A Look to the Past

It has been 3 years since I graduated high school. 

Balloons of Inspiration

During the school year, our church has a program for kids that is called AWANA. Kids from 2 years old to 6th or 7th grade take part in AWANA. They would meet every Wednesday night taking part in fellowship, prayer, singing songs, and Bible learning. Most importantly they learned and memorized the beautiful Word of God. Yesterday was their last AWANA meeting for the year. And they got to celebrate with a giant balloon release followed by cake and ice cream of course!

The coolest thing about this balloon release...each balloon represents a Bible verse learned and memorized by a child....

there were over 300 balloons released.

Basically, these kids are an inspiration. They are inspiring with their dedication to coming each week, inspiring with their yearning for the Word of God. Yes, they are inspiring and encouraging.

So, enjoy these pictures and be inspired.

Hiking Adventures, Exploring Downtown, and The Blue Angels

Another semester of college has come to an end for me. It is weird to think that I am entering my fourth year of college. Technically by hours, I am not a Senior yet, but still. The fact that I will be here for my fourth year in the fall is very surreal and mind-blowing.

Classes ended last week, yet I am still in Tuscaloosa hanging out with my friends that are still here. I am excited for the summer, but that will be another post. For the past week, we've been hanging out, going out to eat, watching movies, going to the lake to swim, making midnight runs to McDonald's and Krispy Kreme, cooking out by the river, and going on adventures that we don't know where they will lead us.

Earlier this week, we went to one of the lakes around Tuscaloosa, Lake Nicol. Where we went hiking down the edge of it. It was definitely an adventure and very fun, and that area is definitely one of my new favorite places, can you see why?

Another outing that we had was a trip to Lake Tuscaloosa, where we did a little swimming.

We also ate at a great place in Northport, Alabama called City Cafe. Which is so close to Tuscaloosa that we are always there as well. They have a great small downtown area that holds City Cafe and many different antique and other shops.

It's amazing how much we overlook all the really cool places in Tuscaloosa. But, being students, we usually stay on campus and don't have time to see everything.

Last Saturday, we also got to go to the Air Show that was in Tuscaloosa and see the Blue Angels. It was my first time to see them!