happy memorial day weekend!

Memorial day and July 4th have always been two of my favorite holidays. There is just something so great about being out in the sun and water all day with family and friends, grilling out hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue chicken, indulging on baked beans, corn on the cob, and potato salad, baking american flag cakes with my mom, having water melon sippin' seed contests, and watching fireworks! 

This weekend was a blast! On Sunday night my family went and stayed out at one of Disney's new resorts called The Treehouses. These villas have been newly 

designed and restored and Sunday was our first time staying in them.  Of course, however, just as we arrived to the resort it began to pour outside so our somewhat plans had to be altered. We ordered in pizza, played games, watched TV, baked american flag cakes, and enjoyed our time together as a family. Despite the rain, it was still a ton of fun! 

On Monday, Memorial day, I unfortunately had to work while my family got to play outside by the pool all day with some of our good friends, and enjoy the memori

al day festivities. : (  Work was fun though and it went by fairly fast, and soon I was able to join in on the fun! On Monday night we moved out to Disney's

 Beach Club Villas for the evening. That too was so much fun! Disney's Beach Club is one of my favorite resorts out at Disney. We got to lay out by the pool and swim all day today, and I got to enjoy all the left over food from yesterday : ) 

tuesday.

I started a new (part-time) job yesterday at The Curl by Sammy Duvall. The Curl is a surf/water sports shop located at Downtown Disney's Pleasure Island. My little brother has been an employee there for a couple years now and his boss has always tired to get me to work there as well, and so finally i gave in! I had my first day of training yesterday from 2:00 - 7:30 and it was pretty fun. All the people there seem to be really friendly and easy to get along with. My next training day will be on Friday and that will be from 6:00pm- 12:30am.... I'm not looking forward to that shift! 

This job will be my first "real" job in five years so I'm a bit nervous about how things will go. In the past five years I have been a nanny, a kindergarten teacher for an after care/summer camp program, a tutor, and just a regular babysitter, so it will be a little different getting used to working retail again. I am excited to be working with my brother though! 

Also yesterday, AMERICAN IDOL!! 

My family are big American Idol watchers, supporters, and voters. Ever since my brothers and I started to grow older, get jobs, and have busy schedules, American Idol soon became the show that brought us together during all the busyness. As a family we designated Tuesday and Wednesday nights as "Idol Nights". On these nights we all gather at my parents house and have dinner together and watch the show. We ha

ve been doing this for four or five years now, and actually we all truly cherish our Tuesdays and Wednesdays together!  

Until last week, I was away at school and therefore unable to be apart of "Idol Ni

ghts". Each week my mom would catch me up on the contestants that were eliminated. At the beginning of the competition I was pulling for Megan Joy and was really hoping that she would be the next American Idol. I thought she had a great voice that was very unique, and I thought she was sweet, pretty, and had a fun/cute personality. Oh well though! American and the judges thought differently! After Megan left, my next

 pick was between Danny Gokey and Kris Allen, both eventually being in the top 3!!!! Sadly though, Danny Gokey got eliminated last week. He too, had an incredible and unique voice, and my heart went out to him especially because of the recent death of his wife. Danny is also a Christian, and the Worship Leader at his home church in Wisconsin. Now that he is gone though, I am a full supporter of Kris Allen! Kris Allen is a newlywed, and he is also a Christian and a worship leader at his home church. I love that so many devout followers of Jesus Christ are becoming American Idol contestants! And they are doing so well on the show too! Praise God! 

Tonight is the finale of American Idol and as silly as it sounds, I am act

ually a bit nervous!! P R A Y for Kris Allen, because I am sure he is nervous too!!! 

...if only

I found this little note and thought it was adorable, and SO TRUE! 

In a perfect world I would have.. 

A real breakfast, EVERY MORNING, with no adverse effects on my weight or health.

Fresh coffee in the coffee pot. Always. 

Dark chocolate. Everyday. 

Linens pressed and folded daily. 

Clothes pressed, organized into drawers, and hung up in my closet. All the time. 

Real hot high heels that are also extremely comfortable. 

12 more hours in every day. 

8 hours of sleep every night. 

A good belly laugh. Every day. 

More vacation time. 

: )

summer!

I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!! : )

The school year is finally over  and summer is HERE! I am so excited about being home with my friends and family. I will be babysitting this summer, working at a surf shop with my little brother, and also working at a summer camp on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It will be a b u s y but fun summer! 

I miss my roommates already : ( 

The summer will be difficult being away from them. 

I thank God for Covenant College and the opportunity to go to that school. Covenant has been such a blessing to my life.