Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!!
24 years!



Ok so this may not be the best picture haha but it's all I have.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he may not answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

- Garth Brooks

HAPPY 50TH BIRTHDAY MOM!!!! :)







I must say she looks pretty good for her age :) haha love you mom!

ernesto is bumming me out!!!!!


As much fun as it is to play in the rain I've had enough...It's pouring 24/7 and my umbrella broke yesterday. :( Luckily I still have this blue poncho thing that my mom made me bring against my will (thanks mom).

I was supposed to bring this dip to alex's apartment, because all the guys are watching the Penn State vs. Georgia Tech football game (yes football has started which means all the guys have gone crazy).

Here's the recipe:

3 cups grilled chicken
2 8oz. cream cheese
8 oz. ranch dressing
12 oz. hot wing sauce
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

mix it all the middle three then add the chicken and cheese and bake for like 40 minutes or something. serve warm with tostitos or celery.

Ive never made it before but it sounds good? But I do not feel like bringing it over in the pouring rain! Too bad... I guess the girls will get a treat instead haha :)


p.s. i still promise to take pictures eventually.

EVERYBODY IS HERE :):):)

Finally all my girlfriends are here! As I'm sure many of you remember that they turned Solly's third floor into a guys floor...well it already smells and they are loud haha but its fine. It's nice to see everyone again and it's like we picked off where we left off! I'm so excited!

Today they were giving away free ice cream at the Union so Becky Nicki Bre and I went there to check it out. I ended up signing up for the Student Activities Board. This way I can have a say in the different concerts that come here and in Homecoming and other stuff. I'm excited!

After that I convinced Bre Nicki and Michelle to jump off this rope swing that Alex showed me the other day when he and his roomate and I went fishing ( well i watched haha ). It was so fun! If anyone comes here when its decently warm out we will definately go on it. You land right in the creek!

Tomorrow is when classes start. I still don't have all my books. I'm nervous because this semester will be harder but I'm also excited to get back into a schedule. Maybe this semester I'll get a 4.0????? ha proballu not but there is always hope. OH I'm working this semester too...sitting outside of the sports rooms and stuff so not too hard.


Anyway I'll get pictures up here eventually. Bye :)

Well...... I'm back at school and I'm all moved in! Bre gets here today so that will be fun. I have decorated a little bit but I wanted to wait to do most of it when she got here. classes start Tuesday.... ahhh. This year is going to be a lot harder but hopefully I won't be overwhelmed. I'm ready and excited though...


I'm still waiting for my results on my last Praxis 1 exam...(for those who don't know, in order to become an elementary education major you have to pass the Praxis 1 which consists of reading, writting, and math.) I passed the first two and am just waiting on writting. Writting was my hardest one too because it dealt a lot with grammer...and well as I'm sure you can tell while reading my posts, I don't have very good grammer.


But anyway sorry that I did not get to say goodbye to a lot of you. I had procrastinated and decided not to pack until it was my last day possible. But hopefully I'll have some pictures soon.

Hope all is well.


P.S. Hannah - I ran into Nikki last night at the freshman luau party (my friend and i went for the free smoothies haha) and she seems to be doing great :)

Linnea brought me an icee at work today!!!! Thanks so much! It was a nice surprise on such a hot day!

Here are some pictures that I thought you might enjoy about my old man. Hannah and Rachel helped me decorate the house for when he came home from John Hopkins. I made sure to include a picture of the special balloon that Rach made (and was VERY proud of) she called it her bumblebee balloon. My family was a little confused by it hahaha but I thought it was cute! Anyway please continue to keep my dad in your prayers. He is getting very tired of everything and not being able to do anything. You know my dad, he can't sit still :)

My little Mary Liz is moving to a new apartment! I was at her current apartment helping her pack for a couple hours on Saturday. I'm excited because shes letting me help her decorate the new one! I haven't gotten to do that in so long :)



Here is a picture from Hannah's SURPRISE wedding shower! It was so fun. Linnea you did a great job as the Emcee of the event! I am praying that all the last second arrangements for the wedding go as planned! Hannah, if you need help with anyone don't hesitate to ask! Only 5 days!!!!! Woo Hooo! I'm so excited for you!

Does anyone still watch Lost????? THe season finale was crazy! I didnt even watch that much this season (im waiting for the dvd to come out) but i still cant wait til the next season to find out what the heck is going on. I had a Lost party where Claire and I made tacos for everyone and we watched the finale.

Thursday was Jon's 19th birthday! we always throw him a surprise party...so its not really a surprise anymore. but they always have some dumb theme. last year was cowboys and this year was superheros... and we have to dress up hahaha just for fun. i was cat woman since i already had a cat costume from halloween. my friends were everything from batman to some xmen characters. tom even dressed his dog as spiderman. the dog ended up wetting his costume though :( poor pup.

Friday was the senior graduation! what a large class it was graduating this year. so exciting! good luck to everyone as they start a new adventure :) haha

Home Sweet Home


I realized that I don't post nearly as much when I'm home as when I'm at school... I need to work on that. Well summer is here! I need to start taking pictures of what I'm doing so I can post them!

Eventually I will be working at the same Peach stand that Lin and Mrs. Shelton worked at last summer. But as for now I am a substitute Teachers Aid...and I love it. I fell in love with the 2nd grade class, which happens to be the age I want to teach! I don't want it to end!

In June I'll be taking a history class. I love history, but not classes at 8 am in ... especially in the summer.

Anyway its nice to be back, even though i miss my friends from college. its weird because when i come back it seems that everything and nothing has changed at the same time. Does that make sense?

Well I want Ritas. so im going to go get some. yea. haha I'll see everyone tomorrow!

Ok I think I remember some people posting things like this before...so if this has already been done I appologize....but I saw this as my friends away message tonight and I couldn't resist because it is all so true!

You know you're a 90's kid if:

*You've ever ended a sentence with the word sike!
*You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel Air
*You remember when it was actually worth getting up on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons
*You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail Day at school
*You remember reading Goosebumps
*You know the profound meaning of "wax on" "wax off"
*You still get the urge to say "not" after every sentence
*Captain Planet
*Trapper Keeper
*You ever got injured on a slip n slide
*Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack all dressed in black black black
*You played or collected pogs
*You had at least one Tamagotchi/Gigapet/Nanobaby
*You remember when the new beanie babies were all sold out
*You've gotten creeped out by Are You Afraid of the Dark
*Talk to the hand
*You thought Brain would finally take over the world
*You always said..."then why don't you marry it"
*Light up Sneakers
*Heads up Seven up
*Did I do that???

Feeling Spring Flingish???


The dance was sooooo much fun! My friends all looked gorgeous. I love them. It was very hot though. There were three floors of dancing but most people wanted to be in the same one so it was crammed. But it was still awesome!

What a man. What a man. What a man. What a mighty fine man.





Do not be anxious about anything but in everything, by prayer and suppplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6

Becky is 19!!!!!!

My good friend Becky (one of my best friends here at school) turned 19 on Tuesday. All the girls and I took her out to Ritas Italian Ice, because thats where she works at home. We had to explain to the other girls what everything was though because they are used to "Maggies". boooo. hahha After that we all went shopping looking for Spring Fling dresses. It's a dance here tonight. 3 FLOORS OF DANCING AND 3 DIFFERENT DJS. they even have a techno floor set up. and there is an IMAX theature where you can either watch a fighter plane or an underwater scene. I"m soooooooo excited!

Wednesday BEckys sister planned going out for dinner. My friend Nicki and I went along with a lot of her guy friends since they werent invited the first night haha We went to pizza grille and it was sooo nice. they made specialty pizzas. the spicy shrimp one was the best :).

Anyway tonight is spring fling so I'll get lots of pictures for it tonight!

Look how cute my babies are :) To think, just a few months ago Baby refused to be in the same room as Tobey. haha Now shes started liking to sleep in my dresser drawers! Oh I miss them. ( I miss the rest of my family too of course haha )



Well I'm back for the long stretch of school. See everyone in like 3 weeks or so!

A very Fun and Eventful Weekend :)


Friday night, even though the weather called for Thunderstorms and possible hail, I went camping. All of you who know me really well probally find this out of character for me because I am scared of storms! haha I was told I had to face my fears...but I dont know if camping out in it was the best way to do that haha. But so it stormed and rained but we still had an amazing time. Hot dogs. Roasted Marshmellows. You know how it goes. We had to pack up early the next day (without hiking bc it was pouring when we woke up) because some of the people had a game that day.

So when I got back I showered, to get the gross bonfire smell off of me, and watched a movie with some of my girlfriends, Katie Nicki and Heather. At 5 i was picked up to go t YORK COLLEGE with Kendall and MIke to visit Jon!!!!!!! IT was sooooo fun seeing them all again. And we all got along really well with all his friends. One of the girls is living in Ocean City this summer!

When I got back today I went to Walmart with Jamie and my "twister" Becky. Becky and I had to get stuff for this checker thing we are doing. I dont think i ever explained checkers.... basically we were asked to support one of the guys on teh lax team by writting them notes of encouragements.....buying them little snacks and drinks and most importantly.... making posters for them hahaha yeaaaaaa its more work than I thought. I'll take pictures and put them up of what we do. Later today I watched Saving Private Ryan and we shaved my friends head.... It looks good actually but I was real scared to do it.


So yea long exhausting weekend.... sorry i dont have any pics up... ill try to get them up soon. I hope all is well. Hey im coming home thursday! haha

So I just realized........




in exactly one month from today......




i will be turning in my last exam of the year....




BRING IT ON! haha

Uncle Monkey got hitched

Saturday my brother and I went to Baltimore to see my Uncle Bart get married to my Aunt Eva! The wedding was so pretty and so fun. My Uncle is such a great man and I'm so glad that he is happy with Eva. They are cute together. It was also nice to see my family that I normally only see once or twice a year. It was also fun being able to see my dad play with his old band. I was the youngest one at the wedding though haha so that was interesting. But yea it made me think of all the weddings that are coming up shortly! I can't wait! haha

After the wedding I went to a campsite where some of my friends were camping out. We heard some screaming in teh woods though and it was really scary haha. THis weekend I'm probally going camping and hiking! I can't wait. Its sad to think that there are only 4 weekends left at school :( Time is flying.