lets play catch up....

Well hello again. I know I know. I am a TERRIBLE blogger.

hands down probably the worst ever.....But Oh well its a new year full of new beginnings so lets try this one more time....

Now First... lets play catch up.

I have a new job and I am learning something new every single day!

Not 1 but 2 of my friends have given birth to sweet, screaming miracles.

and oh how i love me some babies....

Are they not just too cute for words??? ahhh!

I have killed yet another fish....

which i choose not to name for the sole fact that my track record isn't that great.....

We have been through 3 holidays all of them being amazing this year.

It was the first year in a long time that I was able to sit back and enjoy the holiday's rather than rush around from place to place. I loved it.

(yes i am aware that everyone doesn't include Halloween but i love Halloween so i have to include it)

I have realized what amazing friends I have in my life...

I have ran in 2 different 5k's

The Run for Victory at Victory Junction Gang Camp

and

Susan G. Komen's Race for the Cure.

I finished an online class and have started studying for the GRE.

My brother kicked butt in football and is currently ballin it up on the basketball courts!

& I am one proud sister.

My sister is now a certified EMT and just celebrated her 21st birthday!

 

There has been a lot more and these are just a few that i remember off the top of my head.....just so you can be somewhat up to date! ha

Thank you 2011 for being a year of change, growth and humbling experiences.....

Now with my 24th Birthday being just around the corner I am even more excited for what 2012 has in store from me!

Happy Wednesday!

and why not while im at it here is a song...... dont forget to pause the music on the side.

feel your heart race...

A few weeks ago I made a trip to Randleman.

This is a trip I always LOVE taking.

My dad first introduce our family to this camp years ago,

because he helped build this place.

(and he did a dang good job at it too!)



Since the my dad made a bid on this camp it has held a special place in his heart,

and with that it has also found its way into the hearts of Courtney, Ryan, Mom & I.

This camp is wonderful and I love everything about it.

I love the opportunities it gives to the children and the sheer amount of love and happiness it give to every single camper, even though they might be facing the hardest battle of their life.

Because my dad has a heart that is bigger than anyone else I know, I know his heart feels warm knowing that his children love being able to help and give in the way he does.

We have not yet been able to be a volunteer while the campers are in session but I know this is something that I will be doing and I believe my sister feels the same way.

So a few weeks ago I went and painted this fire hydrant.

And with a little help from one of my helpers we ended up with something that looked a little bit like this =)

I loved the finished product! LOVED IT!

It turned out so much better than I had imagined it!

Now Court and I will be making another trip to Randleman for this....

Now we are only doing the 5K this go round but we are SOOO excited about it!

and after we finish our race we will be painting up some more of the fire hydrants making them look fun and cool for the kids to enjoy!

Have a Happy Saturday!

look me in the eye.

So over the past 4 years I have became an avid reader.

Ask my parents in elementary, middle and high school you could not pay me to read a book.

But now I read a new book every few weeks.

Sometimes it only takes me a few days sometimes a little longer it depends on what I have going on.

Here is what I am reading right now....

To start off the cover got me.

I loved it

and when I read what this book was about I knew I had to have it!

I love this book already.

I just started it yesterday, but have already put a nice dent in it.  =)

I love love love true stories.

and I love to hear about people becoming someone that everyone else in the world believes they could never be.

At times I am laughing out loud because of how smart and mischievous he is.

But there are also times where my heart aches for him because of the home life he was delt.

I cannot wait to finish this book to see how his life has changed and how he has became the person he is today!

Happy Wednesday!

Here's a funny clip just because! (make sure you pause the music!)

sunday funday

Today was a wonderful day.

Beck and I were finally at home.....on the same day...... at the same time!!

So we decided we would take on a few tasks.

&&

Have a FUN productive day.

=)

So first off we decided we needed to do something we haven't done in YEARS.....

Dye Easter Eggs

=)

This picture is so large because I need to you take note of the
table in the background!

This is my egg, his name is nog
He got into some trouble and is now in a fog.



A 4 year old???
 NOOOOO its a 22 year old! bahaha
Get it beckkkk.



We put them in a cute bowl and we are now semi-decorated for Easter =)

Then we had a bit of a sweet tooth.... so we made these yummy things

Melted chocolate on a few slices of Pineapple....
Veryyyy Yummy if I do say so myself!
anddd it hit the sweet tooth!

Then we decided to go to Lowe's and buy a few things for our porch.

We love flowers and we want to test out our thumbs to see if they are green or black!

So we set out to Lowe's.... which I could spend ALL day there if I might add!!

I love going to Lowe's for some reason it brings me back home.

The smell reminds me of my dad

and a stress free Sunday afternoon!

So at Lowe's I bought a baby hydrangea plant & Beck bought some beautiful Lilies!

We got 2 pots, a bag of potting soil & a can of spray paint!

becks lilies

my hydrangea.... that is going to be
a test for me.

Take a look at those tables... before today they were a whitish/yellowish color.

We gave them a nice coat of the spray paint and now they look good as new!

Scroll back up to the Extra BIG picture up top and you can see the difference!

They were in some dire need of some TLC & look like totally new tables!

This is what I can't wait for.
Though I know it will be a while!



I hope everyone else had a

HAPPY SUNDAY!!

oh rhonda oh rhonda ohhh pleaseee comeee homee!



So... in case you do not know... i have a name for my car.

and her name is....yes you guessed it....

RHONDA!

Well Rhonda the Honda has been in pmount for 2 weeks and is coming back to me on Saturday!

THANK GOODNESS!

Not that i do not like the red bullet.... i am very thankful i have had something to drive while Rhonda has had a good tuning!

Buttttttt my wallet is not liking the red bullet as much as i....

I am not use to filling my car up so many times with that oh so pricey gas..... gezzzzz.

my mom sent me this picture the other day......



from my sweet mother via the drivers seat of Rhonda.



make sure you check out the trip millage...and that bright idiot light.


and this is what i sent back!

to my mother via the red bullet!



OH RHONDA PLEASEEEEEEEE COME BACK TO ME!!!!!!

5 things i wish i could do...

   

My sister posted 5 things she wishes she could do in her blog today.

So i decided to do the same.

1. Sing--I loveeee to sing.... but.... i cant.  So it makes it miserable for ALL of those around me when i do.

which is kind of a lot.

So. I realllyyy reallyyy wish I could sing!

2. play the piano-- I'm not really sure why... But I have Always wanted to know how to play!  It is something that Ive just always thought was so amazing. 

The sound of a piano..... there is just something calming about it.

3.  play the guitar-- I asked for a guitar when I was little but i  never went through with the lessons from my grandma.  My mom's side of the family is amazingly gifted with musical talents.

Which just so happened to skip out on us.

Instead we were graced with the athletic talents. Which I wouldn't trade for anything!!!

4.  Have a piece of art that is so amazing that it would be displayed in a Art Museum

.

         

I love art.

I love that it is so open ended.

Different people see different things.

& it is so awesome to see and hear what others see in the same picture.

I love to draw, to paint & to take pictures.

I just love art.

period.

5.  Sew-- I would love to be able to make things myself.  I see all of the things my grandma made for all of us and it just makes me want to be able to do the same thing.  It makes things so much more meaningful when someone takes the time out of their day to make something special for you. 

So now ill ask.....

What are 5 things you wish you could do??

apologies and lots of movies

Hello all.

Well its official I'm an awful blogger.

These past few weeks have been really busy and with adjusting to a new work schedule.

Blogging hasn't been on the top of my priority list..

So i am sorry for being so absent !

Now that I am adjusting and getting in the swing of things i am going to try my hardest to actually do this blogging thing.  

My sister is kicking my butt at it right now. 

The other day I was talking to my sister on the phone and telling her about some movies I saw on Netflix and how I have probably seen them a billion times in my life i can still sit down and watch them from the beginning to the end.

So... All time favorite movie as a kid...

you're killing me smalls !!!!

Seriously how can you not just LOVE this movie. 

My brother, sister and I have all watched this movie to many times to even count on our fingers and toes all combined.

Next is another movie about sports (go figure) that my sister, dad and I always watched together.

and Oh my word I still get excited when I see it on the movie channels.

There's no crying in baseball!

I know we love this movie so much because for so long softball was our life.

and by our life i mean EVERY ONES life, even if Ry wasn't to happy about it.

but hey he was surrounded by beautiful girls all the time... girls that were not his sisters.

And since I am on a sports movie kick i might as well throw in this one.....

You think I'd go hoarse for a player with no potential? When I ignore you... then you worry

Now I did not play much basketball.... But for some reason I loved this movie.

and Still do!

Next  

You can never go wrong with this movie....

Would you stop thinking about what everyone wants?
Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want.
What do YOU want? What do you WANT?

or this one for that matter.....

Oh my God! Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! Top Kat!
Ooooh! Where the bloody hell have you been? I have gynaecologists that call more often. 

both of these are love stories but are also very different!

I LOVE THEM

These are lazy sunday afternoon movies

or lazy rainy day movies!

Ok......next

If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.
But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you. 

I saw this movie in the theater.  

&

I fell in love with it!

It is such a good movie.

thought it is scary that things like this actually happen in real life (the human trafficking)

this movie kept my attention and had me on the end of my seat the ENTIRE movie.

I love those kind!

next

smooth as a baby's butt.....

I love will smith.

&

I love martin lawrance

So to have them both in a movie, and a funny one at that.

ohh how can you not love it!

What are you talking about? I'm fine. Never been Greener

I just recently watched this.

And thought it was hilarious!

Now the language is really bad.

But I thought it was so funny.

Funny enough I thought my dad should see it.

and he liked it too!

This movie has a TON of funny people in it! 

and i think James marsden is well...... Verrryyy nice to look at!

not to mention he is hilarious too!

Now I am not much of a will ferrell fan.

I know I know most people love him. 

but me not so much!

&

To be honest I cannot think of one movie that he is in that I liked....

BUT..... i do love to watch these guys!

I apologize to you if I don't seem real eager to jump into a forced awkward intimate situation that people like to call dating. I don't like the feeling. You're sitting there you're wondering "Do I have food on my face? Am I eating? Am I talking too much? Are they talking enough? Am I interested? I'm not really interested. Should I play like I'm interested? But I'm not that interested, but I think she might be interested. But do I want to be interested, but now she's not interested, so now all of a sudden I'm getting--I'm started to get interested." And when am I supposed to kiss her? Do I have to wait for the door 'cause then it's awkward? It's like, well, "Goodnight. Do you do like the ass-out hug? Where you like, you hug each other like this and the ass sticks out because you're trying not to get too close or just go right in and kiss them on the lips or don't kiss them at all?" It's very difficult trying to read the situation. And all the while your just really want to know are we going to get hopped up enough to make some bad decisions. 

I am a HUGE Fan of these two!

I love just about all of their movies!

But seriously you cant go wrong with vince vaughn

I just love to hear him talk in that fast & crazy voice he has!

They are both just so dang funny!!

And last but not least.....

What are you in here for? Murder, same as you. Innocent? Only guilty man in Shawshank....

This one ranks up there as one of my favorite movies of all times.

I remember watching this when I was younger... well sneaking in the living room to watch it because I was still really young when it came out. 

I enjoy most movies with Morgan freeman.. he has such a great narrator's voice!

and he is dang good at acting as well!

But anyway.... this post ended up being A LOT  longer than I thought it was going to be.....

Do you like any of these movies???

What are your favorites??

Please do share!