So first off...I registered to VOTE!!! yayy!! Me and 2 of my friends went register! So there are now 3 new registered republican voters in the state of Louisiana!!

Now in other news!! Hope everyone had a GREAT christmas and a good time with family! We went to my grandparents house and had a good time!! I was sick Christmas Eve and Christmas day! :-( I woke up Christmas day with a 102 degree fever! so that meant I couldnt hold babies (well I did a little bit just didnt face them! hehe) and couldnt get too close to anyone! But other than that it was great!! I only took a few pictures! so here they are! OHH and i'm not sick anymore and i'm VERY excited to see erika this Saturday!! I have some picture taking to catch up on!! We're gonna have so much fun!

my mom and Gabriel

our fooood!

what a cutie!!

He was saying "cheese" sooo cute!

Zoe Belle! looking beautiful!!!

Gabriel and Zoe opening their presents!!

OK OK!So I think I waited long enough to post!! I have been soooo busy since school started! my two classes an NSU have kept me busy...and with everything else going on I barely find time to do anything! So its finally break time!! and its a VERY VERY needed break! I made two A's in my two classes at NSU so i'm veryyyy happy about that! I'm going to be taking 2 classes again in the fall! I only need one more math for my major so I am going to talk it next semester! I am also going to take political science! Which of course I am very excited about! During these last few busy months I have helped with two campaigns. One was for Gerald Long who ran for state senate and one was for Rick Nowlin who ran for state representative...and they both WON by the way!! We also have a new GREAT governor! Bobby Jindal!! I am very excited about how things are going to start to change in Louisiana!! It has been a great couple months and I am VERY much looking forward to Christmas and getting to see ALL my family!! After Christmas i'll post some pictures!!

hmm what have I been up to??

I am horrible at posting I know!!! well I have completed 2 weeks of school!! yayyy!! hah I am having so much fun with it all! college is alot of fun! I get to talk to people alot which is always fun and meet new people! I love it!! I hope it stays fun and doesnt get to hard! hehe! My friend kayla left for college a couple of weeks ago...that was SAD! but shes having alot of fun in Texas!! I helped my friend anastasia move into her apartment a few weeks ago! She is staying here in natchitoches and going to NSU but she moved out of her house into an on campus apartment!! I also went visit one of my other friends in lafayette she is going to ULL up there and has a condo right across from the campus! so we had alot of fun over there! we're growing up!! its kinda crazzzy! all going to college...me and my friend dana are not far behind...we are both seniors and both taking 2 courses at NSU...and loving it! we went to the football game saturday night and had sooo much fun! I cant say I love cheering for the demons but its ok!! hehe here are some pics of all of us!!

this is my beautiful friend anastasia!!...she is goin to NSU this year!!!

me and anastasia packing up!!






this is all of us on kaylas last night!! in the first one it is from left top row...kayla, lori, and me bottom row is dana and morgan...lori is dana's sister and morgan is kayla's sister!...in the second and third picture is it us again bein crazzzzy! and in the next one its me and kayla sad that she is leaving!!!









this is me and my friend hannah in lafayette!!













and last but not least this is me and my friend dana at the football game!! go demons!!! that is the hand sign for NSU by the way! we got it down!! we kinda have dorky looking smiles!! haha




we all are such great friends and no matter where we go and what we do it life we will always stay best friends!!!! I love all of you soooo much!!! I'm happy!! I love life!!

Labor day!

Happy labor day everybody! on saturday we went to my grandparents house in vidrine! it was fun!! It was good to see everybody!! here are a few pics! of course brandi's kids were the center of attention!! so here are some pics mostly of them!!

zoe posing in her dress!

zoe lookin beautiful in her dress her mommy made for her!!

the crazzzy guys (sam, gabe, and joel) riding the 4 wheeler

hes gonna go pro!!

papa with zoe!!


this is the cutest picture ever!!

papa again with beautiful zoe~!!

soooo cute!!

me with my little man!! I love him!!

here I go!

ah time for another post I guess! Everything has been pretty good lately! I cant believe the summer is OVER! ahh! school starts monday! I am taking U.S. History and college algebra at NSU...its crazzzy I went get my student i.d. the other day and it was then that I realized ahh! I called my mom and said "i'm a college student!" she was like omg! its crazzzzzy! I am ready to start that though! ready to get a move on! I will post more about how it goes...ya'll pray for me i'm kinda nervous!!! hope everyone has a good week!

ahh life!

well I have been crazzzzy busy lately! I went to Mfuge with my church...we went to mobile, alabama...it was awwwwesome! we did alot and it was really cool...then I was back for about a week then me and my family went to wisconsin, minnesota, and illinois...we were gone like 9 days so it was LONG but it was realllly fun...I'm happy to be home though! I missed home alot...other than that I havent been doin much...I'm done with my summer job...which is good but I made good money so i'm happy...I got a guy in my life ...I dunno if thats good or not! haha nah its good his name is Matt, hes a really good guy and treats me good...my family loves him...even my dad likes him! talk about a miracle! hes really cool...hes from baton rouge and he goes to NSU up here...soo yahh! i'm pretty happy...everything is fairly good...hopefully it stays that wayyy!
me and matt

ima post later...but I got tagged!

1. I'm extremely happy to be home for a while! July was full of traveling!
2. I have scoliosis...which is a crooked backbone...its ok just feels weirdd!
3. I pretty much only drink water...i'll have a root beer every now and then, but water is by far my favorite
4. i'm takiing two college classes in the fall at NSU...i'm ready but realllly nervous!
5. I LOVE to watch the news and listen to conservative talk radio shows!
6. I dont really like goin to the movies...I love watching them but I dont like goin to theaters...
7. I recently found that I like canoeing...its good exercise and its fun...
8. I love my friends and family soooo much...thats kinda a DUH...but I just wanted to say it! and my boyfriend is coooool!

step up to the plate...

Ya know life doesnt always go the way we plan for it to. Sometimes life throws you a curve ball and you can either choose to try and swing at it or watch it go by and strike out. As much as I want to sometimes, I cant just strike out, though thats the easy way out. I always want to do just what I can to get by, just enough to not fail, but to almost fail. I cant live like that. Because though i'm not failing right now, I am coming dangerously close and am more apt to fail in the future, since I come so close to it now. Life is an interesting thing, life is hard....really hard sometimes. But we never get anything we cant handle. Sometimes it feels like we are overloaded, but really it means God believes we are strong enough to handle whatever he throws our way. So next time you feel like life is being so unfair, step up to the plate, watch the curve ball come in, and hit it out of the park. Run around the bases as the crowd chantes your name. Slap hands with your family and friends that are waiting for you at home plate. You will know you did the right thing and it will pay off for the rest of your life...knowing that when you were faced with something hard...you took the chance and swung at the ball...instead of striking out.

Late nights...and early mornings

well it is 3:41 a.m. thursday morning right now...sleep tonight? pshh cant sleep...cant seem to do much of anything...except sit and just write. writing...what a beautiful thing...whether you choose to write a song, a poem, a short story, or a blog, it is all so beautiful to me. Everyone has their different ways of writing, different styles. Sometimes a person's true personalities come out and sometimes its the personality that one wants to portray that will come out. You can make writing your very own, you can make it uniquely yours. I love writing...on days when I am speechless I grab my pen and start writing...somedays I really really want to write a story about somethin that had just happened to me...and slowly somehow it turns into a song. It goes the other way as well...sometimes i'm dying to write a song and it comes out a story or poem...again what a beautiful thing...what beautiful gift, what a treasure that I should cherish more than I do. Just sitting here and writing this blog has helped me so much, after this long day....what better way to wind down, then to let it out on paper...but dont worry I will not burden all of you with the things I had to deal with today... I hope everyone out there is sleeping! ya'll should be and so should I ....i'm gonna feel this tomorrow! sweeeeet dreams! I love ya'll!

All grown up...

one of my boys graduated....ahhh!!!!!!

LUCKY!

I'm soooo lucky...I really have such an amazing family...and awesome friends all around me...I try to just pause sometimes and realize it! I used to hate being the only girl with 3 brothers...now I wouldnt trade it for the world! I really love having my boys around me and I feel really special being the only girl. I am surrounded by wonderful friends who I never get tired of...and I have someone very special that not everyone has...and thats a "brandi" Brandi really is the closest thing I will ever have to a sister...We have so much fun together adoring and taking pictures of her beautiful babies...I love you Brandi! You mean the world to me!!

I'm not really that serious ALL the time

The last post was so serious and sad. I didnt want everyone who read this to be sad...sooo I decided to post again...so like I have in my "about me" section I am very into politics. I love listening to Sean Hannity. This next election will be an interesting one. I mean when was the last time we had a woman, a former muslim, a mormon, a black man, all running for president at the same time. This will definitly make history. I dont know who I support yet, most of me likes Mitt Romney. Even though he is a mormon I still like his stands on most things and he is a great speaker. Which is one thing that the country has been wanting since our current president is not the best when it comes to public speaking. I think Mitt might just have what it takes to lead a country. We know Guiliani has what it takes to lead a city, through tragedy. He did what most people would have failed to do. That was to keep a city united to fight through the terrorism that struck his city on September 11, 2001. We know John McCain was a POW for years. McCain showed courage and american pride as he was imprisoned. But would these guys be the right choices to lead this COUNTRY? Would a woman be the right choice to lead this country? Would a former muslim be the right choice to lead this country? So many questions and time is running out...So who will be our next president? Who will be our next leader? Who will be our next commander in chief to our troops overseas? 18 months people...just 18 more months.

Every minute, every hour, every day

I often find that most people take a lot of things for granted. Whether it is the fact that sometimes we dont appreciate that we have a roof over our head and food on the table or if it is that we have family and friends and people that really love and care about us. Sometimes we dont stop and think how much we should appreciate things...even small things like that pair of jeans we bought the other day...we were so blessed to have the money to buy those jeans, but to us its no big deal its just something we wanted. Three nights ago I found out that one of my good friends from back home in Kentucky was coming home from a trip with her friends and decided to walk the catwalk of a bridge. She slipped and fell into about 10 feet of water, her lungs filled with water, and she had brain damage. She was then flown to Vanderbilt Hospital in Tennessee. There she was put on life support and she died 2 days later. The police ruled that she was drunk and they also found some drugs in her system. Life is precious...and I know some people including myself hear that and say "Yeah, yeah we know life is precious," but if you really just stop and think for a minute...Kacey(above in picture) was just 19 years old...She thought she had everything in front of her and yet because of one decision everything she ever worked for, everything she ever dreamed of, is gone. Just like that. It really hurts my heart when things like this happen and it is so big when it is someone you knew, and were close to. I only wish that we would see this as a lesson, I hope her friends that were with her take this seriously and realize how a small decision to simply walk on a catwalk while you're drunk, can cost you your life. The reason I write things like this is to one get it all out. Sometimes you just need to let is all out. Also just to challenge everyone to think through decisions before you make them, they can have such a permanent impact on not only you, but also on everyone around you. We need to learn to take every minute, every hour, and every day and use them wisely, because we never know when it will be out last.