Do you have the look?

Have you ever wanted to be a model, but didn't know how to get discovered? There is this worldwide beauty contest at "Look of the Year". You submit a photo online and then the world can vote for you to win the prize ($10k!). If you are interested, click "look of the year" above and you can do the following:

1) submit your photo

2) browse the photos and vote for who you think "has the look"

3) learn more about the contest

Happy photoing!

I don't know if I will submit a photo, but I've posted the most "modely" picture I have of myself right now in this post, just for fun!

My New Opportunities

As I recently mentioned, I'm doing a lot of different things these days to earn money. One is working with Bloggerwave (my friend Sarah Mudd turned me onto this). Bloggerwave provides jobs to bloggers - it could be trying a new product, etc - and then you blog about it for cash. Sort of like getting paid to do a review of something.

Bloggerwave will soon be the largest blog advertising media in Europe - and maybe the states! Stay posted for information from me regarding this company and other opportunities!

For more information, check out the link below:



You'll hear more from me soon about this experience!

Last Post - moving you to the new blog

Well friends, The time has come (as the walrus says) to move you to a new blog. Yes, its true. And its happening now, because I think I'm done tweaking the new one for now. Love to have any feedback on the new blog if you want.

Please redirect yourself, your links, any RSS feeds you have set up (like Google Reader), and any bookmarks to the new blog:

http://tiffslifenow.blogspot.com

And thanks for your interest in my life!

Love, Tiff

Trying new things

Hi Friends,

Here I am in Phoenix Arizona. Soon I will be posting about the summer bible study my mom and I are taking, as well as some activities we've been doing around here.

I'm also going to start posting about some products for a company called "Bloggerwave" - Its sort of like being a shopper and referral artist through my blog all in one, and its a way for me to make some money this summer. Add that to my half.com listings ($45 to date!), and some occasional babysitting, hopefully I can make some money this summer after all!!

Will post soon - this weekend we are headed to Laughlin, NV to visit my grandparents. There are bound to be post-worthy stories!

Love, Tiff

You'd think I have more time to update... but read here and enter to win a Kitchenaid Mixer!

Hi Friends,

I will indeed try to get a real post up soon... but there isn't much going on.

So in the meantime, check out this link and enter to win a new Kitchenaid Mixer!

http://ribbonrockstarhairbows.blogspot.com/2008/06/lets-mix-it-up-kitchenaid-giveaway.html

And on a separate note... other people's blogs look so much better than mine (the one linked above is one of them)! I may spend some time learning how to do html and making my blog cooler, for the next phase of blog-dom.

Love, Tiff

Latest

Well friends, soon a blog change will be coming, its true. Some of you have asked. :) The new blog is not in effect yet, but will be "tiff's life now" instead of "tiff's life in...." - it was just too hard with my apparent geographical ADD to keep on switching them when I moved. The new blog will be up and running soon - I just want to make it look perfect while I have time.

Today my mom and I went to Ikea. We went to the mall yesterday. We are on a fact finding mission to see what kind of decorating I want to do in the new studio apartment. I am officially approved for a studio in on campus housing. Its little.... less than 400 sq. ft., but I'm excited. I've attached some pics here of what we saw today that may come in handy.

I love Ikea. Although the store in Phoenix doesn't have the model apartments that are really small (in Round Rock, TX, they have these great little apartments (700 and 400 feet square) that help you see how you can live well in that space. We still managed to find some great ideas, and hopefully won't have to spend too much to make it work.

I'm going to get a loft bed, because I can put my desk below it. Its silver, so it goes with my desk. We saw it in person today with a little desktop addition (which looked like my actual desk) and a computer on it, and it looked really good! Yay!

The table below attaches to a wall, and then folds out. I didn't post that pic, but you get the idea - it is a great space saver!Lastly, for now, I am going to hang a wire and hang a sheer-ish panel from it, on hooks, so that I can have a "bedroom" when I want to, and separate my office and bedroom from the little living space. Its mostly visual, but I am almost more excited about this part than the bed (and I'm really happy about the bed, because I wasn't sure how I was going to use my space effectively. The first picture below is the hardward for the curtain. Then one of the examples of a curtain we liked is below that.

OK, its late. I'm going to bed! Good night!

p.s. I'll post the floor plan of the "example" apartment, soon, too. :)

Graduation Week #2

Here is the second mini photo album of graduation photos. These are all taken on graduation day! :)

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Just under two years ago I sold over 1/2 my stuff at an amazing, God-blessed garage sale, and traveled to Waco, Tx to begin my master's study. My mom came with me and we packed my little tan protege to the gills, and some friends who were moving to San Antonio let me piggy back some of my stuff on their truck - so that I could have a bed, etc. I didn't know my roommate, Sarah, we had spoken about three times on the phone and that was it. I just knew I would be able to see the Fergasons more often and that Sarah and I seemed compatible.

Now here I am again. My furniture is packed in the truck. I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor, on a sleeping bag. I'm about to make a long drive tomorrow, and I don't really know what the future holds for me. Its all speculation and expectation.

So I have a few quote for me, and for my friends who read this blog. As encouragement.

The first is a paraphrase of Thomas Campbell: "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to leave"

I like to think that its better to say "see you later" or, as the hymn says, "God be with you till we meet again" - there is something good about expectation and knowing that there will be a time when we will meet again... even if that time is not until we get to heaven. There is a time coming. We will remember each other.

The last is a quote from a carving on the Pacific Coast Trail. It's one that i love, but that I had forgotten in my mind. My heart had not forgotten it though, and when Matt discovered it in my high school creative writing manuscript, I felt like it was right for this time in my life, again.
It is a quote by Rene Daumal:
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; You have to come down again; So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know."

This experience has sometimes been summit, sometimes valley, and it has often been work - climbing to either location. I am grateful for knowing that I have a God who walks beside me; I am grateful for knowing that even as our journey is individual, we have companions who walk along with us at different points. I am grateful for the reminder that I can still conduct myself in light of the experience here at Baylor. And I intend to do so.

I love Baylor. Thanks for all the great memories, Waco. Despite what I thought at the beginning... I will miss you.

Graduation Week #1

Hi Friends,

Here is the first group of pictures from my last week in Waco. Some friends and I went to a Rangers game on Wednesday, on Thursday my family and Sarah's went to dinner together, and then on Friday we had our "hooding ceremony."

More pics to come!

Love, Tiff

Today's the day!!!

Its getting sad around here. We packed for a number of hours yesterday and my stuff is mostly packed, but not totally. We are going to pack again today. Last night Sarah's parents came into town for graduation and our families had dinner together at Ninfa's. It was the first time they had met and it was really fun. Even more fun, the staff of my church (including David Crowder and his wife) showed up and as we left, Barb went and got a pic with David - it made her day! :)

Sarah's hooding "Convocation" is this afternoon, and my hooding and dinner celebration is this evening. My aunts leave Seattle in about 20 minutes and will get to Waco by 4-ish.

I am working on our gifts for the faculty and trying to figure out what we really have left to do today. Its hard to pack and know we aren't putting it into the trailer for two more days. Its also hard because some of it is going into the house in Phx, and the rest into storage, but in storage its in two categories - UCLA, and long-term. Yuk.

Ok, this post feels kind of boring, but informative. Pray for us as we pack and enjoy family and say good bye. I'll post again, probably when I'm back in Phx.

Cohort Photos

Also, we had a "cohort photo shoot" a couple weeks ago - here are some of the results. We are giving one of the pics to our professors at our hooding ceremony. :)

me and my friend, Candice.

the girls of the 2008 cohort - i love this pic!

my study group - we've been together for two years and are pretty glad about it!

"Sing!" faces.... this is the photo we are giving to our professors. :)

Goodbyes (part 2)

God provides in a timely manner. I think that means that just when you need it, it is provided. That has happened a few times for me lately. Additionally, God provides generally. Which I think means that when He is behind the provision, your mind will be blown. This has also happened to me a lot recently.
For graduation, my friends John and Karen gave me a new car. They gave me the last car (blue saturn, pictured here) but were afraid it wasn't going to make it to LA, so they prayed specifically for a car in good shape with low miles (60k), and that was inexpensive (under $2,500). And the Lord provided. I am now the proud owner of a 1996 Oldsmobile Ciera, and I am really excited about it. (see picture here).
They couldn't bring it to me when they came up for their visit, because it needed to get some work done, so John and I (and Andi and Jared) met today in Austin to do a "car swap" - it was really fun to spend a bit of time with them, and get to hear the stories of this car. The Lord's generousity continues to amaze me, especially when I see it in my friends. I want to evidence that kind of giving in my life, too.
Some other friends of mine recently gave me a gift for graduation, and that gift will perfectly cover my rent for June and July (I leave in May, but still have to pay my 1/2 of the lease). I was nervous about how I was going to afford it, but it was really neat to see God's provision through their gift. Again, I want to evidence this kind of giving in my life.
So, after a marathon of updates, I am headed to bed. I need to get up in the AM and write like crazy, so I can be done with this paper! See pics and captions below of car experience!

The old car, which Sarah named "Jasper" - it had some flaws, but it was a great car for two years! And it was free, so I was doubly grateful. :)

John and Jared at the Starbucks. J just turned 6 and he's kind of a stinker whenever cameras are around. Actually... he's been that way since he was little - he loves to be funny.

Me and my peaches. I can't believe I'm going to be gone for a while and miss seeing her!

The new car! It is a little "pimpin'" but great! Its dark wine colored, with maroon interior. Its a LOT bigger than the old car, which is great as I prepare to move. :) Right now I'm calling her the "Red Raider" but I might let Sarah name her if I decide I don't like it. For now... I do. It reminds me of the Protege, which the football guys called the "Brown Bomber"

I called up some friends and said, "let me pick you up in my new wheels and we'll go have ice cream!" Here we are afterward, posing with the new auto. Hooray!

Goodbyes (part 1)

The Fergasons came up to Waco to celebrate mine and Sarah's graduations. It was so fun to have them here. I got to tour them around campus and show them where I take classes and where I work. We also went to the Bear Habitat, where Lady was just coming in from her walk and so we go to see her go into her side for a little, then open the gate with her nose and head in for a nap with her sister, Joy, who was already asleep in her den.

I thought this picture was really amusing, because trying to get all three of these kids to smile at the same time is like trying to herd cats.

Here are Andilyn and I at Chili's in Waco, for our big graduation dinner. John and Karen treated us, and they got to meet Myles, Sarah's boyfriend. This was a really fun time. Also, John regaled me with the story of my new car (see next post) and why it didn't make the trip to Waco with the family. That night the kids stayed overnight at our apartment (all except little Drex, who stayed with mom and dad at the Super 8). They stayed in Sarah's room, which was a great boon for me. :) We stayed up late watching Jonah: the Veggietales Movie, and had biscuits for breakfast. Then the family went with me to UBC, which was fun. Afterward, we had hoped to picnic in Cameron park, but the weather was bad, so we relaxed at the apartment instead. It was a great weekend.

Later, we all said goodbye, and I started crying, then we all started crying. Even knowing that we were going to see each other soon, and knowing that I might even get to visit in the summer, was not enough to make us forget that this season of being so close together, of getting to be a part of the lives of the kids on a regular basis, etc, was coming to an end. It has been a great two years in that respect. John and Karen's home has been a place of respite and safety for me as I struggled in this community and with the workload. I am grateful for their love and hospitality, for the same from Dorothy and Nick, who often felt like back up parents since mine were far away, and for the friendships I made in San Antonio over these last two years. I will look forward to my future visits.

While the formal cohort goodbyes are coming this Friday, this is a photo from our "Cohort Hootenany" - our last official Cohort party. It was both fun and bittersweet to be celebrating one last time with this group of friends. I look forward to our future times together at conferences and reunions.

Brief update: One week till graduation!

Its been crazy times, and I'm falling into old habits of not updating. I think I'll need to set a goal for myself of updating once per week from now until September (when I will likely get a new blog because of my new location...). That would be better, I figure, for those of you who might still be reading this blog - despite its lack of postings this year.

(here's what really weird, though, I thought I had posted once since the last post.... don't know where that post went)

Well, its one week until graduation officially.

In the last month or so, I have not only made a few major life decisions, but also completed (virtually) all of my coursework to make me a "Master." :) For our Capstone course, we each had to give a 30-minute presentation response to a case study (that was provided to us earlier this semester) and then be prepared to answer about 15 minutes of direct questioning. If I can get my presentation to post, then I will put it on the site. In the meantime, its enough to know that it was about free speech, sexual harassment and use of pornography on state university computers. I was really proud of the presentation I put together; I thought it turned out really well and though the question portion was difficult, I felt good about it all.

In fact... it so happened that our entire cohort passed their cases on the FIRST TRY! It is the first time this has happened since the program started doing case study finals and so we were really proud of the entire group! There was a ton of celebrating that night. :)

After that, we had two finals and one (optional) paper. Our Law final was in two parts - the first was a grueling vocabulary test where I handwrote almost eight complete pages of definitions to 40 law terms. The second part happened last Tuesday and it was about 50 true/false questions and then we had to choose 10 of 13 cases and write about them, including: principals, major issue, ultimate decision of the court, and implications for higher ed. administrators. That was another almost 10 full pages of writing - yikes!

The next day was our Stats final. We had a few really fun study sessions, including one in the library that was really productive. The test was still pretty hard, but it all turned out OK, I finished the final feeling pretty confident. Ultimately, I ended up with an A in Statistics, which is C-R-A-Z-Y!!!! WOOHOO!! Back at the midterm, when I couldn't figure out probability and thought I would never understand what we were doing in stats, I would never have thought an A was possible. I'm pretty happy. :)

So, I could be done right now as we speak... but I'm not because I decided to complete the optional Law paper. In order to get an A in Law, we have to write a research paper on an issue in higher education with legal implications. I am writing on spirituality and the growing emphasis in higher ed, and the possible legal ramifications. Right now I'm almost half way through this little paper. I'm hoping to have it finished by tomorrow! Then I'll be done for the school year!

I've had to work a little bit this week, while serving on a search committee for a Coordinator position in my office. I'll work on Monday from about 8:45 - 4pm and then go to a lunch at my office on Tuesday. That will be my last days.

There are a lot of endings these days. A lot of goodbyes. Frank Shushok always reminds us that "Every entry is an exit" or to put it as the song goes "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." I love beginnings, and so I don't mind endings, but it is sure hard to say goodbye to good friends and good experiences.

In the next post I'll put up a couple pics and some notes about recent goodbyes. :)

Decisions.....

Hi Friends and Family!


It has been busy times lately. Decisions being made, homework being done and traveling. I checked my own blog recently and realized that I posted on the 29th about upcoming decisions, and then did not actually post the decision! :O


On the 31st, I was offered a campus interview at a college I really like on the West Coast. But as he was offering me the interview, I felt like I should say "no" because I had already made up my mind.... so after thinking about it that afternoon in stats, I declined the campus interview and acknowledged to myself........

I am going to UCLA!

School starts September 22nd! I'm not sure when I'll be moving yet, because it depends on a lot of factors - like if I have some kind of job and what that job is. I'm applying for a few house director positions (sorority "house mom"-type jobs), and that would be the ideal scenario for me this year. I'm also looking for some "GSR" (graduate student researcher) positions which would help pay for my fees and provide me valuable research experience.

I am excited for this next step in my life - I'm not sure where this road is leading, but I know for sure that I am making a good decision. I am looking forward (so looking forward) to living on the west coast again - I have missed low humidity, seasons and "west coast thinking." I have especially missed being closer to my family.

Depending on what kind of job I get for the fall, and when it starts, I may or may not get a job over the summer. If I don't have a job, I'll be more able to travel. If I have to work, then y'all may just have to come visit me in sunny (hot... but dry heat!) phoenix.

Thanks for y'alls support and encouragement in this experience!

p.s. I'm going from Blue/Yellow at NAU to Green/Gold (technically) at Greenville to Green/Gold Bears at Baylor to Blue/Yellow Bears at UCLA - weird!

latest prayer requests (3/29)

If you are the praying type, please see below my prayer requests for this season. I would be greatful for any prayers you offer on my behalf. Blessings to you! This is a transcript of an email I sent to my prayer team recently. Love, Tiffani

Hello friends,

March. Wow. What a whirlwind of activity. I feel as though I am being swept along by a force not my own toward graduation. It a little unfortunate, because there is a lot to do before the semester ends.

I think I have made my decision about UCLA. I am waiting until I have one more conversation with a dean here at Baylor before I make a decision, I'm expecting the Lord to confirm what I have heard from two other counselors. In the meantime, I will wait to announce until then. Its difficult, because I want to wait until I have all the possible information - and that just isn't goin to be possible until after the deadline, so my decision will be made with the best information I can get in the short time left to me. Please continue to pray for me as I make this decision - that I would have discernment, and hear God speak.

In the desert wanderings, the Lord preserved the Israelite's clothing and shoes for 40 years. I often think of this miracle and of God's faithfulness. I sometimes wonder at what point their clothes and shoes did start to wear out - were the shoes just starting to fall apart in the last few months? Did this signal to the Israelites that their wandering was almost over? Did their shoes and clothes last in perfect condition until they crossed over into the promised land and then it all spontaneously combusted? Well, I am thinking about these things today, because I have seen God's faithfulness in so many things (especially in regard to provision of finances, etc, and the ability to live happily on very little) - but I am also starting to see the "wearing out" of some of these things as I approach this newest promised land: graduation.

Various things around me are wearing out - my sonic care toothbrush (which I purchased before heading to Greenville 5 yrs ago) will no longer hold a charge. Its ironic because I haven't had dental these last two years, but I will either this summer or fall, and I credit the Soniccare with my lack of cavities since arriving in Greenville. My car (which was a tremendous gift when I arrived in Waco) is starting to show signs of wear; for example, the driver door is acting kind of funny, the dashboard crack is bigger, etc. My finances are getting low and I believe will just sweep me into Phoenix after graduation. There are others, but I will leave them for now. Please pray that the Lord would continue to sustain me in all areas as I come to the end of this wandering.

All these things are reminders that this season of desert wandering is about to be over. Even as I battle anxiety about if my "clothes and shoes" will keep until I reach the land of promise, and as I praise the Lord for his faithfulness in this season, I am filled with great joy and sadness about the end of this season. These two years have been hard for me in all dimensions: emotionally, intellectually, physically, spiritually (especially), and financially - that knowing its almost over brings me great joy and gratitude to the Lord. But they have also been years that I found areas of great interest and excitement, met knew friends, deepened old friendships, and learned a lot about myself.

When I picked up my hood, cap and gown this week I could not stop giggling. It was so exciting to think that it was almost here and that this was like the evidence that the promise is going to be fulfilled! But then it adds stress thinking that there are only a few weeks left before I have to have my case study (our big final project) complete and that I still have to do statistics and complete a statistics final, write a law paper, read a ton of chapters, and write a law paper, and complete a paper on improving higher education access for transfer students (by this Wednesday). Please pray that I would be diligent, focused and sharp over these next days. Pray that I would use my time wisely and balance my relationships and personal time with my need for studying.

Thanks for your faithfulness in praying for me. I am grateful.

Brad Pitt

(the above picture is courtest of: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/28/brad-pitt-tree-of-life/)

It would be weird to start a post with "Brad Pitt" except we saw him today at the Texas State Capital!

My cohort had a field trip today to Austin, to visit the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (in the AM) and the Director of Research for the Speaker of the House (in the PM). In between we had lunch at a great place near the Capital called "Serranos."

Anyway, when our van got to the capital we walked over and while we were trying to figure out how to get in, some guy with a walkie talkie asked us to walk away a bit, about 20 feet from the entrance. We weren't sure what was going on, but soon a couple people and some sheriff's deputies were walking into the building. Katie T. said she thought one of them looked like a movie star, but I poo-pooed her. Well, I was wrong. We found out immediately after that, that it was Brad Pitt.

Brad (as I call him, though I don't know him...) is in Austin right now filming a movie called, "Tree of Life" and apparently part of it takes place at the state capital. When we got inside we got to stand around (because we had to - they wouldn't let us walk through until they were done with their shots, but overall the crew was polite) and watch them shoot the scenes which mostly looked like Brad walking - we couldn't see them filming any dialogue.

It will be interesting to see what those shots look like when the film comes out.

Later we got into our meeting and Al asked me to round up the girls (who were using the rest room) and Carrie and I got stuck as they were filming in the hallway right outside our meeting. That was fun because we got to see him even closer. But alas, no photos (well, we are working on one, but it remains to be seen if we can get it to look good) and no interactions other than watching. Interesting, though! What a fun day!

p.s. They were also filming in Smithville, TX, which was also the location for Hope Floats (I just found that out yesterday)

Less than 50 days to go....

I did a number of things yesterday and today in preparation for graduation and moving.

1) I moved my music from my desktop to my laptop.

2) I formatted my problematic external hard drive which will serve as my back up and is also moving all this material back and forth between computers (formatting a disk like that is particularly troublesome for me... "what if there is something on it that isn't on both computers?!" but I just did it! woo hoo!

3) I checked out about 12 books from the library to help me with my case study and my paper on access and transfer student pathways. I cannot find anything on technology and students for my law paper - its making me pull my hair out, but I've decided to drop it until after April 25th at this point. This was all frustrating (the legwork to check out books is kind of time consuming and questionably helpful) but exciting!

4) And most importantly..... I picked up my graduation regalia. Yes, that is right... I got my cap, gown and HOOD!! WOOHOO!!!! Those of you who know me well will appreciate this story:

My friend Kathryn (heretofore known as KW) and I head over to the Alumni center for the "Graduate Bear Faire" (why the extra "e" on the end of Faire? no idea) and first we (really, I) accidentally skip the line, thinking that the first line we've encountered is for diploma frames... it wasn't... and some girl cleared her throat at KW who grabbed me and we took our appropriate place in line. KW noticed coffee over in a corner, so she jumps out of line to get coffee and we are going to switch places and hold our place in line and both have coffee... great plan, except KW ends up talking to a student and I get swept away into the line.

A woman says to me, "Cap and Gown?" and I'm doubly confused because clearly we are all in line for a cap and gown (later a friend tells me she just bought a hood because she won't be at big graduation and then I understood better...). When I say, "yes, cap and gown" she says, "Undergraduate or graduate" in a moment of craziness, because I really don't look like an undergrad - but BLESS HER, it was a treat to think that to someone I still looked 22. :)

I answer, "Graduate" and we go through the rigamarole of my height and getting the right gown and tassle (black) and hood (blue velvet for the school of Ed and yellow and green on the inside for Baylor U.) and she hands it all to me.

All of a sudden I realize that I am going to graduate with a Master's degree in 50 days. 50 days! And I am holding the proof of it in my hand! Those of you who know me well, understand when I say that I start beaming - I can't not smile - I'm trying to be serious and "whatever" about it, like the undergrads, but I can't - so I shout to try and get Kathryn's attention because I didn't realize they were going to GIVE it to us that day! I thought it was going to be ordered or something - I had no idea - and I'm freaking out. I pay the lady, who doesn't notice I am grinning like a fool and about to start giggling, and head over to Kathryn.

Kathryn sees my face and says, "Did they give it to you?" and as I reply, SHE starts to beam, too, and then we both start giggling as if you told us we were about to have a one-on-one with Patrick Dempsey AND George Clooney!! Seriously, we might have been the two most joyful people in the entire room - it was hilarious, we couldn't stop taking our hoods out of the bag (still in their plastic) and looking at them - smiling like fools. When we checked our names off the registrars list and headed outside, we could not wait to take them out and have Kathryn model the hood for us!

When I got home I put whole deal up on my closet door as inspiration, and I took a few photos, so that you (the viewer at home) could see it. Come May, I'll take a photo IN the regalia, for those of you who can't make it to graduation.

See below for photos with my comments. :) Blessings to you all!

Here it is (above), cap, gown ("master's gown" with special weird long sleeves), hood (yay!), tassel. The tassel has a little Baylor seal on it instead of "08" or something like that, and the zipper pull of the robe is a little Baylor seal (see below).

The hood, up close, in all its fantastic-ness.

Photos from Easter Weekend (part 2)

Sarah - the resident queen of egg dyeing, the kids this year just did solid colors, but Sarah created a four-colored egg
On Easter, a picture of Nick with all his grandkids. Taking this photo (and the others) was a hilarious endeavor and the one above is one of the best results.
Drex with his new helmet - he was adorable, after he was done using it, he reached for the top of the pillar to put it away - so cute.
Jared - being goofy as usual, with his very stickered egg, and Sarah, egg-dyeing queen.
Ryan digging into his Easter basket

Photos from Easter Weekend (part 1)

I traveled to Dallas mid-week (early in the AM) to have breakfast with three of my favorite Greenville Lady Panthers! I picked up Murph, Erin, and Michelle and we drove to a nearby Denny's to enjoy each other's company! It was great to get caught up, even though it was way (!) too short.

Erin and Julie
Me and Michelle
On Easter weekend in San Antonio, Andilin took us all on a nature hike together in the back "woods" behind her house. She was a great little nature teacher - but mostly was pointing out trash along the trail instead of pointing out the names of vegetation and animals.
On Friday, Sarah and I took Andi to her horse riding lessons. It was really neat to see her up on the horse so confidently. Here she is above, trotting on her regular mount, Top Gun.
Here is our precious little Drex, worn out after running around the trampoline later in the afternoon.