Hello Again...

It has been awhile since I have posted on here. However, school is out for Christmas break so a lot more posting may be coming over the next 4 weeks. There are some new companies I have found that I think are awesome and a website that gets you great deals on pictures. I want to share some Christmas spirit and sing some "Yea, Alabama." Not to mention, there is just life happening. Don't miss it. Hope you all are having a great December so far and getting ready for Christmas. Check back for the posts! 

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Thanksgiving 2009

This Thanksgiving was great! First, I got a break from school and who doesn't like that? Second, I got to go hunting with my Dad. Even though we didn't see or get anything, it was a lot of fun. Third, we went to Memphis to visit the rest of the family. It was a wonderful wonderful weekend, and lots of fun, laughs, and love. Here are some pictures from the weekend. I hope your Thanksgiving was great as well! :-)

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!!

Thank you, Dad for all that you have done for me and given me. I am blessed and glad to call you my dad!

I LOVE YOU!!

 

 

  Thank you for showing me how to shoot a gun.

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Thank you for teaching me how to fish and then clean 'em!

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Thank you for taking me camping!

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Thank you, Dad for all that you have a taught me, even the things that I don't have pictures of. Like, how to ride my bike, how to drive, and how to shoot a bow.

Thank you for showing me what good music is and how to play an awesome air guitar!

Thank you for teaching me how to make coffee and 'Who Hash' (is that how you spell it? haha)

Thank you for teaching me how to read a map and for making me watch the History Channel! :-)

Thank you for being there for me, and listening to me. For giving me awesome advice, and amazing hugs.

Thank you for being my dad and showing me love.

Thank you for being you.

Dad, I'm glad to be like you.

I LOVE YOU!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD! 

Why Farmer's Markets are Amazing

You get beautiful things, like these flowers.



I love the Fall season, and today for the first time it seems, it feels like fall outside. We even turned off the air in our dorms and just opened our windows. It feels great with the wind blowing and the 70 degree air. The blue skies are a nice touch as well. I love this day, and I love knowing where it came from. Only Someone magnificent and beautiful Himself could create a day like this. Thank you, Father.

I hope the weather is wonderful in your area as well. If it isn't, I hope that tomorrow will be a bright day, and that you can see the Beauty too!

Happy Fall Everyone!!!

That Time of the Year....

It's that time of year again...the leaves are changing, school is in full swing, tests are starting, and sleep is slowly diminishing from my schedule. This means two things. First, school has started back for another crazy semester. And my life is back to being full of tests and assignments. However, the other thing fall means, is college football is back. More importantly, it means Alabama Football is back! That's right, it's time again. Bryant-Denny is filled with 90,000+ football fans screaming at the top of their lungs for the Crimson Tide. Screaming when the Defensive line is out, and watching intently when the Offensive is out. It's Crimson and White, Roll Tide, Big Al, Denny Dogs, chest-painters, tailgating, Walk of Champions, tradition, pride, and Rammer Jammer. It is Alabama Football.























ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!

High Ankle Sprain

On Thursday, August 27th, 2009, I fell down the stairs. I didn't fall down all of them, just the last one. After friends helping be back up the steps, out of the Student Union, four inquiries on if I was okay, and two buses later.... I finally got to the Student Health Center. They wheeled me to X-Ray, gave me some ice, and put me in a room. An hour later, the doctor came to look in on me. She was nice at first, until she touched the very swollen side of my ankle. Let me tell you, that lady was lucky that I did not knock her to the ground. Then, she goes and looks at my x-rays, and concludes that I have a high ankle sprain. Great. Campus is going to be LOTS of fun now. I asked her a bunch of questions, and she basically told me that, it was going to be a long recovery. How long? Too long. No one really knows. It varies from person to person. It actually would have healed faster had I actually broken it. So, physical therapy may be in the works. They gave me a gel ankle brace, no crutches, and no pain meds!!!! Talk about pain, all I was told to take was ibuprofen and keep ice on it. Oh, well. So after getting back to my dorm, and telling a thousand of my dear friends what happened, I went to sleep missing my Anatomy Lab and Anatomy lecture.

Here, almost two weeks after "the incident" (that is how we are all referring to it as), I can put more pressure on it, and walk better. I can go up and down stairs easier as well, I just kind of hop when I do it. Thankfully, I wasn't on crutches very long, because me on those things seemed to be worse than me falling down the stairs. I still do not have full range of motion in my ankle, and it does have it's days where it hurts worse than the day before. I know that it is going to be a slow recovery, I'm prepared. Please pray for a fast, FULL recovery. This hasn't been that easy for me, seeing as I don't like asking people to do things for me, but I was pretty much required too. I had to rely on my friends and God more than ever. He was teaching me patience a little bit, and He was always telling me that no matter what, He would always be there. And He was.

See, when I feel at the stairs, I was in a part of the building that did not have very good cell service. As soon as I got my phone out and press the "call" button, I lost service. Not knowing what to do, I started praying, and at that moment, one of my friends walked by. Now, she was on the upper level, not looking anywhere near me. I yelled her name, and she ran down there. That was not just a chance happening, that was God.

He is with you always even in the darkest of places.


Here are some pictures from that day and some days after. Today, I still have bruising in this same areas, but it is more pink. The only blackish-blue parts are around my toes.

These were from the day of the incident.

This was the day after....

Two days after....
The third day after.....
This is the last picture that I took of it, but it did get worse. The bruising progressed down along the side of my foot up to my toes, and wrapped around on top of my foot. Then, it started bruising on the other side of my ankle. I still have swelling going on and lots of fluid in my foot.


So, what's the worse injury you have ever had??

Arizona 2009

This is also written on my Facebook.

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Hey everybody! I just wanted to ask for your prayers as I leave for Arizona again today. This is my third year out there, and I am excited to see the people again! A lot of ya'll have heard me talk about AZ at least once...or twice haha. But it has a special place in my heart, the place and the people. God is doing incredible things out there for His glory, and I am so blessed to even be a part of that. I am leaving today, Wednesday, but will not actually get onto the Reservation until Saturday. Thursday I fly out to the Grand Canyon, and will be there until Friday, then on Saturday drive down to the Reservation. We fly back to B'Ham on the 27th. Please pray for the safe travel of me and the rest of the group I will be with. There are 8 more that will be along with me. Pray that we will all be safe. Also, please pray for the rest of the groups that are out there, and will be there the rest of the month.

We will be in Sells, Arizona on the Tohono O' Odham Reservation. The people are called the Papago's, and we will be staying and working with First Papago Baptist Church. During the week, we will do VBS in different villages around Sells. For the past two years, I have gone to Choulic, however this year, my group will be going to San Miguel. At night, we will hold Revival at the church. Pray for all the children that we will encounter and for the people that will come to Revival. Pray that their hearts will be open and receptive to God's Word and Will. Pray that He will speak through us, as we live among these people for a week. This reservation is one of the largest Indian reservations and definitely one of the poorest, living in poverty. Please just pray for these people and what God is doing, and please pray for us as we work with them, and travel.

I won't be able to update throughout the week, so I will just have to tell you all about it when I get back! But, I love this trip, and this is one place that I love dearly. I love the people and the children. I love mostly that God allows me to go out there and work for His glory.

Thank you! I love you all!!