Thanksgiving

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Tiffany went with me to my aunt and uncle's house in WV. We had a lot of fun. Ate like a MAD woman! I can't believe I don't weigh 5000 pounds! We watched White Christmas...my favorite Christmas movie and watched some football. It was a lot of fun. Very nice to get away from school...now I'm just trying to survive notebooks and finals. I can't wait until Christmas break! Anyway...here's some pictures. Love you all!

Hannah

My buddy Hannah...don't know what I'd do without her! She's one of those friends that you're always bound to have a blast with! I think I laugh harder with her than anybody I know. The other night we went to Red Lobster and PIGGED out! We didn't have our cameras with us...we were so fat after eating we kinda just rollllled right on out of there! Them cheesey biscuits...I tell you what! Then...after that we had to go back to our dorms...for ur...um...a break! Then...we went to the academy basketball game. It was a pretty fun night. Thanks for being the friend that I can always count on to sign my guestbook Hannah! I love you!

Fall Break

Well...I had an awesome fall break! I went home with Tiffany Fleming and we had a blast. Her family is soooo nice! She has two brothers, Daniel (18), Jacob (13), and one sister, Michelle (6). Michelle's birthday was on Friday so we had nice party for her. She's so cute...we went to Toys R Us and got her this princess coloring book with like 200 stickers in it. She thought that was pretty cool. Soo...then we ended up coloring with her the whole break. I loved it! We watched a lot of good movies and ate A LOT! Her mom is a really good cook...I probably gained 5 pounds this week. We played wallyball...which for those of you who don't what that is...it's volleyball but you play it in a raquetball court and you can bounce the ball off the side walls. It's so much fun. Her dad invited people from their church to play so we had a lot of people. We went bowling...that was fun. We went shopping and I spent too much money...but it was fun. What else did we do...oh yeah! We made cookies and that was a lot of fun. We made a mess in the kitchen...but it was fun. Her mom washed all our laundry for us...she was so great. We had fun on the way home taking lots of stupid pictures...it was a great week!

Regional Tournament

Well...another volleyball season has come and gone! This weekend we had our regional tournament at Johnson and we lost in the semi-finals. We beat Cincianatti Friday morning but then got beat by Kentucky that night. It was such a good game...we played four...and we played really well but we just couldn't make it happen. So then we played Ohio this morning and the same thing. We played four games...and we played really well but we couldn't make it happen. That pretty much sums up our season...we play well but we can't make it happen. Oh well...there's always next season, right? Courtney got 2nd team all tournament and Brittany got 1st...so that was nice. They deserved it. They're going to be missed soooo much next year. They were great leaders and good players. Kentucky ended up winning the whole thing which we were happy about...because we DID NOT want Ohio to win. Urgh! Can't stand them! Not having a very Christ-like attitude about it...am I? After we got done we went to Outback and ate...it was sooo good. I got this chicken and shrimp pasta fettuccini thing and it was really good. The Kentucky team ended up going there too and they sat down next to us. We had fun with them...they're all really nice girls. Their coach's name is Bruce and he's the HUGE bald guy. He's really funny. He has the biggest shoulders...he looks like he has football pads on all the time! haha! It was a good end to a not so good day.

Now I can actually start concentrating on my schoolwork...and boy do I need to do that! I got my first d-f slip this semester...I was so disappointed. But...no more slacking off! I'm gonna be super nerd!

Well...have a good week you guys! It's almost fall break!

busy! busy! busy!

Wow...haven't blogged in a long time! Been so busy! Mid-terms were nuts...didn't do very well. I tried studying for them on the plane when I went home...but you know how that goes...doesn't work very well. But...I'm just glad they're over with. Mission Conference is upon us! This is my favorite time of the year! I love it. I got to work a couple of all-nighters for the first time this year and it was a lot of fun. I didn't do too much...I just helped Paul and Nathan put the banners and the letters up. It took us forever!!!! But...it was fun. :)

Here's a picture of me and Nathan putting the letters up...T for TARYN!

I think I finally got back to my normal sleeping pattern...not sleeping really messes you up! Anyway...I'm really looking forward to the rest of the week. The village looks great and the preaching has been so stirring. I hope you all are having a good week so far. Love you all!