i passed!

great news! i passed the praxis exam! praise the Lord! i guess i will be in school for forever..yay.

so much to be thankful for!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS (Instead of Sheep)
(Irving Berlin) from the 1954 movie "White Christmas".
When I'm worried and I can't sleep/ I count my blessings instead of sheep/ And I fall asleep counting my blessings /
When my bankroll is getting small/ I think of when I had none at all/ And I fall asleep counting my blessings/
I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads/ And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds/
If you're worried and you can't sleep/ Just count your blessings instead of sheep/ And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings /
I think about a nursery and I picture curly heads/ And one by one I count them as they slumber in their beds/ If you're worried and you can't sleep/ Just count your blessings instead of sheep/ And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings/

with much going on, it is very easy to get caught up in the despair of every situation. i wish i would sing this song to myself so much more, and be thankful for all that i have.. becasue the Lord has given me alot. so here is my list.. not in any real particular order.
1. for the Lord's mercy and love on a pitiful person like me:)
2. for Christ-believeing parents who support me even when i screw up (and i do that alot!)and pray for me.
3. for a sister who loves Jesus and is my best friend .
4. for friends who seek to be like Christ
5. for ht health of myslef and my family(that is alot right there!)
6. for a working car
7. for a job that i actually enjoy
8. for good grades
9. a beautiful home that God built :)
10.for living so close to the ocean AND the bay.
well you get the general idea. God is great!
what are you thankful for?

songs

the title of my blog is by the great band switchfoot, and if you know me, you know they are my favorite band for many reasons, but mostly becasue hte lyrics always seem to suit where i am. this is an old song from the learning to breathe album, which i rediscovered on our trip to colorado. i've had and still have alot of questions to god about where to go with my life and what is going on (!?!?!?!) but listening to this song reminds me of who i am , and underserving person, who God has given me new life through His grace and mercy. it humbles me when i think i deserve something... i most certainly derserve one thing, death, but Praise be to the Lord who gives us this amazing grace! so check out the song.. here are the lyrics. sorry idon't know how to upload music players and the like to my blog. i'm sure itunes has it!!

"Economy Of Mercy"
There's just two ways to lose yourself in this life/And neither way is safe/
In my dreams I see visions of the future/But today we have today/
And where will I find You?/
In the economy of mercy/I am a poor and begging man/In the currency of Grace/ Is where my song begins/In the colors of Your goodness/In the scars that mark your skin/In the currency of Grace/Is where my song begins/
These carbon shells/These fragile dusty frames/House canvases of souls/We are bruised and broken masterpieces/But we did not paint ourselves/
And where will I find You?/
Where was I when the world was made?/Where was I?/I'm lost without You here/Yes, I'm lost without You near me/I'm lost without You here/
You knew my name when the world was made

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sarah's wedding

sarah's wedding

tests

so i took the big praxis!! it was intimidating.. not going to lie. i got this big fat book from claire to help prepare me for this life altering test... and no lie.. it was no different then the SAT. but i'm still very glad that i studied since i STINK in math. like i'm horrible! but i did okay! so thanks for thsoe of you who prayed for me. i'm still waiting to hear about the writing and essay part. fingers are crossed!

some more candids

just some candid shots...

after posing for many smiles.. silly came out. i know you all want to see pictures of sarah.. i don't have my camera with me now.. but they are coming! cross my heart! i gots lots of 'em!

it was a LITTLE blustery that day on look out mountain (yea! they have one too!) thats's me drinking the water from the creek... it was good! linnea said that i might tunr into a were wolf from drinking it... i do feel funny! (HA!)

get ready!

here come the 300 + pictures we took between linnea, lindsay, and i. lots and lots of colorado and wedding pictures. here's what i've got ready so far.. also can be found on facebook.

i'm leaving on a jet plane...

leaving EARLY to bwi! can't wait to see sarah and linnea and stephanie!! i've never been to colorado!
and i might not come back:)

The End...

look out! we may be coming to a town near you!

Sunday Adventures part seVen

isn't molly the cutest? we had fun. tahnks to molly for putting up with my singing in the car!!!

Sunday's Adventures Part 6

swinging acrobatics. you should try it sometime.

Sunday's Adventures Part Chetiree

isn't it beautiful? oxford is very pretty. not alot to do unless you have a sail boat but they have beautiful homes, lots of sail boats, and a cool park. its right on the water! as you will see, they have swings right on the water. very cool. this littel house was neat. i'm not really sure what it was but made for fun pictures!

Sunday's Adventures Part Tres

here is east new market.. i thought it was very cute and quaint. they have put in brick sidewalks and lamp posts. just quaint! don't you just love that old house! i just wish we could have gotten closer. there was a no trespassing sign so we thouht it best not to go any further. but oh the possibilities of pictures! so much character! it reminds me of an old antebellum home, sort of.

Sunday's Adventures Part Deux

from eldorado we proceded to east new market. i love bridges. i love all the creeks and rivers we have. great places to explore. don't you love that house right there on the marshy hope creek? beautiful. i wish i had the edited versions of my pictures. some look better in black and white. oh well. oh yes, pea hill road. we found this dirt road on route 16 and thought hmm.. lets! my car was sliding all about from all the rain we had saturday but it was fun. ( i was a bit worried that i might get stuck in the mud, but my good ol' taurus proved faithful!) that reminds me of the time anna peipon and i had to push the golf cart out of the swamp by our house. do you remember anna? it was like 1/2 a mile or more. ow, my arms hurt now just thinking about it.back to sunday... it was a fun little trek on that rode. i like dirt roads. they are isolated places where one can have adventures. though some people use them for bad( ask me about our dirt road) i like to go down them and wish for a slower time.

Sunday's Adventures Part One

well i have no idea how these will show up because the program is being really screwy. anyway! molly and i have picked out a few places on the eastern shore that we have not been to though we are born and raised here. so this past sunday, our first adventure was to east new market, secretary, eldorado, cambridge and oxford. so i picked molly up at about two and we drove. got to mardela springs and headed towards sharptown. ah, the fair grounds. i miss summer. got up to eldorado. i think it is funny that we have an eldorado. it sounds too californian ot be part of maryland but then again we apparently have a california, maryland too! so we got to eldorado, and i just had to stop and check out hte old church and grave yard. you can learn so much about a place when you look at its church and graves. their were alot of WWII vets buried there. alos people buried there since the late 18oo's. there were older ones but i couldn't read the markers.

the townsend girls

here we are! this is at daniele's weddign shower. left to right, bridget, hannah, blaire, allyse, daniele, catherine, and me. world-wind trip but it was nice to the family.

what do you think?

okay so here is my game plan for my life.. i know i really do believe God laughs when we tekll him our plans.. i really don't count on this happening.. but my tentative plan..

1. graduate with my bachelor in history/education.
2.teach high school/middle school history.
3. while teaching, work on my masters in psychology to become a psychologist.
4. either go for my doctorate in psych OR go to med school to become a physicians assistant, or pediatrician, labor and delivery nurse, or E.R. doctor.

all this is subject to change to God's will for my life. this is just my temporary goals. why settle for one career? ha! not to mention i want to get married and have kids but that isn't happening right now so i've gotta work on something else in the mean time.

what do you think?

check it out

okay i know i've been doing alot of this lately but.. you REALLY have to check out brad paisleys video, "waiting on a woman". oh bless, you wanna talk about a heart melting song.. good heavens. also, andy griffith is in it. seriously... watch it. go. now. www.cmt.com

oh yea 2

i love taylor swift's song "love story".

oh yea

one more thing... please go check out marc broussard on you tube or iTunes.. look for "home". INCREDIBLE!! i'm in love with his voice. (thanks to molly for sharing!)

one more for the road

camp horizon

so here are pictures from my job this summer. i look back now and say aw! what fun! it was but i will not do that again. what a great experience.
amy and i had the five year olds. it was great, exhausting but great. why the mexico sign? we were team mexico for olympic week.

"c-a-m-p h-o-r-i-z-o-n! camp horizon's cry! and we'll yell it and we'll scream it, its our way of saying hi!we are the b-e-s-t of all, the r-e-s-t rest, and we'll prove it anytime you wanna put us to the test! we like to play out in the sun, and sing till day is done, oh we love our camp horizon cause we're always having fun! c-a-m-p horizon is cool at o.c. elementary schooooool!! camp horizon, camp horizon, your the bast you'll always rule! hey!"

ali

i love these faces. i wish she would have let me video her while she was singing "picture to burn" by taylor swift in the back of my car. she was singing her little heart out like some little boy had broken her heart, face expressions and all.

LB!

she is in south africa!! i miss her. check out her blog @ www.lbinsouthafrica.blogspot.com