Winter Wonderland: Sister addition

I must say that I am VERY blessed to have such beautiful sisters to brave the cold and model for me at my every whim. Thank you  Girls I love you bunches!

Holly

Holly

April

April

Sisters for the weekend

I have 5 sisters and they love to come to my place and spend some girl time with me. Usually it involves much spoiling and giggles.  My baby sister Jemimah turned 8 years old last week and she made a deal with her big sister emily that they would both come spend the weekend with me. All Jemimah wanted to do was ice skate, well she got her wish and we went ice skating. She was a natural and was spinning circles around me before I could even get on the ice myself. I also did some fun pictures of the 2 girls and figured I'd share a few of my favorites.

Emily a pure beauty 

That look was all it took to realize that sisters DO make the BEST friends

These two have more spunk than they know what to do with

Girls are just FULL of energy

Little Jemimah my gem <3 

And here are a few images from the REST of the weekend.  ENJOY !

      

            

                                                             

  

Time to Grow UP

The time has come that I have been striving towards these last few years... Graduation.
I can't believe I made it honestly. I sometimes look back at all the rough patches I hit along the way and wonder how did I get through them. I know I could not have gotten through any of them without the people that stood by me through it all. I'm proud of myself for never giving up and even though at times life looked grim I just kept pushing forward.. sometimes at a snails pace. I won't fully believe I have reached this life goal until I hold that ever so coveted piece of paper.

Now I feel a whole new set of challenges has befallen me... the  "what next"  Question. I can't count how many friends and family members have already overused this question with me. My honest answer to myself and others is I have no idea... seriously not a darn clue... I have many ideas and possibilities but nothing is really getting past the "oh that would be neat" stage.

I will be turning 25 soon and that boggles my  mind just a little bit. So many plans I've made over the last year have failed miserably and a select few have survived. I am my own worst critique I don't let myself off easy. As this age of 25 looms over my head I look back and get quite annoyed with myself because I didn't accomplish all I set for myself when I was much younger and foolishly set lofty goals.  This last year has been a constant battle of Good vs. Evil and I am sad to admit evil won most of the time. I look into this new year trying to hold on to the hope I still have deep within me. Hope that I with God's help can turn my life around.  Here is to another year older and wiser , I hope to learn from the challenges of this last year and apply them to my year ahead.

Change

         As this semester comes to an end I am always surprised at how much I've changed and learned over these last 3 months or so. I will say I am very tired and stressed with only 3 weeks of school left but I know I will finish strong.

        This summer I know there will be a LOT of changes happening in my life now I can't really talk about all of them right now because some are still taped to my "drawing board" so to speak. However when I confirm that they will become a reality I will be excited to tell you all about it.

         Until then I am going to sit back and relax after the 3 mile Run/ walk I just finished. I am really proud of myself I started running about a month ago and am down to an 11 minute mile and my goal is a 9 minute mile so I have a ways to go but I'm on the right track. :)

          Here are some Inspirational things I've run across these last few weeks 

CAPTURE my HEART

             Have you ever been to a place where you feel so ALIVE ?  Have you ever had a moment where you feel as though your heart has just been CAPTURED ?   I have, and that moment is when I am in NYC. This place takes me to a place where I have never been, it challenges me to discover and allow life to play out before my eyes.

taken by yours truly

       
 Walking the streets in the city makes me believe in so many things, PASSION,hope, adventure. If you have never been to this amazing place please take a moment and experience it. You will NEVER be the same, and if you are like me it will capture a piece of your heart and when you leave you leave a piece of your heart and eventually the more you come the more your heart stays and then your heart will be completely taken by the city and you will be destined to live there until you find all the pieces of your heart. This is how I feel about the city and I feel my heart slowly falling in LOVE with this place where diversity is rampant and culture is dropped into your lap whether you want it to be or not.  You WILL fall in love, and you WILL embrace the insanity of living moment by moment and learning from every step you take down the old broken up sidewalk littered with many different sites and sounds.

PURPOSE

         Source: marathonsweetheart.com via Alyssa on Pinterest

Yeah Its been one of those mornings, I had a jam packed weekend and now I have a 12 hour workday followed by Mid-term study.... there is a Happy ending to this day though I am  going out for wings with my girlfriends... Que. *HAPPY DANCE*   oh and my BESTIE  brought me a Starbucks mocha at work ! LOVE her!!  

I am BLESSED that is what I"m living by today. !! BE THANKFUL for each BEAT of your BEAUTIFUL  HEART.