So.. it's been awhile ... a long while actually. Since my las blog ... I have gotten married, built a house, starting teaching first grade and hoping for a new addition to the fam.  Life is just crazy.. things have gone by so fast... i haven't really had the time to really sit back and appreciate all the new things that I have been blessed with. I'm wishing for that time ... a time to just sit and not have to do anything at all. Things are really well... just so busy all the time.

My beautiful bridesmaids -  (lft) Jen, Amber, Me, Amber (hamber) and Danielle

Wedding party JUMP! this was so much fun!

Alya and I with my parents                                                        So in love!

                                         Flagler crew!

            We got each other so good!

   One of my favs!

sMiLe

i'm getting married! i'm getting married! i'm getting married!

yea yea yea yea yea

i don't want to grow up

so...

long time no blog. it's been about a month since i have updated this thing... and well i just haven't had much time - or actually much motivation to write anything on here. i come to check to see if anyone else has written anything ... and well looks like everyone else is in the same boat as i am. which kind of sucks bc i like reading about what's going on in the lives of old friends that live too far away from me.

i am currently back from all my world traveling... hopefully for awhile. i have gotten tired of traveling around so much. i was only back from ghana for a week before i hit the road again. right when we got back i went to callahan with my bestest ghana buddy for a dear friends wedding (stayed there for 4 days helping) and ended up gaining a boyfriend out of the whole thing. yes i did say boyfriend... and it's so weird. :0) hi name's Alya, and he is the grooms best friend.. was in the wedding party .. we hung out.. and then he called me the day after the wedding and we have talked every day since. it's been a little over a month now... and things are going really great. it's nice being treated good by a guy for once. he's pretty awesome and i am having so much fun just getting to know each other. sucks that he lives an hour away... but we have still managed to see each other every day. *lots of $$ donated to gas! so worth it though* :0)

then after all the wedding craziness i drove down to Tampa for Pioneer Year training. Then took off for Louisiana for a few days to see the folks and get my teeth fixed up before i lost my insurance... dang. then drove up to Ohio to do some fundraising and share with my fam and friends about my adventures in Ghana. Then drove back down to st auggie with some dear boys of mine... fun times. and now... well i am here... living with a friend from church. trying to get this pioneer year thing started at st. johns. being discouraged... and wanting to run away. it's harder than i thought... a lot of things keep hitting me in the face... obstacles... distractions... and it's just so hard to have clarity in all of this. i find myself constantly asking god if this is really what i'm supposed to be doing... trying to have faith and trust in him at all times... and i feel like i am doing good at that... just wondering though what exactly he's doing. this is going to be a tough year. i am also working twice a week at a preschool at my church.. two year olds... pottie training ... fun times. but i really am enjoying that job a lot.. it's something that is constant, something that i know what i'm doing, something that i can depend on. so i think that working there twice a week has kept me sane. i am looking for another job as well.. i hate $$$ ... it sucks.

other than that... not too much is really going on. this is just like a transition period for me.. and it's real weird. not being a student is crazy strange... not used to not having a schedule .. not used to this whole new life of being a for real big person. blah.. don't like it.

so that's currently my life at the moment. stay tuned for more...  much love!

can i please go back?? pretty pleeeease??

probably my two favorite pics of the trip.