The Weekend

It's been a busy weekend!

Friday I had a life-long friend's (Alyssa) 15th birthday party. Park, eating, a movie! We watched Penelope. Personally, it is a movie I do not mind watching multiple times. :)

Saturday I got to drive home from the party. =) I studied for a huge Anatomy and Physiology test I have tomorrow and then packed up to go spend the night with Portia....to study for science!! We ate, went to church ( which was really good. I enjoyed both the worship and the message), and then went back to her house to study. We were up until 11:30 studying, which I do not think was too bad. We both woke up at 8, enjoyed breakfast from Lexi, and then took our time to get ready for another birthday party we both had.

This was another lifelong friend's birthday. Bethany is now 16! I cannot believe it! This turned out to be quite an amazing party. We worshiped and there were a few ladies who spoke and prophesied over Bethany. It was neat!

Once I got home I was introduced to Kelli. :) My mom has known her about 10 days and the rest of us just met her today but she is family. I absolutely love her and she will most likely be around a lot, which excites me because I immediately liked her.

My mom, Ethan, Ashtyn, Kelli, and I ended up playing Hand and Heel. Well one round at least. After that Hunter led us in worship and we listened to Gateway's service from last week. It was about putting our passions in the right place. It made you think. There were four things that he (Chris Hodges) listed: 1) Passion for Worship 2) Passion for Prayer 3) Passion for Purity 4) Passion for People. I thought it was great! Then we prayed a while for our friend who is in need of healing right now. Every time I pray, it makes me love prayer even more. :)

So we ended up eating dinner at about 10. Haha! :-) Kelli just left and I really cannot wait to see her again. That about sums up my busy weekend!

The Weekend!

This weekend was spent at the Tates and I had tons of fun!

I went out there Friday and after dinner we headed to the football game. They lost about 51 to 30 I think. =) None of the Tates are on the varsity team but Dean is on the cheer team so he has to be at those games. After their unexpected loss we went back to their house and headed to bed, at least some of them. I stayed up and read for a while...:) Not surprising. I was able to finish a book and the next one in the Lori Wick series I am reading right now. Only one more book to read before they are due back at the library on September 8. I can do that!

Saturday morning we all had waffles, omelets, and coffee(well, the more fortunate ones of us did). Dean, Trent, and I went to feed the animals of some friends that are out of town and we hung out there for a while, watching a movie. We chilled back at the Tates for a while before a delicious dinner of Spaghetti and a chocolate shake. I also made a cake that needed to be cold so we saved it for today. Mr. Joe and Mrs. Jana wanted to see the movie we had watched earlier so Joseph, Levi, Trent, and I played rummikub. I was victorious in winning!! =)

This morning we went to church then came back for lunch and the mandarin orange cake. At first it sounded weird but it is really good! One of the best parts of the day is when we went driving. After only 3 days of having my permit I was so happy to go! We drove all the way to Decatur and back. I had to park at least 3 times and drove on some pretty main highways! Exciting! I cannot wait to go more! Anyways, tonight we went to youth. It was really good and showed me the importance of choices. It could be something really big or small, it is important, and there are consequences for the bad choices we make. Although, there IS Grace!

I am now back at home but enjoyed my time there immensely. I love hanging out with them! Well tomorrow is Labor Day and Joshua's birthday. We will celebrate but I will be doing homework. I have lots of it and it needs to be done!

Now off to unpack and read! I will save the homework and preparing everything for school until tomorrow.

Also, I would be posting pictures with my blogs but my camera has been broken since camp. I got it back in the mail but found it was still broken. Sad day. They are fixing it for free again so I should have it back soon.

Excitement, Nervousness, Anticipation....

Just a few of the words that describe the many emotions whirling around in me this afternoon.

We arrived at the Texas Department of Public Safety around 12:30 and were there until 3:30. A bad thing or a good thing? I can't figure out! It gave me time to tell myself I would do fine on the permit testing as well as PLENTY of time to make myself (more) nervous. My mom told me that she had never seen me nervous before! LOL. =)

All in all I passed! It was not as hard or easy as people have made it sound but if you have studied and use common sense, I will say you should do pretty good.

So I am now legally allowed to drive with a licensed driver 21 or older!!!

I have my permit...the end.