Thanksgiving... WOW WAY LATE...

Ok... So for Thanksgiving we, Kenny and I, flew out to the Dallas/Fort Worth area to celebrate it with his sister and their family (Miranda, Derron, Dayon, Adaryan and Avyonne)... So anyways, we were supposed to fly out thursday morning (cuz Kenny had a debate in his wednesday night class) however, that got cancelled so we called the airlines at like 10 at night and got our flights changed to wednesday night so we could leave earlier :) Anyways so we get there Wednesday night and sit and visit... Some of the food was already cooked, rolls, haha and we went through 70ish rolls the night before Thanksgiving... which is basically all of them, so we had to run to the store and get some more for the next day... Just for the record pretty sure Dayon ate the most of those!! haha... we stayed up pretty late wednesday night visiting and such...

Ok... So Thursday, we got up and helped finish making lunch... oh and by this time the pumpkin pie was already gone as well... haha! But Derron's family came over for lunch... we watched some football games and visited... I don't think we ever took a nap but some of us dozed off for a few minutes, but it was literally minutes, maybe seconds before someone woke you up... well rested our eyes, while we watched the games :)

So, everyone left, and we all decided we were going to get up early and do some shopping... (DayDay, me, andi and miranda) Our plan was to leave at 4 AM... So my bright idea is that I am going to stay up all night and play video games with the boys... I have never seen anyone sit and play games as much as those boys did (COD6) haha... So we played, and somehow I got conned into playing... I suck... But one game I made the rules and said they could only use throwing knives and I get to use my machine gun :) I still lost (sad I know) But I did get 12 kills out of 20 :) haha... But for the record Kenny cheated and threw a flash grenade at me and killed me... I was so mad (I know way to competitive) so I decided to play some pool... I suck at this too like very bad... I usually play Adaryan and he runs the table... But I think me being as mad as I was I actually played really well... I was making cut shots that NO ONE makes haha... And I ended up beating Adaryan 8 games in a row... go me!

Ok so 4AM rolls around, we go wake up Andi and DayDay and Miranda. Miranda is SO not a morning person, but once we got her moving around and some Diet Coke in her system everything was good :) So once we left the boys went to sleep... We stopped at Wal-mart first, and people were SO polite there, they hit you and apologized fifty times, no one was fighting over anything... Everyone was very helpful! I could not believe it, but I guess that's what happens in Southlake (the richest city in the nation) so we filled the car up there, had to drop off the load, and go to all the other stores :) I bought Kenny and XBox 360 for his 21st birthday (I know what was I thinking!!) I only get to see him a few hours a night and now it's gonna be less with that dang thing :) But it's ok, he really wanted it to play live with his brothers/nephews/etc... So we get home about 11AM. Boys are still sleeping... I was patient, woke them up at 12... We left to get some sushi and go check out Darrells apartment...

That night we went to Dave and Buster's, kind of like an Applebee's food place mixed with a Hinkle Family Fun Center game place... This was to celebrate Kenny and Adaryan's birthday... it was lots of fun and we spent like 3 hours there... Ok so I stayed up all of thursday, all of friday and all of saturday... I did go to sleep about 2AM on sunday night (we had to wake up at 430 to fly out)... And we were so close to missing our flight we were literally running... But basically, there was just so much to do and we had so much fun that I really didn't schedule any time in for sleep :) But I'm still alive :) So it's ok right :)

I hope everyone had a blast over thanksgiving :) I know I did!!!

P.S. I didn't even notice this was in my drafts, and I never posted it... Whoops...

**Thanksgiving Break**

Ok... So my thanksgiving break hasn't really started yet... I still have 2 more classes. (One today and One tomorrow) BUT then we fly out to TEXAS tomorrow night at like 5:10pm I think... I am so excited and I cannot wait... We are gonna be in Texas until Monday morning :) So the ENTIRE break... So I probably won't be posting anything over the break... But I will try to take a million pictures so I will have plenty to blog about when we get back :)

If I don't get on here again before I leave, or before Thanksgiving... I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break... Enjoy the time you get to spend with your family... You never know when this will have been the last holiday you share together (to those of you who have lost loved ones, I know the holidays are hard, but think about all the good times and know they are watching over you) And remember to say a little prayer for our soldiers who won't get to spend the holidays with their families this year because they are fighting for everything this country stands for!!


Happy Thanksgiving!!! :o)

**Pictures, Pictures, Pictures**

---> Ok so this is how long my hair was.....I REALLY hate this picture of me, but I think Kenny looks so so so cute I love it :)


---> and this is my hair now... I cut 14 inches off :) (yes i donated it :))



---> this is me and the pic i got at the nickelback concert :) my sister used her KungFu skills and snatched it out of the air and gave it to me yay!!! we were right in the front


----> this is us after the concert... we were supposed to do our mad/gansta look but dav didn't get the memo haha... we were so exhausted and i could not talk at all :)


---> this is us getting ready to go into the concert :) yay!!! so much fun :)


----> these are our tickets for the concert :)

haha so these are a few of pictures that i wrote about earlier :) let me know what you think about the hair?? better long or short?? the nickelback concert again was AMAZING!!!

Mine and Kenny's first Jack-O-Lantern :)

This is the final product... Doesn't look too impressive right?? Some of you are probably asking yourselves what the heck is it.... Patience...


So this is what it looks like with a light in it :) Good right?? Haha let me just point out this is the FIRST jack-o-lantern we have EVER carved... And we were looking at things we could carve online and found this one... And guess what it says, VERY CHALLENGING... Haha but you all should know that kenny and i never do things the easy way :) It took us a few hours to do but we had so much fun doing it :) haha I hope no one has to ask me what it is... But just in case it is Yoda :)


This is after, haha we shoulda started earlier we were both so tired, and it was so late when we finished, but it was fun and definitely worth it :)

...****....October....****...

Ok... Well I'm not gonna even go with the busy excuse again... We all know how that is right??

Well... The month of October seems to have flown by... I honestly don't know where it went... My sister turned 19, Davynne, on October 17th... We went home for fall break that weekend... (I think she was a little homesick, which is understandable she has not really gotten to go home since May)... In that short weekend (Thursday,Friday,Saturday, part of Sunday) We managed to go to doctor's appointments, get our hair cut, get family pictures, go to the kirtland vs. shiprock football game, have a birthday dinner and see all of both my families... There really is not enough time to do everything I wanted to...

But I did want to say thank-you to Brandi for doing our pictures!! She is SO SO SO amazing, and I really cannot say that enough... We had an hour timeframe to get our pictures done... This was the only time my family could be together on Thursday and my dad was flying out Friday... So there simply was no way around this ONE HOUR timeframe we gave her to work with... Poor thing... And guess what?? She not only made it happen, but the pictures look AMAZING :) she is so good at what she does :) I would post pictures, but I left that up to my mom (I don't know why I should have just picked them and had Brandi get them to us haha) So who knows when I will have those to put up :) But trust me on this one :) They look cute :)

Ok so towards the end of October... Well we had some grand plans... I was going to be a bee and Kenny was going to be a terrorist :) weird I know... But things didn't work out that way... We actually went out to dinner with a friend that had a very terrible thing happen to her (some of you may know, but I don't want to put it out for the world to know, so shoot me an e-mail if you're dying to know) but anyways Kenny and I have been trying to help her through this situation... She is an unbelievably strong girl and I have no idea how she is the way she is... But I am thankful for her... So needless to say we didn't go out at all on Halloween... I had not slept in 72 hours straight... And we sat down to watch the Oregon vs. USC game we had recorded (GO OREGON!!!!) And we ended up falling asleep on the couch because we were so exhausted...

However, we did carve a pumpkin :) It pretty much rocks not gonna lie :) I will post pictures of that too probably tomorrow sometime... Or soon :) I just wanted to get on here and give you a short update of October for all of you that are curious :) I hope you all had a great October.... Ready or not November, and daylight savings time, here we come :) On the upside only 6 more weeks of school left yes!!! And I only have 10 more classes to complete my Bachelor's YAY!!!!

**Dark Horse**

Ok... So i have figured out that I am not very good at this blogging thing... My excuse I am so dang busy!! Haha I know that's the excuse most of us use... But I honestly feel like ALL I DO IS SCHOOL!! Seriously, two days a week I am in class basically 10 to 10 (an hour break in between for some lunch)... And I still have classes all day the other three days of the week... And when I'm not in class then I'm doing a gazillion tons of homework... It never ends... Never... But some positive to all this negative... I only have 10 classes until I have my degree and then into MedSchool (hopefully, cross our fingers)... Ok so enough complaining... :)

Ok... So rewind... On 9/9/09 I went to a Nickelback concert *my absolute favorite band in the world by the way* And yes I skipped my 7 to 10 o clock class in order to go :) shame on me... Anyways I have only been to a few concerts in my lifetime :) But this was by far THE MOST AMAZING CONCERT IN THE WORLD!!! The concert included, Saving Abel, Papa Roach, Hinder and Nickelback... I was unsure how Saving Abel would sound (as they are newer than the rest of them) But I was so impressed by them... They were funny and very good at entertaining the crowd, and they sounded amazing... They played 18 days for Our Troops which I thought was really cool... Then... Papa Roach came on... I have loved Papa Roach forever, I also watch Scarred for this reason (well partly) He came on and sound fantastic... He really impressed me when he sang the last chorus of Scars in spanish!! Wow!! Then Hinder... I think they played the least amount of songs but they were all spectacular. Ok so for these first 3 bands we were sitting in the grass seats (yes we are CHEAP) However, my cousin and a couple family friends called us and said they had a few extra pit passes if we wanted them... HECK YES!! So we were front and center, ok maybe a little off to the left, but IN THE FRONT for Nickelback... This was like a dream come true for me... Thanks guys :) Let me tell you they put on such an amazing show! The drummer had his own drum solo when everyone else left the stage and he was so good! They also brought all the other bands that performed out on stage to sing some covers with them... Bon Jovi--Wanted...That's just the one I can remember, haha cuz even writing about this I get so excited... I will ask Kenny the other covers when I put up the pictures :) and a few other...(these were seperate from their other songs) I think total Nickelback played 21 songs... Old and New...

I have never screamed so much in my ENTIRE life... I left the concert barely being able to talk... I thought, man I came so close to completely losing my voice... The next day however, my voice was gone... I could talk but barely... You know how when you lose your voice you sound like a smoker, well I was past that stage... And something that was so funny was I tried to scream, like tried really hard to scream and nothing came out... So pretty sure I COMPLETELY lost my screaming voice for about 3 days... It was crazy... And I think because of this, my throat being hurtin, I got sick... Ugh... But if I had to do it all over again... Would i?? MOST DEFINITELY!! Sick, losing my voice! EVERYTHING!!!

So I guess I might be a little biased but I thought the concert was ENTIRELY amazing... So if Nickelback ever plays a concert close to you, I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommed going... It is worth every penny!!!!

P.S. No pictures on this blog cuz currently my pictures are stuck in my camera... Ugh.. I have an SD slot in my computer where I Just stick the card in, but for some reason it's not reading them... So, I am going to have to find time to take the card to walmart and put the pictures on a CD... We will see when that happens,hopefully soon :)

*.....Butterflies.....*

Ok... So I went on my first roadtrip home ALONE last Wednesday... Good, but interesting... So let me rewind first...

Well I have been babysitting my cousins all of last week, and we went to my aunt's house to swim... We were in the pool for maybe a whole hour because it was like we were swimming in the freezer... Ugh.. But anyways, out of nowhere this HUGE black and yellow butterfly swam over the pool... All three of us stopped and just stared at it... Well we then got out of the pool and went over to my other aunts house to help put up a fence (about 5 miles down the road) and while we were putting up the fence, again this huge yellow and black butterfly was hovering overhead... I had to just stop and stare.... I have not seen any butterflies around here ever, and I saw 2 butterflies that looked exactly the same...

So anyways, moving on, the significance of the butterfly? Well, as some of you may know my cousin Brittany Currier died during my sophomore year in highschool... She was my best friend. But back to the butterfly... When they did the drinking and driving seminar thing at the high school she was in it.. .And they had to write a letter to friends and family as if they had died... Well at the end of her letter she wrote, "everytime you see a butterfly, think of me, know I am there, listen closely to the beating of the wings, hear my voice in the wind as I am carried away." So every single time I see a butterfly I think of her... So I was already thinking of her, and I packed up to drive home at about 5...

Well on the way home Britt and Dars cross are on the side of the road... And the entire drive there I was anticipating those crosses... I didn't know how I would react, especially being alone. Anyways, so mile marker 110... I came to their crosses and all of a sudden the song switches to Who You'd Be Today by Brad Paisley.... I just started bawling... And I look over at the crosses and there were 2 black and yellow butterflies hovering over the crosses... I just could not believe it... (idk what's up with the prius advertisement... "i'm gay" haha if you've seen jeff dunham)

I have been missing her alot lately... And I guess I needed those butterflies to realize that she is never very far... It has been so long ago since this happened... But I still remember exactly when I found out... I hit my back against the counter and just slid to the floor... She is always in my thoughts... But I am very thankful for those little butterfly reminders... :)

Now that I got you all down... Let me bring you up... Well continuing my drive home... I was in NAPI and I was pretty upset because Kenny had not called me, and he was like really worried about me driving home, but I had not heard from him... So I was upset... Well anyways I had dropped my Sprite on the floor and picked it up to take a drink... Well I opened it and it exploded EVERYWHERE all over me... I just had to smile and laugh... I knew that was Britt telling me to stop being stupid, I knew Kenny was trying to call me something else was wrong... So here I am sitting with Sprite all over and just alone in my car laughing out loud... Loser I know... But I guess I think we just need to pay attention to all the little things... The people we lose never really leave us... Oh and about the calls, Kenny tried calling 9 times... My phone is not the greatest and never got them...

So all in all I made it home safely... A few bumps and butterflies later... But I made it :)

I'm still Alive :)

Man, I am definitely no good at this blogging... I get on to see how everyone else is doing and never write anything...

Well my camera is still on the fritz, it came back and they fixed the lens, but now it won't read the memory card, so I have to send it in again ugh... What a PAIN!

This month has been really busy for us! We have been home every weekend for one thing or another... It has been alot of fun, but the drive does get old... But I am thankful that we live this close to family and are able to go home for not very much :) We are going home today as well... Kenny has to get his foot x-rayed, we gotta see if he is gonna have to have surgery afterall (he broke his foot back in june and has had a walking boot) so we will see, I hope he doesn't have to. :( anyways, we get to stay home until monday this weekend, so it won't be AS quick of a trip...

My sister is in Hawaii until next wednesday... Lucky I know!! I am gonna finish up my Physics class next thursday (well this thursday)... I am so excited, and then I get 2 weeks off until I start the next semester! I am hoping that we can go camping one of those weekends... I have not been this entire summer and I'm bummed...

Well... I'm gonna borrow my grandma's camera for this weekend... So hopefully I will have a few pictures to put up soon!

South Padre Sun :)

So I know I told you guys that my camera is broken, and it is... But I do have a few pictures from our trip, at least of the first day...

We went to South Padre Island for Dav's "Senior Trip" I guess you could say... I had so much fun... I love my family so much and really am so lucky! We had a blast!! We laughed the whole week :) But anyways I think I wrote some about my trip in the blog before this... So this one is mostly just to add a few pictures :)

But good news... I sent my camera off friday... so hopefully it will be in soon and then i can take pictures of everything else that has been going on :)

Haha yah she graduated... But I am pretty sure she will ALWAYS be a kid at heart :)

Can you believe how big Jaeden is getting?? I can't... He is so much fun and has grown up so much... Haha I think he looks like a little frog here :)

We all tried so hard to do this... Haha but it was alot harder than it looked... Tris and I decided we were just too heavy, because we could never do it... Haha and we were right... It was made for people under 80 pounds!!

Doesn't he look so graceful :)

Haha he ALMOST got it... But then the board just sunk and he ate it :) But it was still fun!!

He has grown SO SO SO much! You all would be so surprised... He is pushing 5'11 now and he is only a freshman... Well I guess a sophomore now... But he dwarfs me now :(

Haha this is Bratty she actually did pretty good on this thing... But don't get me wrong this sand boarding thing had us all eating sand :)

Haha this is probably the best picture I have of me sand boarding haha... Pretty much all the time I was on the ground haha... But it was still fun :)

Aww... All the kids playing in the ocean the first day :)

Wow... When I went to look at the pictures I had from South Padre Island (I was thinking I only had like 20... haha I guess I went a little picture taking crazy... I actually had 142... In one day, I know that is a little much right :) But hey at least I finally got some pictures on here :)

Ugh!

Ugh... So I took my camera to South Padre Island... and it worked the very first day... After that when I would go to turn it on it would start to and then turn right back off... Ugh! So I need to send it in and get it fixed... So needless to say there won't be any pictures on this blog either :(

So we went to South Padre Island and we had a blast... It has been so long since our family has laughed that hard... To see my dad in tears because he was laughing so hard was so awesome... We went deep sea fishing and caught a 55 pound fish (no joke!!) I will definitely post pictures of that as soon as I get them!! But my mom and I tried to reel him in and he literally almost threw us both overboard!! It was kinda scary! We were sure we just snagged the bottom of the boat because it was THAT HEAVY!!

Then we went to the waterpark... schlitterbann... it was so much fun... You literally stay in the tube the entire time... I mean you go around a lazy river in your tube, and there are like "exits" off the lazy river to the rides... So you NEVER get outta your inner tube... LAZY huh?? But we had so much fun :) Dav and I put sunscreen on, but were SO SO SO SO burnt by the end of that day... (Again I will try to find another picture eventually) But I am definitely a white girl... And I burn and peel, that's about it... I was hoping for a tan but pretty sure that is not going to happen...

Other then that trip I have just been super busy with school... today alone I went to the school to work on my homework... 3 hours to do 5 problems... UGH! So you can see how much time that takes up!! But it's ok... This weekend we will be going home, Andi just got a total knee replacement so we want to go see her and make sure she is ok... But ya... I will post another soon... HOPEFULLY with pictures :) Love ya!

Slackin.....

Haha so I know I have been slackin on the blog lately... I just get so busy and find other things to do... But I know that's no excuse :) Anyways, I'm on Kenny's computer (because I forgot mine at home this past weekend) so sadly this blog will not have any fun pictures :(

But no worries I will post lots of fun pictures later!!! So, I have started my summer class... I actually started it 2 days after my Spring semester ending... So needless to say I didn't get much of a break... But it turns out my family and I are going to South Padre (in Texas) for my sister's "senior trip" for a week :) We are leaving Sunday!! So that should be lots of fun, who knows maybe I will get somewhat of a tan while I am there!!

Hmm... We are still unpacking boxes (and yes it is driving me CRRRRAZY!) I feel that we should already be completely unpacked and it is just not happening... Dav is movin into this madness today :) So that should be fun! I'm so excited for my sister to come and live with me!!! YAY!!! Well I just wanted to let those of you that read this thing that I am still alive and kicking, just busier than ever :) Haha I will post fun blogs with pictures later :) LOVE YA!

Lucky 7....

Me and My Little Man :] Kisses :]

Ok, So I know it's been way too long but i have just been EXTREMELY busy... Only a week and a half of school left yay!! And I CANNOT wait!! Except I don't get much of a break... My last day of this semester is May 15 and I start the Summer semester May 18... Haha not much of a break but that is for another blog... Anyways....


Well April 7th my new nephew was born... His name is Richard Wayned Ballard III... I fell in love when I first saw his picture. He was a big baby, but oh so cute! So of course that weekend I went home to see him, and the other munchkins :] Haha everyone knew the rules when I came to Stef's house... Sheleeha gets the baby, end of story... Haha I think I let Kenny hold him twice for like 30 seconds at a time the entire weekend, and pretty sure I only let his daddy hold him once... Haha basically I never put that baby down! Lexi and Kayden are going to be such amazing older brother and sister. I have never seen a child as patient as Kayden is. I have never in my entire life seen Kayden get angry with Lexi, he does nothing but look out for her and help her in anyways possible. And Lexi, wow let's just say little miss attitude already. She is so amazing haha and you can ask her I'm her favorite :] Anytime I was not holding that baby, I was carrying her around :] Ugh I loved it! And I cannot wait to go back and see them... Ok so you're probably wondering what the Lucky 7 means, I mean I have only mentioned 3 right?? Well I have 4 more nieces and nephews :] duh!



Me and My Little Man

Haha Uncle Kenny wrestlin with the kids
Dying Eggs....
Showin off our eggs :]
Lexi's egg :]
My mini Me holdin the baby
Tripp's first Easter
Daddy and baby
So cute :]
I love this picture :]
Before church on easter sunday :]



Ok... So I'm sure most of you know by now that Kenny's sister moved to Texas :[ we all miss them so so so much, but it was such a good opportunity for all of them... Adaryan is doing so good! He has made a ton of new friends! Heck the first time we went up there, he was invited to like 4 girls' parties all in one weekend... And school wise, he is so smart and picks up everything so quickly! I cannot believe that he is already learning stuff that I just barely started to learn in college!! And don't get me started on sports! He is such a natural athlete! He will definitely go far and I am so so proud of him! Next... Dayon :] yes she is my neice too (kinda weird huh) we're about the same age :] but she is a freakin athlete! She did so good her first year of college, and now they want her all over... So she is probably going to be moving further away to Kansas City, Missouri but again that is the stuff that she has always wanted... WNBA here she comes! 5 foot nothing, but will rock your world! haha... And Avyonne... Wow that little boy is just like the rest of the family, he has so much energy, and is already beginning to follow in his brother/sister footsteps regarding sports... But he is also one of the sweetest boys :] haha we definitely have a good time, haha even when he is wrestling me to the ground (along with the other 5 boys) haha... And finally, Malachi, a beautiful baby boy whom the Lord needed more, the Lord had bigger plans for him, but we love him and miss him so much!

So I guess 7 is a lucky number (for now) I'm sure that number is going to change... But for now it fits right?!? I am so so so blessed... I have one of the most amazing families a person could ask for... My parents would do absolutely ANYTHING for me, and I mean that and truly believe it... And my brothers and sisters continue to amaze me on a daily basis! I guess I am one of those people you could say just "got lucky"... I was born into a great family, and inherited a great family... What more could a person ask for?!?

Spring Break :) phew......

Haha ok... So I finally got a few seconds to get on here and write about Spring Break... I was SO SO SO busy the entire time...

First of all we left Friday right after our Econ lab... which got over at like 9... we made it to texas by 6 so we could be there for day day's welcome back from college (from spring break) dinner :) it was SO SO SO good!!!! haha, i guess any food is good for starving college students right?? haha we played tons of games and just hung out and visited... i have to say i wrestled around with 5 boys all under the age of 6 and lexi... haha that was not a fair fight but i held my own... they would jump over my back and i would have to flip them over... let's just say i was a little sore the next day when we went to the mall :) but it was fun :) this is how i looked after wrestling with all those boys :)

Anyways we stayed there until monday and drove all the way to k-town that day (i think about 11 or 12 hours) you would have to ask kenny because adaryan and i did most of the sleeping while he did most of the driving :) but we had to go then because bratty's birthday was tuesday and i couldn't miss it :)

lexi playin on the chair in texas

on the road haha don't we look beautiful... ugh it was FREEZING driving through texas weird huh?

so once we got to k-town it seems like we went 120mph the entire time we were there... it's hard to see ALL of both our families, but i think we do pretty good :) So tuesday we had dinner at my grandma's house for bratty's birthday :) so good... we ate lasagna... she just turned 11 wow huh?? she is so amazing i love her so much! we played canasta because that is what she requested... haha and our team won :) go us!! (bratty, me, and dav) wednesday we ran around town kenny got a cool new phone then we went to a dinner at the church (friend's scouting dinner) then rented movies to watch with my family.... thursday was my dad's and my brother's birthday... so we had another dinner at my grandma's... jaeden is 9 i can't believe it he is getting so big... and we played yahtzee i pretty much kicked butt then too :) oh and p.s. i got sick during this whole thing too (from dav ughhhh) :) friday we drove to cortez to see my brother Tristan play in the varsity baseball tournament... haha yes he is a freshman and playing varsity... he made the last 2 outs for the game playing second base... he is SO tall now haha beats me by like 5 or 6 inches lol... haha then after the game steph and i got all dressed up to go out with the boys... we suggested the dollar movie but they chose outback :) so we got ready and went to eat... we talked and laughed and had a blast!! haha while brycee was seeing if his teams were winning :)

haha all dressed up how cute :)

saturday, this is when it really got crazy... bratty had a soccer game at 11, and there was also a breakfast at kenny's house... how are we supposed to be in two places at once?? haha well let me tell u... i stayed for bratty's game and my mom got me roped into sidelining lol... haha stacey was pretty proud i could remember all the signals lol... so after that bratty and i ran to kenny's ate some breakfast... visited with his family... it was like 1:30 by this time... so we went over to aunt june's to talk to her for a little bit and say bye... then over to nana and papa's to say bye... by this time it was like 2:25... we then went to ktown to get a note to take my sis from the track meet after she ran cuz she was way sick... haha the thing was she ran at 3 and it was already 2:35 and we were still in ktown... how do you make it to aztec in 25 minutes? especially when the la plata bridge is out and you hit every light?? i have no idea but we did it... all the way to koogler and i got to see my sis run... she looked so good and ran a 65 400 WOW and she is WAY sick... she's amazing :) so afterwards we got everythin together said goodbye to my family and headed to alb... we left about 630 (because andi flew out of alb the next day at 6am to southlake) phew.... what a week... oh let me add everyday we were up by at least 7 running around with family and watching the kids (kayden and lex) for stef while she did her bus run :) no sleepin in for us!

how cute again :)

haha i know where are all the pictures of everything else i did right?? haha well i was running around so much that most of the time i forgot to grab my camera ugh... but at least i got a couple :)

Finished my last test before SPRING BREAK yay!

So... I thought I had better not start slacking on this blog stuff so early... I guess I just forget with school and stuff...

But I have been thinking alot... I guess I am the type of person that tries so hard to keep people in my life... I guess I don't realize that there may be some that just don't want to be there... A friendship is not something you can do on your own, it just doesn't work that way (or man would I been good at having friendships) lol... But then when you find those people, the ones that you have worked so hard to keep... And they come to YOU... Like just a random call or a random to text to see how things are going or even just to let you know what they are up to... There is no better feeling in the world... That's how it has been lately with Lindz... I spend everynight over there... And she wants me there... Or she will send me random texts just to say hi... And that she loves me... Those are the people that you NEED in your life... Haha there are also a few other people that send random texts my way and I truly appreciate them (Kelcy) :) Those are the people that are worth holding onto... It's just hard to realize who has that friendship potential and who you are just holding onto for no reason....

Haha... I guess that is just a little spill I have been thinking about lately... Haha I guess you could say I'm notorious for holding onto people that don't want to be held... But anyways, let's see now for the update part... Kelcy and Kelsea and Nick came to see me last weekend :) It was a blast I wished they could've stayed longer, ugh but we still don't have our house... Next time guys next time :) We went shopping :) YAY!! Haha and Nick and Kenny did so good... No complaining at all :) lol... But I just thought I would post a few pictures of our trip... Haha pretty sure Kelsea wanted to kill me, I kept making her take pictures with me :) yay!! I love you guys so much!!

Haha this was one of the first pics we took of Nick, ready to model for me as
soon as i pulled out the camera :)

Haha he loved modeling with the sunglasses So cute mama and baby :) haha this is nick and i waitin on Kelc to get outta the dressing room haha pretty sure this is the only pic we got of kenny (his hand) haha, nick
loved lookin at himself in the mirror (still waitin on kelc lol)



haha how cute :) love u guys!!!

More pics :) haha pretty sure Kels wanted to kill me for making her take so many pictures :) Still all smiles :) Haha he was scaring kelsea lol (he could pretty much fit through that) haha kelc was shoppin so she don't know about this :)

the LAST picture we took of nick and the very end of the day and look at that huge smile :) such a good shopper :)

Other then these few little "fun" moments that seem to find their way into my life, I have just been busy with school... But I have noticed that these little moments are what keep me sane... Thank-goodness... I only have one more test, tomorrow, Bio204 ugh! I have lab tonight, 8 page paper and a 20 minute presentation... Yay 7-10 (long right??) And then Friday econ lab and then off to TEXAS!!! I am definitely ready for a break :) SPRING BREAK! We're going to Texas for a little while and then we are gonna go back home because my sister, brother, and dad's birthday are all during the week that i have spring break :) can't wait to see everyone!! (haha getting better huh, didn't get TOO carried away) :) MUAH

Just a Lil' Update...... :)

Haha... I know it's been awhile since I've been on, but I have just been SUPER busy... School seems to do that to you I guess...

Hmm... What has happened in my life lately? Not a whole lot... But if you haven't heard my best friend is FAMOUS lol... Yes the one that swallowed her engagement ring... I hope you're having tons of fun KK... But I miss ya! So come back now ok :) And I guess if you come back you can finally get some sleep :) Haha... LOVE YOU!
Haha see I'm not lying... The famous girl is my best friend lol (also Lacie, Me Melissa, KK)


I have a lot to be thankful for... I have a handful of the most amazing friends a person could ask for... I wouldn't say I have a million friends, but the ones that I hold close to my heart I know will never ever leave... And I am thankful for that... I guess I just want to say no matter what comes into my life... You will know :) And I hope you all will do the same... Don't forget/replace those friends for they are few and far between... It may seem hard when some things come up that are more important, but I promise they come back... They want you in your life just as much as you want them, but you both have to work... Remember puzzles? They aren't easy but they are always worth it :) Put the time and effort in and you won't be disappointed......

This is Kenny, Me n Lindsay :)

Also, God has blessed me with a wonderful family... I have never had such a supportive team on my side... They really are amazing... It is so nice to have my aunts and uncle here... At times they are what keep me going... School keeps me busy/frustrated... But coming home to hang out with them is worth all the frustration i could possibly experience... And Kenny, what do I say about Kenny... He can make me laugh, he keeps me in line and keeps me on track... He really holds me up so much and I don't know how I could ever thank him enough... I am so happy that he is able to go to school with me... Haha he is definitely the smart one out of the two of us... He has to teach me stuff all the time :) God has also granted me a mind... One in which I am able to think, speak, learn, laugh, cry... They are all blessings in their own way... God has given me so much... I mean I complain about school sometimes, but I am lucky enough to be going to school. There are so many people that can't... Life can get crazy/hectic/frustrating... But when you can't find the bright side, polish the dull side :) Things happen for a reason, people are in your life for a reason, but at the end of the day... Remember who got you there, God, your family, your friends....... :)Aren't we such a good-lookin family ;)

Let's see what else... I guess I have been thinking about my sister a lot lately... I cannot believe that she will be graduating soon... But I am also SO SO SO excited for her to come up here and go to school with me :) I CANNOT WAIT!!! haha... She is so amazing, and has taught me so much over the years... It's so nice for you sister to be your best friend... I don't know what I would do without her... Yah I'm the older sister, but sometimes I feel like it's the other way around... No matter, we have each other to lean on... I miss you Davy-Doo!!!!

Haha no one can rock the silly string like you!!! So beautiful :)

Haha sorry if I bored any of you to tears... I guess I got a little carried away :)