Sweetly Broken....

Hello all - so - I'm sitting here reflecting on the past 6 months, while listening to a new worship song I heard while at camp - Sweetly Broken -

'At the cross you beckoned me, draw me gently to my knees and I am so lost in words, lost in love, I'm sweetly broken, holy surrender'. Wow. Could a song be more fitting of the path the Lord has taken me on this year? How beautiful is our God? I think about the hurt and pain that I've felt, the laughter that I've had, the times that I truly have felt His presence and I am so thankful.

I am so undeserving of the love that the Lord has given me. As much as I think I've done certain things right, I haven't earned any of His grace.

So, now I sit here with such joy. A smile is on my face - regardless of how my summer ends up, I will praise Him. I will draw near to Him. I am thankful for Him breaking me, thankful for Him revealing little ways that He loves me, thankful for the encouragement He's given me through music and through friends. Just thankful to be one of His children.

Life without Jesus is like a donut...

There's a hole in the middle of your heart!!! Ha - can you tell I just got back from Middle School Camp?

So - just got back from camp and it was AMAZING! Seriously, one of the best weeks of my life. There is just something about being in the outdoors and having the freedom to be as silly and goofy as you want - and having the opportunity to seek out and listen to the Lord. I know that life should always be like camp - it shouldn't take me being in the outdoors with middle schoolers to take the time to truly listen for Him. This just proved to me how much I let the 'noise' and 'static' of this world get in the way of truly knowing Him.

We had such a good time though - I love my girls - and now some of the guys! Just fun spirits! We played the best game which just created some really fun memories...its called Remember when - and lets just leave it at the fact - the memories you get from remember when are some of the best!

Here are some pics from such a fun week:

Turning 29...

So - this has been a very interesting week. I'm not going to lie - turning 29 has not been easy. I mean, really, it sounds old. And old is the last thing I feel. I feel like at 29, you're supposed to have everything together - your life is supposed to be all figured out - and mine is the furthest thing from it. I still feel like I'm 25 - I may not look it, but I feel it.

So then I think about what all I've gotten to do in my twenties - how fun its been... I mean, I've lived in College Station, Houston, Newport Beach, Australia and now Dallas. And each one of these places has brought about so many adventures. I know that the Lord has orchestrated all of these moves, and He's been a part of all of these adventures, so I need to trust Him that He has me right here, right now for a reason.

But in the mean time, its been fun to dig through some of my fun memories...which I'm going to post some pics of - Enjoy!

Hitting the Bahamas with Angela



Steph & Me in LA - we've had so many adventures - LA, London, Australia and more to come!


Meeting the Olsen Twins at Dolce in LA (look front row center - and no, I'm not standing on a stair, they really are that short!)


Me on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -


Bells Beach in Australia


Trent & Brock on Christmas Day - My Aussie Christmas


Sailing the Whitsunday Islands



Diving The Great Barrier Reef



NYE in Australia - the girls and our 'Godfather' Boss



My sweet niece Emily right after she was born!


Sunset on The Great Barrier Reef


The girls heading out in Cairns



NYE 2005/2006 with Scott

I'm Back and Celebrating...well almost...

So I'm back! And before I forget - here are pictures of Lindsey and her sweet husband Jason, and then a pic of me and Linds -




Like I said - they are amazing and I love them. Just spending time with them was such a blessing.

But I am so glad to be home. I missed my roommate! Seriously, I have the most amazing roommate in the entire world. I thank God constantly for the gift that she is to me. If you don't know Melissa, you're missing out. She is one of the sweetest most encouraging people I know. And I love getting to be real with her and struggle with her, and I'm so thankful that she's letting me be a part of her life. Here she is:

Isn't she so cute?!


I went to CR tonight - and I'm not sure if I'm quite celebrating yet - but I'm excited about being at a point where I am going to work through this crap that I apparently have buried way beneath the surface and keeps showing up when I really just don't want it to. Everyone keeps saying that this is going to be an amazing experience. But I'm a little scared. Wait - I take that back, I'm a lot scared. But if it means freedom, then I'm all about it.

So - another realization that keeps popping up - I'm about to be 29. Seriously...29?!!!! How the heck have I lived 29 years? Is it bad that I still feel like I'm 22? Honestly - I do not fit in my age bracket. I'm sure I'll do more reflecting on my '29-ness' over the next couple of days - so expect a blog out of that one...

Ok - for now - goodnight my loves. Thanks for reading...sorry if its boring! Sleep well.

I'm blogging and I'm in Austin!

I never thought I would be a blogger! Seriously, I have nothing to say! But in reality, I tried a few days on myspace, and it is actually quite freeing! So - I think I'm going to do this thing - Shall be fun - hopefully!

So I am in Austin right now and it is beautiful. So good to be here and visiting my old roommate from Houston and her husband. Lindsey and Jason are so fun - and such a beautiful example of what a Godly marriage looks like. It always encourages me to be around them.

They're in the process of selling their house and yesterday, they had someone coming to look at it for the second time to possibly put a contract on it. So we all got put to work - and my duty - yardwork. Ha ha ha! If you really know me, you'll find this humorous too - I do not do yardwork. No green thumb here. And my specific duty - pulling weeds. How fitting for my life at the moment. This was so flipping frustrating. They never wanted to come out from the root. I would pull them and just the top would come off - and I had been instructed to get the root - since they will always come back....interesting. Big surprise, but I'm not a fan of pulling weeds...my hands got dirty and I didn't look too good when I was done.

So yeah - I doubt anyone will read this - but like I said - its pretty freeing. I like it. :)