Delight

So it's that time of year again: Holiday Time! A time for gatherings with family and friends, a time for eating wonderful food, a time of sharing, a time of joy, and a time for football (ok, not really the last one. It's always a time for football. :D). However, it can also be a time filled with way too much things to accomplish and do in too little of time. That is why we all need to remember to DELIGHT. Not only through the holiday season, but throughout the whole year. Now some of you may ask, what exactly does delight mean? Well, according to dictionary.com, delight is: a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture. To me, delighting means finding joy in those little pleasures that God throws our way: the smile of a child, the hug of a friend, the beauty of flowers, the paintings God does in the sky, and other unique joys like that.

DELIGHT in the sweetness of two little girls!

 DELIGHT  in adorable smiles!

DELIGHT in the beauty of flowers after a rainfall!

DELIGHT in small droplets of water!

DELIGHT in the joy of little children!

DELIGHT in the coolness of shades! :D

DELIGHT in moments like these!

Finally, DELIGHT in the craziness of family!

So as we go through this wonderful time of family and gatherings, lets all remember not to let the small enjoyments of life pass us by. Let us delight in our family, friends, and most of all let us delights in God who has wonderfully made us all!

Delight!!!!!!

"That's All Folks!"

No More Worrying!

 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? 

And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
-Matthew 6:25-34

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.-Matthew 7:7,8

"That's All Folks!"

OH! MY! GOSH!

So I have some extremely exciting news for y'all. Yesterday, my sister and I attended the Colts vs. Patriots game at Foxboro. And let me tell you, it was a bunch of fun.


First off, we woke up a little after 6:00 to get ready and were on the road ten 'till seven. We, of course, had to stop at a Starbucks on the way. Natalie got her mocha fix and I got a coconut steamer. SO YUMMY! After that, we were on the road again...we hit Boston around 8:30. We crossed this really awesome bridge and then went through a tunnel!!!!

 







The very sweet bridge!!!!





Boston skyline!!!!

TD Garden (where the Celtics play)!!!





The bridge again!

We reached Foxboro a little after nine and found some parking. We then found a Subway to eat at. Then we walked around outside the Gillette Stadium until 11 when we got to enter the stadium. Our seats were waaaaayyyyyyyyy high up, so when we first got in we decided to go look at the field. We found an area and went all the way down to the seats that are right of the field. It was fun. We got a few pictures...

Me in Gillette Stadium!!!



Natalie in Gillette Stadium!!!


Then we moved around the stadium to were the Colts players were practicing. We stood around for a while and took some more pictures...

Austin Collie warming up!

One of the best pass rushers: Dwight Freeney!!!!

Looking around at the players, we spotted Peyton Manning talking to some people, but we soon lost him. We kept asking each other "Where did Manning go?"..and then we got to talking to one of the security guards on the field. He pointed over in a direction and said, "So Manning came?" We said yes, he didn't know that despite Manning being hurt, he had been traveling with the team. After we wrapped up the conversation, we looked over to were the guard had pointed and saw Peyton Manning signing autographs. Then we quickly made our way over there and then...wait for it...wait for it...NATALIE GOT PEYTON MANNING'S AUTOGRAPH AND I TOOK PICTURES OF HER WITH PEYTON MANNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SPOKE TO PEYTON MANNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I TOUCHED A PIECE OF PAPER THAT PEYTON MANNING TOUCHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH! MY! GOSH!!!!!! It was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Natalie waiting for Peyton's autograph!

Peyton signing an autograph for Natalie!!!!



Peyton waving to us!!!!! :D



PEYTON'S AUTOGRAPH ON MY TICKET!!!!!

HERE IT IS AGAIN!!!!!! :D

After that awesome experience, we watched the players practice and then we decided to go to our seats. We went up, up, up, and up. Then we went up some more and up some more. Then up, up, up, and up. After going up some, we went up some more. lol.

The view from our seat!!! LOL!!



The Colts receivers practicing!!! Go Reggie!!!



The Colts players practicing!!!!

Natalie and Me from waaaaaayyyyyy up!!!

This picture didn't go so well. :D

After finding our seats, we watched the game. WHOOOHOOO!!!!Watching the game was soooo much fun. Natalie and I were practically the only Colts fan in the area, but most of the time our cheering was louder than the Patriots fan, which I found very amusing. :D In the end, the Patriots won the game, but the Colts and Dan Orlovsky almost pulled of the upset of the century...and so ends the story of the most awesome Sunday!!!!!!!!!


Another great part of Sunday was that the Packers won their 12th game and remain undefeated. YIPPEE!!!!!

"That's All Folks!"

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WARNING! WARNING! THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL IS A RANT ABOUT KAREN KINGSBURY LATEST BOOK LONGING. IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK AND WISH TO, STOP READING NOW!!!!!

From Karen Kingsbury's website


 Ok, warning aside. Karen Kingsbury's latest book Longing just came out November 22 and I have been dying to read it. However, with school I haven't had a chance to until today, despite the fact that I pre-ordered the book in October, (Yep, I'm one of those HUGE book geeks). I've read all of her adult fiction books and for about five years now been following five separate series that are all connected to each other. During this time, the character Bailey Flanigan gets introduced and we start following her life. If you've read the books, you'll know that she ends up falling in love with a guy named Cody (if you haven't, your probably scratching your head). Through the whole series Cody and Bailey have had there ups and downs, but I've always believed that they would end up together and live happily-ever-after (what can I say, I'm a romantic, who also loves reading/seeing action stories with people being blown up and shot and AH-64 Apaches and all that fun awesome stuff, but that's a WHOLE different story). Back to my rant, now in the latest series, which is all about Bailey and her life, she ends up with this guy names Brandon, who isn't awful, he's just not Cody. So you may have guessed it by now, but I just finished reading the book (It's 319 pages and I read it in 2 hours. I think that's even a record for me. lol) and Brandon and Bailey are still together at the end of Longing and the really terrible thing is there is only one more book (coming out in March!) in all the series and now Cody and Bailey may not be in love with each other. IT JUST SOOOOOOO WRONG!!!!! THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO BE TOGETHER!!! I'm so glad I read the book, yet at the same time I'm so angry that they are not together. I know y'all are probably shaking your heads and thinking I should get a life, but I just really love books!!!!!! Thus, ends the rant (at least for now. :D)


Hope y'all had a great Thanksgiving!!!! And guess what? It's December already. That's just mind-blowing, I have no idea where October and November went to, do you? I only have one week of classes left, then a week of finals and my third semester of college will be over. So weird!!! I can't actually believe that I can be a sophomore in college at the age of seventeen. That's just totally rad dude. lol. Isn't God so awesome? The way He guides our steps is truly awe-inspiring. :D Well, I'll stop boring y'all to death with my random talk. I hope y'all have a great weekend!

"That's All Folks"