministry!

Then I realized I didn't have as much of a relationship with the Lord anymore. It was more about what can I do for the Lord and being involved in ministries. I realized I wasn't spending as much personal time with Him as I needed to. I went a few months without even going to a bible study where I could just sit and receive. Every time I went to a bible study I was leading worship or involved in some way. Even when I went to Atlanta for the weekend I ended up singing at church there. It was crazy.

Then the Lord showed me how much personal time I was really spending with Him. It wasn't much. I was trying so hard to figure out exactly what the Lord wanted me to do by trying everything and getting involved in everything that came my way instead of waiting on Him to show me the door to walk through.

At JR. High camp the Lord really showed me that He was going to start cutting ministries out and if I was willing to do whatever HE wanted me to do that He was going to show me what things to do. So I surrendered all of my ministries to Him and let Him take control. I made a list of all the ministries I was involved in and let God start the process of crossing things off.

When I got back from camp the leadership team at my church wanted to take me out to lunch because they said they needed to talk to me. I was kind of scared? I mean I had just asked the Lord to do His will and take away the ministries that He didn't want me involved me and my church leadership needed to talk to me.

So anyway the Lord opened a door that I never thought about. Max had the opportunity to move back to yucca and go to the school of ministry there. With him moving back they asked if i would pray about taking over the worship leader position. I was not expecting the Lord to do that!! He opened a totally different door. I never wanted to be the worship leader for a church. I love singing with people and leading for small groups but I never planned on leading for an entire church. I prayed and prayed and the Lord kept confirming that it is exactly where He wants me right now. I was shocked! So basically I am now the worship leader for Braveheart Fellowship. I am excited to see what the Lord is going to do next and what He has in store for our church! There have been alot of changes in the last year and I am excited to see what the Lords plan is!

Home From Alaska

Ok so we just got home from Alaska! it was a totally awesome trip we had a really good time! It was fun hanging out with family and meeting new people!! all in all it was great trip!

When I get a chance this week I will post some pictures and write more about it!

Denali

Tuesday we went on a paddle boat tour it was fun I guess the best part
was seeing the sled dogs and watchig them practice. They are really
fast I think we should hook daytona and Cali up and go :)

Then we went to a gold mine place and panned for gold. It was pretty
sweet I got 12 dollars worth of gold sweet :)

Yesterday we took a train to denali national park. Then we took a 7
hour bus ride into the park to look for animals. It was way to long
and not enough animals. I don't think I would suggest going on that
tour. We saw caribou, foxes, bears, rabits and bears. Not really worth
the boric bus ride.

This morning we got up early and hiked up a mountain it was really
steep I think t wasn't realy a hiking path more like a run off for the
snow. It was fun and a lot of work.

Now we are waiting to board the bus to go to talketana. I guess that's
where the start the hike to mnt mikinley.

I'll try and post pictures soon!

Yeah Alaska!!!

After a long red eye flight we finally arrived in Fairbanks Alaska. I
have always wanted to go to Alaska and I am so excited to be here and
even more excited that my parents are paying:)

Well today I think we are going to do a little sight seeing around
here then my cousins get here tonight and the land tour starts tomorrow.

I guess I'll have to post when I can and when I have Internet

Happy Birthday Friends!!

I hope you all have amazing Birthdays!!

Lucha Libre

I just got back from jr high summer camp! It was totally amazing! The Lord worked in so many ways! The theme this year was lucha libre and basically all about spiritual life being a battle! We are always wrestling against the enemy! But the Lord has made us more than conquerors!

He has the Victory all we have to do is surrender to Him and He will fight! Amazing!

I miss being a part of the Jr high! It was such a blessing to be there! I want to be part of the jr high ministry and the high school ministry they are both amazing and I have a heart for both! It's awesome to see them grow up and to see the Lord working in their lives!

Ugh... I wish I could split myself into parts so that I could be a part of all of the ministries! There are so many things that I want to do but it's hard knowing exactly where the Lord wants me! I need to just wait on the Lord and pray and see what He wants me to do!

social vibe

So i heard of this thing called social vibe where you can help support an organization

let's see if this works

Basically all you have to do is see this post and it earns points for them which earns money for them! so yea!

BTW you will probably see this again!

Imago Dei

Well camp was great!
As always the Lord totally filled the place! It was such a blessing to be there and not to be at home. I can't believe that the Lord would use someone like me to minister to high schoolers. I love all the girls that I had in my cabin some of them had been in my cabins before so that was nice at least I already knew them!

I was totally blessed to be able to lead worship for some of the sessions and devotions. The Lord is so amazing in the way that He speaks and moves in our lives! It's amazing to see that no matter what goes on the Lord still does His work and people's lives are changed.

I think I might have been the most blessed when I came home. I know that sounds strange but Saturday when I got back I was asked to teach for the youth at my church. I was also teaching that morning for first service at CCCM in the junior high. At first I thought there is no way that I would be able to plan 2 studies in one day! But as soon as I got reading I got really excited!

For Braveheart I was teaching on John 3:22-30. In case you haven't read that in a long time verse 30 says "He must increase, but I must decrease." It was so convicting to teach on that. To see John the Baptists perception of life and the things that the Lord had called Him to do.

Pre-Camp post

So Sunday I am leaving for High School camp. I can't believe it has actually been a year since last summer camp. It seems like just yesterday that we were leaving for last summers camp so weird. It's going to be strange without the seniors and with all the new freshmen! I am always so blessed at camp and excited to see what the Lord is going to do this year!

Please keep us in prayer as we go and throughout the week! The Lord is going to do awesome things and I am really excited to see what He does.

Update

So I don't know who all knows but I went on a Cruise for a week! well that was June 24-31 so it was a while ago now! anyway I will post pictures and stuff for that one later! Well... The day I got back I moved out of my house! well kind of! I am living for the next month or so in Laguna well it's more like aliso viejo! anyway it's totally fun!!

Schools Out for the Summer

I realized that I have not posted in a really long time! Well that is mostly because I have been so insanely busy with school! With all of my papers and presentations and tests I have had no time to enjoy life!

This week was so crazy!! On Tuesday I thought I had my final for my stress and coping class so i finished the paper for it on Monday night and thought I was good. Then on Tuesday morning when I went to school at 8 I realized that my final for the day was at 10:45!! What? oh and it was in my marriage and family class. I had not even started the paper for that class yet! ugh... So i went home and started working on my paper. I had no time to waste! I didn't even eat or go to the bathroom oh my gosh i thought I was going to die! how do you write a 10 page paper in and hour and a half!! insane! Some how I was able to write it. I didn't read over it or anything so I am sure I missed a ton of errors! oh well but i made it to class (20 minutes late) and took the test which i had not studied for because i thought it was on Thursday! that was the most stressful morning of my life!

After that the rest of the week went well! I finished the rest of my papers! (my paper on rape ended up being 18 pages.)

So now i am done for the summer well kind of i do have a final next week in my sociology class.

And on Sunday I am leaving for a cruise!! heck yes I am so excited! I will post when i get back!!

Kappa Omicron nu

So last nigth i was officially initaited into kappa omicron nu!

Ok so it's not really that exciting! but it is kinda cool!

it's the national honor society at Long Beach State!

So i am officially greek!

Time off!

So yesterday i was thinking about how i have had no free time to just hangout and do what i want for the day! So when i found out that today i did not have to work today i thought it would be the perfect day to take a break from well life!

This morning i was going to go workout but i decided to spend time some Jesus time instead! It was awesome and He really showed me a lot!!

So then Sera and I headed down to San Clemente! I took the tops off the camero and drove down the PCH!

First we stopped at the rainbows outlet and i bought new sandals then we went to Pedro's to get food and went to the beach to eat it!!

Then we stopped at the rip curl outlet and headed back home! it was a really good day!

Tonight I am going to the Hillsong concert with some of my friends! It should be amazing!

He came for me!

Sera and I were talking last night about time and how strange time is. How it keeps going forever it never stops and takes a break it's just strange. There is nothing like it! It's one thing that is completely constant and predictable. You know for a fact that your never randomly going to skip a beat. It's very weird and kind of indescribable. And yet how focused we are on. If suddenly we didn't have it everything would be chaos.

And think the Lord is completely outside of it. He sees the Future (what we think of as the future) as the present while the past and present are all the present also. It kind of makes my head spin when i think about it!

And think Jesus came from a place where time did not exist and came here inside of time! what!!! He must have been going crazy! It would be so weird to step inside of time and suddenly have this thing that you are held to and that cannot be broken! Then think of all the other things that He had to come into when He took on human form. Like gravity is gravity the same in heaven? or like wind? what about earthquakes and hurricanes? did He ever have to experience those?? it's so strange! it just blows my mind!

After thinking about all of that it makes me even more thankful for His life on this earth. That He would be willing to come into this strange crazy world and die for me! SO CRAZY!!!

Thank You Lord for your sacrifice even though i do not deserve it and everyday i fail again! AMAZING!

I know You gave the world Your only Son for us
To know Your name to live with in the Fathers love
and He took my place KNOWING He's be crucified
and you loved a people undeserving!

Washing Cars

i decided one of my favorite things to do is to wash my car! it is so relaxing!! I just puton my head phones and wash away!! I used to it every thursday which of course i have no time for now but doing it when i can is so nice!!

I know that seems crazy!

Division...

The devil always knows exactly how to get to us.

I don't know why I am surprised every time the Lord is doing something in my life that some how things come in and cause division in places that there shouldn't be.

The Lord calls us to unity in the body and yet it's so hard to do that! How can we be the body of Christ and yet be focused completely separately. Shouldn't we be focusing on what we can do to further the kingdom of God and not on these trivial things.

Lord help us to be completely unified in You and for Your kingdom!

The Final Day... BEAUTIFUL

Alright first i would like to share a couple of pictures from yesterday that were on my dad's camera...

Yet again more icicles because they are so cool!!

While we were getting ready to switch rooms i walked into my grandparents room to see what i could help with and this is what i saw!

Yes my grandpa puts each change of clothes (underwear, socks, pants, shirt) in an individual bag! It was hilarious i guess it saves time deciding what to wear and what's clean haha!

And of course as promised the coyote! it was so cool it was just walking down the road! Amazing!

So today was my last day i come home tomorrow (tear)

So in the morning my parents and grandparents came out with me! it was fun!

My grandparents went in before lunch so we stopped at the mid-gad restaurant to eat.

While we were there eating and relaxing my mother decided to take a nap! she was tired after all the complaining she was doing!

She will probably kill me for putting this up but whatever!! :)

Then we went out to mineral basin which is on the back side of the mountain! it was beautiful!

and as you can tell sooooo... crowded:)

The run that we normally came down was closed because of avalanche so we had to go down this crazy steep run! it doesn't look quite as bad from the picture!

The powder was really deep so when my mom fell it took her forever to get back up! While i was waiting i was getting really hot in the sun so i decided to lay down that cooled me off perfectly!!

The powder was so thick after the last few days of snow. If you fell down sometimes it was nearly impossible to get back up it was crazy!

In all it was a great trip! and no broken bones! ;) I don't know what everyone was so worried about!

Now it's back home and back to school sadly!! It's funny going away for a week really makes me miss my friends and church! I'm glad to be going back to those but not to school!

God's Faithfulness!!

So today was snowing even more the count is over 47 inches in the last 48 hours and it is still snowing a lot!

Tomorrow is supposed to be a really nice day! which is exciting!!

My dad and i went out on the slopes! which was well... crazy! it was beautiful and there were some awesome powder! amazing! but it was definitely a lot of work to get through the powder! At one point i was waist deep (no joke) and just kept praying please don't let me fall. If you fall in powder that deep it is almost impossible to get out.

We moved rooms from the 4th floor to the 8th floor which means that we have our huge personal patio. Most years we are able to have enough snow on it that we make sled runs on it and snow forts. Well today when we came up and attempted to open the door this is what we saw...

I guess we are not going to get to make forts this year or sled runs.

While we were eating dinner we saw a coyote walking on the road. It was amazing! i took a picture but it is on my dads camera and i can't get it tonight i will have to wait until tomorrow sadly! But it was so cool!!!

And as i mentioned a few days ago I love my grandparents they are amazing!! I am constantly laughing at things they do. Like my grandpa last night freaking out about the car again! and then all day today freaking out about changing rooms. Every 10 min or so he had to go down to the lobby and ask them if the new room was ready yet! so crazy!

My grandma and i had a great conversation about the Lord last night! We talked for a good hour or so about His faithfulness in every situation especially when we think there is no way anything good could come out of what we are going through! HE always has a plan no matter what!Amazing!

His past faithfulness Demands our present trust! And yet how hard it is not to fully put our trust in the Lord. We are always turning our back and thinking our ways are better. how dumb are we time and time again!!

"It Looks Like You Have Dandruff"

Today has been a beautiful Day!!

I was very frustrated this morning because the plan was to go snowboarding today but because my mom wasted so much time that we would only have about an hour out on the slopes which was not worth the money it would be.

But it ended up an ok day! i forced us to go outside and walk around in the snow because i didn't want to just sit around.

Here are some pictures from the day!

I love icicles they are so pretty!

I promise there is a car under there somewhere and yesterday it was not covered in snow at all.

This was how much was on our car after digging it out and there was no snow on it when we left it last night!

It's incredible the difference that a day or two makes!!

This is the railing on a staircase on Tuesday I was able to actually use it and most years there is no snow on it at all crazy!

They shoveled a little walk way for us look how high the snow is from the actual ground!! incredible usually there is barely any!

Most years there is no snow at all here and you can see the brick ground even on wed when we were here walking around you could see the ground!
My mom insisted that we make her a muff for her hands so of course she has to wear.

So i was thinking about how incredible the Lord is today! yesterday the ground here was all ugly, muddy, pavement. Today it has been washed white with snow!

It's amazing that the Lord does that to us! He takes us as we are gross, dirty, and rough and He makes us white as snow! He gives us a clean slate!

It makes so much more of an impact when you actually see it!! It's amazing to see how much the Lord Loves us!

Oh and by the way i showed you a picture of one of the pools this is the other one that as you can tell is not open due to ah..... to much snow:)

Pictures so far!

Alright so my parents arrived here safe and my dad remembered to bring his sd reader so i have a few pictures... (maybe i should make them bigger oh well)

And keep in mind that i am not the photographer my sister is so pretend like the photography is much better :)

Overcast and stormy

Sunset yesterday was just beautiful i couldn't help but take a few pictures!!

The pool! yes we went in we always go in!

then suddenly it starts storming out of nowhere

Then a couple hours later it is nice again still snowing though!

There are a ton of blue jays they are beautiful! and every morning they come hangout on our balcony.

And when we came out to go get my parents we had to dig out the car! these pictures are after we dug it out. crazy!

BTW: most (all except the cars and the pool) of these pictures are the view from our window! It's absolutely amazing!! The Lord is such an artist I am amazed by the beauty He created each and everyday!

How great is our God!!

So the forecast for tonight is it is going to snow 11-17 inches tonight

hopefully it will clear up in the morning and we can go board tomorrow!