Almost There!

Only 16 more days to go before I graduate from college! SIXTEEN DAYS!

I just mailed out this graduation photo to family and friends and boy did the reality of it all start kicking in as I stuffed envelopes! 

This is gonna be an insane 2 weeks. 

ready, set, GO!

Family

There is no other place that makes me as happy and carefree as being with my family. I am completely free when I am around my siblings and parents... free to be an emotional wreck or a silly kid. They support me, laugh with me, cry with me, tease me, encourage me and help keep me in line. They remind me that while a multitude of people and friends will come and go in my life, my family will never leave my side... as long as God has us here on earth, we will be there for each other. We have been through a lot this past year, and a lot is really an understatement.... we've been through SO much, more than I can say.....and yet looking back on this past year I've come to realize how the trials we've been through have only brought us closer together. At times it seemed like each other was all we had. I thank God that He blessed me with them  We are a super tight knit bunch , and share everything with each other. I can talk to my parents like they are old friends, and sometimes my younger siblings are the ones giving me advice. We don't know where God is taking us next, or what His will is for us at this time... yet with each other and a lot of prayer I know we will be ready for whatever He has in store for us :)

I'm on spring break right now and was able to spend a  day at the beach with most of my family ( my older sister and Dad both had to work .we missed you two!) and I FINALLY got my braces off!!!! woot woot! 

Update

                                              ( ^ what my bedroom floor looks like)

I am now in the final 8 weeks of school before graduation and it's incredibly overwhelming and stressful! (stress town central right now!) I have a mile long list of things that need to be done before the end of April; projects to complete, papers to write, presentations to give, intern hours to log, and midterms/finals/quizes to take ( and Lord willing pass!)

With all that being said I will have to become a hermit for a little while and really focus my attention on school, I'll post a few updates and pictures here and there though! :) I just wanted to keep ya'll in the loop!

I would greatly appreciate any prayers you can send my way though! Without God, and the prayers/encouragement from my friends/family I would not be where I am today- A senior in college graduating in 8 WEEKS!


good gravy.

GOOD GRAVY!

( let's hope I emerge with an intact brain!)

-Rach

Image via Pinterest

iPhone Fever

hey all!

This past week I managed to kill my phone, and I have absolutely no idea how I did it. ( true story)
With that being the case I decided it was finally time to really upgrade and add internet to my phone, and I had been eyeing the iPhone4 ever since the price went down on it. ( and then I found out I had a very nice discount on my phone plan, SUH-WEET!)

Let me tell ya folks, within the first hour I was incredibly impressed & totally HOOKED on my new phone!!
I knew there was a lot you could do with the iPhone, but I didn't realize the magnitude of what you can do on this little device! It's a very "Rachel Friendly" phone ( if you know me personally then you totally know why ha ha) It's also really great to have everything from email, messages, photos, videos, and school related stuff all on one device and right at my finger tips... I'm looking forward to being able to organize my life a little better with the help of the iphone.

Now, I know you're probably thinking," uhhh, Rachel, why are you gushing over this phone so much? The iPhone has been around for AGES. everyone knows what it does already!"  but it's new to me, the last upgrade I got on my phone was texting.... so I'm going to be a little excited about this. ha ha

I also just ordered an EPIC case for my phone, can't wait to share it with you all!
I'm also looking forward to taking TONS of pictures and videos now that it much easier to do so. Hooray!

With that little update, I thought I would share with you some pics and videos I took.
and if you have twitter, feel free to follow me! ( click the twitter box to your right) I'll be updating a lot more now! and I also recently joined Instagram ( a photo sharing site) , you can find my account by going to my twitter.

Hope you're having a great week!

1. Titus being his happy self in the AM  

2. Making my Wed smoothie king visit, their Apple Acai is da bomb!

3. Chewbacca, the highlight of work night yesterday!