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Well one countdown on my list has come and gone cause yesterday was my birthday:) goodness I feel old now 22 is such a weird age cause there are no more exciting birthdays for a while now. I feel like a real adult now just a young adult ah and I have to make real life decisions now, oh my goodness like what job ill have and where I'll live oh wow I'm not going to freak out about that now. Anyway I had a very nice birthday:) I had a very enjoyable and delicious dinner date with Russ, Krystal and Ryan at Big River. My taste buds to say the least were very happy! It was a lovely evening:) I'm very spoiled and blessed by my these lovely people:) I can't wait to go birthday shopping and enjoy the many treats my mom and friends have made me. But more than anything I'm so blessed to know that my father God has made me and created me to be exactly who I was created to be and I'm so excited to live life on this journey he has for me! Oh and I'm so excited well ok...

Happy Tuesday Everyone   {missing my sister & her awesome photography skills} So here's the news for today: It's election day, finally! This year was my first time to vote in a presidential election since last time I turned 18 the day after the election. Ya that didn't seem fair so this time around I made sure to do my part and research who the best candidates will be for our country. I'm anxious for the results but mostly excited that I got to place a vote! Today is my last day being 21.. ya that's right I'm getting older and my birthday is tomorrow ! I can't wait:) & I just found out I share my birthday with Billy Graham how crazy is that! In other exciting news there are: 16 days till Thanksgiving: yay Turkey time, family time and I get to see my lil sis. Yay I haven't seen her since August:( 17 days till I can start listening to Christmas Music:) 31 days till Christmas break (Christmas may or may not be my favorite ti...

Okay Okay I've procrastinated too long and I miss blogging way too much! I miss sharing how God is transforming me and how he has been blessing me. So it's about time I start again! Well he has been blessing me this year that is for sure! This is my senior year ahhh! I never thought this time would come! {My first last day of school picture ever!} Yes I'm not loving my ridiculous amounts of hard homework (writing papers for days:/) and I'm dreading make serious life decisions for post-college. But yes I am loving living with my roommie Casey and making new memories with my Intervarsity community.  {Casey & I making tutu's for halloweekend} This year has also been tough with my boyfriend and I are long-distance:( However, I'm so lucky that he comes and visits me as often as he can:) And this weekend I got to celebrate him! {yay for tickets to the game!} Russell turned 23 this saturday! It was great, he was here and my parents were h...

Coffee + Jesus = energy & focus Dead week has been the death of me. 85 intern hours (just 5 more!), 1 presentation, 3 papers down and 1 midterm to go! (who gives midterms the last week???!) Am I worried about my finals? No. Just looking forward for this week to be over. Going home on Friday has been my motivator of the week! My sister is graduating and we're celebrating my uncle's new home in heaven! I can't wait to spend the weekend with my bestie & her hubby & my close family & friends. Life is looking up even when my brain and body feel exhausted.  God is blessing me left and right from the wonderful Godly women at my internship and the beautiful thank you flowers yesterday, to my supportive boyfriend and to my fundraising for my mission trip flying in! God is faithful everyday and it's good to be reminded of that. So don't freak out or stress out or give up. God is on your side and in the end it's just a te...

Ahh sunshine.. I love love love Saturdays! They are my absolute favorite day of the week. Sleeping in, Reading for fun, yes I do that and it's amazing by the way, Jesus time, Naps, Time with my man, & my community, and enjoying God's breathtaking creation. Today has been wonderful, aside from the homework and dreading dead week in two days. It's so good to wake up to read God's powerful word. Oh and I also love to enjoy delicious food on Saturdays. Today my boyfriend to me to a wonderful breakfast place, Sam's Station , for lunch and wow was my tummy satisfied and happy. Lately, I've been having a hard time being completely satisfied, content or happy. I'm finding myself complaining way too much about my busy busy crazy life. Heck, I already mentioned earlier that I'm stressed about this next week. Yes, I'm getting overwhelmed by school but the truth is I need to trust in my Father more. This past week I tried my best every morning to ...

Lately life has been crazy! Homework seems never ending, work was hectic (ya thousands of student visiting our campus oh yeah for 80 person tours I led) I have an amazing internship with Love In The Name of Christ this term (definitely confirming I'm in the right major, I love serving people with Christ's love), fundraising for my Portland Urban Project trip this summer, doing some wedding planning and crafting for my dear friend Krystal, and my bf and I are learning how to serve each other better. Life at the moment seems like I have a never ending to-do list but God has been teaching me to be continually thankful for what he has given me. Literally He has been showing up everywhere showing me what he is doing in each area of my life and showing me that I am way too blessed to be complaining. He has given me: a job, opportunities to serve low-income families in my city, incredible friends, a lovely family, an amazing boyfriend, the sunshine, an education and ...

It's two days before spring break  and I woke up to a winter wonderland. Oregon the first day of spring was yesterday! haha oh good old oregon I love you anyway. Two finals down and one to go. I'm trying to keep up the motivation to study. Thankfully I have found a new gem, the brand new chemistry building on my campus is excellent for studying. It's almost empty at the moment which is glorious compared to our packed library, it's like a one minute walk from my dorm and did I mention they have stumptown coffee , it's only the best around! It's a good day regardless of all this studying.  oh and did I mention that I'm completely obsessed with The Hunger Games and absolutely can not wait to go see it this weekend!!! however please take my advice when I say that it is an awful idea to start reading these books during dead week oops, I'm already almost half-way through the second book.  I need to be studying human development not katniss th...