O House reunion...What what!!

Today I went to a little reunion lunch for the girls that I lived with at Oxford house when I was at Oregon State. It was so fun to see the girls, eat pizza and catch up on everybody's lives. We looked at old pictures that were HILARIOUS! Thank God for the hair straightener...I was a doozy back in the day! Here are some pictures that we took. Kasey's son Isaiah was our official mascot for the day and made it in the majority of the photos! :)

Such a CUTE couple!

So my sister and brother-in-law wanted to see a picture of Jered because they haven't gotten to meet him, much less see him. I don't have any pictures of us together so I copied some pictures of him off of his myspace page and sent them to them. I told them to picture my face next to his so that they could see what a cute couple we are. So Curtis decided to do this instead...Cutest couple ever!! :)

I think that my nephews are the cutest things on the planet and have decided to share these pictures with the rest of the world. Although they are going to be mortified by this one day, they are classic. And, after all, Beebs does love being "nakey" more than anything else in life, which makes these pretty darn appropriate!

Stacy Suzanne

Happy Birthday to my dear friend!! I remember the first time I saw you at cheerleading try-outs before our freshman year of high school. I couldn't figure out why somebody's little sister was there trying out. :) (For those of you who didn't know Stacy at this point, she was about 2 feet tall and weighed all of 4 pounds.) What I didn't know was that we would have a friendship that would begin that week and would be cultivated to last a lifetime. I am so thankful for you!! We have had many great times. I'll never forget classes with you, yelling at Pegi because she was fat, going to BK every tuesday morning Jr. year and eating in your mom's room, sleepovers at your dad's, riding everywhere in Big B, getting pulled over for doing like 12 things wrong, running out of gas and having to push your car up the hill by school, MEXICO and the cucumbers, almost dying with Erica, cheering (why were we of all people cheerleaders for FOUR years??!!), going to the beach, you "helping" me on my tests in Mr. Suter's class and so much more! I'll never forget when you told me you were engaged and I screamed from downtown Gresham to my parent's house! You were so beautiful on your wedding day--thanks for letting me be a part of that. You are an amazing mother and wife; both Jason and Piper are so lucky. I love that you are just as crazy as me. Thanks for understanding my love of sharpies, only being able to write with a blue pen and hatred towards odd numbers! Thank you for being a friend no matter what. Thank you for letting me cry on your shoulder--especially when I call you in the middle of a breakdown and invite myself over...I don't know what my life would be like without you as my best friend. I do know that you make my life richer for being in it. I hope that turning 26 is fabulous and not as scary as I think it's going to be...(When did we get this old?!) I love you!!!!

Campaigning for Christ

This last weekend I went to Wildhorse Canyon for a Young Life camp. We have a Bible Study every Sunday night for the kids who are believers called Campaigners. This particular weekend it was a camp for Campaigner kids from all over the state. We only had two kids attend, but it was an amazing time. Our speaker had great things to say. He spent a lot of time going over Ephesians 1 and was great at encouraging kids to stretch themselves and take risks in regards to sharing their faith. One thing he said was "If you don't take risks, you don't have a story to tell." I was really taken by this statement. I think about all the times in my life when God has asked me to do something and I was too scared to, so I didn't. The only story I can tell in those situations is that I was too scared to do what God wanted me to. Not the best story... Another thing I took away from the camp was that God doesn't call us to be pansies, he calls us to be great. I think that so many Christians are floating through life and never live up to their full potential. As his children, we are all destined for greatness. We also had different sessions that we could attend. We all went to a seminar on how to be a Godly woman and that was really good. It was so good to talk to the girls and hear their ideas for getting more kids to come to Young Life and how to be lights in their school. It was so great to sit and pray with them and see their hearts. And it snowed! As much as I hate the snow, even I had to admit it was pretty...It was a wonderful weekend and I am so glad that I was able to be a part of it!

I Heart My Sisters

Here's a couple of pictures from Christmas. Don't worry, we were trying to be completely hideous in the one... :)

I'm Gonna Party Like It's 2007!

So I wanted to post about my 2007, but let's be honest, I didn't know what to write and I've been to lazy...So, I decided to just post this little survey instead. It mostly covers my year with a few little diddies added in. Au revoir 2007 and hola 2008!!

1) Where did you begin 2007?
At Erika's apartment. We had a rousing night...definitely feel asleep at 12:05 and when my sister called to say Happy New year she thought I was drunk. Nope, just sleeping...So lame.

2) What was your status on Valentine's Day?
Single...shocker.

3) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
No sir-wahoo!

4) How did you earn your money?
La Petite Academy and as a nanny

5) Did you have to go to the hospital?
Not for myself, but for my dad. Dang kidney stones...we almost made it through '07 without incident and on Dec. 23rd the man gets kidney stones. Seriously. I also went to visit Stacy when she had Piper!! :) Yeah for babies! :)

6) Did you have any encounters with the police?
Never in my life.

7) Where did you go on vacation?
Did I even have a vacation...?? I took some little trips; the beach, Disneyland, Seattle a couple of times. Nothing major!

8) Did you buy anything over $1000?
Yeah right...I'd probably get an ulcer.

9) Did you know anybody who got married?
The question is when do I not know somebody whose getting married?? I only went to a couple of weddings this year, thank goodness.

10) Did you know anybody who passed away?
Nobody directly linked to me, but I'm close to some people who lost others they were close to. So sad...

12) Did you move anywhere?
Why yes I did. Thank you for asking.

15) Are you registered to vote?
Always...except sometimes you forget to actually do it. Oops!!

16) Who did you want to win Big Brother?
No thanks.

17) Where do you live now?
Portland, Or baby!

18) Describe your birthday?
Hm...it was the first birthday when I actually felt old!! Dang the mid-20's. It was a good day. Em and I watched lots of Grey's Anatomy and then went out to dinner. Low-key, but nice.

19) What's one thing you thought you'd never do but did in 2007?
Move out. I had a really good, FREE thing going at my parents, but it was time. And it's been a fabulous change, even though I was so stressed out about it I got sick and was throwing up for two days prior. Only me...

20) What has been your favorite moment(s)?
Not sure...There's been a LOT of change in my life, which I am definitely not a big fan of. But a lot of the change has been for the better. This is random, but I think one of the best moments was when I went and visited my brother's grave. It was a long time coming and it was a very sweet, emotional, freeing time. Also, when my sister and brother-in-law surprised us by coming on Christmas day instead of the next day. I was really having a hard time with all the change that was happening around Christmas and I was so excited that they were there that I screamed for awhile and then just sat down and cried. It was good...

21) What's something you learned about yourself?
I didn't realize how obsessive I am until this year. I'm not really into the whole compulsion thing, but obsessiveness--here I come! Which also leads to stress and anxiety...awesome. Sign me up!

22) Any new additions to your family?
My sister's boyfriend and his two kids.

23.) What was your worst month?
I don't know if I had a worse month...March was pretty stressful because I was getting ready to move, was part of a church plant that was starting up in April and was seriously thinking about quiting my job. Overload!!

24.) What music will you remember 2007 by?
Colbie Callait. Love that girl!

25.) Who has been your best drinking buddy?
I'm not a drinker. Somehow Emily gets me to drink...too much. I'm a ridiculous lightweight and I always end up tipsy when I drink with her. Apparently I'm funnier than normal, so that's good.

26) Made new friends?
Actually a lot, which is pretty big because, let's be honest, I don't love meeting new people.

27) New best friend?
Not really, but some new good friends for sure.

28) Favorite Night?
That's a hard one...probably the American Idol concert with Emily. So lame, but SO MUCH FUN!!!! :)