Overview of the past year (in a nutshell)!

March 13th, 16th birthday and my driver's license at last!  How did I ever survive without it?

April 23rd--Joe and I start dating  

bonfire at Crystal Beach!

"I can do everything except park"

12 days in EUROPE!!

Panama City, FL with the best people in the world for an amazing week

Christopher Mayfield leaves 249 to start his own church in Seattle, where there is the highest percentage of lost people in the entire country.  Brad Brogden, Adam Sheffield, Tyson Hounsel, and the NEWLY WED Matt and Stephanie Tipton follow suit. 

Countless days of visiting Korrie and Rachel at the pool where they lifeguard

King of the Beach volleyball tournament!  I didn't win this year, but it was still fun, and the new bands venued!  (Kevin, Courtney, Joey, Candace and Joe) (Katie, Jared, Andrew, Rikki, AJ, and Ryan)

junior year begins...upperclassmen! No more band, but now I write for Student Life and Academics and design spreads on the yearbook staff

Dodge heads off to Baylor University

Cy-Fair Homecoming!!!  Such a great night

Klein Homecoming at Buca di Beppo

Katie wins first place and $5000 at the Culture Shapers competition with a picture of my face...

Christmas on the Highway!  Katie and her friend sing a song from the broadway show Wicked and, again, win first place!! she's so talented!!

Finals...finals...and more finals....but A's on all of them and for the semester!

Christmas break!  -Dodge comes home  -more time to hang out with my amazing friends and boyfriend -birthdays birthdays and more birthdays -Christmas shopping! -heading off to Florida for Christmas!  going to the beach, swimming, and hanging out with my dad's side of the family

-Joe gets home from Florida where he played in the largest soccer invitational on the Eastern coast and was seen by countless college scouts!!

-New Years Eve at Korrie's house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Currently Listening Destination: Beautiful By Mae see related

I read this on a friend's site, hopefully he won't mind me posting it too...

"No, I don't think I'm gonna call her."

"Why's that chief?"

"She's so perfect right now. I mean, what if we go out again, and I find something about her that I don't like? What if she's not perfect after that? I think I like where things are right now."

"I think you're afraid you won't be perfect anymore. Cause that's a great way to live your life chief. Go ahead and do that, that way, hey, you won't have to really know anyone....You know, my wife used to fart in her sleep. Shook up the whole house. One time she woke up after and asked if it was me. I could only nod and say yes, didn't have the heart to tell her."

*laughing* "The whole house huh?"

"Yea...you know Will, she's been dead for six years. And that's what I remember about her. Those trivial things. Some people would call those things imperfections. But not me. Those were the secret things that only I knew. Those were the things that made her my wife. Some people call those things imperfections. Not me. You ain't perfect sport. And I'm gonna save you the suspense, this girl of yours, she ain't perfect either. But the question is whether you're perfect for each other."

"I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in the hospital room for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes, that the terms "visiting hours" don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you... I don't see an intelligent, confident man... I see a cocky, scared kid."

Currently Listening From Under the Cork Tree By Fall Out Boy see related

Emerge!  Panama City, FL 2005

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*Jonah 2:8

"Those who cling to worthless idols
       forfeit the grace that could be theirs."

Currently Watching Top Gun By Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards see related

"I'm sorry for the thing I've made it when it's all about You "

"I'm coming back to the heart of worship"

Currently Playing Facedown By Matt Redman see related