The beginning of a week without a family.

Well as of Saturday my entire family (well, minus my brother Madison, who still resides in Port Orange, Thank God!) left me. My dad, Jenny and Quint started their journey to move out west. And My mom, papa, Nolan and Hayley left at 5:30 am to go on vacation.

I woke up at the crack of dawn to say a farewell to my family (after I had said I much sadder goodbye to everyone at my dad's on friday) as they left for North Carolina. I fell back asleep on the couch and woke up a few hours later to go to work. And after work I arrived home, and being that it was so quiet and empty, of course I fell back asleep!

The Saturday evening I went over to the Stembergers with Bethany and Olivia! (who's sisters had gone on a trip without them!) The Stembergers house is one of the best places to be when you are lonely and have no one to feed you! They will stuff you full of delicious food AND be the most wonderful company! That night was filled with tons of fun. (though I was a victim of a bad practical joke that involved me throwing up the contents of my stomach. ) Then Sunday morning came and we went to church. Brittany and Stephen were in town! It was so wonderful to see them and go out to lunch with them. (even if we were at opposite ends of the table and didn't talk much. :D)

Sunday evening I planned to just go home, clean the house, do some home work and maybe watch a movie and eat chinese food. But The Dunlops, another wonderful family, much like the Stembergers, were gracious enough to adopt me for the evening!! And when I say the Dunlops, I mean ALL the Dunlops (Morgans and Reels!)! I had such a fun time visiting with everyone, seeing all the babies (and not so little anymore kiddos!) and eating a wonderful dinner!
I felt like Lucy on "While you were sleeping" getting to party and have fun with a family instead of sitting home alone and eating chinese! :) And after dinner, last night I went home, relaxed and watched a movie. And today I was able to clean my house and do home work (quietly, without distraction!).

And this evening I came to Jesse and Tiffany's. My little home away from home. :) Talk about being my "family"! We ate a wonderful dinner (I'm being fed so well! haha), hung out, played a board game, ate some cookies (and cookie dough) and talked! (One of my favorite things to do is talk to Jess and Tiff!) And now I'm all cozy and happy in my own cute room. And I'm so happy because the are literally right across the street from school! So I can sleep in a little tomorrow! Yahoo!

I was really sad about my family leaving.(I know, its a week for my mom and papa, but still I've never been home alone before!) But I've realized how blessed I am with my church family who are so caring and loving and truly are my family! I'm looking forward to the rest of the week and the fun times in store! But I do miss my family ALOT!

Good night, sleep tight.

Posts are no fun without pictures, here are a few...

My favs...

My Quinters dressed as a penguin for some reason.

Besties...

Madison and I with Daddy and Jenny at their wedding...

Hello There!

So I am going to attempt to keep up consistently with this blog. Fill in with what I think is somewhat boring everyday blabbing. But my dad and Jenny are moving out west this weekend. And I want to be able to keep them up to date on my little life. :) And hoping that they will do the same (Hint Hint guys...get a bloggin').

So lets see...
This week...has been filled with lots of homework! (Which I should even be doing right now) My classes are beginning to keep me pretty busy (and I know it'll just get worse). For now its just not very hard, just a lot of work, which takes time. I have my first Psychology test tomorrow. And I have to turn in my final draft of my first English Essay in tomorrow as well.

Yesterday I started to work on a project for American Government. We have to do a 3,000 word research paper OR do a 20-30 minute presentation. I originally was going to do my paper on Roe vs Wade and argue that our government is allowing murder in the form of abortion.
But yesterday my parents challenged me to do the presentation, because it would not only be seen by the eyes of my teacher, but also all of my classmates. It would be a wonderful opportunity to share and to "end the ignorance" that many people have about Abortion.
So, I still have to check with my professor that she will let me do a presentation on this "touchy" subject and that I will be able to use all my resources, even if they will be 'offensive' to some people. But it is so heavy on my heart to share the truth! This would be a wonderful opportunity to work on my fear of man and be bold for the Glory of God!
So please pray for me, that I would have the strength, grace and ability to speak up!

Not only are my dad and Jenny moving this weekend, but My Mom, Papa, Nolan and Hayley are going on vacation in North Carolina for a week with my extended family from Pennsylvania. I probably would have been able to manage going, but the thought of missing school and work didn't really seem like the best idea. I'm pretty bummed that I won't be able to join them on such a wonderful trip! It sounds like a depressing weekend, all my family leaving.
But I going to have fun, I'll be spending time with Khrysten, Bethany and Olivia. And then I will be spending the week days with Jesse and Tiffany! And I am so excited to go and stay with them! :) Just like the good ol' days!

I have a long list of things to do, so I should probably go do them!

Goodbye!