My mom is the one with the pink on!

O.K. so I don't think my Mom has Pink on in any of these pictures....BUT we do suppose the pink ribbon! :)

Right before my Christmas break, my Mom found out that she had breast cancer in her right breast. It was quite scary, but it actually made Christmas break very eventful and full of family games, LOST watching, and many other fun things. My mom's surgery was last Wednesday (January 21st) and luckily I was able to come home and visit her the Friday right after. Mom has been so brave and she has done such a great job with everything. Tons of Friends, Church family, and Family Family have stepped in and helped out. We have had meals brought to us, flowers sent, sunshine baskets, visitors, and many encouraging calls. My mom is a very loved woman. She's been doing great and will continue healing because of the power of prayer. So many people have taken time out of their days to pray for my mom and I think it is so awesome.

SNOW DAY!

Today all the folks in Searcy, Arkansas woke up to find lots of snowy ice all outside our houses! Most of my roommates and I were snowed in and I loved it! I started off by waking up and making some pancakes for everyone. The pancakes were delicious and then we decided it'd be fun to do something productive on our snow day...all of our neighbors were sledding down the icy hill in front of our house...we were quite scared they may sled right into our front living room, but they didn't. Instead of sledding, we decided we would make a music video! After the Freeeezing cold music video (which I had to lay on the cold cold ground) We came inside and made some hot chocolate...man I love snow days!

FINAL!

Grad School Finals are different than Undergrad finals. I thought finals were actually supposed to be tests...no no not in grad school. I have a 75 page project due...and a Community Project due...and much more. I miss freshman year when the only thing I was studying this time of year was golf and badmitten. (Which I got a "B" in...but thats another story) It's kind of sad, but it is Sat. night and tonight and the past few nights, all I've been able to do is study...not exactly how I wanted to spend my last weekend of the Fall semester.

Ok enough complaining about finals...even though Amanda and I did study most of the night...we did manage a few breaks and made a few homeade videos....

Locks of Love

This Thanksgiving I decided to donate my hair to Locks of Love. Locks of Love is an organization that takes between 8-10 inches of hair and makes it into a wig for children that have lost their hair due to a disease. I cut off 11 inches of my hair and was happy to do it. I am ready to grow my hair out again and do it for the 3rd time! :)

Thanksgiving makes me think of all I'm thankful for...

Thanksgiving at my house is the best. This Thanksgiving was great because Clint and Missy got to spend a lot of time with us. We were only missing Mandy, Robert, and Ryann, but I know they would have been here if they could have. We started out the morning by decorating the tree with many, many ornaments from when we were little. Next, we got everything ready for the Thanksgiving dinner. I was the deviled egg girl this year. I think my mom will probably never give me that job again. For some reason, every egg looked horrible. :( Finally, once most of our food was finished we traveled over the river and through the woods (literally) to Granny and Papa's. Uncle John, Autumn, and Melissa were already there ready to eat. Sadly, we had to wait about another hour and a half before we ate. The good thing is that we were good and hungry for the meal. I won't lie, usually I get to sit at the kid table with my brother and my cousins, but for some reason this year...there was no kid table. My cousins and I talked about how we missed sitting at the kid table, because we never felt bad about going to seconds. :) My family is wonderful and I am very thankful for each and every one of them. I have truly been blessed with the best.

Family

I love my family. My family is my backbone. My favorite people. The only people on this world that I love unconditionally. I don't know what I would do without them. I recently started thinking about them so much because one of my roommates, Tessa, found out a few days ago that her mother has Colon Cancer. Another one of my roommates Mother died from cancer when she was only 11. The simple thought of this scares me so much. The thought of a member of my family having cancer scares me to death. It made me stop and think about how much my roommate, Carissa, had to go through when she was 11. And I can't imagine what Tessa must be going through right now and how scared she must be.

God has truly blessed me with a healthy family. My Grandpa died when I was about 4, but I barely remember him when he was alive. Since then, no one in my immediate family has died or had any major sicknesses. I am very blessed, but this fact scares me cause it will only be a matter of time before someone gets sick.

I guess I need to realize that, things like that are going to happy, but I need to not be scared and just live in the moment. I watched the movie "The Family Stone" last night and I cannot wait until Christmas break. I'm ready to realize and spend time with my entire family. I love my family.

Halloween!

Halloween is TOMORROW!! I have already painted my pumpkin and put up the fake cob webs. Last year Amanda and I carved pumpkins and this year we both painted them. I think it has become a nice little tradition.
This will be the first year I will actually get to have Trick-or-Treaters while I've been in college. I absolutely cannot wait. I have so many great memories of walking around my neighborhood with my brothers and sister trick-or-treating. I can remember this one house that was at the top of this MASSIVE hill. Every year, we hiked up that driveway because for some reason, the candy we got from them was more special. It was like we had to work extra hard for that candy, so that made it taste even sweeter.
This year I am going to be a witch. Sounds so original huh?