Friends Forever :)

I should be going to bed right now but I really wanted to blog real quick about my night. Me and one of my best friends had a Vampire Diaries night.lol Dont make fun you know you wish you were a vampire. She has been going through a lot right now and I honestly cant say I understand. Most of the time when people are going through things I unfortunately understand cause I have gone through it too. But in this situation I havent and it breaks my heart to feel I cant be there for her as much as I could. She is the type of person that needs space and that is hard for me cause Im use to being right there for people. But its been tooooooo long since we had spent time together so we watched our show together and talked about things she is going through. It helped me to understand things better and we hadnt talked in forever, it was nice to talk and laugh with her! This friend is one of those people that should of been a comedian. She always knows how to make someone else laugh even though she is the one that needs it the most. I hope she knows I love her very much and very thankful for her. I am also so proud of her and how she is handling this because if I were her I would be a complete mess. Keep smiling and know I am praying for you!!!!! :) LOVE YOU

SPRING IS HERE....

I finally have some things that are some what exciting going on in my life that are worth writing about and that I have time to write about!

I have not really been wanting to write much about my life in the last several months cause my heart and my mind has been consumed by my dads problems. My dad is an alcoholic and recently been having some heart problems (which are related to his drinking) he turns to me for all the answers but he isn't at the place where he is ready to get help. This is probably one of the hardest things that I have had to deal. I feel so helpless when it comes to him, I want him to get help so bad. I know that it has to be him to make the decision but its just hard to sit back and watch.

On a better note I got my Canon Rebel for my bday and I LOVE IT! I took a class in January online and I think I learned alot but Spring time is giving me a great opportunity to learn more. There are times where I feel like I really still don't have a clue but at the same time I feel like I can see progress in my photos and pick out things in my photos that I should of done better ect. Mindy U, who I love her work, she has helped me alot with questions. She inspires me to do better, I just wish she would post more of her photos cause I love looking at photos and especially of her beautiful daughter.

I recently we to the Arboretum with my mom and all the flowers have blossomed for the Spring time. I can not even begin to describe the colors. I will post some of my photos. I have alot of my friends that are offering their families for me to practice on, which I am excited to have the chance to do. I will post them soon.

We are still helping out in our Children's Church and Life Jr on Wednesday nights at our church. We love our kids, they mean alot to us! I just wanted to say that cause todays Wednesday and we get to see them tonight :) This past weekend we went up to OKC on Friday and Saturday to spend time with our friends from school. We really missed them alot, we went to our favorite Japanese Steakhouse and tried 2 new places which I love now! lol One of them is Big Truck Tacos and they have amazing tacos and the other is Cuppies and Joe, which that place is a hole in the wall coffee shop. Ofcourse these two places werent there when we lived there, but a great place to visit. On Saturday we "tried" to have a picnic in the park in OKC, we all lived away from OKC too long and forgot how windy it is.lol It was a great time to remember memories!

On Monday night we had to say good bye to the Oster family, missionaries to Argentina. A year ago in January their daughter past away and they went ahead and went on furlough after that.

Please pray for them as they are getting settled in, I couldn't imagine going back to the place where, when the last place you were there is when your daughter was passing away.

This family has gone though alot in the last year but they aren't allowing it to stop them from doing what God has called them to do.

I am loving the sun, it just does something special to me! lol I sometimes feel like a plant at times. I will honestly try to write more and post my photos, I know alot if not all of my followers are my friends on facebook but I still want to post my photos and talk about my experience with the shots. Hope yall all have a great rest of the week!

Monday 10

Well my last post said I hadnt written in a while well I REALLY havent written in a while. lol I am going to do my 10 on Tuesday on Monday haha

1. We are in our own place and have been here since Labor Day weekend. It is a 2 bed 2 bath apartment across the hall from our really good friends Em & Shane. People said that would cause problems, but we are both so busy we hardly see each other. So happy we got a place before the holidays started, I am very thankful for my inlaws that allowed us to stay with them for so long.

2. I still love my job, we have alot of fun there and eat LOTS of candy. lol But I really need to find something closer. I applied at the hospital that they are building near us and at a few other places. I pray that something will open up so that we can start putting more money away for a house.

3. Like my dear friend Miranda said, this time of the year I would normally be wearing my boots and scarfs everyday with a starbucks in my hand and listening to Christmas music! :( Its definately not the same when its 70 outside and you dont have your Rana around to jam with. So hopefully I will be ready when everyone else starts listening to it around Thanksgiving.

4. I might be getting a Canon Rebel for Christmas, atleast I really really hope so. I have been looking at photography blogs non stop and just love the details and different views people have. I personally enjoy natural light photography. I cant wait to start learning all about it and taking workshops ect.

5. I will be playing piano for congregation at the end of November. I have been such a chicken to just break the ice, so I am going to just dive in and do it! lol I cant wait, there are several other things I have been working on. So if I can get the first one out of the way I will feel much better.

6. On Wednesday nights we do a program called Life for the childrens ministry. They are mainly the same kids we have in Children's Church. We have done a little series called "fall into God's Promises" and we have been focusing on all the many promises God has. The kids have been really receptive to the preaching. Its so excited to see it, and people say kids dont understand the Bible! We have some refugees from Burma in our class and they are the sweetest kids ever. I really got to know some of them at church camp. Not only do they go to our church on Sunday mornings but they go to their own church at 2:30 after the bus takes them home. They all mean alot to Ty and I. :)

7.I am really tired of the rain, I understand its fall but not my idea of fall. I imagine the wind blowing a cool breeze just enough you need a light jacket and scarf ;)

8. My CoCo is going to be 1yrs old November 11th! I cant believe it, we ofcourse didnt get her until December. We are going to get a family picture done for her bday.....

9. Tomorrow is the season opener for the Dallas Mavs, and my father in law got us all tickets. Ty and I are excited about our night on the town in Dallas.

10. Well I accomplished alot in the post lol and I will try hard to not go along time without writing.

10 on Wednesday..... been sooo busy!

Well I have been way behind on blogging but alot of my life right now has been boring even though I have been busy. I have been trying to stay busy cause I was losing my mind cause I didnt have a job. We were struggling alittle between Ty's transfer and me just not having a job. But the Lord has been great through it all, its been me that has been worrying as I do.

1. I got a job and start Monday! WOO HOO I know that when I have kids I will not want to work but for right now I feel it is my job to help out as much as I can. To save for our future as well :) I use to work at GTESS when I was in high school and I was a scanner for healthcare claims. I am so thankful for my father in law who use to work there and helped me get the job when I worked there before. They want to move me to corporate soon after I get in, so pray that if that is what God wants me to do that it will work out.

2. I just went to camp last week, it was our first time at this new facility. As I said in my testimony, I caught myself at the beginning of the week saying this isnt like Lake Texoma our other camp. But it doesnt matter where we meet cause it was more than evident that the power of God was there and many decisions were made. I got a chance to get to know alot of our teens. We had a lot of fun with all the games!

3. So depending on where we are located, but we may be renting a beach house in September down in Galveston for a weekend. I am super excited, its still in the works ect but I havent had a chance to see any ocean this year even if its kindof cloudy. lol Its still an ocean! :) It will be Tys family, it will be a great time together.

4. Bryce is doing great and getting bigger, he is alittle over 5lbs! I cant believe getting so big already haha I am so glad I have gotten to see him as much as I have been able to.

5. Summer has been a great one but I think I am ready for fall! lol I think more than anything because I think maybe by Christmas we will have our own place again..... maybe idk

6.My really good friends just got to finally adpot their little boy, we are so thankful for what God has allowed to happen in that whole situation.

7. I need a haircut sooo bad! I couldnt make it up to OKC this weekend but maybe soon I will find out around here. I get to spend time with my hubby and family this weekend!

8. I picked up my little brother for 4th of July and we went to a church families house and had a huge meal and saw fireworks afterwards. He was so cute, eating all his watermelon and playing in the water with the other little kids. I cant believe he is 6 already. He was so sweet with my all weekend, next time my other little brother is coming to come and stay the night.

9. This Friday Ty and I are going to have a dinner date with our friends. I am excited, to be able to go out with them. Normally around holidays and bdays are the only time we all get together so we count them all very special.

10. This has taken me way too long to write, that is what happens when I try to do this and watch tv at the same time. lol Hope everyone has a great rest of the week!!!!!! :)

10 on THURSDAY

Its been a long week but not as long as it has been for my friend Tricia who just had her baby. I have been super busy with spending as much time as possible with my friend Shawna before she left to go back to Houston for the summer as well, so I havent done any blogging.....

1. Bryce Dallen McQueen was born yesturday morning and it was a LONG adventure for her and we all our so excited for him to be here. She had a lot of problems with her blood pressure ect through out the pregnancy. She had a c-section so everything went smooth with that and the Lord kept them both safe! He was 4lbs and 1 oz and at 17inches long.... He is just adorable, and has red hair just like his daddy. It is crazy to see my dear friends as parents, I know they are more than qualified but it seems like we are all still like we were back in the d=ys of like middle school! lol I am so thankful for the friendship that I have with all of them and that we have been there for eachother for alot of things. I guess some things in life never change, and that can be a good thing :)

2. I got a job! Praise the Lord, I will be during watching a 6th grader and 8th grader during the Summer time and making sure they have FUN! I kindof didd that at my last job with my boss' kids everyonce in a while.

3. Tyler got the mobile job at Best Buy(he is working at another one part time), he will be considered a full timer again. God is sucha great provider. My Pastor just preached a message on Sunday about the little boy with the fishes and the loaves, that little boy was in the right place both physically and spiritually, he didnt know the out come he had to give by faith. The provider was there to make it more abundant, the little boy was blessed beyond his expectations because he had no expectations! That applies in our life right now in so many different areas....

4. I missing my friends from school really bad! We are planning for some of our friends to come down in a few weekends. Were excited about that....

5. Next weekend is Tyler's first wedding he will be performing, its is cousins wedding down in central Texas. I enjoy Tyler's family alot we have a great time together so that should be fun.

6. June 23 will be 2yrs for Ty and I! We can not believe it, its been a great 2 yrs and the Lord has been so good to us. We arent planning any big trip :( idk what we are doing...

7. I am so ready to have a place of our own, not an apartment but a house. I know we cant do that right now because of the situation were in right now but we are ready to settle down, Tricia having a baby doesnt help! lol But I just want to complete our little family

8. This week is the week our church normally goes to camp but we had to switch camps cause of a different of things, it feels so weird. They go in a couple weeks and just pray that people will be saved and lives will be changed.

9. Im having problems finishing this its because Im hungry and tired so I better go cause I wont be able to function. lol

10. :) TOMORROW IS FRIDAY

10 on Tuesday

Last week was way too crazy to try to write in my blog, but we are pretty much settled in. It was organizing my clothes and "junk" well its not really junk cause its my photos and scrapbooks there are just alot of it! lol

1. I am so very thankful that we do have a place that we can stay verese trying to live in an apartment. You have to pay extra for living in an apartment month to month and that is if you can find an apartment that will let you do a month to month. We do have a place in mind after Tyler has been had his new store for awhile and once I get into a job as well. Speaking of my and jobs.... I have a place where I am waiting for the interview person to call me back. The position is a company that is specifically for elderly people, anything from errand running for them to just spending sometime with them when there family cant be there. There are a ton of different things that I can do and I can choose what I want and what I dont want to do. I just pray that it works out, it gives me alot of flexibility. I have always enjoyed seniors, we use to have a nursing home ministry that I was involved in.

2. We joined back at Liberty and we are ready to jump in and start helping.... I am going to get back in choir(which they have cancelled for the last 2 Sundays cause of the Revival and Memorial Day) and VBS is coming up, Camp (IDK if I am going) and so many other things.

3. The first Sunday we were back, our church started a revival with Bill Abbott(sp?). His family was sucha blessing, they all sing and Tyler and I got to get to know them on more of personal level. We went from amazing preaching up in HBBC/SWBC to home and continue in more amazing preacing. The Lord is good! We had lots of decisions made and the final night we saw 22 saved! What a blessing, its great to see the Lord work in my church.

4. God answers prayers! We had been praying about Tyler getting his job at Best Buy here in Texas. Best Buy got rid of there supervisor position throughout the entire company. So all those people that were supervisors are now full timers which is Tyler's position. So when he called about a transfer he had to interview for the position since there are only a limeted of openings. Thankfully he got the job but it is just part time...... they said that they are going give him minimum of 30hrs a week but we will see, then another Best Buy in the area called him to apply for this other position that has come available which is full time with a commission check. We will continue to pray for that but we are thankful for what has given us at this moment and Tyler starts tomorrow.

5. Yesturday was Tyler's bday and we went to Chilis as a tradition we have done for several years. We also went to Red Robin and used his bday coupon for a free burger and a free dessert, all you have to do is sign up for emails.

6. There has been alot on my mind lately, just so many things.... graduation is over, we said our goodbyes, we are back in Texas and now what..... I know we are settling in with jobs, in our church and with old friends. But we are still in limbo land, we could still get a phone call for a position and up in leave at anytime. That leaves me constantly uneasy and makes me feel bad about living with the inlaws. I know I have said it before, I am so thankful for them letting us live with them until we get back on our feet. Its just one of those things.... but hopefully not long at all.

7. I took up Piano again, I took it when I was 14 and took it for about a year or so and just kindof gave up. But I am realizing it might be a nice little bonus to have in the ministry and its something really relaxing. I remembered alot of it when I started to play the other day. I will start taking lessons again in the next month and start on chords ect. I am super excited I feel like I have accomplished something already. lol

8. I have been hanging out with my child hood best friend Shawna aka Na Na alot and it feels like old times. I still miss my HBBC friends abunch! I am so thankful for all my great friends :)

9. This past weekend we had Tricia's shower and it turned out really good, she is still on bed rest.The baby is fine but she is the one with problems. I think that Bryce will end up coming early! Which we are all very excited about.

10. Well I think Summer has officially arrived and I love it! Hope yall all enjoy yours as well :)

(YAWN....) 10 on Tuesday, what its TUESDAY! lol

So my week so far has been exhausting, it started this past weekend with packing every night til real late in the night. I have sooo much stuff, both our parents defintaley spoiled us and was really bad on us keeping memorabilias. I am thankful that I have some of them but we had way too many! lol I have the holiday Barbies from before I was born, Ty has his Star Wars stuff ect ect ect.

1. Going through stuff is so hard sometimes, not that I want to be a clutter bug but it just seems my apartment was getting smaller and smaller. Putting my stuff in storage for who knows how long is kindof harder than I thought. I try to think what do I really need and what if something happens to this or that. I know its all materialist things but I have memories with all those things, happy ones! I am truly blessed with the things God has given us.....

2. I use to be able to stay up all hours of the night and be fine, these last several nights have stayed up to 2 oclock in the morning (use to going to bed at 11 lol) and I am actually doing alright but my head is for sure aching, but loving the opportunity to drink starbucks :)

3. I cant believe its only Tuesday, this already seems like the longest week of my life. I dont know how you ladies do it out there with a kid! haha I know that just means I am not ready bla bla bla but just saying props to yall!

4. This is a week of saying goodbyes,lots of packing,seeing family and being overwhelmed with so many emotions. Lots of my friends are staying in the city and some are moving not too far but its just hard so hard! I know this just means I will meet new people, new friends but there are just so many buts..... lol I know I could of easily said this when I came to HBBC but look how God has blessed me in so many ways with amazing friends. I am just not good with new beginnings, unknown things, its defintaley something to work on!

5. Miranda you.....( I am going to try to type this without crying) well you kept me from killing Gracie Glowiki! haha You helped me through my Freshman, AND Sophmore year. lol We may have gotten in trouble together, but I wouldnt take back anything we did (all we did was stay up and talk) and all the great times at Casual Corner.... What about Sidney???? lol I told you he is adorable, and that you would learn how to work around the nose. hee hee Remember wiping out in front of the dorm or many other times???? Braums/Wal-mart trips, you coming to visit me, then it wasnt for me anymore haha Nasty Cafe food, loving singing next to you in church cause we will never get to sing together I guess lol I know that the Lord brought us all 4 so close for a reason and I truly believe that yalls friendship will be a blessing in the ministry to come!!!!!!!!

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6. Things I have learned at HBBC that I wouldnt take back for anything..... how to just keep my fat mouth shut sometimes(still a struggle), how to truly seek God's face on things, to make verses in the Bible my life and so many define my life, TO GROW UP (Freshman year saying) and to put ALL my faith and trust in HIM......

7. Thursday is graduation, I am so proud of Tyler! He has accomplished so much, to think that I prayed for God to call him in the ministry 7 years ago ( we were dating and I knew I was to go into the minstry and I didnt want to break up with him and didnt want him to base the decision on me, so I prayed and God answered!) and look at him graduating from HBBC with a pastoral degree.

8. Thursday night after graduation and we all eat with family we are going to IHOP for last goodbyes (I might have already wrote about this) I am so excited, its going to be a great late night of laughs,tears and goodbyes. There will be pics posted! :)

9. Friday is moving day.... I am thankful for all the people that are helping to move us back home.

10. This time next week I will be in TEXAS, the page finally turned to the next chapter. But this next chapter already has a TO BE CONTINUED........ You know that excited,sad and anxious feeling when your season finale of your show ends, ya well that is how my life feels right about now! I havent given up on God, I am quite proud of myself (not in a prideful bad way) that I have truly given this to God. I normally am a basket case of emotions, not saying I have been perfect but I went from fretting about who, what, when, where, why, (ask Miranda haha poor thing had to listen to me) to a couple of messages of given God control, he is the one that got you here didnt he is the one who started, he always finishes! That can preach!!!!!! :) lol I have an amazing life and I cant stop saying how much I am blessed, my friends are my family and my everything and I know that they are truly friends forever! BFFS!!!!!!!!! :)