wooow. xanga has changed a lot! haven't been on here in a while :]

so i've def switched over to myspace...if you haven't, you should!! :) buut i might get on here everyonce in a while and post...

since i've been on i have gone to ecuador....

i've made some close friendships...even closer :)

i've made new friendships seem like old ones...

and sad goodbye [[for now]] to some friends...

went through the gansta stage ;)

 tried being pregnant??? um...nah...don't even ask.

aand...found my true love. lauren elizabeth hagood.

so we try to be sexy...

it just doesn't work....we'll always be....

keep it real guys....

oh and. who even gets on this thing any more??

um..let's see. in the last month i've been to the lake (i got up on the skiis for the first time!! wohoo! haha)

 (yucky pic. buut oh well.)

i went to my friend's brother's piano concert...

said goodbye to this girl for a week...and trying to get used to the idea of her being gone!! she doesn't like this pic so shhhh.

read seeveral good books! haha. haven't had time for that in a while.

worked lots! um..this week i'm workin about 34 hours!

cut my own hair! i put lots of layers and cuut my bangs short. lol. it took about 2 hours...but i think it looks alright :P

played lots of v-ball, swam, and just hung out :)

its been graaand.

i purposefully squinted my eyes...buut i think it looks wierd. oh well.

so tell me about yuuur summer!!

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ya i deleted it. cuz it came out alll wrong.

hm...guess i could have just deleted the words and left the comments and stuff. oh well...i'm stupid like that :P

but heres the pic again. lol.

wow. summer is so busy and yet so much fun! i'm finally done with all my graduation stuff!! and that feels incredible!

now i'm focusing on work, raising money for Ecuador, and starting school in the fall. I work at chickfila and I also coach at a soccer camp! this week i have 15 six-year-old boys! its quite interesting. buut overall they're pretty cute :)

our church just finished VBS last week. it was crazzy but loads of fun! VBS was in the morning and then the senior high got together every night for a Biblestudy...on wed. and fri. all the youth got together for a swimming and such. i think there were like 75 there both nights!! it was packed :D i wish i had thought to take my camera..oh well.

i'll get on a put more pics up from graduation and my open house..my computer is going super slow right now...

ever feel like you need to run away from home?

or maybe if that one person in your life would just disappear...

ever see your siblings sobbing...and want so hard to cry for them...but its just out of your reach? one of the most horrible feelings ever...

if only i could take their discomfort away...take away the arguing and bitterness that is happening right now...

i know everyone has struggles in their family...but watching it come so close to shattering (or maybe it just seems that way with all the stress in my life right now)....is devastating.

i'm so lucky to have two parents, who are my real parents, and six siblings...who all truly do love me.

i guess without trials, we would never learn. without tears, we wouldn't recognize happiness. and without God's peace, we would crack under life's strain...

thank you God for your amazing love....and for pouring out your peace...

wow. i feel much better already :)