Junior & Bandit

When I come home on the weekends, I enjoy spending time outside with my horses and dog. This was such a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

I had to hold Bandit, because she kept sliding off Junior's back.
loving my big boy :)

Mission Trip to Baltimore, Maryland

On March 7th, I left with 25 other college students for an all night drive by bus (13 hours) to Baltimore, Maryland. We worked at The Seventh Baptist Church for a week... painting, painting, and even more painitng... well, it was a never ending task.

The Seventh Baptist Church (over 200 years old)

me painitng in the foyerJenny and Michael scraping off old paint Rachel and Sally painting the sanctuary
Teresa working in the kitchen
Jessica painting with the windows with her tiny brush
Me, Sybil, and Savanah painting the big foyer

Hvala!

Hvala for all the birthday wishes that y'all sent my way. Each card, email, and text message is greatly appreciated!! I am so happy to have such wonderful friends who still remember me all the way in Serbia :-) I have been gone to the past week on a mission trip and prior to that I had a very busy week with test and papers due. Therefore, I have not been able to write each of you like I want to, but I did want to take a minute to share some pictures of my trip and tell you all thank-you! I love y'all and I think its also extra special that my birthday is the same day as Women's Day.

Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

This morning it snowed at my house!! It has been about seven years since it has snowed in Alabama, so I was very excited to see it and had fun playing in it too! Just wanted to share some pictures with all of you...

our house covered in snow

view from our back porch

Me and Candie Out in the snow with all my horses
the barn
all the horses... it was the first time for three of them to see snow

my little snowman

my attempt at a snow angel- the snow was starting to melt and it was just ice My sister and I tried to sled, but there just wasn't enough snow.

Oh well, we had a good time anyway :-) the horses were curious about the sleds and they followed us around (also notice that most of the snow is now gone... it was sad that it didn't stay long, but we had fun while it lasted)
Y'all probably get way more snow in Serbia during one winter than we do in ten years, but for Alabama the inch we got today was amazing!

"Govori snegu: Padni na zemlju; i daždu sitnom i daždu silnom." ~Jov 37:6

Srećan Božić

My Family

(Mama, Witt, Brittney, Daddy, Me) All of us grandchildren with our grandmother.

God has blessed us so much!! I had a wonderful Christmas and truly enjoyed spending time with all my family and eating lots of good food.

"Jer Bogu tako omile svet da je i Sina svog Jedinorodnog dao, da nijedan koji Ga veruje ne pogine, nego da ima život večni." ~Jovan 3:16

From the last two months

Time goes by so fast… I know is has been forever and I am not going to say that I will do better on updating my profile, because as you see I have not.
I first want to thank all of you for the emails and cards that you send me! I love reading each of them, and it is so good to hear how all of you are doing in Cacak. I miss being over there so much, but I know that one day I will come back and I am so excited about it.
So what have I been doing the past two months? Well, just the usual for me- school, work, riding my horses, and spending time with my family.
I had a good semester in school. The first week of December all I did was study, because we were taking our final exams. I did well on all of my exams, and now I am finished with school until January 7th. I will be able to be at home for three weeks, and I am enjoying every moment of it. We celebrate Christmas tomorrow (December 25), so we have been busy visiting all of my family, baking cookies, eating lots of good food, and spending time with my friends. As I help my mom decorate, wrap gifts, and cook, I think about Cacak and the different things y'all do for Christmas. I know that Christmas is not until January, but I remember all of the traditions we shared with each other in English Club. We had a wonderful time! My family and friends also enjoy hearing about how you celebrate Christmas differently in Serbia. I tell them so many stories :-)

My cousin, Hannah, likes to ride on my back backwards. She is so cute.

This is my class at work dressed up like Inidans for Thanksgiving. We had a good time singing songs and eating our turkey and dressing.

Eating at Olive Garden with my roommates. It is always good to go eat a good supper and take a break from studying.
Candie and Junior- my new horses I got after Thanksgiving.

"A Bog nade da ispuni vas svake radosti i mira u veri, da imate izobilje u nadi silom Duha Svetog." ~Rimljanima 15:13

Jako mi nedostajes i volim te!

I know it's been awhile... I'm sorry!

Hello to all my dear friends in Cacak that I miss so much!! I love you all and I'm sorry that it has been so long since I've written on my blog. (I'm going to try to do better updating...) School is going good this semester. I like my classes and they are not too hard. It just seems that the reading is endless and that I'll never get it all done. Work is what keeps me so busy right now! When I'm not at school, it always seems that I'm working. I enjoy my job and the kids, but some days become very long and tiring. In addition to school and work, I spend as much time as I can with my family, friends, and horses.

UAB v. Tulane

(American Football) me and Jenny at the game me and Teresa at the game riding horses with my mom
me and Diana
Diana's so pretty :)
Me and Little Man on the move...