WOW!!!!

So I know I promised you some much needed updates back in December but everything just hit at once and to be honest with you all I have not wanted to face the fact that Christmas is over, my sister and her family really did move, that a new year is here already when 2008 just started, that school is back in already and I am so not ready for this semester, physically, mentally, or emotionally. So I have decided instead of writing out long drawn out post right now I will just cover the basic of everything I promised to update you one last time I posted.

I think this past Christmas has to be one of the most wonderful Christmas I have had in a long time. I got to spend much needed time with all of my family, I had not a single clue what I was getting for Christmas this year and I would like to thank my parents for doing such a great job spoiling me rotten still even at 22 years old. Here are a few pictures from Christmas. I hope that you enjoy them just as much as I enjoyed Christmas this year.

So as most of you know by now my sister and her family had all of their belonging packed up by the Army on December 29th and 30th. On December 31st around 11:00am my sister, brother-in-law, Haylee, Logan, Tyler, and Lucy left for their 14+ hour trip to their new home of MO. They arrived in MO on January 1st around 7:00pm our time 6:00pm their time. I do have a funny story to share with you all but I will do that when I post a much longer post about them leaving. They are there safe and sound. I will also include in that post the rest of our trip down to see Edward in October.

School is back in and that is a whole post in itself that I will write out at a much later time, if I ever write that post out. PLEASE just pray for me to keep God first in my life and let him guide me through this school year.

Oh my....

How did you all get so very lucky to hear from me two days in a row. Just wanted to update everyone on my sister's journey to a new state. God works in powerful ways. My sister texted me this morning with great news of they have a house to live in. The house has three bedrooms, two baths, small yard for the monkeys to run around in and is only five miles from the base. My sister is very relieved to say the least that they have a house to live in before they get there and won't have to live out of a hotel room. Now the fun begins with packing up all the childrens toys and everything else that come with three kids. Just keep praying that everything works out for them.

Oh yeah just so you all know SCHOOL IS OUT until January. YAH!!!

Update

I know I have been doing a bad job at updating my blog like I promised you all. Well here is one big update and I will do my yvery best to update my blog at least once a week if not more. Oh where to start here, I am just going to jump in starting with myself.

I have finished up yet another semester of school and finally see the light at the end of the tunnel since I am heading into my LAST semester for my Assoicate Degree in Early Childhood Education. I plan on going to HPU for my teaching degree but we will see how everything pans out during the summer and if I get a assistant teacher position. I am still loving my job at Hasty and love the people and children I work with each and everyday, there is never a dull moment there. I have been working out for the past month and very proud to say I am feeling great. I am still single but very much ok with that because I know God has a special someone for me one day, but for now I am content to wait for him.

The family is doing great. My daddy still loves his job very much and is a totally different person now that he doesn't have all of that stress on him. Now that daddy is happy everyone is happy in the house. My mommy is still staying at home but in January will be going back to school. I am very proud of my mommy for going back to school at the very young age of 57. Of course it will take some time for her to get back into the swing of thing but before you know it she will be running circle around all of those others in the program. My daddy, my mommy and me are taking on a new business of selling teak products. We are very excited about what God will do in our business. I will post a different blog about the items we will be selling and where you can find the product. Overall, we are still one big well ok little happy family.

Ok onto more exciting news here. My brother-in-law will be home on Friday. If you are just now joining me here just to give you a quick filler. My brother-in-law left August 21st and heading to Fort Benning, GA for 10 weeks of basic training. On November 2nd he headed to Fort Leonard Wood, MO where he has been until he leaves on Thursday December 18th. He will arrive in High Point on Friday December 19th. We are all very excited about him coming home for good this time. The kids can not wait until daddy is home and playing rough again with them. On December 29 the movers come to pack my my sister's house up to move them out to MO where they will be stationed for who know how long because the Army will do whatever they want as we all have learned over the past 17 weeks. December 31st my sister and her family will leave North Carolina to travel 14+ hours to their new home state of MO. Please pray for my sister and her family to have safe traveling there especially with three children. They are very excited about this new journey in life God has brought them too.

Two Years......

Today is suppose to be a happy day, a day for being thankful, a day to spend with family having a great time. Well that was a little different for my family today. You see at 7:05pm my grandmother lost her husband, my mommy lost her father and I lost my pa-paw. I am not going to harp on the lost of my pa-paw but I am going to say why I am so thankful for the time I did have with my pa-paw.

• I am thankful for the 20 wonderful years I got to spend with my pa-paw.
• I am thankful for the homemade strawberry and banana ice cream we used to make in my grandparents basement.
• I am thankful for the time my sister and I got to spend down in my grandparents basement skating while pa-paw would do some handy work.
• I am thankful for the nice summer days my pa-paw would go out and hang the wooden swing in the tree and push my sister and me for hours on in.
• I am thankful for the time I got to spend with my pa-paw sweeping out the basement during the fall when all the leaves would blow into the basement.
• I am thankful for the time I was able to gather wood for the fireplace with my pa-paw.
• I am thankful that my pa-paw knew our Heavenly Father and is now preparing my place in Heaven with him.

Please don't take me wrong. I do miss my pa-paw very much. I miss him so much some days I wish I could just have had one more minute, one more hour, just one more day with him. This year for some reason I had a very hard time dealing with my pa-paw not being here with us in person. I miss climbing up and down the steps with my pa-paw following him where ever he went. I miss hearing my grandmother say "wait on your little shadow." I just miss everything about my pa-paw.

Happy 2nd Angel Day Pa-Paw. I love you and miss you very much.

Long Time, No Post!!!

Boy has it been a crazy two months. Where do I even start in trying to update you on what has been going on in my crazy life. Sit down, buckle up and enjoy the ride......
(Sister and family) As most of you know my sister's husband left August 21st for Fort Benning, GA for 10 weeks. I am happy to say that on Tuesday October 28th around noon we will be on our way for Fort Benning to see Edward on Wednesday October 29th at family day then on Thursday October 30th he graduate from basic training. We will leave sometime on Friday October 31st leaving Edward behind. Edward will then fly out to MO on November 1st to line everything up for the BIG move for the whole family around the middle to end of November. I am happy to report that Edward has lead two men to Christ, this was his mission field. Elizabeth and the kids are just counting down the days until they get to see him. I am not saying this has been an easy road for any of us but we have made it and will make it the last 12 days.
(Parent) My daddy was out of work from the the beginning of August until October 7th. On October 7th he went for an interview and was hired right there on the spot which was a BIG blessing. My daddy loves his job finally and it come with benefits which he has never had. Two weeks ago on October 1st everyone on the second floor where my mommy works was called into a meeting and told they no longer had a job to say. They were told they had to reapply for a job and produce a resume and have it all turn in by the next Tuesday (10/7). On Wednesday (10/8) and Thursday (10/9) everyone had to go through an interview. On Friday (10/10) everyone would know if they had a job or not, well that was a bunch of junk. On Friday they were told it would be Monday (10/13), well on Monday they were told it would be Tuesday (10/14). On Tuesday they were told it would be Wednesday or Thursday. The reason everything was pushed back on just kept going was because they had already picked who was getting job and who was not and then 6 people up and retired early and they were basically screwed, so they had to got back and try again. Well today my mommy was let go. Before all the oh I am so sorry start, let me just say, WE WILL BE OK. God had everything planned out and knew my mommy was losing her job and that is why HE allowed this job for my daddy. So as of 5:00pm on Wednesday October 15th my mommy is offically a housewife.
(Me) I am doing ok considering everything that has been going on in my life right now. School is going ok, but I am ready for this semester to be over with and just pray I make A's and B's. Work is going great loving every minute of it even though it can be very stressful at time. God has been showing my A LOT lately. I have started going to a Bible Study on Thursday night with some of the girls from church. Out preschool minister left in September so I have taken on some of her roles to help the church out. Through all of this I still fit God, church, family, school, work, friends in. I have to say right now I am loving life.

Off....

to the beach until next Saturday. I have been looking forward to this vacation for a very long time now. The reason is not because I get away from everything but this year my ma-maw and grandmaw are both going with us. I will have to say that this will be a very interesting beach trip to say the least but I am glad that my grandmaw is going with us to get her out of the house and away from Thomasville/Archdale. So in all there will be six of us head to the beach Saturday morning. We have some fun days planned and then just some lazy days planned to lay by the pool/ocean. I am looking forward to climbing to the top of the lighthouse and then we are going on a lunch cruise one day, I get to see one of my cousin and her family who lives at the beach (she is my favorite one, but don't tell anyone).

I would also like to ask you to pray for my family. My daddy got a call this morning saying that my uncle is dying. I know that says harsh and all but that is the way my daddy basically told me when I got home from work. We knew it was coming but did not think it would be this soon and with us going on vacation this week just makes it even harder. My daddy has talked to his sister several times today and she still wants us to go and enjoy ourselves. If he should die while we are gone, nothing will be done until we get back from vacation on Saturday. They are planning to only have a memorial service for him which my daddy was asked to speak at. What puts me a peace with the whole situation is the one thing that my aunt to my daddy told and that was MY UNCLE IS SAVED!!!!! When the news first came of him getting bad that was our one question we all asked each other and now we can put our minds to rest and know where he will go for enternal life.


Well I am going to leave you with that. I will see you all when we get back from vacation with updates and pictures. Have a wonderful week everyone.