"Laugh and the world laughs with you"

HI,
It's been a while! That would be my fault. The past few weeks have been utterly crazy!! Here are a few pictures of what has occurred.

Chi O formal with my dashing date Jake Baker! And before you get any ideas he is JUST a friend! I know sorry to disappoint but we are in no way dating, talking, or talking about dating lol! I went home and that's all I heard was WHO WAS YOUR DATE!? Yes girls I do realize he is attractive but if you think so just come on down, up , or over to UT and have a swing at it! The dance was a lot of fun! Although I must admit I felt a little self conscious about my dancing! It was a live band that played old jazz music. Which I wasn't prepared for at all so I didn't brush up on my ballroom moves :/...But I still had a blast so its all good!

I got to see a lot of my dear friends over Thanksgiving break! It was a lot of fun to see everyone! It was especially nice to get to be around more girls who thought more like I do! It was soo nice to once again bring up conversations about our relationship with God mixed in with all the other catching up. It is sad that I don't do that on a regular basis with anyone but I don't know there is just something different when you can share and talk with others that think like you do.

Thanksgiving was soo much fun! I'm not going to lie I was a little worried that it wasn't going to be the best one and I think it will make to be in the top ten for a while! We had four Korean girls come over so that was interesting. That is what I was worried about. Because ya see they don't speak perfect English yet and I didn't want to have to try and mingle with the language barrier. Really I was just being selfish and didn't want to have to think about anything else besides my family and dear friends. BUT it was soo much fun having them there. Yea the language barrier was kinda hard but it was still cool to interact. It was funny we tried to teach the what air quote "" are! My dad was a pretty good explainer because by the end of the night they got it! One of the girls turned to another and said your "pretty". We all busted out laughing! We all sat at one table for dinner too!! It was soo cool to have 19 people sitting and talking together. My mom did a wonderful job of decorating it looked sooo pretty!! The food was delicous! I really love being around my family! This trip we talked about how crazy our holidays are going to be once we all have kids! It is going to be so AWESOME! Imma plan a huge football tournament and I assure you every espy will be in attendance at every holiday! I can't wait! p.s. the last picture is what happened when I was leaving! ahhh I love my family!

This week is finals!! Which oh my goodness stress me out soo much! but imma doin okay and keeping my cool! Hopefully I'm going to ace them all! I'm a little bit nervous about my grades this semester I don't think they are going to be anything like highschool! So depressing. But you know what I'm going to come back next semester prepared and going to make it just like high school! You know what I think is funny. The thought process that once you get to college you magically mature. I do not think this is the case. I'm still doing stupid high school sometimes even middle school stuff! I mean don't get me wrong I'm being mature when I need to be but I just go crazy sometimes! I wonder if it's always like that. I think it be kinda cool if it stayed like that! I like still being a kid sometimes!

The other day I was thinking about gossip, judging, and stories and it dawned on me... You know when you hear a person tell you a story about how another person wronged them...You just automatically believe the story and you side with the person telling it and your like I am soo sorry. That's not fair. You are hearing a biased story and without even thinking about it you are already judging and making accusations about a person you might not even know. I think this is why the bible says do not judge unless you want to be judged. Cause think about it how many stories have you heard from your best friend and then later in life you hear it from the other person perspective. The two stories are usually very opposite! I feel like many times I have wrongly judged someone because I believed the person telling the story was telling me the whole story. I have also told stories embellished in my favor that have lead people to judge other people on false accusations. It's sad how many people I have automatically written off inside my head from what other people say about them without actually getting to know them myself.  I am sorry to all those people I have believed lies about, judged falsely or torn down their reputation. I am going to try and be careful about what I say about people. I need to remember that there are always at least TWO parts to a story. I think that is why God warns us about judging and gossiping. It is so interesting when you see those bible verses you have had memorized for years take on new meanings and come to life. I love how when I open the bible every time a new story unfolds!

Well if off to study's for me! May a new or old part of Jesus' story unfold to you today!