2010

i have done this two years in a row..might as well continue to do it while im young:)


2010 was a year of a lottt of change.
i dont remember many details about early this year..'til about April.
bonfires galore. cold cold COLD winter, colicing horses, bucking, rearing mess, almost dying, that infected insect bite on topper, getting annoyed with myself to the extreme, seeking God, the awakening and reformation tour in Jacksonville, not wanting to leave for it, paneraaaa. :) "hello, at&t?"-Taylor, the chinchilla!! everyy friday night we'd all get together and watch a movie or something. that was fun. growing out my hair! oh! the formal:) getting dressed in that flowy white dress:) Lauren and Josh's wedding, the concoction we made at the reception. Daniel Kealey, my new nephew. meeting Kenny, thinking of a wayy, getting ready for horse camp, ORANGE LAKE!!!! "my mum?!!"-Alyse, "i want some beef.."-Hillary, "alvin, you're a moron. you make the hairs on the back of my thighs stand up like a russian ballerina."-night at the museum 2, "my foot says hi!"-Lauren, all the realllly awesome things they said that only i remember:) hanging out in a hammock, listening to someone talk about Costa Rica and how they have a bunch of hammocks there with monkeys over head and lizards everywhere. making plans to go to Canada to snowboard [and get those gnarly goggles tan] going to Costa Rica, learning to surf, going to Liepaja, getting stuck out in a boat and singing and playing guitar, making a documentary about it and selling it to pay for all the expenses, haha, and making up a language. staying up suuper late with Jesus every night. really late night phone calls, staying up til 4:30 or 5 am on the phone, totally NOT regretting it the following morning, watching the Ramp every weekend via webstream, getting in Gods face, roadtrip! to jacksonville with Keri. ahha "TJ's? that doesnt even make sense. you guys abbreviate EVERYTHING." oh, and seeing my first midget in real life. haha, meeting Whoops, who is still the most gorgeous horse ive seen in my entire life. white water rafting! rock climbing! and the giant slip n slide. being the only one with service on the mountain, [booyah], oh, the word "booyah" meeting Lisa Peters, VBS! "saddle ridge RANCH!!" getting Danny, being wayyyy super duper tired at horse camp and consuming an outrageous amount of food because we rode horses all stinkin day. meeting Kaytlin! and Madeline, Sam, Lauren, Caitlin, all my adopted sisters!!! and Austin, i love that child. :) Avaaaaaaa. pranking. breaking alll the rules at camp on the last day, no helmets, no saddle, no bridle, and three people to a horse. leaving camp, and totallly missing those people sooo much. the little camp songs about Evie ;) wishiinggg i could go to ihops summer camp, and looking at pictures Gabe posted while he was leading, leading worship, Hillarys new song, running, swimming, going to the beach with Haley, getting wayy sunburnt, waking up and shooting a text message to someone, watching the sunrise with Jesus, getting sick, and hanging out with Jesus, the new Pino CD came out this year--best one yet. missing Colorado and South Dakota, even though we all got sick that year. learning guitar. learning to surf. 9'11" long board, 6'3" fish <3, 7'6" al merrick, liberation! being the onlyy girll. college classes, one word:hybrid:p losing touch with people i really love during the semester, meeting Cat, Jade, Reyn, Michael, DYLAN!, all these really awesome people at THS during the swim season, swimming, swimming, sleeping, eating and studying all semester. cutting my hair:) allll the swim meets! girls won all but one i think. getting pneumonia and being out of the pool for two weeks, missing sooo much. Conference was so fun, almost missing my 100free, haha, running to the block and throwing my shorts off, breaking several caps in practice, training, creating the "cool people club, for cold people" with Dylan during practice one day, those dumb 25 sprints on 30 seconds, haha Dylans food baby, the shaving parties, seeing an ungodly amount of hair coming off guys legs, shaving arms, legs, chests, everything. carbing up, getting up outrageously early for meets, huddling up to people I'd only knew for a few months because i was reeeeally cold, drawing on ourselves with sharpies, warm up, warm down, districts!!! 50 free, chillin with Lydia, Gabbi, Dylan, Reyn, Alex...GIRLS WON FIRST!!! <3 cheering for everyone, loosing my voice more than once:) getting gnarrrrrrly tan lines. Dylan, Stephen and i have yet to go three people to a board long boarding..we need to when the cold goes away, going to ihop after the blue-gold meet and watching a GIRL order a 6 egg omelet and eating the entire thing. falling completely in love with those people..
Alex at camp! haha, with the black fingernails. FINALLY getting my golden grahams on the next to the last day, Mrs. Angel going down early and SAVING me a box because i had talked about how i love that cereal and I'd eaten it the entire week in 07. :) coming home soooo bruised up from playing paintball and sliding down the hill on the slip n slide for 45 minutes straight. sleeping on the floor board of the van, stopping in Jax beach because of a chain, that reallllly stinky, super gross bathroom, CHIK FIL A. OH MY GOSH JOSH HAVING A DANCE OFF WITH THE COW. ahw, Joe leaving for KC. me and Lauren's dance thing, watching that one scene from cloudy with a chance of meatballs like 3392048 times on the way to the awakening and reformation tour! ahha. "blaaame shifterr" "today, the girls had some fun in the sun, they drove all over town, and now they're just goofin' aroundd!" <3 Josh having a dance off with himself..in front of Hillarys boss. hahaha. me and Chelsea dancing down the street in Viera. "brother...i made this cookie for you." and then smashing it in Jer's face. haha, Jockson Yew. the crazy insane ways people styled my short hair this year was absolutely outrageous. going to Disney with Bella and Kristin, "gimme that bread.."-Bella haha space mountain, needing a jacket for my face, getting on my first roller coaster everr, freezing my butt off, eating ice cream. painting and writing a lot on my bedroom walls. falling in loove with John Mark McMillan. running a lot. pool covers. driving to and from Melbourne a lott. hanging out with Tim and Jeremy, playing on the indo board, and totallllly dominating at it, the concoction that was thrown in Jeremy's face, drip drip DROP. sliding on the tile and almost killing myself. haha. hacking Laurens FB two weeks in a row. "everywhere..???" that confuses me. Narnia. eating pizza for two days straight. Lisa P lost her mind. competing with Hillary as to who will have the most pictures in LP's "a photo a day" album. laughing really, really hard when the chiropractor was cracking my back. Holy Spirit being my best friend, EVERR. having to pull over on the side of the road because He was just blowing me away with His presence. [first time, ever] praying about surf camp. and Costa Rica. meeting Joya Gorton, southern Costa Rica, here i come! writting to my future husband, a lot. :) gettting the bestt Christmas present everrrr. making the hard decisions, now i just need to follow through with them. enduring the change, even when it's hard. because it will be soooo worth it in the end. waking up to His presence in my room. getting up early, going to swim practice, coming home and doing school mostly all day, and then going back to swim in the evening. i had a really busy schedule this past semester. i missed a lot of people, but also learned a lot about that whoole thing. "you'll just KNOW when he's the one. there won't be any guessing." questioning myself, and making myself answer. a lot of thinking out, talking out, writing out. but it was such a joy, even when it got rough. thinking of the sun, and how much i really, really love it. TST. "20 25's, fly pull on 30 seconds..start on the top." :p back stroooke. :p God totally giving me my camera case thing back at orange lake! He healed me a lot this year too..my wrist, knee, heart, etc etc etc...God did a lot for me this year, a lot of suuuuuper, reeeealllly awesome things happened to me that still blows my mind. one of the manny best things that He did was show me what im supposed to do with my life. im excited.
i had a really, really awesome, unforgettable year. i met people this year that i will never forget, and i hope im one of the people they never forget too. :) and i hope next year is just as good.